Kathy Long Coming Out of Retirement to Fight MMA Thursday, November 13, 2008 By Mike Baltierra Though a five time world kickboxing champion, an inductee into the Bob Elias Sports Hall of Fame, Woman of the Year from Black Belt Magazine in 1991, and Full Contact Fighter of the Year in 1992, today's Mixed Martial Art's Fan may not know of Kathy Long. That is, unless they recognize her from being a color commentator at the very first Ultimate Fighting Championship event or her appearances on "Walker: Texas Ranger".
Pene Defeats Gumm for RMBB 115 lbs Title Tuesday, November 11, 2008 By Becky Pizzolatto On Saturday, November 8, 2008, Jessica Pene defeated Alicia Gumm in a two round title match at Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz's Caged Vengance in Sheridan, Colorado. In the main event of the evening, Pene dominated Gumm for two rounds to win the 115 lbs Female Title by unanimous decision.
1st FILA World Grappling Championship Wednesday, October 29, 2008 By Tiago Okamura The World Grappling Committee (WGC) was created under the authority of FILA to promote the physical and mental well being of the individuals involved in grappling. The objective of the WGC is to make grappling an exciting and attractive sport for spectators and to regulate its practice all over the world with the goal of making it an Olympic discipline.
On December 20 and 21, 2008, the first FILA World Grappling Championship will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland.
"Karate Hottie" Ready to Explode At Strikeforce "Payback" Thursday, October 02, 2008 By Press Release SAN JOSE, Calif. —To the naked eye, Michelle Waterson looks more like she should be gracing the pages of Maxim rather than beating up on opponents in caged combat. Just like the old cliché “looks can be deceiving” goes though, it turns out that the petite, 22 year old, otherwise known as the “Karate Hottie,” packs as much firepower as she does gorgeous looks.
One-on-One with Kelly Kobold Monday, September 29, 2008 By Michael Hess I got to speak with Kelly Kobold regarding her upcoming network TV debut in EliteXC on October 4th against Gina Carano, funny stories about her teammates from Minnesota Martial Arts Academy and Team Bison, and her introduction to MMA.
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