45 Results for wrestling

Kimbo 2.0 debuts Dec. 5

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

Kimbo Slice has a future in professional wrestling. He is oddly charismatic, built like someone flipped his myostatin switch, and would probably generate millions for...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2009

Ten Turkeys: The biggest disasters in MMA

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

There's shame in labeling a Thanksgiving-themed blog post with any variation of biggest turkeys, roasted birds, stuffed this-or-that, etc. It's obviou...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

ESPN Primer: UFC 106

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...A: Ortiz's recent performances displayed a fighter far removed from the kind of dominating, aggressive cage-wrestling he used to great success early on; he blamed back issues, corrected by a new and less...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

ESPN's WEC 44 postmortem

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...down Will Kerr and looked royally dangerous in his first televised fight. The this-is-not-pure-wrestling award: Danny Castillo, an NAIA community college wrestler who managed to take down All-American Oklahoma State...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

ESPN primer: WEC 44

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...be interesting to see if Aldo's largely unseen ground game can answer Brown and his ferocious wrestling base. It's going to be difficult not to be entertained. What: "WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Red ink: Couture versus Vera

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...Philippines something to cheer about. Might look like: The closest Vera has come to thwarting world-class wrestling in his career was against Mike Whitehead, and that's not too close. Couture hasn't had...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Natural selection: Couture wants Machida

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...year-old. Vera is the best Thai boxer Couture has faced in years, has better-than-average wrestling for the division and probably won't be as physically dysfunctional after a weight cut as Couture...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Colorado wrestling promoter endorsing MMA

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

Amateur wrestling, which had its first major North American presence in MMA with Dan Severn's 1994 UFC debut...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009

Big plans: Velasquez talks future opponents

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...re going to definitely have to win the standup game and the kicking game. And then the wrestling, the size of Brock could potentially neutralize us, but Cain's cardio is going to neutralize him...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009

The case for professional wrestling

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

Earlier in the week, I dutifully reported the infection of MMA personalities and techniques in professional-wrestling theater: Sunday's TNA pay-per-view event had hybrid athlete Bobby Lashley enjoying a "submission" contest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Kimbo fitted for training wheels at ATT

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...a guy who once noted on camera that he doesn't know "what the f---" Greco-Roman wrestling is, Slice is still 3-1, including a decent showing against Roy Nelson and a sufficiently tenacious...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Will he or won't he? Dan Henderson's free agency

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...nbsp;There are no money trees in MMA. Whether he signs with Dream, Strikeforce or a backyard wrestling league, Henderson is unlikely to receive compensation that's significantly better than the UFC's offer. If...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Bobby Lashley submits, Kim Couture debuts in TNA

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

This is the part where I tell you I don't like professional wrestling, do not watch professional wrestling, and do not possess the neurological tools necessary to understand professional wrestling...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Anthony "Rumble" Johnson dropping 50 pounds

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...to watch, and it's not doing their organs many favors, but it's a port from wrestling and it's not going anywhere. Most of the time, the ceiling is roughly 20 pounds. If...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

High school wrestlers do something stupid

Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

...Missouri is suing Blue Springs High over injuries sustained during an impromptu "MMA" bout in 2008. After wrestling practice was canceled one day last October, it's alleged that one student initiated an amateur fight...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009