Category Archives: kickboxing

No Holds Barred: K-1 returns, to hold World Grand Prix Final in NYC

Posted on April 20, 2012 by ted czech

No Holds Barred: Douglas Kaplan on the Return of K-1 On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Douglas Kaplan, the COO of K-1 Global. K-1 Global is the new ownership and operating company of K-1, … Continue reading →

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Final Fight kickboxing video: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Ray Sefo

Posted on March 11, 2012 by ted czech

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic was one of the top K-1 fighters before making the transition to MMA when PrideFC was in its heyday. His “right leg hospital, left leg cemetery” style of kickboxing-adapted-for-MMA proved extremely successful in Japan. When Pride … Continue reading →

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Pittsburgh’s Mark “Fightshark” Miller vlogs 1 + 2 on the road to Moscow

Posted on March 2, 2012 by ted czech

Pittsburgh native Mark “Fightshark” Miller has already made an historic comeback to the ring following open-heart surgery. How does he follow that up? He takes on Sergei Kharitonov as the co-main event of a huge kickboxing event in Russia on … Continue reading →

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Get your product seen by millions: sponsor K-1/Glory kickboxer Mark “Fightshark” Miller

Posted on February 24, 2012 by ted czech

An opportunity to have millions of eyes around the world on your product name is available for those who would like to sponsor kickboxer Mark “Fightshark” Miller, scheduled to fight March 23 on the K-1/Glory card in Moscow, Russia. Miller … Continue reading →

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Pregnant woman uses kickboxing to thwart purse snatcher in Philly

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ted czech

This happened in late August, but I just found it. Great to see some justice dished out. All I gotta say is “snap, crackle, pop!”

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Bloodstain Lane remembers the late, great K-1 kickboxer Andy Hug

Posted on July 13, 2011 by ted czech

Bloodstain Lane remembers the late, great K-1 fighter Andy Hug, 10 years after his death. Andy died at age 36, but truly, his legacy lives on. Bloodstain is correct, watching Hug is like witnessing Picasso paint, with his spinning low … Continue reading →

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Mark “Fightshark” Miller returns to fighting with quick KO win over Nikolaj Falin

Posted on May 30, 2011 by ted czech

I blogged about this amazing feat the other day, and now we have the video. Pittsburgh native Mark “Fightshark” Miller, who endured open-heart surgery several years ago, has returned to fighting, and in dramatic fashion, scoring a quick KO over … Continue reading →

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Mark Miller Returns After Heart Surgery, Wins By Knockout

Posted on May 28, 2011 by ted czech

I’ve followed Mark “Fightshark” Miller since meeting him in 2007 in State College. At the time, he was training other fighters, but longed to get back in the fight game himself. Not long after meeting him, Mark lifted up his … Continue reading →

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