Stephen Thompson
The latest person to speak with Sarah for Fightland’s ‘My First Fight’ segment is kickboxer-turned-UFC fighter Stephen Thompson.
Thompson recalls getting beaten up a lot at the gym in the early days… until it all changed.
To read the full story click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey has signed a three-film deal with the Lifetime Network to “bring stories that reflect her passions about empowerment to the screen.”
We’re not sure what that means, but Sarah wrote about its relative merits for Fightland.
To read the story go here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Patrick Cote
As part of Fightland’s ‘My First Fight’ series Sarah recently spoke to veteran Canadian fighter Patrick Cote.
Cote says his first fight was an eye-opener.
“I lost pretty bad,” he said.
To read the full story click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier
Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier have one of the longest running — and loudest mouthed — feuds going in the UFC.
Not only do they want to physically fight each other, they also spend an astounding amount of time trash talking each other.
Sarah got some of her literary colleagues to analyze the quality of said trash talk in a feature for Fightland.
To read who’s got the better insults, click here.
Filed under Comedy, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Mikaela Lauren
Mikaela Lauren is the WBC Female World Super Welterweight.
Lauren believes that “ring boys,” the male equivalent of ring girls that carry those cards displaying which round it is, should do the walk between rounds in her fights.
It’s a brilliant idea and anyone who actually believes in equality should support something like this.
Sarah wrote about it for Fightland.
You can read it here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 