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North Jersey Mixed Martial Arts Belt Promotions Recap From Sussex County
North Jersey Mixed Martial Arts, one of the premier schools in Sussex County, recently promoted two more students to the rank of blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Black belt instructor Ioannis (Yanni) Hronakis had just completed a seminar at the school as a guest instructor before the promotions. Yanni is the head instructor at his own school, Up Top Martial Arts Academy in Wayne, N.J. He is a 4th degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and Black Belt in BJJ.Add Comment -
Jay Hieron Signs with Legacy Fighting Championships, Will Make Promotional Debut on July 13
Freeport-native and longtime veteran Jay Hieron will once again seek to find a home in another professional mixed martial arts organization. The 35-year-old fighter who now lives and trains out of Las Vegas has fought for nearly every major fight promotion including the UFC, Strikeforce, Ring of Combat, Affliction, Bellator, and the now defunct International Fight League and World Extreme Cagefighting. But later this Summer Hieron will make his first appearance inside the Legacy Fighting Championships on July 13. No opponent has been named as of yet. -
PICKAFIGHT Application Allows Fans to Predict Fight Winners, Earn Prizes, and Donate to Charities
Remember the good old days before the Internet age when you used to place a friendly wager with your buddies on a particular sporting event such as a football or baseball game, or some other type of competition? There was always that one person who after the results came in and their prediction was wrong said, "No, I didn't say that. I picked (insert random lie here)." That friend never wanted to admit that they made the wrong pick. Well guess what? Now there's an app for that. John Tackett, a co-owner of FighterLink, a mixed martial arts business to business networking site dedicated to the growth and success of the MMA community, has just released an application for y... -
U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials: Kyle Dake Pins David Taylor and Takes the Bronze
Cornell University's three-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake placed third at the U.S. Olympic team trials on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Dake advanced to the semi-finals before suffering a loss to Trent Paulson in three periods, 2-0, 0-1, 6-0. Dake greeted fellow national NCAA champion David Taylor of Penn State University in the consolation semi-finals where he shocked the crowd with an astonishing pin showing pure dominance. A possible preview of next year's collegiate finals ended in the second period when Dake pinned Taylor in 1:28 impressing a crowd of 13,250, the biggest attendance ever at section one. -
UFC 145 Weigh-ins: Jones and Evans Make Weight With Battle Hours Away (VIDEO)
On fuel TV yesterday Rashad Evans and Jon Jones weighed in full of emotions. As the crowded audience delivers their mixed emotions between the two athletes as each enters the stage to step on the scale, it is apparent that Jones, Evans, and the city of Atlanta are ready. The contender stepped onto the scale weighting in at 204 pounds. “Suga” pounded his chest twice softly while smiling, holding his arms out while blowing a kiss to the heavens as he lifts both arms in the air while walking off the scale. The champion entered the weight station with a huge smile on his face and waving his hands as he also enters a crowd both booing and cheering him. The obvious emotion is pouring out of him.... -
After Pennyslvania Commission Nixes Bout Against Lowe, Sickinger Agrees to Face Washington in Ohio
Next month was supposed to be an opportunity for Wisconsin featherweight Morgan Sickinger to take on UFC-veteran Waylon Lowe at Pure MMA in Pennsylvania. However, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission decided that Sickinger's record of 9-5-1 was too big a drop for Lowe's mark of 12-4. A controversial and strange call to say the least, but the "Captain" has wasted no time in finding another opponent. Confirmed by Sickinger's Unified Martial Arts coach and manager Mike Biddle, the Wisconsin featherweight will instead square off against Jon "The Beast" Washington at Big Bully MMA's "Get In The Cage" in Niles, Ohio on May 5. -
Erik Paulson Combat Submission Wrestling Seminar in Garden State
Erik Paulson, a legendary pioneer in the sport of mixed martial arts, will return to New Jersey on Sunday, May 6, to host a six-hour combat wrestling submission seminar at Master Ace Ramirez's KRU Training National Headquarters in Bergenfield. Ramirez has been hosting Sensei Paulson since 2001. Paulson has not had a professional fight since nearly five years ago when he defeated Jeff Ford. It was Paulson's third consecutive win bringing his professional record to 11-4-2. Paulson's career began just around the same time that the Ultimate Fighting Championship launched in 1993, though he never fought for the organization. He was the first American to win the world light heavyw... -
The Ultimate Fighter Recap: Joe Proctor Gives Team Faber Third Straight Win
Team Faber looked to continue its momentum after pulling even with Team Cruz on this week's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter". Faber's group sent one of its silent warriors, Joe Proctor, to step into the cage with Team Cruz's resident headcase, Chris Tickle. This week's episode began with Tickle appearing slightly intoxicated during his teammate Jeremy Larsen's loss to Michael Chiesa on last week's episode, which drew the ire of Tickle's coach, UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. However, Cruz and Tickle later had a heart-to-heart where Cruz determined that the best way for Tickle to be effective is for him to be himself, trash talking and a... -
Five Lehigh Valley Wrestlers Heading to Olympic Trials
Steve Mocco heads a group of five men from the Lehigh Valley each wrestling for their shot at Olympic Gold. The five men will look to earn their spot in the 2012 Olympics by competing in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling on April 21-22, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Mocco, a 2008 U.S. Olympian wrestler, is also a two-time NCAA champion and four-time finalist with Oklahoma State and Iowa. He is currently a volunteer wrestling coach at Lehigh University. Mocco defeated one of his college rivals, Tommy Rowlands, in a best-of-three series at the U.S. Olympic Trials to make the Olympic team. Rowlands had defeated Mocco a few weeks earlier in the finals of the U.S. Nationa... -
Olympic Gold Medalist Cael Sanderson Decides to Sit Out of Team Trials
As many young wrestlers continue to work to become an American Olympic wrestler at the 2012 London Games, some veterans have already achieved the greatest accomplishment in their careers when representing the United States. Cael Sanderson, a Gold medalist at the 2004 Greece Olympic Games, has decided not to make a comeback at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials. According to interMatwrestle.com, Sanderson is reported saying he won't compete at the team trials where he earned a top spot. An official statement is supposed to happen in the "coming weeks" with only 17-days remaining until the competition. Sanderson has not competed since his fifth place finish at the World Championship...
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