gene lebell Stories - Bloody Elbow
Happy Belated Birthday Rorion Gracie
In keeping with the Bloody Elbow tradition of belated birthday wishes, a day after Rorion Gracie's 60th Birthday is the ideal time to wish a true martial arts pioneer a happy birthday. Previous installments have included Helio Gracie (sadly on the occasion of his final birthday), Billy Robinson and...
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...
[UFC 118] YouTube takes us back to 1976, lets us watch Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki with all of the buildup
With the new biggest boxer vs wrestler/boxer in MMA fight ever coming up tonight in James Toney vs Randy Couture, let's take a look at the previous holder of that crown: Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki in 1976. Originally scheduled to be a traditional worked wrestling match with Inoki winning (Ali...
UFC 118 Preview: Randy Couture and James Toney Follow in the Footsteps of the Legendary Gene LeBell
While Ali-Inoki is the first widely recognized boxer-wrestler matchup of the modern era, it is, of course, not the first mixed fight by any stretch of the imagination. After all, what was ancient Olympic pankration if not a mixture of boxing and wrestling technique? Into the modern era there was...
Gene LeBell Talks Bruce Lee on "Inside MMA"
At the 1:05 min mark. HT: hdnetfights.com Strikeforce: Houston coverage
Happy Belated Birthday Gene LeBell
Carrying on with what I started with Helio Gracie, here's another tribute to a living legend. Yesterday was the 76th birthday of a man who may not be the grandfather of modern MMA but is certainly a great-uncle at least: Judo Gene LeBell. Gene didn't just carry the torch for one fighting art, he...
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