Strikeforce: 'Fedor Vs. Rogers' Live Cageside Blog
11/07/2009
Hey I'm Derek. I'm 27 years old. I currently live in Indianapolis, IN. I am originally from Normal, IL, which is halfway in between St. Louis and Chicago.
I am a freelance MMA writer who regularly contributes featured articles, interviews, and live event blogs for CBSSports.com, FoxSports.com, CNNSI.com, MMAmania.com, and InsideFights.com in addition to BleacherReport.com. Here are links to just a few of my past articles:
CBSSports.com -
http://www.cbssports.com/mma/story/12207782 (Martin Kampmann)
http://www.cbssports.com/mma/story/11982407 (Anderson Silva)
http://www.cbssports.com/mma/story/11845282 (Rich Franklin)
http://www.cbssports.com/mma/story/11809857 (Robbie Lawler)
FoxSports.com -
http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/10083188/Belfort-Franklin-at-UFC-103-to-impact-2-divisions (Vitor Belfort/Rich Franklin)
CNNSI.com -
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/mma/07/09/georges.st.pierre/index.html (Georges St. Pierre)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/mma/06/30/bleacher.report.lesnar/index.html (Frank Mir)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/mma/10/20/shogun/index.html# (Mauricio Rua)
Also, here is a link to an archive of my interviews including ones with Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, Rich Franklin, Jon Fitch, Takanori Gomi, Miguel Torres, Mike Swick, Kenny Florian, Andrei Arlovski, Mike Brown, Jake Shields, etc...
http://mmamania.com/author/derek-bolender/
I welcome all feedback. Feel free to post on my articles, on my bulletin board, or send an e-mail to me directly at dbeastbo@yahoo.com.
You will also find me at:
www.Twitter.com/DerekMMAWriter
www.Facebook.com/Derek.Bolender
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12 days ago
here is a story of another NFL Legend who has yet to get his deserved respect :
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286573-crazy-canton-cuts-ed-meador
13 days ago
I know you are going to love this one LOL!
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286287-breaking-news-fedor-still-the-man
13 days ago
Hi Derek,
This one's a bit edgier LOL :)
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285312-creature-vs-creature-pathetic-tito-begs-the-iceman-for-a-third-beatdown
Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know who you think would win the fight.
Cheers
James
15 days ago
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/283839-breaking-news-brock-lesnar-planning-ufc-retirement
17 days ago
I'll show you mine if you show me yours LOL
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/282921-lyota-the-dragon-machida-needs-surgery-putting-real-fans-to-the-test
19 days ago
hey Derrek if you have a minute http://bleacherreport.com/articles/280763-the-ultimate-fighter-sends-wrong-message thanks any input appreciated
22 days ago
this is the "Truth" http://bleacherreport.com/articles/278837-could-kryptonite-stop-superman-not-in-the-judges-eyes... appreciate the input
26 days ago
Hey man, everybody thinks that Shogun beat Machida. Here's my article on why I think the fight was closer than most people realize.
Contrasting opinions, other comments, and feedback are always welcome.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/278606-lyoto-machida-did-more-than-you-think-he-did-vs-shogun
26 days ago
Horrible main event last night..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/278248-ufc-104-the-night-the-dragon-was-slain-round-by-round?just_published=1
27 days ago
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/278104-mauricio-rua-robbed-in-light-heavyweight-bout
27 days ago
hey Derek if you have a minute http://bleacherreport.com/articles/277346-dont-get-me-wrong-machida-is-awesome thanks
29 days ago
i comment...you comment..isn't that how it works?lol
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/274901-mike-quick-swick-a-ufc-105-shootout-with-dan-the-outlaw-hardy
32 days ago
hey Derek if you have a minute http://bleacherreport.com/articles/272570-ufc-104-they-just-keep-getting-bigger-and-better#page/22 thanks
37 days ago
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Doctor Death said...
DeleteThought you might enjoy this one:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/289443-will-we-see-the-truth-on-saturday
8 days ago