Someone needs to start scouting these bus drivers for the UFC or something….they just have great hands. Here’s the latest pound for pound champ out of Roxbury….nothing but bad intentions in those punches! Mexico is known for tough fighters….I guess their bus drivers dont play …
Ever wonder where MMA recruiters find talent? Some head to West Perrine Florida and grab a seat in DADA 5000’s yard. Billy Corben is one of the best documentary directors out there and one of my personal favorites. So far the reviews are awesome and …
If you haven’t heard, UFC 168 is this Saturday and among the incredibly stacked fight card is one of our own…John Howard. John is an incredibly gifted fighter and along with Bill “Sugar” Traft holds the honor of giving the dead bomber a beating…. Check …
In my world Led Zeppelin is hands down the greatest rock band ever. 10 Years Gone is one of my favorite songs by them. So when I have a chance to watch other people cover them I look for how close they get to the …
So I have been watching MMA for about 16 years now, and I’m still a huge fan. Boxing was always the sport for my family growing up and I still love it, but I got tired of the corruption element. Watching the UFC grow over the past decade has been absolutely incredible. You literally watched this tiny company and it’s fighters just dominate the world. There’s something to be said for Dana White’s vision. He grew a million dollar company into a billion dollar company. Who am I to question his practices….right? Besides….I always route for the Boston kid.
Well enter ESPN looking for a story, apparently they chopped their 40 minute interview with the UFC down to 9 minutes and manipulated it to bolster their conspiracy that fighters do not get paid well enough. Let me just say this, in life you have to start somewhere. I had a paper route, and if people didn’t get their Boston Globe how and when they wanted it….I didn’t get paid. Some didn’t pay simply because they were cheap pr*cks. Fighters also have to start somewhere, and that means taking low pay until they establish a reputation. The UFC has shown more integrity in a decade than boxing has shown in a century. Fighting is a dangerous sport, but with great risk come great reward. Through UFC’s efforts the fighters have continuously advanced their pay scales and more of the fighters earn money than ever before. That’s not something a Don King can speak of, I think he’s robbed more fighters than he’s paid during his career.
The boys running the show at the UFC are pretty smart, and saw what could potentially happen if ESPN decided to back door them. So…they taped the entire interview…have a look.
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Because at their core they tend to be incredible human beings…most tend to be void of insecurity or vanity. You do have the Mayweather’s of the world but is he really a fighter? Manny Pacquiao would probably disagree. But it’s remarkable that given the line of work, most of these …
So I’m a huge boxing/mma fan. It’s not really a macho thing….it’s the oldest form of competition on the planet. I think both boys and girls should equally learn at a young age to take care of themselves. Now I didn’t take this stance on till my teenage years…I learned the hard way…and got my ass handed to me quite a number of times till one day I changed. With boxing comes life lessons. THE most important is that no matter what, you don’t have to win every fight but you always have to show up….you never back down in any aspect of your life….because life WILL try to kick the sh*t out of you from time to time. It’s great for your confidence and it’s one of the best workouts around!
Now I understand some parents find it barbaric….nobody wants to see their kid get hurt. But there’s also piece of mind knowing your son or daughter can stick up for themselves. All kids should be properly supervised in any combat discipline. Peter Welch did some good work with the Southie youth program and moved on to work with some big names in the UFC. The Grealish gym has been working with youth since the 90’s. You can’t forget folks like the Mr. DeLuca and Mr. Barnes who helped the McKeon Post keep their kids boxing program alive. This is not an exclusively inner city thing. Feel free to contact these folks if you want to learn or get your kids involved.
Check out these little guys go at it …I believe that’s former Golden Gloves Champ and State Auditor Joe DeNucci.
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