Arianny © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Coming live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, this was another big MMA show with a number of surprise results. As with UFC 68, this event showed a few valuable lessons: The taller fighters don’t always win, and the […]
Ali © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges This event was a crucial outing for Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin, but particularly for Randy Couture who was coming out of UFC retirement and needed to re-establish himself as a current force. Held at Nationwide Arena, in Columbus, Ohio, […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright IFL 2006 Although the International Fight League is known for pitting some of the world’s best MMA athletes against each other in team competition, below are five outstanding individual matches that took place in 2006 under the title of IFL ‘Superfights’. Stay tuned to knucklepit.com as more IFL […]
Rachelle Leah © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Melvin Guillard (5'9" 156 lb) vs Rick Davis (5'9" 155 lb) – Lightweight Referee: Mario Yamasaki Rick Davis was introduced as a kickboxer and a BJJ exponent, but when the action started, he adopted a karate-style stance, and attempted […]
Amber Miller © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges What an incredible introduction to MMA for Californian fans! Held at Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, this eighteen-thousand seater sold out in hours, and definitely delivered the goods. True to UFC form, there were no preliminaries as every bout was loaded […]
Amber Miller © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges This was another great UFC event, and showed why MMA is rapidly becoming such an incredibly popular sport worldwide. And while it might be a bit of a novelty to have athletes from one country competing against another, it […]
Rachelle Leah © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Keith Jardine (6’1" 206 lb) vs Mike Whitehead (6’0" 206 lb) – Light Heavyweight Referee: Steve Mazzagatti Round One It started out with Mike at center ring in pursuit of the former bounty hunter, Keith, who was dancing and […]
Amber Miller © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges UFC 55: Fury was not one of Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most entertaining events from a spectator’s point of view. But from a rounded fighter’s perspective there were eight very interesting bouts on the card. And whilst Fury mightn’t […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Rachelle Leah Nick Thompson (6’1" 175 lb) vs Keith Wisniewski (5’11" 170 lb) – Welterweight Referee: Steve Mazzagatti Round One Both men were making their debuts in the Octagon, but they were also packing respectable MMA backgrounds in their holsters as […]
The new look Rachelle Leah © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges This was another memorable UFC with plenty of action and a few surprises. Two highlights were the return of MMA greats Jeremy Horn and Tra Telligman. Another turn up for the cards was the new-look Rachelle […]