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Saturday, Oct 31
Saulo Ribeiro: A Journey in Jiu-Jitsu (Part One)
Pictured: Five time World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Saulo Ribeiro enjoys a break during his Fife, WA seminar on 18 October 2009 “Royce (Gracie) already proved in the beginning, if you isolate the martial arts, jiu-jitsu is going to win. Now, everybody does jiu-jitsu. Now, it’s not abo...
Saturday, Oct 24
Predictions: UFC 104
Main Event, for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship: Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida (champion) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Despite what Marc says, I don’t see any advantage for Rua other than possibly size. No way is he catching Machida with a lumbering lead left hook as he did in his knockout...
Friday, Oct 23
Shogun will defeat Lyoto on Saturday Night
Shogun has better wrestling, better jiu-jitsu, better ground and pound and more heart than Machida has ever showed in a ring or cage, yet the champ is a massive betting favourite, and people are already annointing him the next Anderson Silva, and he hasn’t even defended his title ye...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Vadim Finkelstein on Strikeforce Deal with Fedor and why UFC is “Impossible”
Vadim Finkelstein: Fedor believes his opponent is a top fighter, a knockout artist. One should overestimate his opponent. Fedor respects him as a fighter. He’s in a serious training camp now preparing diligently for the November, 7 fight.
Sunday, Oct 11
Nick Diaz’s Take on Mixed Martial Arts
Nick talked to Black Belt magazine recently, where he talked about being a Martial Artist and how MMA really isn’t his thing. Nick likes to be a martial artist, but feels the world of MMA to be rather cumbersome; full of steroid abuse and cocky attitudes with nothing to back them up. What is int...
Thursday, Sep 24
Tim Kennedy Ready for Strikeforce Tomorrow
Tim Kennedy: I think the guys like Georges St. Pierre that are amazing athletes in the first place and have been able to train with the best in all of the different realms of mixed martial arts: boxing, kickboxing, jiujitsu, wrestling, and really take a certain skill set and perfect it. You ca...
Wednesday, Sep 23
UFC to Rampage: You Can Check Out But Never Leave…
Rumor has it, from Rampage Jackson himself, that he is done with MMA, most notably of course his home in the UFC. Dana White is a master of the PR wars, often times doing whatever it takes, including making himself a target, to get what he wants in the end. Rampage is playing a dangerous [...]
Saturday, Sep 19
What Fight Fans Should be Watching Tonight: Mayweather vs. Marquez
Again, fight fans are faced with a choice between offerings from the biggest players in MMA and boxing tonight, as UFC goes head to head with HBO PPV. Hey, it’s not the worst problem to have; and in fact I think we’ve got a pretty clear decision here. ShareThis
Friday, Sep 4
Jiu-Jitsu Royalty: A Visit With Carlson Gracie Jr & Ricardo “Rey” Diogo (Part 2)
Diogo’s lessons on having a complete jiu-jitsu game have become a staple of the jiu-jitsu seminar circuit. Besides his flagship school in Los Angeles and his memebership in the Carlson Gracie Federation, Diogo boasts satellite schools of his own in the US and Europe.
Friday, Aug 28
Jiu-Jitsu Royalty: A visit with Carlson Gracie Jr & Ricardo “Rey” Diogo (Part One)
Part One: Carlson Gracie Jr talks about his life in jiu-jitsu, his thoughts on his most famous black belt Miguel Angel Torres, and how a guy from Rio finds himself in Chicago anyway… Total-MMA had the honor of meeting two more Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legends last Saturday, as the art’s “Crown...
Thursday, Aug 20
August 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings
Light Heavyweight Rankings (186 to 205 lbs.) 1. Lyoto Machida (15-0) 2. Quinton Jackson (30-7) 3. Rashad Evans (13-1-1) 4. Anderson Silva (25-4) 5. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (18-3) 6. Forrest Griffin (16-6) 7. Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1) 7. Rich Franklin (25-4, 1 No Contest) 9. Keith Jardine (14-5-1)
Monday, Aug 17
Defeat is Not the End for Gina Carano
Gina Carano was handed her first loss in Mixed Martial Arts. We all saw it, and if you didn’t see it live, chances are you’ve read countless articles condemning women’s MMA and Carano. With some of the hype leading up to this fight seeing such a fickle reaction isn’t exactly shocking, some of t...
Saturday, Aug 8
UFC 101 Predictions
Main Event: BJ Penn (Champion) vs. Kenny Florian (challenger) for the UFC Lightweight Championship: It’s great to see Penn back at his usual weight, taking on the best available contender. Florian is the biggest success story to come out of Ultimate Fighter. But this matchup is not in his fa...
Friday, Jun 26
Book Review: “Got Fight?” by Forrest Griffin with Erich Krauss
There have been a ton of autobiographies from MMA champions released in the last year or so. Here at Total-MMA we have reviewed releases from legendary champions like Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and my favorite of the bunch, Chuck Liddell. Forrest Griffin, a good-but-not-leg...
Sunday, May 31
Total-MMA Reviews Renzo Gracie: Legacy
A couple of weekends ago, I had a ton of fun at a “Modified MMA” tournament hosted by the good people of Warrior-One, an MMA retailer and training center just north of Seattle. The event offered an opportunity for a hopeful fighter to begin to bridge the gap between jiu-jitsu matches and MMA,...
Tuesday, May 5
April in Review
Strikeforce: Shamrock v. Diaz Dream.8 WEC: Torres v. Mizugaki I know it’s all the rage to hate on EliteXC, but I quite enjoyed their shows and have missed them this year. This Strikeforce show picked up where EliteXC left off with an exciting, dramatic main event, a great
Tuesday, Apr 28
Podcast: Mixed Martial Açaí
In a recent interview with Fight Magazine, Lyoto Machida was asked what was in his refrigerator. The Brazilian MMA phenom known as “The Dragon” (or, as I prefer to call him, “The Next Light Heavyweight Champion of the World”) didn’t surprise me when he included açaí (pronounced a-sigh-ee...
Saturday, Apr 11
My UFC 97 Picks
Main Event, for the UFC Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (champion) vs. Thales Leites (challenger) For the second week in a row, MMA fans have the pleasure of watching a pound-for-pound entrant defend his world championship. Last week, we had bantamweight king Miguel Angel To...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Opinion: The Internet Plague; The Art of Copy and Paste
ShareThis If you are here, reading this, you probably read a lot of Mixed Martial Arts sites. You might have a RSS viewer, a Google Homepage or you just know the sites you read by heart and read them every day. Total MMA is not a site for you to come and scope out the latest [...]
Friday, Mar 27
Opinion: PRIDE: 2 Years After
Returning to Zuffa and their handling of PRIDE, it is remarkable that such a bungled effort sees such little interest retrospectively, particularly when talk of great business prowess is so rampant. Some estimates of the purchase of PRIDE range upwards of $70,000,000. Even at a quarter o...
Sunday, Mar 22
Opinion: March Badness: Could it have been worse?
After a start that most every MMA fan would be assumed to be happy with, along comes Bobby Lashley, and with him, the end of the event’s entertaining portion. Lashley’s sideshow bout with Ken Shamrock was take away at the last minute when he tested positive for an army of roids for his bout wit...
Sunday, Jan 18
Save Your Outrage: Coleman & Others Don’t Need Your Tears
ShareThis One thing that was brought up regularly in the post fight talk of UFC 93 is how awful Mark Coleman looked. Sam Caplan was but a single (and the most coherent) voice among many who has written in the last 24 hours about his wish to see Mark Coleman retire. That, sadly, is not going [...]
Saturday, Dec 13
Book Review: Total MMA by Jonathan Snowden
ShareThis A few years ago, Jonathan Snowden, an attorney-turned-soldier in the US Army looked for a substantial book on the rise of mixed martial arts. Unable to find one he found complete, he wrote it himself. Total MMA: Inside Ultimate Fighting is Snowden’s attempt to offer a complete hi...
Monday, Dec 8
Opinion: A fistful of fight cards: The coming week in MMA
ShareThis After a weekend that saw the biggest night in heavyweight kickboxing (and argurably the sport in general) and the biggest night in boxing for 2008, its hard to believe it may be topped without a single PPV card on the bill. But with 5 boxing cards and 3 MMA events scheduled for natio...
Saturday, Dec 6
Podcast: Total MMA Radio: No Country for Remy Bonjasky (and Oscar)
ShareThis I think that if you are a fan of combat sports this weekend really turned out to be something special. While there really wasn’t much going on for Mixed Martial Arts, for events having the word “boxing” in them it was one hell of a weekend. Starting off last night with the amazing K1 Wo...
Sunday, Nov 30
Opinion: Public Service Announcement: MMA isn’t pro wrestling
Is Royce Gracie the Frank Gotch of his era? Is he a legitimately tough fighter with enough grappling and martial arts skills to defeat most opponents, but then “does business” (i.e. plans finishes) with those whom he might lose to? If the gravy train is lucrative enough, there will be a long...
Tuesday, Sep 9
Evan Tanner: 1971-2008
ShareThis Late last night, it was made official that the body of Evan Tanner had been found in the desert of Southern California. Tanner was champion for the United States Shoot Wrestling Federation, a UFC Middleweight champion, and a one time challenger to the light heavyweight crown in...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Podcast: Total MMA Radio: UFC 87 Round-Up
We’ve had a few obnoxious server issues, so this is up a few days late. But late is better than never, no? Join Chris Henderson, Alan and myself as we look back at UFC 87 as well as do some speculating into the future and more. ShareThis We’ve had a few obnoxious server issues, so this is up a few day...
Thursday, Aug 7
Podcast: Total MMA Radio: UFC 87 and Olympics Preview
In this week’s edition of Total MMA Radio, Alan, Kendall and myself discuss this weekend’s UFC 87 card — Alan covers what to look for in the Olympics in boxing and Kendall gives an in-depth look into what The Olympics has to offer with Judo.
Wednesday, Jul 16
Podcast: Total MMA Radio: Barnett, Arlovski, Roach, Rothwell-Affliction Preview
We look at the Affliction card and hear from Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Freddie Roach, and Ben Rothwell. Some crazy bastard picks Sylvia! And hey, what’s going on with Rampage Jackson? ShareThis We look at the Affliction card and hear from Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Freddie Roac...
Podcast: Total Boxing Radio: Fixed Fights, Duva, Drunk Larry, Klitschko
We talk about last week’s fights, worked fights in MMA, Lou Duva, drunken Merchant, and what’s coming up this week in boxing. Improved Audio quality!? ShareThis We talk about last week’s fights, worked fights in MMA, Lou Duva, drunken Merchant, and what’s coming up this week in boxing. Imp...
Monday, Jul 14
Podcast: Total MMA Radio with Amir Sadollah
ShareThis In our latest edition of Total MMA Radio, Dave and Alan preview the UFC’s Affliciton-Killer card and Dave talks with THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER Amir Sadollah. Remember to subscribe to via iTunes or possibly more underground and edgy podcast receivers. Just search for ‘Total MMA’ o...
Thursday, Jul 10
Podcast: Total MMA Radio 10 July 2008: Interview with Neil Grove and DREAM 5
ShareThis On today’s edition of Total MMA Radio, our own Iain Liddle sits down with Cage Rage’s Neil Grove and Marc Staehling discusses DREAM 5. Remember to subscribe to via iTunes or possibly more underground and edgy podcast receivers. Just search for ‘Total MMA’ of if want to flex your...
Wednesday, Jul 9
Podcast: Total MMA Radio 9 July 2008: With Lee Whitehead from MMA Weekly
ShareThis Covering the weekend in British MMA with Lee Whitehead from MMA Weekly and UFC 86 with a brief word from Forrest and Rampage. Remember to subscribe to via iTunes or possibly more underground and edgy podcast receivers. Just search for ‘Total MMA’ of if want to flex your technolo...
Friday, Jun 13
Can Affliction and Trump Re-Brand MMA?
Affliction understands that this is a sport, but they are approaching it like an entertainment company, something that UFC, Pro Elite, Strikeforce and everybody else has neglected to do. Affliction has the lineup of fighters to make for ...
