Author Archive for Yael Grauer
Yael Grauer is an Op-Ed Columnist for MMA Opinion. She has worked as a photographer, journalist, editor, proofreader and English teacher. She also works as a women's MMA editor for the Savage Science. Yael trains in Brazilian jiu jitsu. Her website is http://yaewrites.com.
Dana White Announces UFC and WEC Merger
UFC President Dana White made the announcement via conference call. The rumors are true. The WEC will finally be merging with the UFC. This is great news for WEC fighters, who will finally get center stage. As Urijah Faber pointed out in an interview, the merger will also mean (former) WEC fighters won’t have to [...]
Build Your MMA Career and Rise to the Top
Even if you don’t have a huge following or come from a name-brand camp What’s the difference between the fighter that everyone has heard of and the fighter who gets left out in the dust? How come some strong, talented guys are virtually ignored and other guys always get the fights, the ticket sales, the spotlight, and–win or [...]
Top Five Mistakes MMA Fighters Make
I’ve been thinking about mistakes MMA fighters make quite a bit, lately. No, not in the cage. That cogent analysis can be found everywhere–keep your hands up, go for a takedown, stop telegraphing your punches. It’s all so individual and hard to plan for, and that’s when the watchful eye of a solid coach is [...]
Food Fight: Homemade Chocolate
After grossing everybody out with tales of chicken feet last week (and gettings a fair amount of messages from people who, say, grilled it in the Phillipines or ate it in aspics in Israel or wanted to point me to the wikipedia page), I’ve decided to try to redeem myself to the naysayers by sweetening [...]
Weekly Women’s MMA Wrap-Up
MIKU ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Miku “Supernova” Mastumoto, DEEP Women’s Lightweight Champion, announced her retirement at DEEP: 46th Impact in Tokyo. Miku did not give a reason, and many continue to be very concerned about her emotional well-being. Matsumoto did say that she wanted to have only last exhibition match. Matsumoto holds a record of 23-4 and [...]
Previewing Kaufman vs. Hashi
This title bout takes place tonight. Check out the fight preview on MMA HQ, listen to the podcast on WKR, and then view footage of previous fights–Kaufman vs. Tate and Hashi vs. Chisa Yonezawa.
Kelly Kobold Out of Friday’s Fight; Salgado Steps In
Number 5 ranked Featherweight fighter Kelly Kobold (16-3-1) was set to make a comeback after a 16-month layoff, but has pulled out of the bout due to injury. Kobold was set to face Jessica Kinnetz from Iowa. Kinnetz will now be fighting Madelina Salgado. Amateur records are always sketchy, but Salgado is recorded as having lost one match in October [...]
Food Fight: Chicken Feet
In addition to my illustrious MMA writing career, I double up as a foodie. When Brandt recommended I start a column on nutrition, I thought it’d be an excellent way to merge these two seemingly divergent interests, and perhaps share some information on something I am quite passionate about. I mean, I do my own canning and pickling; [...]
