The first Pro Wrestling show I would attend. The first Pro Wrestling show I would attend at Madison Square Garden (in the early 2000s, I attended the FILA World Freestyle Wrestling Championships at MSG) . The first World Wrestling Entertainment show I would attend. To say that I had butterflies in my stomach would be an understatement. But when my friends offered me to attend with them, i definitely could say no.
I went to the event with two friends: a female henceforth known as Hobbit and her BigBro. We arrived at 4:47 PM at Madison Square Garden when everyone was scurrying to get in. Security seemed so rushed, they barely checked Hobbit’s bag. Hobbit later remarked that she could have snuck in treats and water. I would reply vodka but she said she prefers tequila. I wouldn’t say we weren’t surprised when we discovered our seats were stools in the back of the balcony area but that’s more of MSG making silly ideas to increase revenue instead of creating a more comfortable experience adding an additional row.
I was also befuddled when Justin Roberts instead of Lilian Garcia appeared. But that is neither here nor there. Read the rest of this entry »
MMARising.com: Did you feel any added pressure in leaving Japan and representing your country for Bellator or did you see it as just another fight that you had to win? Read the rest of this entry »
The Wrestling Observer Online/ Figure 4 Online’s Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez do a Post-UFC 116 interview with UFC World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar’s new old PR manager and official biographer: Paul E “Dangerously” Heyman. They talk about UFC and the state of Pro Wrestling.
On January 30, 2010, former guest of the show, Roxanne Modafferi added another win to her record. A few weeks back, the King of the Cage (C), American Mixed Martial Arts promotion decided to begin their Asian expansion holding an event they would entitle “Toryumon” at the Okinawa Convention Center in Okinawa, the accredited birthplace of Karate. This reporter does not know if Ultimo Dragon’s copyright extends to the Ryuku Islands or if was expired to begin with. Thus they contacted Roxanne, who recently fought StrikeForce W omen’s Lightweight Title contender Merloes Coenen (!7-4-0) in November 2009 in lL at the “StrikeForce: Fedor vs Rogers” event, to fight Molly Helsel (8-8-1). After some striking exchanges, the fight ended at 3:18 of Round 2 when Roxanne applied an inescapable Rear Naked Choke.
Roxie and Molly @ the Weigh Ins (C) Roxanne Modafferi
In this brief epilogue and finale (for now) of the MMA Blitz Radio Network, I talk myself to sleep until I see Mark Danger on Skype and he tells me of his future prospects. Also (SPOILER ALERT) the Dream/SenGoku FIELDS DYNAMITE results, and I Tarot readings for personalities and promotions in the Combat Sport industry.
Hello folks. I have an almost full-time retail job now (anywhere from 25-33 hours a week with 9 hour shifts, unless there are long lines) and am a part-time student (7 hours of classes each week over the course of 3 nights with an hour or so of homework for each class at least). Thus I lack the time to think. However, I was watching some YouTube, and thought about a conundrum:
American Kickboxing, which spun off from American Full-Contact Karate is a combat sport that prohibits the use of kicks or any attacks below the waist.
whereas Full-Contact Karate from Japan usually prohibits Face Punching.
Thus my latest poll question, if you were paid to fight in a week’s time notice and you are given the option of either being handicapped by taking a match which either bans kicks to the leg, or a bout which forbids face punching, which would you rather take?
