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Rizzo Not Deceased: Python vs. The Rock at Bitteti Combat 5

The sledgehammer called Roman Zentsov may have cracked the career of Pedro Rizzo into a million pieces, forcing the Rock to retire from the big leagues and into a purgatory of small shows and small paychecks...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 8 days ago 111 reads 3 comments
Call For Concern: UFC Suffers Due to Poor Judging and Refereeing

There are some people out there who call themselves MMA fans, I for one am not one of them. I say I am not a fan because my love of the sport borders as some sort of obsessive-compulsive disorder...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 8 days ago 388 reads 10 comments
UFC 109: Battle for the Best Senior Citizen

UFC fighters, Randy Couture and Mark Coleman have both recently verbally agreed to fight one another at UFC 109. This event marks in my opinion something I have been wishing would happen for ...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 12 days ago 553 reads 11 comments
Rogers Looks to Go Around Fedor For Heavyweight Belt

According the website mmaweekly.com Brett Rogers trainer wants a shot at Alistair Overeem. Without actually saying it what this would mean for Rogers is an instant title shot for the Strikeforce heavyweight belt...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 21 days ago 324 reads 4 comments
A TKO Victory: Fedor Still The King

Fingers crossed, knuckles squeezed to white, all while grinding my teeth; I was teetering on the brink of blacking out. I was holding my breath through most of the Fedor fight hoping and praying the Last Emperor would finish this fight...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 21 days ago 319 reads 2 comments
Mapping Out the World of MMA

I have an idea that I would like all the MMA Bleacher Report writers to help me out with. My idea is to create a map on Google that shows where all the schools and promotions of the MMA world are located...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 7 months ago 166 reads 5 comments
Aleksander Emelianenko Is The Tommy Morrison Of MMA

Aleksander Emelianenko may not be able to find work in the U.S. or Japan, but he still continues to fight in his native Russia...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 9 months ago 1,023 reads 10 comments
Kawajiri Added to DREAM 7

Japanese lightweight all-star Tatsuya Kawajiri has been hired to compete at DREAM 7 on Mar. 8. Kawajiri will be fighting against relatively unknown fighter Ross Ebanez. Ebanez who trains at B...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 9 months ago 30 reads 0 comments
Yoshihiro Akiyama Signs With The UFC

The UFC recently signed notorious, Korean judoka Yoshihiro "Grease Lighting" Akiyama in a possible attempt to edge its way into the Asian MMA market. Dana White has expressed interest in moving the UFC in a direction which could include trips to Japan...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 9 months ago 123 reads 8 comments
All Hail The Last Emperor: Fedor Will Shut Up All The Naysayers

Affliction: Day of Reckoning saw something done by Fedor Emelianenko that very few MMA fans ever get to actually witness; by that I mean Fedor actually knocked out his opponent...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 10 months ago 515 reads 8 comments
Coming Overseas: A Story Of How U.S. MMA's Long Layoff Returned to Dominance

Mixed Martial Arts is a sport that is technically hundreds of years old, with its early origins in Greece known as Pankration it was seemingly lost to the world once the Christians reformed the Roman empire...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 205 reads 14 comments
Sengoku 7 Crowns New Lightweight King

Takanori Gomi has strayed from the path that once marked his dominance as the No. 1 rated lightweight in MMA, most recently losing the Sengoku 7 title fight to Satoru Kitaoka...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 90 reads 6 comments
MMA's Paris Hilton, Hayato Sakurai

Well rounded light weight fighter Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, has recently had three sex tapes leaked. Sakurai who was seen to be sleeping with three different women, none of which were his wife...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 2,865 reads 7 comments
Overeem sets his Sights for the U.S. & Cro Cop Seeks Retirement for 2009

According to Cage Potato, Alistair Overeem has stated that he wishes to fight in the US, either in the UFC or Affliction, and that he would be attending the UFC 93, Ireland...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 447 reads 6 comments
Alistair Overeem Demands His Respect: MMA Fighter Ko's K-1 Heavyweight Star

Heavyweight muscle man Alistair Overem demanded respect on New Years Eve when he fought against former K-1 heavyweight champ Badr Hari and knocked him out in the 1st round...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 886 reads 6 comments
I Am Scared of Melvin Manhoef: Middleweight KO Stud To Watch in '09

Melvin Manhoef may not be on most people's fighters-to-watch list, and he certainly isn't in any sort of top-10 rankings lists, but he is by far the most physically powerful middleweight currently in MMA...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 323 reads 11 comments
The End of Wanderlei Silva

"Good night you princes of Maine, you kings of New England."—Michael Caine, in The Cider House Rules Well, that was certainly not a good movie, but certainly a quote relevant to the dying career of "The Axe Murder," Wanderlei Silva...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 1,124 reads 12 comments
A Voice of Frustration on UFC 92: Poor Refereeing and Lackluster Performances

"I am Spartacus!"—Kirk Douglas UFC 92 was a night of light heavyweight and heavyweight titles being changed, a night of quick fights and poor refereeing, and a night of disappointment for one excited fan...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 1,019 reads 27 comments
Affliction, UFC, and Dynamite Updates

Affliction's next show is looking to have some competition with the UFC once again. According to fiveouncesofpain.com UFC is set to re-broadcast UFC 91 to run against Afflictions' second show...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 110 reads 0 comments
Celebrity Fighting Alliance: All Out Celebrities Attack!

This was an idea I had about three years back on the subfighter forums. I am bringing it to life for you, the readers...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 270 reads 5 comments
A Claim to Shame: No. 1 UFC Possesses Control Over Only Two Weight Classes

"A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. " —Carl Jung The UFC stakes a claim of being the worlds best this and the worlds best that, but I ...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 151 reads 7 comments
Chins of Glass: The Weakest Chins in the Sport of MMA

Getting punched in the head is not very much fun for anyone, but for these 10 fighters it could be lights out and end of the night...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 11 months ago 339 reads 7 comments
The Real Captain America: Bart Vale

Who remembers Bart Vale? The answer: nobody does? I would ask you the reader if you remember, but heck you can't respond and I probably already know the answer. Well I will tell you who Bart Vale is and I why he is the one true Captain America...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 12 months ago 513 reads 2 comments
Adrenaline MMA: Who Knew It Was Still Around?

Adrenaline MMA, an organization I had essentially forgot about and thought had no longer existed, will be holding its second show this December...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 12 months ago 60 reads 1 comments
MMA's Elite Grapplers: Past and Present

Grappling in the world of mixed martial arts may be the most important skill one could possibly have, whether it be a simple but effective takedown defense, sweet sleek submissions or a dominant top wrestling game you simply have to have it...

Written by Jared Leatzow about 12 months ago 465 reads 20 comments

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Jared Leatzow Article Archive

Rizzo Not Deceased: Python vs. The Rock at Bitteti Combat 5

Call For Concern: UFC Suffers Due to Poor Judging and Refereeing

UFC 109: Battle for the Best Senior Citizen

Rogers Looks to Go Around Fedor For Heavyweight Belt

A TKO Victory: Fedor Still The King

Mapping Out the World of MMA

Aleksander Emelianenko Is The Tommy Morrison Of MMA

Kawajiri Added to DREAM 7

Yoshihiro Akiyama Signs With The UFC

All Hail The Last Emperor: Fedor Will Shut Up All The Naysayers

Coming Overseas: A Story Of How U.S. MMA's Long Layoff Returned to Dominance

Sengoku 7 Crowns New Lightweight King

MMA's Paris Hilton, Hayato Sakurai

Overeem sets his Sights for the U.S. & Cro Cop Seeks Retirement for 2009

Alistair Overeem Demands His Respect: MMA Fighter Ko's K-1 Heavyweight Star

I Am Scared of Melvin Manhoef: Middleweight KO Stud To Watch in '09

The End of Wanderlei Silva

A Voice of Frustration on UFC 92: Poor Refereeing and Lackluster Performances

Affliction, UFC, and Dynamite Updates

Celebrity Fighting Alliance: All Out Celebrities Attack!

A Claim to Shame: No. 1 UFC Possesses Control Over Only Two Weight Classes

Chins of Glass: The Weakest Chins in the Sport of MMA

The Real Captain America: Bart Vale

Adrenaline MMA: Who Knew It Was Still Around?

MMA's Elite Grapplers: Past and Present

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