Rachelle Leah – A Model Princess © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges There are a number of MMA fighters who have caused extreme discomfort to their opponents through headlocks and corkscrew holds. Randy Couture, Mark Coleman and Mark Kerr have neck-cranked their way to submissions. And Tank […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com photos © IFL Miss Emily Miller has one eye on her computer, and the other on the TV, while watching her favorite program – NCIS. Then the phone rings at her home in Des Moines, Iowa for another interview. Since commencing work for the International Fight League, Emily has been busy […]
© Marc Wickert, www.knucklepit.com March 13, 2008 On March 29, 2008, Brent Beauparlant will be shaping up against middleweight Amir Rahnavardi in the Robert Guertin Arena, Quebec, for what is expected to be a heavy-metal clash. And Beauparlant is hell-bent on squeezing out sparks for his segment of the star-studded MMA card, which will feature […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 7 Mar. 2007 On April 13, 2007, Carlos Newton's Dragons will be facing off against Don Frye's Scorpions in Uncasville, Connecticut. And despite still being unsure of who his opponent will be, Dragons' middleweight representative Brent Beauparlant says all systems are go from his end. "This morning I went to Muay […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 13 Dec. 2006 Toronto Dragons light-heavyweight star, Brent Beauparlant, is preparing to go training after playing with son Krieger between sessions. "Tonight I'll be working the Thai pads, and a drill where people try to punch and kick me and I try to take them down. This morning was wrestling techniques […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com Brent Beauparlant has just arrived at his home in Ottawa, Canada, after spending the morning with his wife and son looking for carpet. He's now sitting back and ready to chat to us, and explains it was natural for him to have taken up a fighting art. "Everyone's a wrestler in […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 6 Sept 2006 For a top welterweight, known as 'Bad' Brad Blackburn, this IFL fighter sure knows how to have a good laugh. And his laugh is infectious, because Brad's born to party – whether he's inside or outside the ring, he's just a happy guy. And he makes everyone around […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com special thanks to Tonya Shamrock Bob and Ken Shamrock first met when Ken arrived on Bob's doorstep in October, 1979. Today the two men are still together, living in Despero with Ken's wife Tonya and their family. "I'm going pretty good. Ken's working hard and I'm sitting, watching him, which suits […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com When BJ Penn travelled to Rio De Janiero in 2000 to compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, few people thought he had a chance of winning the Black Belt Championships. This was because a non-Brazilian had never won the coveted title before. But a determined Penn fought against the odds and returned […]
© Marc Wickert, www.knucklepit.com Internationally acclaimed fighting events such as UFC, Cage Rage, and IFL provide avenues for some of the world's elite mixed martial artists to compete and hone their skills. However, not all martial artists originally take up a fighting system to compete in sporting events. Many partake in a self-defense system as […]