Midwest Report

Still Burning Hot

The Venue Is New and Larger, But It’s the Same Old Explosive Action Inside Sven Bean’s Ring of Fire

Ten years after.

Almost one decade ago to the date, I started documenting my MMA road trips, scouting various events, meeting new fighters and telling others my tales of adventure.

MMA's Bubble Has Burst

To Ensure the Longevity of MMA, Fighters and Promoters Must Work Together
Support the sport.
Wow, I haven't heard this phrase in years, seven years to be exact, around about the same time that the nation was forced to tighten its belt due to a sliding economy.

Freedom Fighters

Only a Fighter Should Determine How, When He's Had Enough Recently, I viewed an event on network television in which one of the commentators stressed his inability to understand why events allow fighters to take repeated hits and force them to 'tap out' to strikes.

Rock You Like A Hurricane

John Halverson enters the Octogon