With the big Cage Warriors 55 event in the Helix, Dublin on the horizon, Fergus (@GusRyan100) and Mark (@M_OToole) are joined by special co-host Ireland’s number one middleweight MMA fighter, former Cage Warriors Middleweight Champion Chris Fields (@chrisfieldsMMA) to talk his life, career, drugs in MMA, pre-fight trash talk, coaching and regaining his love for the sport. We also hear from Cage Wa... »
Is this kick more Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris? Either way it is epic. h/t deadspin »
Everybody loves a sporting prodigy but is MMA really a sport you would want your child to excel in at the age of two? MMA fighter Tarec Saffiedine uploaded this video of his son striking their laundry basket. He seems to have great power in his leg kicks but those punches wouldn’t even trouble a one year old. The video does jump during one of the kicks but this kid seems the real deal. He al... »
Benson Henderson won retained the UFC lightweight championship on Saturday night after a split decision against Gilbert Melendez. The crowd really didn’t like the decision and let their feelings be known, quite loudly. Their protestations continued even as Henderson got down on one knee in the octagon to propose to his girlfriend. H/T Mark O’Toole »
On the podcast today Mark O’Toole and Fergus Ryan hear from Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) Gareth A. Davies (@GarethADaviesDT) and Brad “One Punch” Pickett (@One_Punch) on all the news and fallout from UFC Stockholm. The lads also talk to Andy Ryan Head Coach from @teamryano on Neil Seery’s great performance at Cage Warriors 53, the general state of Irish MMA and working with top Irish boxer Oi... »
The Russians have discovered MMA and added their own twist staged at something called Bus Stop.. oh dear. »
In a special roundtable podcast in Stockholm Mark O’Toole is joined by some of Ireland’s MMA journalists, Andrew McGahon (@Ljungberg_8) of Severe MMA, Niall McGrath (@niallmcgrath4) of the Talking Brawls Podcast and Alan Murphy (@powerhousemma) of Powerhouse MMA to talk about Conor McGregor’s extraordinary first round knockout over the highly –rated Marcus Brimage in his UFC debut. »
There were some heated tweets between Olympic boxing silver medalist, Kenny Egan, and Irish UFC fighter, Conor McGregor, on Twitter yesterday. Egan tweeted a picture mentioning McGregor’s Twitter handle, @TheNotoriousMMA, which he said was just a bit of craic. McGregor did not take it that way though. “@diggydoom: @kenegan30 @treeman1980 @thenotoriousmma twitter.com/kenegan30/stat… — K... »
Interesting video shot in the hours leading up to Conor McGregor’s UFC debut against Marcus Brimage on Saturday. In the video he talks about having a painful wisdom tooth removed just days before the fight and how it was just one more obstacle he has to overcome. »
Ireland’s Conor McGregor made his UFC debut in Sweden yesterday against Marcus Brimage, knocking him out in just 67 seconds. In the post-fight press conference he spoke about his newly found wealth and his delight of being off the dole. H/T r/Ireland »
Dublin’s Conor McGregor destroyed the highly rated Marcus Brimage of the United States on his UFC debut in the Ericsson Globe Arena. After the fight he spoke to The Mixed Martial Arts Review and Balls.ie on how UFC officials tried to nick his flag and how his plan to get through the recession. CAUTION: Colourful Language. Interview by – Mark O’Toole. »
It took Conor McGregor a little over a minute to finish his UFC debut and destroy his first opponent Marcus Brimage in Sweden today. Remember the name. Gif via Big Red Bench. »
UFC fighter, Anderson Silva, visited a fan in a Brazilian hospital over the Easter weekend and it was captured on video. 12-year-old Joao Pedro has been wheelchair-bound for the last 9 months and doctors don’t know if he’ll ever be able to walk again. Silva and the boy share the same doctor and when the doctor discovered that Joao was a big fan of Silva, he set up the meeting. The tran... »
I don’t know a lot about MMA but I do know that this is good. French MMA fighter Olivier Fontaine pulls off a brilliant move not even 30 seconds into his fight against opponent Sofiane Benchora at the Lyon Fighting Championship. Forward the 1.25 mark to see the action. via Cage Writer »
