The Bash for the Stache Main Event: Don Frye vs. Dan Severn Dustin Hazelett vs. Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett Tank Abbott vs. Brett Rogers Paul Buentello vs. Tim Sylvia Art Jimmerson vs. Gerard Gordeau Travis Fulton vs. Dan Bobish Ikuhisa “The Punk” Minowa vs. Marvin Eastman A battle with Chin Straps: Isaac De Jesus vs. [...]
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By James Gilliland Lemoore, CA – The Tachi Palace hotel and casino hosted its third MMA card under the new Tachi Palace Fights (TPF) promotion. The event also saw the crowning of two champions in the Bantamweight and Featherweight division. The card featured a who’s who of Central Valley fighters including Cole Escovedo, Phil “the pain” Collins, [...]
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By MMA Writter-James Gilliland I’ve always been a big fan of action movies. Growing up in the 90’s I would go to the video store by my house and rent a cheesy action movie that went straight to VHS. They were all kinds of movies that had the same plot. Another common thing about these [...]
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I have watched a lot of MMA fights and I have seen guys that have no business getting in the cage/ring. The first cage fight I went to saw was Mike Serr taking Rafael Del Real. This was the debut for both fighters; it was a feud between Visalia and Tulare. I thought it was [...]
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As an MMA writer and observer I have read quite a few books pertaining to the sport. I have learned some interesting things about the promotions that have come and gone. It’s hard to know what’s true and what’s not when you don’t have any hard evidence that certain things took place. An example of [...]
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By James Gilliland Brock Lesnar recently had surgery to get rid of a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract. Hopefully, he’ll get well soon and return to the ring to defend his championship. I will admit I was an MMA purist that was upset when in only his fourth fight he was getting a UFC [...]
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Congrats to all the fighters that came out victorious on both Strikeforce cards. I was sad to see that Cole Escovedo wasn’t on the main card, because he has the most experience out of all the fighters on the card. I do understand why, it was on Showtime so they have to highlight national fighters [...]
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Two big Strikeforce events are going on this weekend, nationally with Fedor vs. Rogers and locally the Strikeforce Challengers Series returns to the Save Mart Center. The national card is great because it features Fedor, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, and Jake Shields. The local card is also great since it features top valley fighters such as Cole Escovedo, [...]
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Group Interview James Gilliland VSP MMA Columnist The Strikeforce Challengers series returns to the Save Mart Center on November 6th. It will feature some of the best MMA talent in Fresno. I caught up with a few of the fighters that will be featured on the card. Cole Escovedo, who has overcome insurmountable odds to [...]
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I was going to blog about the Ultimate Fighter reality show and local fighters that were going to try out for it. But, I just got an update that two of the three fighters I had heard about are not trying out. So, I wonder why they weren’t going for the big opportunity that comes [...]
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