By James Gilliland As most of the MMA community already knows, UFC heavyweight and Madera resident, Lavar Johnson is replacing Mark Hunt at this Saturday’s UFC. He is taking on Stefan Struve (23-5). Struve has 15 wins by submission so expect to see him try to take Lavar down and work from there. Both [...]
By James Gilliland Nick Diaz was supposed to compete in a jiu-jitsu super fight with a guy that many considered to be the Michael Jordan of jiu-jitsu, Braulio Estima, at the World Jiu-jitsu Expo. A day before the event, Estima was said to be five pounds heavy for weigh-ins. He weighed in at 185 [...]
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By James Gilliland As a comic geek, I am of course excited about the Avengers movie. I sat and thought about it and wondered who in the MMA world reminds me of the characters in the Marvel Universe. This is clearly from my view point and if you don’t like it, oh well. [...]
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By James Gilliland Tachi Palace Fights (TPF) will have their 12th event on Friday, March 9th and feature a Valley young gun taking on a Central Valley favorite and a featherweight title fight. In the main event, Central Valley fan favorite, Casey “The Underdog” Olson (13-3) takes on Visalia’s Cody “The Renegade” Gibson [...]
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By James Gilliland Casey Olson returns to action on March 9th against Cody Gibson after being out of the cage for over a year and a half. You’ve been out since May of 2010, where have you been? (Laughs) Where have I been? I went back to school and did an internship at Clovis [...]
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By James Gilliland Visalia’s Cody “The Renegade” Gibson will be taking on Fresno’s Casey Olson on March 9th at Tachi Palace Fights 12: Second Coming. I caught up with Gibson during a training session to ask him a few questions about his upcoming fight, his previous title fight, and his future in the world [...]
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By James Gilliland Edgar Diaz is taking on Alex Perez for the second time on March 9th. In their first fight Diaz submitted Perez with a guillotine choke in the first round. Diaz took some time out of his busy training schedule to answer some questions from Parts Unknown. What inspired you to start [...]
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By James Gilliland Phil Collins has admitted that this his fight against Mickey D. Martinez will in fact be his last. He took time out to talk to me and answer my 10 questions. How has training gone for this fight? It’s the best training I have had in about a year, since [...]
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By James Gilliland Tachi Palace Fights 11: Redemption will feature two title fights and talent from smaller weight classes. In the main event, Isaac De Jesus (9-3) returns to fight for the title he was stripped of in May. Yet, Georgi Karakhanyan (16-3) hopes to derail De Jesus’ dreams of winning the title [...]
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By James Gilliland IFL and Affliction veteran, Savant Young will be taking on UFC vet, Rob Emerson on December 2nd at Tachi Palace Fights 11: Redemption in Lemoore. He took time out with me to answer some questions about his career and about his upcoming fights. How did you get into MMA? I got [...]
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