45,000 DEMAND FEMALE BOXERS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR DRESS IN THE RING
Campaign on Change.org calls on Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) to drop recommendation that female boxers should wear skirts. LONDON – As female boxing gets ready to debut at the Olympics, nearly 45,000 people have joined a campaign on Change.org demanding that female boxers be given the right to choose whether to wear shorts or skirts in the ring. […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-3-11)
ESPN.com MMA awards for July ESPN Looking to represent the sport of women’s MMA in an uncertain time, Tate’s four-round battle with Marloes Coenen more than held its own as the co-main event on a major card. Some expected Tate to win, but virtually none predicted it happening the way … See all stories on this topic » […]
SKY SPORTS ‘ONE TO WATCH’ TOWERS IN ACTION ON SATURDAY
Sheffield Heavyweight eager to impress in hometown fight Richard Towers fights on the undercard on Kell Brook v Lovemore N’dou on Saturday live on Sky Sports – another step in the remarkable turnaround in his life. The unbeaten Sheffield Heavyweight (10-0) was jailed for 13 years for his part of a kidnapping when he was […]
THE LESSON FRANK TRIGG CAN TEACH MATT HUGHES
by: Jack Bratcher [mpinpage] Matt Hughes was one of the main reasons I got interested in MMA again after the “lean years.” He was dominating everyone in the welterweight division and it wasn’t hard to appreciate his skill level and the often brutal way he would finish fights from the big slams to the […]
JACK BRATCHER’S UFC 82 PREVIEW
[mpinpage] Countdown to UFC 82 —-my thoughts on the big show by bruceleesreincarnation on Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:25 pm Well it’s almost time for one of the biggest nights of fights we may ever see….for another month or two. No, seriously this main event is HUGGGEEEE. And this was a pretty good Countdown […]
THERE IS NO OFF SEASON IN MMA: ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM THE MMA PROFESSOR
THERE IS NO OFF-SEASON By: Charles Ward, CMIT – The MMA Professor © 2007 [mpinpage] Athletes in most sports, professional and amateur, usually have a particular part of the year that is dedicated to competition. This period of time is commonly referred to as that sports’ season. The rest of the year is referred […]
THE MMA PROFESSOR PROVIDES HIS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ADVICE
LEARNING VS. RE-LEARNING BY: CHARLIE WARD, CMIT – THE MMA PROFESSOR © 2007 [mpinpage] We’ve all heard this before: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” There are many other quaint little sayings that make the same point; Once someone is set in their ways, it is very difficult for them to change. […]