Just weeks after two medically-trained women were forcibly removed from the holy Sumo dohyo wrestling ring in Japan on April 4 after a man suffered a stroke and stopped breathing, the debate about the sexual inequality surrounding Sumo has once again been brought to the forefront of Japanese cultural commentary – with many saying there…
Deontay Wilder has this week finally produced the $50 million Dollars offered as a minimum stake to fight Anthony Joshua for the undisputed heavyweight championship which has now been planned to happen before the end of this year. This is huge! In a video to Joshua shared earlier this week, Wilder talks directly to the…
Many of you may have never heard of World of Wrestling, as the original TV series ended over 30 years ago. However, this british staple that was once one of the most watched sports shows on the box, is back whether you like it or not. The new 10-part series will air on ITV (no…
Several men have been jailed after a simple MMA fight in 2017 quickly descended into chaos as the scene turned from professional fight to freestyle Wrestle Mania with spectators jumping into the ring, attacking the fighters with chairs and metal poles. The brawl started during a fight between Adam Lea and Darren Lawler, after Lea…
It sounds like a plot line for a terrible b-list thriller. Some boxers keen to get back in the ring open a secret fight club in a haunted mall in deep China, only to end up fight ghosts and not even realize. Well, maybe it’s not that dramatic, but there is some truth to the…
When MMA was first officially born, fighters were slow to mix styles that were too different from each other, and often debated on what the best style was. When fighting a Muay Thai stance, do you Muay Thai back or do you go in for some Jiu-jitsu to throw him off? In the beginning, fighters…
Chatri Trisiripisal is a Thai businessman who grew up the ranks of the business world fast. In just a decade or so, he found himself working in the US and soon ended up on Wall Street as a hedge fund manager. To his clients and business partners, he is a guru with accounts, but to…
Although Khabib Nurmagomedov is just moment away from winning his next fight and becoming the undisputed UFC lightweight champion of the world, he is already looking for his next fight. Nurmagomedov will soon take the belt home again as the UFC lightweight champion, but he is already looking towards a list of champions that are…
Many of you may be wondering what it would be like to have sex with a martial artists. Would they be violent? Strong? Dominating? Quite possibly, but we’d prefer the opinions of some experts before we jump into bed and jump to conclusions, otherwise we’ll all be left with ‘egg’ on our faces. We think…
Sambo, the Russian martial art and combat sport, has agreed to introduce a system of colour coded belts to help it become on par with other martial art systems and become easier to understand for both spectators and fighters. Until now, the Russian martial art had no colour belt system to identify the rank or…