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5 Simple Steps: Get to Know TUF 11 Prospect Marcus “Ossoduro” Vinicios

Posted in Sports Blog, TUF 11, The Ultimate Fighter 11, combat sports, fighter interviews, mixed martial arts, mixed martial arts prospects, mma, mma prospects, tagged , , , , , , on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

From Untitled Album 1. He’s a proud Canuck. Eh? “I was actually born in Brazil, but I will be representing Vancouver (on TUF). I’ve been in Vancouver for over 10 years now,” say Vinicios. “I idolize Denis Kang. He’s like one of our local heroes, y’know? One of the guys I use to look up [...]

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Spike’s Countdown to UFC 106

Posted in Sports Blog, UFC, UFC Commentary, UFC fighters, combat sports, fighter interviews, mixed martial arts, mma, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Well, the half hour commercial achieved its aim. I am curious to see Tito Ortiz back in the octagon. It’s always amusing to listen to Ortiz speak. Telling us how he exploded onto the MMA scene with “ferocity.” I tend to believe Ortiz’s injury excuses for his performance in the first bout with Griffin. He [...]

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103 and Cung Le

Posted in Sports Blog, Strikeforce, combat sports, fighter interviews, mixed martial arts, mma, tagged , , on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There’s no news like old news, right? Now then, my predictions for UFC 103 were posted on the Sun website. I came out alright, but of course the one time I bet on Rich Franklin he gets knocked out. You can read my predictions here if you are interested for some strange reason. Oh yeah [...]

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K-Sos Interview

Posted in UFC, UFC 102, UFC fighters, combat sports, fighter interviews, mixed martial arts, mma, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On August 22 I chatted with UFC fighter Krzysztof Soszynski about fighting in Vancouver, the skills of Kimbo Slice, and his plans for the future.  My Q & A with the former Winnipegger was posted on the Vancouver Sun’s website and you can read it here! A week after our interview, The Polish Experiment dropped [...]

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UFC 100: My Vegas Experience

Posted in Las Vegas, Sports Blog, UFC, UFC Commentary, UFC fighters, combat sports, fighter interviews, mixed martial arts, mma, tagged , , , , , , on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From Untitled Album For five days I was in Vegas to cover UFC 100 for the Vancouver Sun and it was swell! Find my piece about the weigh-ins here and my bit about what it’s really like to attend a UFC event here. The highlight of my trip was personally interviewing Jon Jones and Nate [...]

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North American Challenge 25

Posted in Amateur Mixed Martial Arts, Jui Jitsu, Sports Blog, combat sports, fighter interviews, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, mma, mma prospects, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It was a wicked and weird Saturday night at the Mickey McDougall gym in North Vancouver. Swedish MMA prospect Christopher Spang knocked jui jitsu ace Cesar Narita out cold in 16 seconds, 230 pound Brazilian Adam Santos squashed 180 pound Canadian brave soul Alan Day and Heather ingram’s former student lover made with the kickboxing glory [...]

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Summer Slugfest 3 Video Series: Part 3

Posted in Sports Blog, combat sports, female fighters, fighter interviews, kickboxing, video, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In the third and final chapter of my Summer Slugfest 3 Series, I bring you my post fight interview with Keri “Crusher” Scarr. Her fight with Natalie Yip, which was posted in my first installment, was a fight of the night classic. In this interview Scarr opens up about what it’s like to be considered [...]

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