The Brief But Destructive Wake of Praetorian Fighting Championships
by Matt Lo Cascio This is a journey into the short but shady history of Alex Martinez and his Praetorian Fighting Championships promotion. While Praetorian’s time in the Chicago MMA scene was brief, it damaged a wide wake of people. Promoters, vendors, managers. Fighters and their friends and families. All frustrated. Some asking...
Felice Herrig Details Fallout with Michele Gutierrez
Chicago fight fans likely remember seeing Felice Herrig and Michele Gutierrez palling around together at local MMA shows. Together they launched a video game, posed for photo shoots and worked under the same management. It seemed like a fun friendship. Fast forward to 2012. The next time fans see them together will be inside the …...
Michele Gutierrez Responds to Herrig’s ‘Unethical’ Claim
by Matt Lo Cascio Shortly after Felice Herrig claimed that Michele Gutierrez is “unethical” as a fighter and in business, Gutierrez took to her Twitter account to have a bit of fun with it. Up and at em., gym time for the unethical . #unethicalmichele — michele gutierrez (@mgutierrezlv) October 16, 2012 While she played...
Chicago’s MMA Fighters Update
Quick updates on Chicago area fighters… – Miguel Torres is fighting Nick Pace at UFC 139. You may remember Pace from his insane flying knee KO of Collin Tebo back at Bellator 11. Torres will try to get back in the title picture after his loss to Demetrious Johnson. Pace is coming off a UFC …...
XFO 39 RESULTS
Live results for XFO 39. The Vince Ramos vs. Ivan Wolshlager bout has been scatched. Ramos did not make weight according to MMA Recap. Nick Scotti Vs. Hector Garcia (155) Garcia KOs Scotti just :13 into round 1. He was out from the power right, but it will be ruled a TKO as the ref …...
XFO 39: FRIDAY AT SEARS CENTRE
Some news and updates for Friday’s XFO 39 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Jeff Curran told us that even though Joe Pearson had to drop out, he is still fighting on the card. He also said that while Jamie Varner is rumored to be fighting Shinya Aoki later this month in Japan, Varner …...
XFO 39: CURRAN VS. PEARSON
The official fight poster is out for XFO 39 and so is the latest update on the card. Click the pic for full-screen goodness. Jeff Curran vs Joe Pearson Jamie Varner vs Tyler Combs Felice Herrig vs Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc Jon Murphy vs Ryan Bixler Michele Gutierrez vs Amanda LaVoy Will Brooks vs Christopher Garcia Mike …...
XFO RETURNS TO THE SEARS CENTRE
The XFO has announced that XFO 39 will take place at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Before we get to the new card information, let’s take a trip down ol’ memory lane and look at the XFO 13 card, which was the last event the XFO held there. Alonzo Spellman, yes the former Bear, …...
MICHELE GUTIERREZ TALKS SUPREMACY MMA VIDEO GAME
Local fighters Michele Gutierrez and Felice Herrig are in the new “Supremacy MMA” video game for XBox 360. Here’s Michele’s take on the game, Las Vegas guys and getting her nose smashed to pieces....
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