|
|
|
Written by Brad Taschuk
|
|
Thursday, 28 January 2010 22:30 |
 After a relatively slow start to the year - NYE cards and UFC 108 aside - the MMA slate is finally starting to pick up a little bit as we close out January. Most attention this weekend will be focused on Strikeforce doing this, and rightfully so as they've put together a card which features matchups which will be entertaining, relevant and just plain intriguing (re: freakshowy). However, Strikeforce: Miami isn't the only solid card this weekend, and as usual at the Bodega, we're going to feature a fighter who doesn't get the shine he deserves. To do so, we're heading much further East than Miami, all the way to Okinawa, Japan.
|
|
Read more... [Brad's Friday Fight Bodega - Mamoru Yamaguchi]
|
|
Written by Jack Barrington
|
|
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 15:15 |
 Recently, on the FLD forums, I happened across a thread started by a new member, Gregory Bayne. In it, he explained how he was making a documentary that is still in need of funding, following former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver prior to his upcoming bout at WEC 47, with a chance to delve into his personal life and thoughts on his beginnings. His future fight with Javier Vazquez may well be his last, and it is fair to say that Jens’ career has fallen upon increasingly hard times of late, as he has lost his last four outings and been stopped in his last three. It is easy to dismiss his urge to further compete as ‘foolhardy’, or to stereotype him as just another fighter refusing to let go and acknowledge that his time has passed. Watching the short introduction clip to the documentary, however, makes such dismissals quickly pass.
|
|
Read more... [Jens Pulver – Driven: A Story That Needs to Be Told]
|
|
Written by Jamie Hughes
|
|
Friday, 22 January 2010 19:54 |
 Japanese MMA was once the center of all things great, wonderful, and bizarre about modern mixed martial arts, but recently, it seems that the magic, and to a degree the fan support, has somewhat faded. Gone are the days of attendances breaching 70,000 and millions watching at home in anticipation of the main event of a stacked PRIDE FC card. Don't get me wrong, I am not for one minute insinuating that Eastern MMA is no longer any good, but one cannot but help noticing that the two main promotions, World Victory Road and DREAM, are struggling to captivate audiences and fans as much as PRIDE used to. Perhaps this is down to Japanese fans having more of an interest in K-1 at the moment, as recent viewing trends have indicated. However, in my honest opinion, I feel this disconnect exists between Japanese fans and the sport due to the fact that there isn’t a single, unified MMA body, which one promotion would cover. The talent is divided and, consequently, so is the attention of fans. Simply put, the Japanese MMA scene needs uniformity and cohesion, an antagonistic stance between Sengoku and DREAM prevents this from occurring.
|
|
Read more... [Food for Thought: How to Bring Stability Back to the Japanese MMA Scene]
|
|
Written by Brad Taschuk
|
|
Friday, 22 January 2010 07:48 |
 Missed you last week bodegees since the site had some amazing developments going on with the unveiling of our Hall of Fame (be sure to check that out), but we'll make up for it today. Since there hasn't been a whole lot of awe-inspiring MMA going on since the New Year began, that means there's very little in the way of interesting fights or fighters for me to preview. So instead, I looked to our forums for inspiration for this week's bodega, and it was not difficult to find. You're all probably familiar with my penchant for loving both lighter weights and older fights, and there was a thread dedicated to one of the great early Featherweights in the sport, Alexandre Franca "Pequeno" Nogueira. Naturally, I zeroed in on this thread, and today's bodega will show off one of Pequeno's greatest fights.
|
|
Read more... [Brad's Friday Fight Bodega - Pequeno vs Asahi 2]
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 10 of 46 |
Newest
