In the face of a pandemic, an already criticized sport proved it is here to stay as Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships made their return to action last Friday night in Oxford, Mississippi at the Lafayette Multipurpose Arena just down the road a piece from the University of Mississippi, otherwise, affectionately know as Ole Miss. While everyone involved from the shuttle … [Read more...] about Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships BKFC 11: History Made, New Champ, New Platform, And A Crowd
Archives for July 2020
We’re Going Back To Cali, Cali: Combat Sports Are Back
The long-awaited return of both boxing and mixed martial arts competition may resume in California after the state athletic commission approved new safety regulations that will be implemented for the coronavirus pandemic. The state athletic commission will however require a "quarantine bubble'' around participants in every event, including referees and judges. The events … [Read more...] about We’re Going Back To Cali, Cali: Combat Sports Are Back
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships: BKFC 11 – Valle-Flagg vs Palomino Fight Card
This Friday night in Oxford, Mississippi at the Lafayette County Multipurpose Arena, the purest form of combat sport, bare-knuckle fighting is back in a big way as the premier bare-knuckle fighting promotion in the world, David Feldman's Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships returns to action with BKFC 11 Valle-Flagg vs Palomino This card features 9 bouts in total and is … [Read more...] about Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships: BKFC 11 – Valle-Flagg vs Palomino Fight Card
Ariel Helwani vs Ali Abdelaziz: Silly When You Think About It
So let me see if I got this right: ESPN MMA reporter Ariel Helwani makes a statement that since Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman MMA wants to take an extended break to spend quality time with his daughter, (which is certainly understandable) he suggested that Gilbert "Durinho" Burns should face Leon Edwards in a title eliminator bout. Helwani even backed his thought with … [Read more...] about Ariel Helwani vs Ali Abdelaziz: Silly When You Think About It
Judging and Scoring In MMA Is Broken, Completely Opposite of Unified
Many people feel the 10 point scoring system that is used in mixed martial arts isn't the right system, yet I haven't heard anybody come up with a better one! The world was clamoring for "open scoring", you know, where we get to see the score from each judge after every single round. Invicta Fighting Championships is the 1st big promotion to implement this. I applaud them … [Read more...] about Judging and Scoring In MMA Is Broken, Completely Opposite of Unified