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Video: Chael Sonnen Gives Passionate Speech About Intensity
Chael Sonnen is a man of many faces. To some, he's the trash talking gangster from the mean streets of West Linn, Oregon. To others, he's the man who has created a real life story line with the entire country of Brazil. However, to a lucky few, Sonnen is seen as much more than just a persona. To...
Matwork! Qingdao Judo Grand Prix Results, Midlands Contenders, Year's Best Awards, Christmas Grappling Videos and More
Recent happenings in the worlds of sambo, judo, Brazilian jiu jitsu, submission grappling and/or collegiate/freestyle wrestling. If it takes place on the ground and it's interesting, it should be here. This issue is hitting your eyeballs nine days before the end of 2011. As an opportunity for a...
Matwork! Issue #1 11/23/11
Here at Bloody Elbow, you can find general updates on a wide variety of combat sports scattered in between the mixed martial arts coverage that is our bread and butter. This weekly column, Matwork!, is designed to bring you the recent happenings in the world of grappling, be it sambo, judo,...
Strikeforce Judo Chop: Luke Rockhold Does a Cage Crawling Clinic Against Jacare
This Judo Chop is by Tom Grant. Fraser Coffeen has already discussed Rockhold's striking in this fight. It was common forum fodder in the mid-2000s to debate the merits of cage vs ring as a venue for an MMA match. It was asserted that cages favored grapplers, while rings favored strikers. The...
Danny Castillo vs. Jacob Volkmann Added to UFC on Versus 5 in Milwaukee
Another match-up has been added to the card for UFC on Versus 5, scheduled for August 14th in Milwaukee at the Bradley Center. The UFC announced last night that talented lightweight wrestlers, Danny Castillo and Jacob Volkmann, would face each other at the event: UFC President Dana White has...
The UFC Signs Chris Weidman to Face Alessio Sakara at UFC on Versus 3
After recent news that Alessio Sakara's opponent for the UFC on Versus 3 card, Rafael Natal, had gone down with an injury as did Sakara's first scheduled opponent, Maiquel Falcao, Heavy.com has confirmed that the UFC has signed a blue-chip prospect to step in and face Sakara on three weeks'...
UFC 121 Analysis: Brock Lesnar and the Limits of Wrestling for MMA
In recent months, it's become more and more accepted that amateur wrestling is the strongest base style for an MMA fighter. Our own Jonathan Snowden penned a great three part series breaking down the base styles of UFC fighters, base styles in Japans' famous Pride promotion, and base styles in...
Battle of Styles: Wrestling Dominates Other Martial Arts
Our own Luke Thomas wondered aloud after UFC 120 whether the Brits will ever be able to produce a world champion MMA fighter. Part of the problem stems from the nation's lack of institutional grappling support. Despite Britain's important role in the development of catch wrestling in America, the...
Shinya Aoki Loathes American Wrestlers Too
The debate about wrestling's place in mixed martial arts used to be confined to various message boards around the Internet. Now fighters are using the medium of interviews to flame each other back-and-forth. MMA Fighting provides the latest cannon fodder: "The American wrestling style - punching a...
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