Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
For the last four years and change, Henry Cejudo, has been a golden goose for MMA. Coming out of the 2008 Beijing Games where he claimed freestyle wrestling gold at 121 pounds, Cejudo was 21 years old and the youngest American wrestler…
The path that led Ryan Ciotoli to mixed martial arts began at Ithaca College, where after a standout high school career at Union-Endicott, he would graduate in 2002 as one of the most successful wrestlers in school history. Despite missing…
by big_hunt
In a perfect world, young athletes who rise to the top of combat sports like wrestling, boxing, and judo, would leave their sport to test themselves in the mixed martial arts arena. Unfortunately, we don’t live in this world and…
Much is made of the transition for those elite collegiate and Olympic wrestlers who wish to try mixed martial arts as a post-wrestling career option. On the heels of the 2012 London Olympic Games – which saw Americans Jordan Burroughs…
Mark Munoz will be a little wistful when he watches the upcoming Olympics on television. A two-time state high school wrestling champion from Vallejo who later won an NCAA title at Oklahoma State, Munoz twice tried to make the U.S.…
We have seen two professional wrestlers make the transition into, MMA. They were, Brock Lesnar, and Bobby Lashley. Lesnar went on to become the UFC heavyweight champion and quite arguably, made the UFC the PPV business they are today. Lashley, however, hasn’t achieved the…
By, JOSÉ PATIÃ’O GIRONA Here’s what most people know about mixed martial arts: Two men step onto a mat. They kick and punch each other until one falls to the ground. Then the action really gets violent. Oh, and they’re fighting…
Sometimes, all it takes is some determination. Never give up.
When any sport is contested on the global stage, it serves to further legitimize the impact of the sport as well as introduce it to new audiences. There is no bigger stage than the Olympics. With competition occurring only once…
With lingering bitterness, Nick Newell recalls the day he drove four hours to New Hampshire in anticipation of his fourth professional bout as a mixed martial arts fighter. He was limiting his diet to meet a contracted weight of 155…
If you haven’t heard of, Chris Honeycutt, yet, you soon will. The two-time All-American out of Edinboro University and second-place finisher at this year’s 2012 NCAA national wrestling championships at 197 pounds is the most decorated and high-profile collegiate wrestler who has…