Monthly Archives: June 2007

– Bare-knuckle street fighter Kimbo Slice slapped a guillotine on Ray Mercer last weekend, but beating an overweight, old, washed-up boxer with no ground skills should not be the litmus test for future MMA success. In other words, stick Kimbo … Continue reading →

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the rules and regulations for both amateur and professional Mixed Martial Arts fights in the state, said Greg Sirb, the commission’s executive director. So what about an MMA event in … Continue reading →

When it comes to boxes, I thought I’d heard it all when Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg did a little video on Saturday Night Live singing “put your junk in that box.” Anyway, now we’ve got MMA in a box. … Continue reading →

Here is a news release sent to me by Master Mark Jovich: The Central Pennsylvania Martial Arts Academy, a York County martial arts school, received “Outstanding Team Honors” Friday, June 22 while competing in the Empire State Warrior Challenge. The … Continue reading →

Two groups of Mixed Martial Arts fighters from York County are traveling to New York on Friday to wage war at an amateur charity event called The Empire State Warrior Challenge. And check this out – eight of the fighters … Continue reading →

Back on June 20, someone with the name “Dude” posted an e-mail about my post titled “Shamrock vs. Baroni: Grudge Match Galore.” Dude said he tried to see the video of the Mauricio “Shogun” Rua-Mark Coleman post-fight melee, but apparently, … Continue reading →

There’s a good chance we may see Mixed Martial Arts events in Pennsylvania next year, said Greg Sirb, executive director of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission. The commission approved the sport in February; what’s next is finalizing rules and regulations, … Continue reading →

You can’t deny it. MMA and pro wrestling are related. Ugly-stepsisters, maybe. But the fact is, there’s been cross-pollination between the two going on for years now. Ken Shamrock got his start in pro wrestling years ago, then made the … Continue reading →

Just like with any other professional sport, people can get star-struck about Mixed Martial Arts fighters. And who wouldn’t? They can do things that 99.99 per cent of us can only dream about. But if you do meet anybody that … Continue reading →

Steroids, or to be P.C. about it, “performance-enhancing drugs,” seem to be in nearly every professional sport. Baseball, football and weight lifting I can understand (I’m not condoning it, but I can see how it can happen there). But the … Continue reading →