Archive for 'Martial Arts'

Ultimate Fighting Championship Season Finale

December 7th, 2009 – 9:01 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: MMA,Martial Arts

A season that I have criticized over and over again for boring fights really has turned that around in the past few weeks.  The season finale is no exception to this rule.  Spike TV aired the TUF finisher for free.  The fans got to experience why PPV viewers pay big bucks. The first fight was [...]

Rampage Jackson Announces Retirement

November 13th, 2009 – 9:16 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: MMA,Martial Arts

In late September, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson announced on his blog that he is going to retire from fighting.  This came after falling under much scrutiny from Dana White and after landing an acting job in a major movie role.  What does this mean for the fight against Rashad Evans? To keep with the tradition of [...]

Rashad Evans is a tool

October 23rd, 2009 – 9:05 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

I love watching MMA and most things involved with it.  This truly is going to be the next big sport, worldwide.  However, not every fighter is exciting to watch in the ring or even listen to them speak.  Rashad Evans is the ‘guy.’ In the ring, he has been beaten only once professionally.  I have [...]

The Ultimate Fighter Season 10

October 9th, 2009 – 9:04 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

The fall season has kicked off with many premiers.  The one I was looking forward to the most was the new season of the Ultimate Fighter.  A favorite fighter of mine is coaching, and there is a certain big name fighter making his UFC debut. Season 10 is featuring heavy weight fighters, which usually are [...]

Is That Even a Sport?

July 3rd, 2009 – 5:50 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

I have been told that golf, racing and (recently) MMA are not sports.  Have you ever had a similar argument with a friend over what actually makes an activity a sport?  It gets frustrating because for the most part it comes down to perspective.  I have done some looking into this and have come up with [...]