Cris “Cyborg” Justino
Cris “Cyborg” Justino, the most dominant female MMA fighter outside of the UFC will now be fighting inside the UFC.
Cyborg is too heavy to compete in UFC’s current female weight classes, but the recent success ($$) of Conor McGregor’s catchweight fight has encouraged the promotion to do more non-weight class-based fights.
Hence, Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith at UFC 198.
Sarah wrote about this for Fightland here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Conor McGregor
Trash-talking self-promoter Conor McGregor lost a fight recently.
This is cause for contemplation.
Which Sarah did in a piece for Fightland which references not only Ric Flair and Rocky Balboa in his robot-buying phase, but also the 1960 Federico Fellini classic La Dolce Vita.
To read the piece click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Recollections, Shameless Promotion
Daniel O’Donnell
There was an ugly bit of gay panic in the New York State Assembly recently when the governing body voted to lift its 20-plus year-old ban on mixed martial arts.
Apparently, it’s because MMA is super gay.
So says Rosie O’Donnell’s brother.
Sarah wrote about this troubling stance in an article for Fightland here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Ben Affleck
Conor McGregor is very good at inspiring fifth generation Irish descendants to be really irritating in sports bars on fight nights.
Now, the notorious one can also say he inspired Batman.
Specifically, the fighting style used by Ben Affleck’s Batman in Batman v Superman.
Sarah wrote about this for Fightland here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Vegas Dave
Not a lot of people were picking Holly Holm to beat Ronda Rousey for the UFC bantamweight championship.
But a professional gambler named Vegas Dave did, and he came away with one of the biggest paydays anyone has seen from a MMA fight bet.
Sarah spoke to Vegas Dave about it for Fightland here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 