The Mystique of Lyoto

A few weeks ago I lamented the loss of mystique in the current crop of fighters, noting how that exciting element has been replaced by a generic, bland, three round stand up fighter.  Well, lo and behold, Lyoto went and proved me wrong with this gem from Tatame magazine:
the undefeated fighter revealed a curious tradition [...]

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No Country For Old Fighters

Just a day or so ago, Frank Shamrock revealed to the world something that, well, most of us were pretty aware of: Ken Shamrock is broke. The immediate reaction from the few people who cared to reply over at BE.com (where, incidentally, our ratings are now used as part of their USA Today contribution) was [...]

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The 2008 Fight of the Year (Which You Never Saw): Lone Chaw vs. Yan Gyi Aung (Leth Wei)

The above video is part one of the 2008 Leth Wei “Fight of the Year,” according to Setsuna, a frequent visitor to Myanmar who also frequents our forums.
For the uninformed, Leth Wei is a martial art from Myanmar (Burma), and its contests are essentially a bareknuckle form of Muay Thai — including strikes [...]

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PRIDE: 2 Years After

In the 24 months since PRIDE was finally announced to be ending as we knew it, many things have changed in the MMA landscape, though perhaps not to the level that was often argued it would be. In retrospect. PRIDE’s collapse and the subsequent reconstitution of the Japanese MMA scene is seen today as a [...]

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UFC 99: Lots of good seats still available

In the always popular world of amateur biz analysis, why not ask about the first Germany card? No one has said a whole lot about how its doing ticket sales wise, so let me give you, our reader, an update, thanks to the wonderous power of derticketservice.de’s search engine:
-As of Friday morning, you and ten [...]

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Back in Time: Superbrawl 4 (4/9/1997)

For the 7 or 8 people reading, you’re probably already aware that I have a blog I don’t really publicize or anything called B-Show Assault. Its a pretty meaningless site I don’t even pretend to cycle traffic to because I honestly do it more for myself than anyone just to have records of crappy fights [...]

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The Lost Art of Mystique

At UFC 93, just before the epically bizarre Shogun Rua/Mark Coleman fight, Joe Rogan made an interesting comment about Rua, pointing out how he and his Chute Boxe teammates had lost the mystique which helped guide them to success in Pride.  He’s right of course as many of the Pride names (with Shogun and Wanderlei [...]

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2009 In Boxing: An Auspicious First Act

Entering the new calendar year, there were numerous fears about the future of the sport being generated by online sources. ESPN had dropped half its boxing programming and Telefutura all of it. HBO and Showtime were purported by Kevin Iole to be cutting their budgets off at the legs. Then a funny thing happened on [...]

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K-1 MAX 2009: More of the same?

As K-1 MAX Gears up to begin 2009, now is a good time to look ahead to what the year has in store for the company.  Right now, K-1 MAX is in a similar problematic position to where K-1 was a year ago.  That problem can best be summarized in one word.
 
Stagnation. 
 
The company has fallen [...]

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Sour Grapes, Sweet Redemption, or Something Else?

“A few years back Diego Sanchez had enough grease on him to lube up a semi. His corner was greasing him up so Nick (Diaz) wouldn’t submit him. At the time the commission and public wasn’t as hip as to how this could affect the outcome of the fight and they got away with it. [...]

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Strikeforce to the Big Time

A week ago, noticable from the absence of every calendar of upcoming events was any sort of Strikeforce event. No developmental MMA/kickboxing shows, no major events, nothing for HDNet, nothing for NBC. Oddly, this raised no suspicion whatsoever from bloggers or even major writers, who were apparently convinced that nothing was happening. Imagine the surprise [...]

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BJ Penn: Crossroads

Last night we saw a dominant Georges St. Pierre take on the much hyped BJ Penn in what was an unprecedented champion vs. champion bout. This was Dana White’s gift to both the company and to BJ Penn, the unstoppable Lightweight Champion who had always wanted to prove his meddle in higher weight classes. As part of [...]

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Does Lyoto deserve a shot?

UFC 94 has concluded, and with it, another quality win for Lyoto Machida. It is his 14th as a professional MMA fighter, and his 6th in the UFC. He has cemented a place in or just outside the top 5 as a light heavyweight, and seems in line for a title shot. However, how far [...]

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My UFC 94 Predictions

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Tonight’s UFC is stacked like few MMA shows in history. Besides the rematch between BJ Penn and Georges St Pierre, UFC 94 features a strong undercard featuring two undefeated light heavyweights in a likely title bout eliminator, and a good lightweight bout to open. [...]

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War Paint: MMA’s Odd Ink

Tattoos have become very popular in recent years throughout society, but of course, it’s an ancient practice among fighters of many stripes. The Picts, among the fiercest warriors of prehistoric Northern Britain, were named for their use of colored ink, including tattoos, to frighten their enemies. One of the most popular tattoos in the US [...]

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