Wrestling Links (12-24-11)
Wrestling: Bolingbrook’s Bain, Lockport duo win titles Chicago Sun-Times By Matt Trowbridge For Sun-Times Media December 23, 2011 11:00PM Bolingbrook’s Rob Bain (right) wrestles Neuqua Valley’s Andrew Geers at 285 pounds at the Dvorak Memorial WrestlingTournament. | Paul James Bergstrom~For Sun-Times Media Bolingbrook’s … See all stories on this topic » Pitman wrestling continues hot start with […]
Wrestling Links (12-23-11)
Wrestling: Lockport’s Augello earns place at Olympic trials Chicago Sun-Times By Logan Malloy For Sun-Times Media December 22, 2011 10:22PM Lockport’s Haley Augello works out during a February wrestling practice at the school. Augello, a junior, qualified Saturday for the US Olympic Trials. | File photo For most amateur … See all stories on this topic » […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-19-11)
MMA veteran Dan Henderson is geared up for Saturday’s UFC main event with … San Jose Mercury News By Mark Emmons memmons@mercurynews.com When Dan Henderson climbed into the cage for his first mixed martial arts fight 14 years ago, he only wanted to make some extra cash to support a bid to make his third US Olympic wrestling team. … See all […]
UFC & COMPANY VS. NEW YORK STATE: CIVIL SUIT CLIFF NOTES
By: Rich Bergeron Zuffa, LLC filed suit on November 15th against the State of New York, citing the unconstitutional nature of the state’s ban on professional mixed martial arts. A host of other plaintiffs who have varying interests in competing in and/or profiting from MMA-related business are also parties to the suit. Though there is […]
UFC RESULTS: YOUNGER FIGHTERS DOMINATE VETERANS IN UFC 135 MAIN EVENTS
Winner Loser Method Round Time 1 James Te Huna Ricardo Romero KO (Punches) 1 0:47 2 Takeya Mizugaki Cole Escovedo TKO (Punches) 2 4:30 3 Junior Assuncao Eddie Yagin Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 4 Tim Boetsch […]
UFC/Strikeforce Newsletter (9-20-11)
Velasquez Returns To Defend The Heavyweight Belt Against Dos Santos In Anaheim The UFC makes its debut on FOX on Saturday, November 12, with a battle for the heavyweight title between champion Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos! Live at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA – UFC Fight Club presale starts Wednesday at 10am […]
SKELTON: I’M ALIVE AND KICKING FOR PRIZEFIGHTER
Few tickets remain as Reading fighter prepares to draw on Kickboxing background at York Hall. Matt Skelton has vowed to make his experience count when he enters the Prizefighter Heavyweights IV at York Hall on Saturday 9 October – with Kickboxing his secret weapon. At 43 years of age the Reading fighter is the oldest […]