Darrel Lauderdale can remember the day that wrestling got a hold of him. “Somebody told me a long time ago that once you’re in wrestling it gets in your blood and it’s true, it gets in your blood.” He was…
Ryan Bader, a light heavyweight prospect climbing the ranks of a stacked division only four fights into his UFC career, has been on a meteoric rise since his time in”The Ultimate Fighter” house. His rise can quite simply be summed…
When former University of Oklahoma wrestler Jake Hager goes to work, he still has to every now and then sit back to take a breath. Hager wrestles for World Wrestling Entertainment as one of their superstars, and his character,”Jack Swagger,”…
With Matt Hughes employing an amateur wrestling headlock to choke his way to victory over Ricardo Almeida at UFC 117, I figured the time was right to feature some more nasty amateur action”in this case, some slams. Now some of…
Winnipeg wrestler Caleb Rutner, a superstar-quality wrestler who beat all the Grade 12ers when he was in Grade 9 last year, has been fighting his heart out in high-level wrestling training camps in the United States this summer. He’s looking…
Dave Meltzer talks to Muhammed”King Mo”Lawal. After covering his life-long enthusiasm for pro wrestling and long standing habit of obsessively watching tape on competitors they get to Lawal’s transition from amateur wrestling to MMA: He didn’t quite get that gold,…
National preseason high school event set for October 23 in Rochester, MN Visit Official Site of InterMat JJ Classic ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Wrestlers from across the nation have had the opportunity to compete in prestigious postseason wrestling tournaments…
via Josh Gross It’s late May on the campus of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Mott Gym is packed. This is a welcome sight for Lennis Cowell and John Azevedo, who fondly remember the halcyon days when wrestling drew…
Name: Ryan”Darth” Bader Promotion: UFC Division: Light Heavyweight Height: 6 ft 2 in Reach: 74 in Record: 11-0 Specializes: Wrestling Career summary: Ryan Bader developed most of his game from an excellent collegiate wrestling background. After his amateur wrestling career…
