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Wednesday Night Fights! A Quick Look at the TUF Nations Finale
Well, this one crept up on me! I was gearing up for the FOX card on Saturday and realized that there is a random Wednesday event from Quebec going down first. Neat-O! Now, I haven’t watched a second...
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Back on “Big” FOX: Heavy Hands and Heavweights
Dare I say that this is the best UFC card of 2014? As always, we have to wait until the fights actually go down to judge the quality of the booking, but on paper, this is as solid as it … Continue...
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A UFC 172 Preview: The Brawl in Baltimore
Welcome back faithful readers! Another Saturday night and we are presented with another slate of solid fights. This one has decent talent from top to bottom, but the cherry is on top with Jon Jones’...
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The Triumphant Return of the Weekend Fight Watch!
If you recall, the Weekend Fight Watch was a regular post I was doing to preview combat sports events that occurred outside of the UFC universe. It slowly stopped being posted due to the fact that...
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Five Fights to Watch at UFC Fight Night: Brown v. Silva
There are some scintillating match-ups on this Fight Night card coming to you straight from Cincinatti, Ohio this Saturday. The funny thing is, these primetime tilts are not the last five fights on the...
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Should we care about Bellator 120?
As a fan of MMA, I wasn’t going to write anything about tomorrow night’s Bellator 120 Pay Per View. I have an uneasy feeling in my gut that the whole production is an absolute farce since Eddie Alvarez...
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How to Do CrossFit While Practicing Martial Arts Skills at the Same Time
Martial artists need to hone their skills every day. But we also need strength, agility, endurance, explosiveness, and flexibility. Training even one of these attributes can take a lot of time out of...
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The Three Fights That Matter at UFC 173
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us. Decent weather is flooding the Northeast, patriotism is hitting a fever pitch, and the UFC is presenting us with a trilogy of fights that pack a serious punch. The rest...
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Weekend Fight Watch, May 31st: Dueling Main Events!
The UFC’s quest for world domination is reaching a zenith this weekend. On Saturday, the organization will be throwing two separate cards at the MMA community, which are occurring nearly 6,300 miles...
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Right back at it! A UFC Fight Night: Henderson v. Khabilov Preview
Like most of the online MMA community, I was unable to endure the fight marathon that the UFC provided last Saturday. Whether it was the irrelevancy of many of the bookings, or my social obligations, I...
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Home Dojo on a Dime Part Two
Here’s a long overdue follow-up to our old post about building a home dojo on the cheap. We’ve done a lot of upgrades since starting the Meriden Martial Arts Club, but it’s still dark and...
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To Vancouver we go! A UFC 174 Breakdown
Boring week in the world of MMA, eh? With the UFC running damage control on The American Gangster’s failed drug test and subsequent finger pointing, there has been little to no fanfare from the...
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An Appetizer to the Feast: A UFC Fight Night 44 Preview
(Author’s Note: I won’t be discussing that laughable Fight Pass card going down in New Zealand. I just feel bad for the fans over in the land of kangaroos for shelling out cash to see that one live…)...
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The Champ is Here! A UFC 175 Preview
If you’re an avid MMA fan like yours truly, you have been yearning for this weekend of fights for some time. After tolerating skimpy cards from the world’s largest MMA promotion over the last few...
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In Defense of Sports Entertainment
“It’s fake!” “You know what is going to happen!” “Why do you want to watch a bunch of sweaty dudes jump around in tights?” These are the questions that the run of the mill professional wrestling fan...
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Cowboy Up! A Quick Look at the UFC Fight Night 45 Main Event
Tonight two of the most electrifying Lightweights on the planet will tangle in Atlantic City. In a city used to a Jager fueled boardwalk scuffle, this tilt should put all of the intricacies of MMA on...
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Is Conor McGregor the Star the UFC Needs?
In case you have been living under a rock for the last week, Dublin’s own Conor McGregor is headlining a UFC card in his hometown on Saturday. If you don’t know, McGregor is the brash, cocky, and...
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UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown is a must-watch for anyone with a pulse
Tonight’s Main Event FOX has all the makings of a legendary fight. One fighter possesses an iron will that simply refuses to let him lose, while the other combatant unleashes unbridled brute force with...
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Finally! An Update on Our Karate Children’s Book!
Like a million years ago (ok, last December) I announced that local artist, Marissa Dziedzic, and I wrote and illustrated a children’s book all about Shohei-Ryu karate. The title is Cranky Kenny...
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Shohei-Ryu Karate Training with the Masters 2014
If you practice Uechi-Ryu or Shohei-Ryu karate in New England you likely know that my senseis, Ed and Jean DeCosta, owners of the Okinawan Karate Dojo are hosting a training camp on August 4 through 9,...
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