FEG has posted a big Helio Gracie tribute on the DREAM Official website. Even if you can’t read Japanese you can see the respect for Helio through their choice of pictures:
DREAM tribute to Helio Gracie @ DREAM Official website (in Japanese)
Here’s some footage of Helio Gracie’s most famous fight–basically the Royce v. Sakuraba #1 of its day–as he takes on Japanese judo legend Masahiko Kimura. Rorion Gracie narrates:
Gracie family patriarch and BJJ/MMA pioneer Helio Gracie died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday night at the age of 95. Here’s a link to the SAVSCI’s tribute to a man who trod the path on which today’s MMA superstars now walk, as well as some amazing footage of Gracie’s 1951 battle with Japanese [...]
So let’s say you’re an aspiring MMA fighter looking to test your skills–where do you go? The local gym? The next “Ultimate Fighter” tryout? Lorenzo Fertitta’s house? Apparently, you head down to your local Wal Mart store. And how do you let the multitudes at America’s favorite discount store know [...]
Via MMA Junkie, a profile of the ‘Tuff-N-Uff Fighting Championships’, a Las Vegas based promotion that highlights amateur MMA competitors:
It was typical of everything you would expect from an MMA event in the fight capital of the world — and yet nothing like you’ve ever seen before.
The star-studded attendees were among the 1,500 people packed [...]
Paulo Fihlo’s most recent in-ring ‘meltdown’ serves to underscore the importance of a fighter’s psychological and emotional state heading into a fight. Dr. Randy Borum is a certified sports psychologist who writes a blog entitled ‘Combat Sports Psychology‘ that focuses on the topic:
Dr. Randy Borum is a University Professor and Certified Sport Psychologist. He [...]
Over at Bloody Elbow, Kid Nate–who’s just one of the best MMA writers anywhere and brought us that amazing tribute to Evan Tanner a while back–is at it again. He’s got a belated Happy Birthday profile to one of the few guys who can rightfully claim to be the ‘baddest man on the planet’–”Judo” [...]
Trailer for a documentary on mixed martial arts called Potent: The Movie. Here’s what the producers say about the film:
POTENT The Movie Featuring: Bas Rutten, Dan Henderson, Paulo Filho, Josh Barnett, Vitor Belfort, Brazilian Top Team Masters Mario Sperry, Murilo Bustamante, Bebeo Duarte. Mark Hominick, Sam Stout Shawn Tompkins, Dean Lister, Frank Shamrock and [...]
And here’s another guy who is rightfully respected by almost all MMA fans and generally one of the toughest SOB’s walking the face of the earth: Don “The Predator” Frye, wrestling Naoya Ogawa in a New Japan Pro Wrestling match from 1998:
We’ve talked a lot in the past about MMA noobs who dis pro wrestling and particularly fighters like Josh Barnett and Brock Lesnar for their involvement in it. These people don’t understand just how closely MMA is interwoven with pro wrestling–and particularly in Japan. Here’s a video of UFC Hall of Famer Mark [...]
