USA Pankration President Dave Sixel and his team of competitors are on their way to Serbia in order to represent the country at the FILA World Pankration Championships. Beginning on September 30 and lasting until October 2, the event is set to take place in Belgrade, Serbia, and feature the top Pankration competitors from around the world. Sixel is confident in his team’s chances. “It’s a privilege and honor to represent our country in sport and I am very confident that this team will once again be in the running to bring home the gold.”

As Ralph Waldo Emmerson once famously said, “fractures well cured makes us more strong”. And for former UFC welterweight contender Brian Foster, the hurdles he has had to overcome in his career have only increased his aspirations of achieving success. With a professional record of 15-5, and after his UFC debut in 2009, Foster has excited fans with stellar performances that have primarily ended via knockout. Throughout the battles he has had over the years inside the cage, these wars have contributed to his growth not only as a fighter but also as a person. “All the fights I have been in have helped me to be more humble about life like nothing could ever be as hard ya know”, Foster told US ...

Check out some of the best shots from Saturday's Combat Corner Grappling Championship Vol. 8 from Pius XI in Milwaukee.

Competing outside of Wisconsin continues to be the downfall for Herbert “Whisper” Goodman. The middleweight suffered his third straight loss off of Wisconsin soil on Friday as he lost to Isaiah Larson in the main event of “Riot At The Hyatt” in Minneapolis. The night was equally as tough for fellow Badgers Brian Learn and Floyd Hodges who also fell at the hands of their Minnesota counterparts.

Combat Corner Volume 8 heads back to Pius XI high school on Saturday, September 24. Once again awarding two $400 cash prizes in the No-Gi Absolute Divisions, Wisconsin’s premier grappling tournament hosts a multitude of Gi and No-Gi weight divisions as well as its kids and teens Youngstar Grappling Challenge. Continuing to supplant itself as one of the Midwest’s most affordable and competitive competitions, Combat Corner 8 will feature beginner, intermediate, and advanced divisions in the 140, 155, 170, 185, 205, 225, and heavyweight classes.