Nick Delpopolo
To martial arts followers on the snarky side, Nick Delpopolo is an American judo fighter whose career was derailed when he accidentally ate a pot brownie.
At this year’s Olympics he was more of a redemption story than a punchline, finishing seventh overall in his weight class.
Sarah wrote about his conundrum in an article for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres first came to most people’s attention as the guy nicknamed “Bruce Leroy” on The Ultimate Fighter.
Long before that, he tried to imitate Bruce Lee to learn how to fight.
He spoke to Sarah about this in a piece for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
When the UFC’s women’s strawweight division was launched it used its star-making reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter to help pave the way.
Now, with the solidly badass Joanna Jędrzejczyk as champion and a slew of intriguing challengers bubbling under, it’s one of the UFC’s most intriguing divisions.
Sarah explained why in a post for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
When 11-year-old Ethan Fineshriber won at the American Taekwondo Association World Expo recently it caused a flood of newspieces.
This, because Fineshriber is autistic.
Sarah’s none too keen on the “inspiration porn” tone of these stories and she explained why in a post for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Nate Diaz
One of the favourite story devices of Team Risky Fuel is to get actual experts in something to analyze the work of dilettantes and tourists in that field.
In the most recent case, Sarah assembled a team of savvy literary types to look at the sophistication level of the trash talk spouted by pro fighter Nate Diaz.
The results were… illuminating.
To read the full story head over to Fightland by clicking here.
Filed under Comedy, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
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