By Brian Hemminger

Saturday, July 24th was the 4th annual Buckeye Border International Grappling Championship and things are looking promising for a 5th next year.  The tournament was a dazzling display of Brazilian jiu jitsu between competitors of all ages, skill levels and sexes.  There was also gi and no-gi competition, which practically doubled the amount [...]

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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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The World Mixed Martial Arts Award Ceremony took place on Wednesday December 30th at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.  The Ceremony showcased the fan favorites in several categories of Mixed Martial Arts.  Fans from around the world made their picks.  Here are the results via Fan House
Best MMA Gym: Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting
Best gloves: UFC
Best [...]

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UFC 107 fight winners BJ Penn and Frank Mir gain inspiration and technique from watching one of boxings greatest pugilists, Many Pacquiao.  Not only did both fighters show impressive standup skills as they dismantled their opponents at UFC 107, they both also gave some credit to Pacquiao after their fights.
Here is what BJ Penn said:
“Just [...]

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By Steve Ficca
Tito Ortiz is preparing for his UFC 106 fight with Mark Coleman by boxing with Freddie Roach.

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By Steve Ficca 
After a tough loss to Kenny Florian over a year ago, Roger “El Matador” Huerta is set to return to the octagon. At UFN 19, Huerta looks to return to his winning ways with a victory over Gray Maynard

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Brock Lesnar has shocked the world by beating some of MMA’s best heavyweight fighters. No one can argue that a huge part of Brock Lesnar’s success has been pure strength and quickness. Few fighters in today’s world of MMA are as massive and muscular with as much flexibility and agility as Brock Lesnar. [...]

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Georges St. Pierre is arguably one of the most well conditioned athletes in the world and is said by many to be the best pound for pound fighter in the world today.  His amazing strength, speed and skill has propelled him to one of MMA’s most coveted positions as the UFC welterweight champion.  What does [...]

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Probably the most ripped and in shape women in Mixed Martial Arts today, Cristiane “Cris Cyborg” Santos shows us her workout and training regimen.  This girl is unbelievably strong and quick.  It must be this crazy hard training routine that gives her the ability to straight man-handle girls in the cage.  

What an amazing showing of work ethic. [...]

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By Trevor Asher
There are many things I’m doing to make up for the fact that I won’t be getting UFC 101 in a few days. There is nothing I hate more than having to watch the highlights after the fight has aired. Two things I’m doing are, training and watching a lot of MMA action on [...]

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