By Brian Hemminger

Lynn “Lights Out” Alvarez is a young and rising female MMA star.  She has become famous for her decisive  first round victories in 4 of her 5 career wins.  In mid June, Lynn was offered a spot in Bellator’s season 3 Female flyweight tournament and she is chomping at the bit to make [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

Aisling Daly (”Ais” is pronounced like “Ash”) hails from Ireland and is one of the fastest rising stars in womens mixed martial arts.  She is currently undefeated with a perfect 9-0 career record.  She earned his nickname “Ais the Bash” for beating on both boys and girls in her karate sparring sessions growing [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

I’d like to start a new feature of the site where we go out and talk to fighters who are just getting started in the sport of mixed martial arts.  Every great fighter was an amateur at some point in their career and this should provide a nice window into what goes on [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros (left) has gained quite a bit of notoriety recently when his student Brock Lesnar surprisingly submitted challenger Shane Carwin to retain his heavyweight title at UFC 116 earlier this month.  Many expected Lesnar to win, but very few thought Lesnar, a traditional ground and pound wrestler, would give up the [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

With a perfect 7-0 record, Jessica Pene is one of the hottest USA prospects in women’s MMA.  Since she began fighting in 2006, she has displayed a very well rounded mixed martial arts game that includes some diverse striking as well as some slick submissions on the ground.  Of her 7 career victories, [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

If you’ve ever wanted to see some high quality grappling, this Saturday, July 24th, an excellent Brazillian jiu jitsu tournament is taking place in Toledo, Ohio.  It’s called the Buckeye Border Grappling International Championships and this is its 4th year of existence.  I had an opportunity to talk to Deon Thompson, the man [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

Angela Magana has faced a plethora of top opposition in her mixed martial arts career.  Before getting the invite into Bellator’s flyweight tournament, she squared off with fellow tournament participants Lynn Alvarez, Jessica Pene and Jessica Aguilar (3 times!)  Despite such tough opposition, she holds an 8-4 professional MMA record.  She was in [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto’s career has really skyrocketed in 2010.  After losing a spirited battle against Strikeforce’s Meisha Tate, she’s rebounded with devastating victories over Michelle Ouild as well as a knockout of the year candidate against Rosie Sexton, who was ranked #1 in the world in the women’s 125 lb division [...]

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By Brian Hemminger
A couple weeks ago I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to see an elite Brazillian jiu jitsu practitioner teach first hand.  I’ll start this by saying, I have never trained in the sport, the only information I know is information I’ve learned from repeated viewings of mixed martial arts fights and [...]

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By Brian Hemminger

Today I had the opportunity to talk with Jessica Aguilar, a product of American Top Team and currently ranked as the number 7 flyweight in the world.  In the past few years, she has become a very accomplished Brazillian jiu jitsu practitioner.  She was recently announced as the 8th and final participant in [...]

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