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Watch 70’s Hong Kong Kung Fu fighters vs Japanese Karatekas in vintage style vs style bouts | WTF
Yeah, we know. The week started with the whole slap thing, which we’ve already covered more than we perhaps should have. But that’s enough. It ends here. We won’t cover that today. We’ll begin, as usual, with Jerry over at Fight Commentary Breakdowns. This one is really special, as it’s…
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Judo Chump: Will Smith smacks Chris Rock, aftershocks felt throughout Twitterverse
Despite every year turning into a garbage fire of reactions for multiple reasons, this year’s Oscar ceremony provided some tame surprises along with a major one. Even though award ceremonies can drag and be chock full of self-aggrandizing and deluded characters, the pageantry and celebration of the arts is still…
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WTF: Jeet Kune Do vs vs. Kickboxing
While the combat sports world has all manner of wild antics taking place in and out of competition, WTF keeps chugging along here with the best fringe content and odd mishaps we can find in the martial arts world at large. This week, we’re kicking things off with Jerry at…
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WTF: Pakistan vs. India traditional Kushti wrestling match
Despite being much maligned by the combat sports world, Aikido still has a following. Many practitioners around the world continue to celebrate the art and continue its legacy, but it gets virtually no love from the MMA community at large. This week, we start off with Jerry from Fight Commentary…
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Bellator 276: Borics vs Burnell preview, weigh-in video
Bellator has had various talented prospects make their way up in the ranks, Few managed to garner the same kind of reputation Adam Borics has, with exciting finishes while leaving some questions open. Suffering his only professional loss in 2020 to wrestling dynamo Darrion Caldwell, Borics (17-1) hasn’t lost since,…
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Invicta FC 46: Rodriguez vs Torquato 2 preview, weigh-in results
Invicta FC sets up shop at the Memorial Hall once again with another midweek event, showcasing their lighter weight classes and with a title on the line at the top. Karina Rodriguez (9-4, no relation) meets Daiana Torquato (10-4) once again in a rematch for the Invicta flyweight championship. Their…
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk ‘making more money outside the Octagon,’ but still planning UFC return
Former UFC champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been out of the fight game for almost two years to the day. And while she hasn’t exactly been talking about retirement, questions abound as to just when she’ll be making her Octagon return. After all, from the sound of things, Jedrzejczyk certainly seems…
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WTF: Lethwei, Muay Thai, knockouts and team MMA
It’s no secret, the past week has been a very bad, not good one for the world. So with that in mind, hopefully we can inject a bit of levity from the wide wild world of sports into your day. We’ve got a dose of traditional martial arts on tap,…
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KSW 67: De Fries vs Stošić preview, weigh-in results
KSW has always made some compelling events on large and small scales, and this upcoming event should be very satisfying from an action standpoint. Heavyweight champ Phil De Fries (20-6) has been unstoppable since 2017, running on an eight fight win streak, three of them being by decisions. It seems…
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WTF: Wing Chun and Karate practitioners get wins over kickboxers
So we begin with Fight Commentary Breakdowns, where style clashes and weirdness are always in style. This time we’ll look at a Karate specialist in a bout against a kickboxer, and it’s interesting, to say the least. It takes place inside a cage that is less stable than the GTA…