Wisconsin amateur fighter Larry Watson made a statement on November 3rd when he connected a fist to his opponent that resulted in a highlight reel knockout in his debut. The tone for a successful career was set early. Watson has an extensive background in amateur wrestling on the high school level as the Brookfield East wrestler finished second in the state at 171-pounds his senior year. He later joined the Roufusport team in Milwaukee shortly after graduating high school. Still just 19, the young fighter felt the urge for athletic competition after deciding not to wrestle in college; and the rapidly growing Roufusport gym just made sense. Catching word about the world-renowned trainer Duk...

Meet D Jo Jones, a woman who defies description. When she's not giving nutritional counseling or conditioning sessions to UFC fighters you might find her out on the road taking a ride on her motorcycle. Perhapslike the one in 2006 when she became the first person to ride the same motorcycle through all fifty states, finishing in Hawaii. Most days though, you can find Jones at work, at Momma D's Dungeon at 5501 Acoma Rd. SE, in Albuquerque. Jones opened the business about a year ago to offer personalized and small group instruction to anyone seeking better fitness, but specializes in prepping fighters. What her students get though is more than physical conditioning. Jones seems to...

On Friday, December 7th, Classic Entertainment Sports will present the next installment of what has become one of the Northeast's most anticipated happenings and successful promotional events. This one is set to feature Pawtucket's Keith "Sonic Boom" Jeffery and Chuck "Cold Steel" O'Neil in a welterweight bout for the northeast ages. I had a chance to pick the brains of both Vice President Jimmy Burchfield Jr. and CES Match Maker Pat Sullivan about a range of topics that touched on women's MMA, the last card, and Friday Night at Twin River Casino. Both Jimmy and Pat are card holders to a very tight knit group that makes sure the CES brand is operati...

Nick Urso will be stepping into the cage as the co-main event at Jackson's MMA Series X, this Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, NM. This will be his second professional fight at 135-lbs, as he faces Silver City's David Ruelas (1-1). Originally from Chicago, IL, Urso (4-1 of Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA) and his family moved to Florida when he was still a teenager. Already accustomed to being the smallest in any of his classes, Urso had been taught how to defend himself by his father, well versed in old-school boxing and kickboxing, "my father is very knowledgeable, and doesn't train by conventional methods", who drilled it into him from ...

Former Olympic hopeful Shawn Bunch came up a match short of representing the United States of America in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Bunch transitioned from being purely a World competitive amateur Freestyle wrestler to a professional Mixed Martial Artist. Bunch nick named "Bunch the Great", signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator Fighting Championship in June of 2012. The young career of Bunch began when Bellator Fighting Championship CEO Bjorn Rebney took a leap of faith on the former Edinboro University NCAA runner-up and 3-time All-American. "The best way to describe Shawn is just explosive and dynamic," fellow wrestler turned mixed martial artist Ben Askren said...