Chris Bradford meets one of the world’s best cruiserweight kickboxers on Saturday, May 12 of next year. He sits down to tell JARROD BOYLE all about it. Continue reading
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Chris Bradford Versus Steve McKinnon: Powerplay 36
Posted in fighting, Kickboxing with tags AK47, Chris Bradford, K1 rules, Powerplay, Prestige Fight Series, Shakespeare, Steve McKinnon, Top Tier Muay Thai on December 22, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
The Return of ‘Bangin’ Ben’ Edwards
Posted in Ben Edwards, fighting, Glory, K1, Kickboxing, MMA, Peter Graham, Real Men with tags Andrew Machin, Australian Elite Fight Team, Ben Edwards, Boxing, cage, CTE, Dan Kelly, Duke Didier, Glory, jiu jitsu, Kickboxing, MMA, Resilience Training Centre Australian Elite Fight Team, Simon Foscorini, Steve Rudic, UFC, UFC Fight Pass on April 4, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
You’ve been quiet. What have you been up to since you lost the Oz Heavyweight boxing title to Peter Graham? Continue reading
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Lucas Browne: Blunt-Force Trauma
Posted in Boxing, fighting, MMA with tags Ben Edwards, Boxing, Chechnya, clembutarol, Daniel Cormier, Fres Oquendo, Jeff Fenech, Klitschko, Lucas Browne, MMA, muslim, Peter Graham, Ricky Hatton, Rodney Williams, Ruslan Chagayev, Tyson Fury, WADA, WBA world heavyweight title on November 20, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
Fightlive Magazine, August/September 2016
Lucas Browne is one of the biggest names in Australian combat sports. He recently contested the WBA world heavyweight boxing title in Chechnya, successfully wresting it from its long-time Chechen incumbent, Ruslan Chagayev. Continue reading
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Combat Sports and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Posted in chronic traumatic encephalopathy, fighting, Journalism with tags Albert Park Sports Medicine Center, Alistair Overeem, Bedford V.A. Medical Center, Benjey Zimmerman, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Collingwood Football Club, Danny Green, Dave Mirra, dementia pugilistica, Derek Boogaard, Dr Bennet Omalu, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Ellen Degeneres show, Errol Zimmerman, Fighter's Factory, Four Corners program, Gary Nichols, Gokhan Saki, Golden Glory, Heart, Soul, Fire, Holly Holm, Mark Castagnini, Mike Webster, National Hockey League, NFL, Paul Briggs, Ramon Dekkers, Ronda Rousey, UFC on July 31, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
FightLive Magazine, June/July 2016
“Life after fighting is more scary to me than dying.”
-‘John’ Wayne Parr. Continue reading
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Omari Kimweri: Fighting Fugitive
Posted in Boxing, fighting, Journalism, Real Men with tags Brian Amatruda, Broadmeadows, Commonwealth Games, Daniel Hucalak, Daniel Ianazziao, Dave Hegarty, Fighter's Factory, Heath Ellis, IBF, Jacana, Mark Quon, Melbourne Exhibition Center, Michael Camelion, Murray Thompson, Myrtleford, Randy Petalcorin, Roman Gonzalez, Simon Daley, Tanzania, Tarneit Boxing Gym, Wangaratta, WBA, WBC, WBO on July 12, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
FightLive Magazine, June/July 2016
“Life is easier when I’m boxing,” says Omari Kimweri, once Tanzanian, now Australian flyweight boxer currently in-line for the WBC silver title. This is a remarkable statement, especially when you consider it in the light of what he’s had to do to stay in the game. Continue reading
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Peter Graham – Professional Fighter
Posted in fighting, Journalism, Peter Graham with tags ACDC, Badr hari, Barry Raff, bone scan, Daniel Trifu, Jedrzej Macklowak, K1, Karol Bedorf, Kickboxing, KSW, Kyokushin karate, Larry Papadopoulos, Maciej Jewtuszko, Marcin Rozalski, MMA, Peter Graham, Peter Graham’s IMC, Poland, Semmy Schilt, Stalin, Thunderstruck, Tomasz Drwal, Warsaw Palace of Science and Culture on September 17, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Fight! Magazine, July 2015
Peter Graham has had more than one hundred fights – full-contact karate, kickboxing, boxing and mixed martial arts – and never broken a bone. Continue reading
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Salem Assli: Savate Master!
Posted in fighting, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Real Men with tags Bob Alix, Boxe Francaise Savate, Boxing, Bruce Lee, chausson, duel, escrima, France, Guru Dan Inosanto, gymnastics, Inosanto International Instructors Association, Jeet Kune Do, jiu jitsu, Judo, kali, Kali-Eskrima-Silat, Kickboxing, Kung fu, la canne, Lille, Lord Mountbatten, martial arts, Master Chai Sirisute, Muay Thai, Paul Borrett, Robert Paturel, savate, soccer, street fighting, United States, Vas-t'on de tout? on May 7, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, Volume 29, No. 4, April 2015
Salem Assli is a vocational teacher of many martial arts. Ironically, he found his way to the art of his native country through an assiduous study of Jeet Kune Do, the martial art of Bruce Lee. Continue reading
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Andrew Roubas: The Art of the Empty Hand
Posted in fighting, Journalism, Martial Arts with tags dojo, eighth Dan, Goju Ryu Karate, Granville, Greece, Japan, Karate, kata, kobudo, kumite, military, Roubas Goju Ryu, self-defence, Shihan Andrew Roubas, Shihan Con Hardas, Shihan George Barounis, Shihan Merv Oakley, Shihan Stefan Roubas, Soshihan Gonnohyoe Yamamoto, Sydney, Uchi Deshi, weapons on April 30, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Shihan Andrew Roubas (left) with Soshihan Gonnohyoe Yamamoto
Blitz Magazine, Volume 29, No. 4, April 2015
Like all practitioners whose life has been dedicated to their art, Shihan Andrew Roubas, eighth Dan in Goju Ryu Karate, becomes philosophical when making sense of it. Continue reading
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Ben Edwards – Australian Boxing Champion
Posted in fighting, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Real Men with tags Alexei Muchin, Australian Boxing Federation, Ben Edwards, Boxing, Canberra, Commonwealth Games, cornermen, Elite High Performance, Elite Physiotherapy, Errol Zimmerman, Gary Hamilton, GFC, gi, gloves, Gokhan Saki, John Hopoate, Kickboxing, London, Lucas Browne, Melbourne, Olympic Games, ringcraft, Ruslan Chagaev, Sonny Bill Williams, Stockade Training Center, Sydney, Tyrone Spong, WBC world title on April 10, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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How about these rugby players?
There’s a difference between being a fighter and being an athlete. I’ve been in situations in a fight were I can feel my brain is swelling inside my head. You ask yourself a question in situations like that. Continue reading
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Men Versus Women in the Cage
Posted in fighting, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags cage MMA, Fernando Lemos, Larissa Schroeder on April 10, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
It’s happened.
Larissa Schroeder fought and defeated Fernando Lemos in a single round, concluded by referee’s decision at first blood.
How long until we see it elsewhere?
What does it mean?
And how will it make us feel?
http://www.news.com.au/sport/boxing/woman-leaves-man-bloodied-beaten-in-mma-fight/story-fndkzthy-1227297148576 --
