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, […]
On average, most people should ensure that 25-35% of their energy intake comes from fat, with your fat intake split equally between saturates (animal fat), monounsaturates (olive oil, avocados, etc), and polyunsaturates (flax oil, salmon oil, etc.). Your total fat in the diet may vary but make sure you’re getting about 1/3 of each type […]
The "That was Then – This is Now" put on a top show at their headquarters in Marua Road, Ellerslie (Auckland suburb) on Saturday May 5th. The venue is known more simply as the Eastern Clubrooms of the Headhunters Motorcycle Club. The big crowd that packed the venue was treated to amateur boxing, kickboxing bouts, a […]
New Zealand is supposed to be an egalitarian society but I would hardly call a wharfie and a paperhanger corporate types. Yet that is what they were billed as, at the Pukekohe Indian Centre on Saturday March 24, when over 800 people packed the center to witness what was advertised as a night of “corporate […]
The Auckland Boxing Association kicked its 2007 season off by hosting an international amateur bout at their stadium on Saturday February 24, between current New Zealand singlet wearing light heavyweight champion Zig Zag Wallace (yes, that’s his right name) and New South Wales State champion at the same weight, Matthew Corbett, from Magpie territory, Croydon, […]
Shane Cameron’s bout against Australian- based Roger Izonritie for the International Boxing Federation’s Pan-Pacific belt has to be the New Zealand fight of 2006, writes Jim Mahoney. The clash at the Auckland Boxing Association Stadium in July is a bolter in that category. Not only did it have big-fight atmosphere, it produced a dramatic action […]
Good nutrition, nutrition for optimal body composition (fat loss, muscle gain), optimal health, and optimal performance (sports or everyday) usually requires a move away from the typical North American dietary habits and a move toward more nutritious, physiology-friendly habits. To shed a little bit of light on what I mean by the typical North American […]