Category MMA

Baskren, Kyle Maynard Want to Get Into MMA

By Mike Chiappetta NBCSports.com As the world of mixed martial arts continues to grow, it is a predictable development that the caliber of athletes attracted to the sport continues to rise. One interesting concept is “Team Takedown, “a management company…

MMA Fights for Respect

Once considered barbaric; now big at arenas BY JASON WILLIAMS | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR Mixed martial arts – which combines boxing, karate, wrestling and more – has afforded teachers, construction workers and businessmen the opportunity to fight their way to national…

From Pin to Tap Out: Is MMA Growing Too Fast?

Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt instructor Charles Dos Anjos gives his perspective on how MMA may becoming too big for it’s own good, and how the sport of wrestling relates in the whole mix. Also, see notes below on former Iowa…

Team Takedown Signs PSU Alum Eric Bradley

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — An Arlington, Texas-based elite Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter management group today announced the signing of former Penn State All-American Eric Bradley to a long-term professional services contract. Bradley joins former NCAA national wrestling champions Jake Rosholt…