Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-1-11)
MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring USA Today Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida sent fellow ex-champion light-heavyweight Randy “The Natural” Couture into retirement by flooring him with a karate crane kick to the face — a move associated more with movies rather than professional mixed martial arts … See all stories on […]
Ruiz comfortable in retirement, staying involved in boxing
LAS VEGAS (April 29, 2011) – Two-time World Boxing Association (“WBA”) heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz is enjoying retirement by spending time with his family in Las Vegas, but he is also staying involved in boxing in terms of the opening of his boxing gym in the Boston area, as well as starting a […]
MMA Links (4-18-11)
MMA vs. Boxing Dream Match: Nick Diaz vs. Kelly Pavlik Bleacher Report Dana White announces that Nick Diaz is now back on the UFC roster and will be allowed to fight a boxing bout before his MMA contract takes effect in June. White then shocks the sporting world by announcing that the Diaz bout will be […]
Wrestling Links (4-18-11)
Counting Down the Top 10 Canadian Wrestlers of All-Time Bleacher Report The WWE just lost one of it’s all-time greatest wrestlers in Edge, who was forced to call it a career after new MRI’s showed that his 2003 neck surgery was not fully healed. Edge was one of the few great Canadians to ever grace a WWE […]
Boxer Cestone Passes Unexpectedly
Bobby Hitz and the Hitz Boxing Family are sad to announce the loss of Chicago native and once-beaten 39-year-old cruiserweight Kevin Cestone, who passed away suddenly earlier this week. Cestone (5-1, 3 KOs), who returned to boxing last May after 10-year retirement, was in the process of transitioning into a trainer and starting his […]
Wrestling Links (4-12-11)
British wrestlers frustrated over the recruitment of foreign athletes BBC Sport By Nick Hope It may be one of the oldest sports known to civilization but American soap-style WWE aside, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling has never reached wide appeal in Great Britain. GB last achieved an Olympic medal in 1984 at the Los Angeles… See all stories […]
MCCRORY AND NELSON TO RETURN TO RING IN PRIZEFIGHTER
Sky Sports pundits putting the gloves back on for International Heavyweights Johnny Nelson and Glenn McCrory will come out of retirement to fly the flag for Britain in the Prizefighter International Heavyweights event at Alexandra Palace on May 7. The former world champions have both worked as pundits on Sky Sports coverage of Prizefighter but […]
MMA LINKS (3-31-11)
UFC Welterweight Ricardo Almeida Announces His Retirement from MMA Yahoo! Sports With a heavy heart, UFC welterweight Ricardo Almeida has announced his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts. The Renzo Gracie black belt announced the news on his personal website on Wednesday. Back in 2008 I decided to return toMMA. … See all stories on this […]
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