We knew it come to to this. Long before MMA was even a sport, it was written in the stars that Chael Sonnen, Brendan Schaub and Colby Covington would be involved in some kind of beef. MMA is going to MMA and for some reason Sonnen decided run over Schaub about his recent words about
Feel like we’ve done a lot of memorial posts lately. Too many. For every MMA fighter, boxer, jiu-jitsu player, kickboxer and pro wrestler that has impacted our lives over the past 30 or so years, you will be remembered on MiddleEasy.com. So here’s to you Big Van Vader. Rest in Peace. Three time WCW world
You forgot about the biggest fight to happen of 2018 is going to happen in under two weeks? Yeah, so did we. Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic is going down at UFC 226 and somehow the UFC light heavyweight champion moving up in weight to face the UFC heavyweight champion is flying under the radar? The
We have no idea the context of this clip but hot damn. There are two types of people left in the combat sports world; those that cheer CM Punk for living his dream and showing heart in defeat or those that mock him for sucking at MMA. Last night (Jun. 17) during their Money in
Bless the sport of Muay Thai. No, not just any Muay Thai we need that authentic kind. Hook the underground, yet national sport of Thailand directly into our veins. We need to mainland these knockouts. From some smoke filled banquet hall in Bangkok we have a filthy front kick to the face KO. This is
It’s sad to think on the modern landscape of MMA, and realize that a fighter like Cody McKenzie might never exist again. Just take a moment and really reflect on the how completely bat shit insane it is that Cody McKenzie fought in the UFC. And more than that, he dominated athletes with twice the
On Friday Jun. 8, 2018 Anthony Bourdain took his own life. On the list of his life’s accomplishments jiu-jitsu player and fan of martial arts were far down on the list for Bourdain but they were there. MMA and combat sports lost one of their best advocates last week and it sucked on many levels.
Bless the corner of UFC heavyweight Rashad Coulter. Between the first and second rounds of Coulter’s fight with Chris de la Rocha, his coaches had some of the best advice ever. Just keeping it 100 at UFC 225 thanks to the corner of Coulter. “He’s a big ole Mexican, with a big ole head.” I
There were only two ways this fight could go. Either CM Punk was going to redeem himself and shame Mike Jackson for the rest of his days. Or Punk was going to lose his second MMA fight, drop to 0-2 and be ostracized from the sport for-ev-ver. In front of his hometown of Chicago, CM
The crew at Fight Fist are back and they just unlocked their PFL 1 achievement. The trio of Dan LaMorte, Luke Touma and Diego Lopez were live in New York City to take in PFL 1 at MSG. Your favorite MMA-comedy trio also took over press row at PFL 1 and scored interviews with many of
Tennessee is wild y’all. Welcome to the MMA Thunderdome, where inter-gender combat sport matches go down on the regular. Kids these days with their electronics, social media and having a Muay Thai fight inside a cage. Back in our day, if teens had beef they didn’t settle in the cage with headgear. This generation is
Yup nothing to see here. Just Nick Diaz doing Nick Diaz things while still fear and loathing in Las Vegas. The Diaz mid-life crisis may be continuing. Fresh off jail time and a legal battle ahead, sure seems like a good time to do some shrooms. Jesus, Diaz. Maybe the eldest Diaz bro is not
Back injuries are the worst. Look MiddleEasy’s weight lifting and body building section never really got off the ground but damn it looks like Matt Mitrione is going to mess up his back. Here’s video of Mitrione working out for his upcoming Bellator Grand Prix fight with Ryan Bader. Maybe Mitrione won’t twist his spine
Does the idea of Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov seem stale to you already? Doesn’t it feel like an eternity since Conor McGregor threw a hand truck and made us all care about MMA again? Do you need to bring back that loving feeling? Woah-o that loving feeling? We got you, fam. Well actually, Stunning Studios
Always keep your head on a swivel, kids. The latest group of people to learn this hard truth of Street MMA was the unsuspecting crowd at the Jackson Sports Academy in Sacramento, California last Saturday night. The packed crowd was there to see The Titan’s Cage and their 19th event of regional MMA. There’s no
Damn Joe Riggs. Joe “Diesel” Riggs made his pro MMA debut 15 days after 9-11-2001. Think about that for a second. 17 years ago a young Riggs was winning his first of 48 pro MMA wins. What were any of us doing 17 years ago? Were some of you not even born yet? Joe Riggs