A Comeback 10 Years in the Making: Nick Janowitz Returns at XFO 62
by Matt Lo Cascio Ten years is a long time. Ten years ago, Ronda Rousey was an Olympic Judoka, not a UFC champion, nor a WWE superstar. Donald Trump was not the POTUS, but a reality TV star/businessman who wanted to meet Fedor and promote MMA. I still had a full head of hair — …...
Results: United Combat League ‘Havoc in Hammond’
Pro Card Miguel Torres (Torres Martial Arts) def. Giovanni Moljo (Team Top Notch) – UD< 30-27 on all cards. Joe Benoit (Gilbert Grappling) def. Jason Graves (Spider Gym MMA) - submission - RNC, 2:08 of rd. 1 Manny Vazquez (Patriot Grappling) def. Miguel Garza (Uflacker Academy) submission - armbar, 2:41 of rd. 1 UCL Middleweight...
Big John McCarthy Seminar at Patriot Boxing
Big John McCarthy will be conducting a referee training class at Patriot Boxing in Downers Grove on January 26, the day after the UFC on Fox 10 takes place at the United Center. The class is hosted by MMAC and will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All participants will receive ABC approved certificate …...
Four Titles Awarded at Praetorian MMA “The Beginning”
by Matt Lo Cascio How appropriate that on Memorial Day weekend, two Patriot Boxing fighters and a young man headed off to the Marine Corps dominated their fights and won titles Saturday night at the first-ever Praetorian MMA show. In the main event, Team Top Notch fighter Ray Bunker took Omar Jasso down at will …...
Reddington’s Pro Debut Must Wait
Perhaps we should add gymnastics to the many disciplines of mixed martial arts, at least for promoters and matchmakers, who can never rest until the event actually starts. We saw the chain of changes made in just one of the fights on the recent UFC Live card. Anthony Johnson was supposed to fight Nate Marquardt …...
XFO 40: The Return of Chris Brennan
The XFO not only breeds and showcases many of the best local fighters in the Chicago area, but they are also becoming the promotion for big name fighters — even legends — to get back on the comeback trail. After shacking up for months at Curran Martial Arts to resurrect his career, Jens Pulver got …...
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