I know it's silly to get nervous about training at a new academy, but I do. Regardless of how many schools I've trained at over the years throughout the States, when I am the "new kid in school", I still get a bit anxious about my first day of class like a five-year-old kid. I'd been corresponding with Vini Aieta of Gracie Tijuca and Francis of Rio Sports Tours for a few months. So, when I walked in the door I was greeted with warm smiles and kisses on each cheek. My first day of class was part of the Rio Sports Tours Vini Aieta's Jiu Jitsu camp. We went over two to three different techniques and then it was time for "training" (rolling). Training cons...

Since transforming from a professional football player into a professional mixed martial artist in 2007, Herbert “Whisper” Goodman has shown that he wants to fight on the national stage. But none of his previous battles will be as high profile as tonight when he meets Hector Lombard.

MATCS and Matt Douglas of The Cave MMA bring another episode of technique of the week. In this edition, Douglas instructs on how to do an arm bar from the mounted position.

Shark Fights had previously announced the participation of UFC exile Paul Daley, but no opponent. Shark Fights scored another homerun for the Amarillo-based promotion's impressive Sept. 11 event by signing Bellator veteran Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal to fight Daley.

In the nineties, MMA was a war of styles. Now that the game is more finely-tuned, it's a battle of trends. The stories and reviews have all credited Anderson Silva's black belt in jiu jitsu for his fight-winning, 'Hail Mary' triangle choke in his seventh title defense on Saturday. Yet, during the twenty-or-so minutes that the champion was lying on his back getting pulverized and humbled (actually, we'll see about that one) by Chael Sonnen, Silva attempted that same hold multiple times. It wasn't until the final round that Silva, with Sonnen in his guard, stuck the challenger in the face with a stiff punch. Sonnen, already lacerated and bleeding from an eariler s...