The K-1 US Grand Prix Championship went down last weekend for another blast of K-1’s (hopefully triumphant) return. The show aired on Spike.com on Saturday for a screening price of $10, but now the full event stream is available and we’ve got the links for you. Full results via Liver Kick are below, but ignore that if you don’t like …
Here’s the Team Kombat report from the Thai Boxing Association-Sanctioning Authority’s 2012 Amateur Muay Thai Classic, courtesy of Kru Brian Naidu. What a weekend! Kunal Pun and Sahil Sharma represented Team Kombat at the 2012 Muay Thai Class TBA-SA in Des Moines, Iowa this past weekend. We arrived at 7 a.m. after a 15 hour drive to our hotel and …
Long-reigning middleweight champion Anderson Silva will rematch his rival Chael Sonnen in the main event at UFC 148, and each man is bringing a fistful of intangibles into the cage. How big of a factor was Silva’s hurt ribs in the first fight that saw him dominated by Sonnen before a miraculous last round comeback? How much of Sonnen’s performance …
Hey guys, what a great event over the weekend! Thanks to Coach G and Jakub Mulik for the photos. Here’s Kru Brian with the complete rundown. Kombat Arts was at the Toronto Pro SuperShow this weekend for the first ever amateur mixed martial arts event in Ontario. Kru Joey de Los Reyes and the AMMA board have spent the last …
Kombat Arts MMA instructor Frank Marques submitted his opponent, Johnny Grigware, via arm bar in the second round of their bout at Instinct MMA 3 on Saturday. Here’s the play-by-play from Don Wilson: Rd1: Marques eats a big uppercut from Grigware as he muscles in for the takedown, Marques uses thecae (sic) and a double leg to get Grigware to …
The 2011 Toronto North American Grappling Association (NAGA) Championship went down December 3rd weekend as part of the MMA Fan Expo in Mississauga. NAGA holds over 45 mixed grappling tournaments a year and this was its inaugural Canadian event. Team Nova Uniao’s Kombatants were on hand to do what they do best, and they walked away quite decorated. Give these …
Big congratulations go out this week to bantamweight MMA athlete Frank Marques. After a successful 2-0 run as an amateur, Marques made an impressive pro debut against Quebec’s Maxime Fecteau at InstinctMMA: Instinct Fighting 2 last Friday. A highly decorated BJJ player, Marques submitted his opponent with a guillotine at 3:41 of the first round. Unfortunately, I don’t have any …
UFC 139 featured an epic battle between MMA legends Dan Henderson and Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua. Check here for the full card results. [MMA Mania] Gracie Breakdown tackles all the impressive groundwork seen at UFC 139. [GracieBreakdown] UFC parent company Zuffa is suing to overturn New York’s ban on live MMA bouts. Let’s get it on. [The Wall Street Journal] How …
Jon Jones dominated Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135 and did it in dynamic fashion. Once again the champ displayed a brutal striking style with kicks to the knees, spinning elbows, and long arms that he used effectively, jabbing away and sticking his palm in his opponent’s face. Jackson’s plan to test Jones’s chin didn’t pan out — the former …
Josh Barnett made fellow Pride FC veteran Sergei Kharitonov look like he didn’t belong in the same cage with him last night, securing an arm-triangle choke submission in the first round following a slick trip and perfect top control. Barnett advances to the finals of Strikeforce’s Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, just one win away from proving Dana White’s predictions to …