September 26, 2003, Mandalay Bay Las Vegas © By Marc Wickert Once again, thousands of MMA fans surrounding the Octagon, and millions worldwide watching P-P-V, were summonsed by Bruce Buffer's velvet voice announcing, "Ladies and Gentleman, we are Live!" Amongst celebrities in the full house were Shaquille O?Neal, Fernando Vargas, Bobby Jackson, Michael Clark Duncan, […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com photos by Joshua Hedges In the lead up to UFC 43 Meltdown, the Ultimate Fighting Championships promoters promised to deliver an 8-fight, Mega-Star event for fight fans to enjoy the world over. With some of the biggest names in mixed martial arts history on the card, such as Tank Abbott, Kimo […]
Lori Tyler & Emily Miller © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com Jan. 7, 2007, All photos copyright IFL September 9, 2006 witnessed Maurice Smith’s Seattle Tiger Sharks take on Matt Lindland’s Portland Wolfpack in Portland, Oregon. What added some MMA spice to this event was that Matt Horwich and Devin Cole were former members of the […]
Emily Miller © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com Jan. 16, 2007, all photos copyright IFL May 29, 2006 saw Maurice Smith’s Seattle Tiger Sharks take on Renzo Gracie’s Pitbulls at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The winning team from this meet would take on Pat Miletich’s Silverbacks. Ironically, prior to the middleweight match-up […]
Lori Tyler © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com May 4, 2007 All photos copyright IFL 2006 On February 2, 2007, Bas Rutten’s Anacondas went to war with Pat Miletich’s Silverbacks for one of IFL’s biggest MMA showdowns. One of the most anticipated bouts in IFL history was between the two unbeaten lightweights, Chris Horodecki and Bart Palaszewski. […]
Lori Tyler & Emily Miller © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright IFL 2006 September 23, 2006 saw Pat Miletich’s Quad City Silverbacks take on Renzo Gracie’s New York Pitbulls at the Mark in Quad City. What resulted was one of the most intensely fought wars between 10 of mixed martial arts’ leading fighters in […]
Arianny © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Held at the Manchester Evening News (MEN) – Europe’s largest indoor arena, UFC 70 was welcomed with open arms by Britain’s spirited crowd. And it was interesting to see fighters’ weights displayed in stones as well as pounds for the […]
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 […]