Buffalo Girls is an amazing documentary about two impoverished 8 year old Muay Thai fighters who earn money through fighting to help their families survive in rural Thailand. The film follows Pet and Stam both in the ring and out, as they make their way along Thailand’s underground child boxing arena. While both girls are great at Muay Thai, their disparity is evident not only physically and in their techniques, but socially, financially and in the way they approach their careers.  I had seen clips of kids fighting in Thailand in the past but they always seemed inexperienced. Not the case …

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King Of The Cage, Split Decision was held at the always lively San Manuel Casino.  Majority of the fights didn’t go to the judge as the fighters put on another great show.

Daylin Murray vs. Nick Piecuch
This was a short fight and ended in 17 seconds as Murray threw a high kick that landed on Piecuch’s head.  Piecuch went down and Murray finished him on the ground.

Winner: Murray

Frank Park vs. Dave Evans
Evans came out aggressive and threw wild punches.  Park defended the shots but hesitant to throw back.  Evans took him down as the 1st …

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King Of The Cage was back again at San Manuel Casino for another round of exciting fights.  Most fights had exciting stand up battles while others had slick submissions.

Daylin Murray vs. Matt Ruiz

Ruiz was overwhelmed by Murray’s strength.  Ruiz got the early advantage with a takedown.  He tried to pass Murray’s guard and landed in half mount.  From there Murray grabbed Ruiz’s arm and got a kimura.
Winner: Murray

Victor Henry vs. Kevin Michel
Henry was aggressive from the start with his quick kicks.  Michel answered back with his own strikes but Henry was always landing it first.  Michel …

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To me, Enter the Dragon is a classic for one reason, Bruce Lee. Lee changed the landscape of martial arts cinema in the 70s when he introduced a more “realistic” style of fighting, rather than the traditional “Crouching Tiger” style of kung-fu. Not to mention that many martial artists today consider Lee the pioneer of MMA (mixed martial arts). Lee’s philosophy is, to discard what is useless, and take what is useful. It doesn’t matter what style it came from. This philosophy is showcased in the first part of Enter the Dragon, when Lee uses grappling to beat down …

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Held at San Manuel Casino, King of the Cage delivered again with 8 fights for the event.  The event’s title, Devestation, lived up to its name as fighters threw down and put on the show for the enthusiastic crowd.

Justin Cook vs. Kevin Michel
Both fighters set a quick pace and it was a back and forth battle on the ground.  Cook had Michel’s back several times but couldn’t capitalize.  After a scramble, Michel was inside Cook’s guard.  Michel hit Cook with hard punches from the top and the ref stopped the fight as Cook couldn’t defend himself.

Winner: Kevin Michel …

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Check out Nam Phan as Ryu, along with his Street Fighter friends.

I saw him walking around the artists alley at WonderCon.  He said he loves comic conventions and wanted to join the festivity.

The event was held in Anaheim and close to his MMA school in Garden Grove.

Nice touch with the UFC glove!

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This is it, folks, the day Dana White officially eats his words about women never fighting in the UFC.  Of course, the UFC purchased Strikeforce since he said that and they already had female MMA fighters so it was really only a matter of time… Even back in August of 2012, White was hinting around about it on a special featuring Ronda Rousey.

In December Dana White held a press conference standing next to an attractive young, blonde, probably giving off a first impression to those unfamiliar with Rousey that he was introducing the next UFC ring girl.  Instead, White announced …

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December is turning out to be a busy month for De La O Jiu Jitsu as 4 fighters from the camp are scheduled to fight.  Spencer Spiker is fighting this weekend in King Of The Cage: Future Legends 11 in Vegas.  Thomas Kenney and Henry Corrales are scheduled for Gladiator Challenge on December 16th while Frank Park fights in King Of The Cage on December 20th.  We decided to stop by the dojo and see what the fighters are up to.

Spiker defends a high kick from Corrales

Kenney and Corrales throwing bombs.

Park throwing a nice combo

Corrales getting busy.…

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Here’s a video of real life Superhero fighting an obnoxious drunk guy in front of cops. It’s pretty amazing how easy it is for a trained MMA fighter to beat down random jerks in the streets. Pay attention to the leg kicks. Phoenix Jones is an MMA fighter with a record of 4-0.

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