In a very unpredictable turn of events not even a year removed from an extremely successful 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London the world learned that the competition’s oldest sport, wrestling, will be on the chopping block. Olympic wrestling has been contested at all games except for one since 1896. “This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olympics,” International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said. “In the view of the executive board, this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It’s not a case of what’s wrong with wrestling, it is what’s right with the 25 core sports.”

Saturday, Feb. 9.,the North American Fighting Championship returns to the Wisconsin state fair grounds. The main card is filled with 18 exciting bouts for the fans to witness. The Super Brawl Cage Fights undercard begins at 5 p.m. and the main card pops-off at 7. The Super Brawl will have two title bouts as the main and co-mainevents. The co-main event is for the vacant NAFC Bantamweight championship while the main event is for the NAFC Welterweight Championship. Eric Shelton (Milletich fighting system-Davenport, IA), takes on opponent, Andrew “Grunt” Attebury (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI) for the vacant title.

Bellator MMA will be in New Mexico, at the Santa Ana Star Center (not the casino) on Thursday, February 28, 2013, and the card, as the main event of the undercard, none other than Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (2-0, Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA), who will be fighting herthjrd ever MMA fight. The undercard, jam-packed with local talent, will be broadcast live on Bellator’s website, www.bellator.com, starting at 6pm (doors open at 5pm), with the main card to be broadcast on Spike TV at 8pm. At Tuesday’s press conference, JR Rodriguez of Orthrus Promotions – the company responsible for bringing Bellator to New Mexico - introduced several of the fighters on the undercard, and announced that we...

The stage has been set and New Mexico fighters and fight fans are the winners. JR Rodriguez of Orthrus Promotions told attendees of today’s press conference that “Bellator is committed to developing New Mexico Talent.” Matchmaker Sal Mora introduced the fighters and gave some insight into the process of forming a card with local fighters and national implications. The main event is the previously announced Light heavyweight title clash between Champion Christian M’Pumbu and Attila Vegh – two monsters with world class skill and impressive resumes. The all local undercard will be headlined by Holly “The Preachers Daughter” Holm, 3-0 in MMA against a yet to be named opponent.

Last night, Arthur Jones, older brother of UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones, added another title and even more to talk about at the dinner table of the Jones residence yesterday as he and his Baltimore Ravens teammates were victorious at Super Bowl 47. Arthur, one of three brothers active in professional sports was drafted by the Ravens in 2010. Younger brother Chandler Jones plays for the New England Patriots.