AMANDA NUNES NAMED TO UFC® HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2025 Las Vegas – UFC® today announced that former UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame’s Modern Wing as a member of the Class of 2025. Nunes will enter the Hall of Fame as the third female inductee in […]
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Remembering When Wrestler & Martial Artist Antonio Inoki Challenged Muhammad Ali The Boxer – Video
Remembering The War of the Worlds: When Wrestler Antonio Inoki Challenged Muhammad Ali The Boxer By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The late great Antonio Inoki passed away on October 1, 2022. Anoki was part of the strangest boxer versus wrestler freak show ever staged on television with modified restrictive rules. […]
Legendary Martial Arts Star & Actor Bob Wall Dies at 82
Legendary Martial Arts Star & Actor Bob Wall Dies at 82 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (February 1st, 2022)– In MMA news, noted Martial Arts star Bob Wall, a ninth-degree black belt under Chuck Norris, who co-starred with Bruce Lee in the famous martial arts films Way of […]
Paul ‘The Polar Bear’ Varelans, UFC Early Shining Star, Dies of Coronavirus at 51
Paul ‘The Polar Bear’ Varelans, UFC Early Shining Star, Dies of Coronavirus at 51 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Atlanta, Georgia (January 18th, 2021)– Tall and Gigantic, Paul ‘The Polar Bear’ Varelans, one of the UFC’s original early stars, one of the first No Holds Barred fighters, whose 9-9 record made […]
Alexander “The Great” Flores Defeats Mario Heredia in 6 on RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS
Alexander “The Great” Flores destroys Mario Heredia in 6 RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS® OFFICIAL RESULTS Alexander “The Great” Flores (left) punished Mario Heredia (Pictures by Manny “Mitts” Murillo / RJJ Boxing) TUCSON, Arizona (November 9, 2019) – Heavy-handed California heavyweight Alexander “The Great” Flores returned to the ring last Thursday night with a […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Prince Naseem Hamed, All-Time Featherweight Electric Presence!
Prince Naseem Hamed, All-Time Featherweight Electric Presence! By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Prince Naseem Hamed Career Highlights As both boxing journalist and boxing historian, this reporter looks at the flow of bouts over a professional fighter’s career, and also at the charisma and energy the fighter brings to promote the sport […]
RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: When Irish Micky Ward Was King
When Irish Micky Ward Was King By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent In 51 professional bouts between 1985 and 2003, Irish Micky Ward’s chin was solid. He was stopped only once, in a world title bout. An Irish American super lightweight boxer out of Lowell, Massachusetts, his career arrived at superstar status on […]
SIX-PART ‘ART DAVIE SPEAKS OUT’ VIDEO SERIES – ‘UFC 1: The Beginning,’
SIX-PART ‘ART DAVIE SPEAKS OUT’ VIDEO SERIES DEBUTS THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 Los Angeles, CA –In conjunction with the 21st anniversary of ‘UFC 1: The Beginning,’ the UFC’s inaugural event from 1993, the University of MMA has produced a six-part video interview series featuring Art Davie, creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The first […]