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MMA Campfire Tales Celebrates: Don “The Predator” Frye

Mike Hammersmith (Staff Writer) | March 8, 2012 | Reply

It was February 16th, 1996. The UFC was on the cusp of major reactionary law-making that would plunge the sport into the underground for years, though this was largely lost on me. Just your average everyday fight fan, I settled down in front of my Grandmother’s awesome projection TV with friends and family for our latest cage fight fix with UFC 8. We were ready to feast on the craziest concept to hit the UFC since……I guess the entire thing was still crazy at that point. The event was titled “David vs. Goliath” and while there were never any weight classes to begin with, the UFC was determined to throw that in our faces HARD.

MMA Campfire Tales: Soul Crush

Mike Hammersmith (Staff Writer) | January 6, 2012 | 1 Reply

You kids don’t know nothing. Do you think MMA just fell from the sky the night TUF first aired? Do you think Randy Couture hatched from an Olympic-caliber egg with a belt around his waist? Do you think Ken Shamrock’s face always looked like lukewarm hamburger helper? Oh no, you kids missed out on EVERYTHING. This monolith of MMA is built upon the past. Jon Jones is holding a title for some weight class or another, because guys fought when we didn’t have those things.

Who Should Royce Gracie Fight at UFC Rio?

Dan Rose | April 16, 2011 | 5 Replies

Ok, let’s all disregard the obvious question here, which is, WHY Royce Gracie should fight at UFC Rio. This isn’t like baseball where the old times can come in, throw out the ceremonial first pitch and then wave to fans as he steps off the mound and into immortality. This is a sport, where your opponent tries to render you either unconscious or unable to defend yourself. He knows this and still wants to fight, so the question isn’t why should Royce fight, I guess, it’s who should Royce Fight.