All Entries in the "Review" Category
On the Inside: In Stitch’s Words
There are guys who have stories, who have been flies on the wall for some of the greatest moments in the brief history of the sport. One of those guys is “Stitch” Duran. We don’t usually do interviews with those guys, and very few have achieved the iconic status of (for example) John McCarthy, but [...]
The MMA chess match of the year.
You know that cliché “It’s gonna be a chess match” that a lot of fighters used in pre-fight interviews, only to make it more of a cliché (Anderson Silva for instance used it a lot where he should have gone with “it’s gonna be a massacre”). The closest we came to chess matches was with [...]
Sengoku IX Post Event Analysis and Review
How can such a good thing do someone so much bad? What on the exterior looked to be a great night of fights might have had a bad affect on business. World Victory Road’s Sengoku IX may be the event that in the future look back to find that it was a culprit in stifling [...]
Book Review: Got Fight? by Forrest Griffin
I could go against every other review that I’ve ever done and just tell you that this book is 100% pure ridiculous. But, then I’d have to clarify exactly what I mean when I said ‘ridiculous’ and I would probably spend the same amount of time telling you all about Forrest Griffin’s latest escapade; a [...]
Review: Biofreeze Pain Relieving Gel
Today MMA Opinion is going to review Performance Health’s Biofreeze Pain Relieving Gel,a gel-based pain reliever that is available to consumers in four ounce bottles. Muscle pain from sports is a continued experience most athletes live with on a daily basis. It often times is uncomfortable to deal with, and after an especially hard day [...]
Review: Shock Doctor Power Gel DNA Mouthguard
If you’re involved in contact sports, mouth guards are absolutely vital, and you definitely get what you paid for! Although it’s possible to visit your dentist and have a custom mouth guard fitted specifically for your teeth and mouth, the process can be both time consuming and extremely costly.
Comedy or Train Wreck? Jose Canseco fights to draw
Jose Canseco being described as the “greatest pure athlete to ever play the game of baseball,” isn’t necessarily fitting. Canseco has often times been the joke of the MLB, but also been referred as THE steroid expert. The former slugger is back in the ring trying his quick hands in boxing. In his first trial [...]
Miguel Torres continues to impress; scores TKO win over Manny Tapia at WEC 37
It might seem pretentious to make the claim, but Miguel Torres deserves to be in the Top 5 pound-for-pound fighters in the world. He proved without a shadow of a doubt that he belongs with the world’s best with a second-round TKO win over Manny Tapia at WEC 37 last night. Torres worked Tapia with [...]
Lauzon overwhelms Hammertrum at WCF 5
Dan Lauzon showed why he is ready to make the step up in competition with a very quick, decisive TKO win over Justin Hammertrum in the main event of World Championship Fighting 5. The win marked Lauzon’s seventh in a row and brings his professional MMA record to 11-2. It took Lauzon just 45 seconds [...]
WEC 36 Recap (Abridged Version)
WEC 36 reminded me why I love MMA. The sport is visceral, unpredictable and a fight can be over before you even start yelling at the TV. On the last episode of the podcast, Brandt and I reminded people, as I often do, that anything can happen in this sport, and while things sometimes don’t [...]
