Category Amateur Wrestling

MMA Spotlight: Up and coming light heavyweight Ryan “Darth” Bader

Ryan “Darth” Bader

Name: Ryan “Darth” Bader Promotion: UFC Division: Light Heavyweight Height: 6 ft 2 in Reach: 74 in Record: 11-0 Specializes: Wrestling Career summary: Ryan Bader developed most of his game from an excellent collegiate wrestling background. After his amateur wrestling…

Whole New Gear Store

We’re currently working on redoing the gear store here at WrestlingPod. The last one unfortunately died out over time and we have a new store build off some cool WordPress plug-ins. The new store currently has sections for wrestling shoes,…

Should someone clean up MMA fighting?

BY JENNIFER JACOBS – desmoinesregister.com No one stopped 17-year-old Jerod Botts of Waverly from climbing into the cage for a mixed martial arts fight even though he was underage, didn’t have a parent’s permission and had never fought before. An…

Les Gutches Takes New Position at USA Wrestling

Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling Les Gutches of Corvallis, Ore. has been named to the new position of Director of Program Development for USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling in the United States. Gutches, who has a strong business…

Finding The Next Gable, Smith, or Borlaug

It’s time to come clean. I’ve lied in this blog for two and a half years. I’ve always claimed that I never wrestled and that isn’t entirely true. I did win an 8th grade intramural championship at Frank L. Smart…

2008 NCAA Champ PHIL DAVIS Makes UFC Debut Feb 6

Phil Davis, 2008 NCAA Division I 184-pound champ for Penn State, will be competing at UFC 109: Relentless at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, February 6. Davis, who signed with UFC just last month, will…

Wrestler With Down Syndrome Inspires Others

ST. CROIX, Minn. – A little boy from Stillwater is inspiring hundreds of wrestlers in his community. The boy with special needs hasn’t let his disability slow him down or keep him from wrestling the best. Dillon Hill, a 9-year-old…

Cincinnati Wrestling Team Gives Back To Community

CINCINNATI — It would be great to have someone shovel your driveway for free. On Thursday, a small group of teens who call themselves the “Winton Woods Weather Warriors “wrestled the elements to say thank you. “This is just going…

Dan Gable: The Greatest Fighter That Never Was

by Robert Gardner It is often said that one of the best bases to have as a mixed martial artist is wresting. Wrestling, in all of its forms, is a sport that is all about leverage and control. Many fighters…