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Interview: The Return of Catch Wrestling's Snake Pit
Catch Wrestling. Once a prominent sport in North America and Europe just a century ago, today it is an art that is flirting with extinction. A revival of sorts has been occurring stateside over the last few years helped by the explosion in popularity of Mixed Martial Arts and the UFC, as well as...
DVD Review: 'Sambo & Catch Wrestling Seminar' with Stephen Koepfer and Kris Iatskevich
Ahead of the M-1 Global Fedor Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson fight Sunday morning at The Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia, what better way to whet our appetites than a DVD instructional review that features some of the techniques and strategies we may get to witness when the two heavyweights...
Judo Chop: Josh Barnett and Unorthodox Submissions
I think many are expecting Josh Barnett to handily beat Sergei Kharitonov tonight in the main event of Strikeforce and the semi-finals of the ill fated Heavyweight Grand Prix. Kharitanov is potentially dangerous on the feet and obviously has a punchers chance, but the most predictable outcome is...
Strikeforce Judo Chop: Josh Barnett's Invisible Grappling
Josh Barnett is going to get criticism no matter how well he performs for the rest of his career. Some of his performances from here on out can no doubt be critiqued legitimately; there are always things fighters can do better and there's never going to be a shortage of armchair quarterbacks. But...
Book Review: Say Uncle! Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling
Jake Shannon's Say Uncle!: Catch-As-Catch Can Wrestling and the Roots of Ultimate Fighting, Pro Wrestling & Modern Grappling is a valuable addition to the fighting sports library. Shannon runs the Scientific Wrestling web site -- a great resource for anyone curious about catch wrestling -- and has...
Strikeforce Fight Card: Josh Barnett and Reintroducing America to Catch Wrestling
Josh Barnett is a frustrating fighter to support. I'm not among the many who have taken the stance of self-righteous outrage over his failed PED urinalysis tests. I don't care if he did steroids and got caught 3 times -- in which case he sucks at passing tests that the World Anti Doping Agency says...
Pat Miletich to Receive First MMA Award From National Wrestling Hall of Fame
Back in March on Cageside Seats I reported the story of Pat Miletich being chosen as the first ever recipient of the George Tragos Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. Just recently an updated press release has been sent out with an update and comments...
UFC 129 Interview: Neil Melanson, Randy Couture's Grappling Coach
Neil Melanson is the head submission grappling coach for Xtreme Couture, Las Vegas and was kind enough to take part in an interview I conducted ahead of Randy Couture's UFC 129 bout with Lyoto Machida. Much will be written about Randy Couture over the next couple of weeks as well as the main event...
HKL Exclusive Interview with Neil Melanson Pt 1: Catch Wrestling and His Books
I had a chance to talk with Xtreme Couture Grappling Coach Neil Melanson about a smorgasbord of topics. Here is part one of the interview. Be sure to come back this week for the rest of the interview. Matthew: The first question would be, can you explain the difference between catch wrestling and...
Bloody Elbow Judo Chop: Shinya Aoki Breaks Mizuto Hirota's Arm With a Hammerlock Variation He Calls the "Keichi Sasahara 2010"
Shinya Aoki's use of a modified hammerlock to break the arm of Mizuto Hirota at Dynamite!! 2009 was much discussed, mostly because of the controversy that arose from Aoki's decision to taunt the injured Hirota after breaking his arm. But the discussion of the technique that Aoki applied has been...
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