Archive for December, 2015

2015 in review

Posted in Statement of intention on December 30, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

25000 readers in 2015! Thanks, folks!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 25,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Vale Lemmy Kilmister

Posted in Music, Obituary, Real Men with tags , on December 29, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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Lemmy Kilmister, bass player and vocalist for Motorhead, has died aged seventy. We’d like to believe it is the cumulative result of too much of a good time.

See ya later, Lemmy, and thanks for the racket.

William Luu – Australian Muay Thai Photographer of the Year

Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, MMA, Muay Thai with tags , , , , , , , , , on December 28, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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Congratulations on your recent win, mate! Is this your first award of its kind?

Thanks Jarrod! I appreciate the support!  Continue reading

Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – a Novel

Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on December 22, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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“Watch where you’re going,” Pat growled. The man didn’t reply, nor did he turn around. He simply lifted a hand and extended a finger in the universally recognised gesture for ‘fuck you’. Continue reading

Lion Fight 25: Cosmo Alexandre

Posted in 'John' Wayne Parr, Kickboxing, Muay Thai with tags , , , , , , on December 19, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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International Kickboxer Magazine, Nov/Dec 2015

How is your body holding up to the rigors of kickboxing? Continue reading

Lion Fight 25: ‘John’ Wayne Parr versus Cosmo Alexandre

Posted in 'John' Wayne Parr, Journalism, Muay Thai, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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International Kickboxer Magazine, Nov/Dec 2015

‘John’ Wayne Parr is scheduled to take on Cosmo Alexandre at Lion Fight 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23. Continue reading

Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – a Novel

Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on December 11, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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After the meeting, Pat had the rest of the day to do whatever, but the idea of nothing pressing made him feel fat and lazy. Continue reading

Lisa Ann Has Hips Like a Cello

Posted in Fiction, Love letters, Pornography with tags on December 7, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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Lisa Ann has hips like a cello. She’s the same colour, too. Continue reading

Peter Graham Versus The World’s Strongest Man: KSW32

Posted in K1, Kickboxing, KSW, MMA, Peter Graham, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 4, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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The entire SSE Arena in London seems poised above us; an immense sphere of mythological darkness, something dreamed, something imagined. Continue reading

Raul Catinas: Heavy-Hitter’s MMA Debut

Posted in K1, Kickboxing, MMA with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on December 2, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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 So…where you have you been, Raul? You disappeared for a while. Who was the last fight before you took a break? Continue reading