Archive for 'AFL'

Tara LaRosa still happy with her AFL deal

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Tara LaRosa spins at MMA Junkie on behalf of the AFL:

While public speculation regarding the financial stability of the Kentucky-based American Fight League has run rampant in recent weeks, at least one of their contracted fighters says the company is still alive and well.
Tara LaRosa (15-1) recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that despite her recent loan-out [...]

Bobby Lashley joins American Top Team

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Former WWE competitor turned MMA fighter Bobby Lashley has joined American Top Team:
Former WWE Champion Bobby Lashley has officially signed and joined American Top Team.
Bobby started training with us a week ago and decided this is where he needed to be to take the next step in his burgeoning MMA career. Bobby comes to us [...]

AFL signs more top women fighters…

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The upstart American Fight League, who made a big commitment to women’s MMA with the signing of Tara LaRosa, added even more depth to their roster today with the signing of several top fighters. Julie Kedzie, best known for putting the sport (or at least the distaff version of it) on the map with [...]

AFL making a big commitment to womens’ MMA

Friday, June 20th, 2008

We’ve been telling anyone who’ll listen for awhile now that womens’ MMA is the next big growth area of the sport and the way things are looking the people at the AFL–who’ve recently signed Tara LaRosa (arguably the top female fighter in the world) and former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley–are looking to sew up most [...]