Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Olivier Aubin-Mercier is one of the UFC’s fastest rising young fighters.
Aubin-Mercier told Sarah about the time he politely asked the guy throwing punches at him in the middle of a house party to stop.
To read the full story click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Randa Markos
Randa Markos, the Canadian UFC fighter and (completely unwarranted) villain of the TUF 20 series, learned from her first fight that you can’t feel bad about punching someone in the face.
Sarah spoke to Markos about this for Fightland.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Kimbo Slice
Street fighter-turned-pro fighter Kimbo Slice’s career had a somewhat cartoonish character to it before his sudden death at age 42. But there was nothing cartoonish about his even, thoughtful interactions in the autistic community.
Sarah wrote about this side of Slice for Fightland.
To read the story go here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff
Muhammad Ali
In the wake of Muhammad Ali’s death there were a lot of right-leaning political and media figures bad-mouthing the former boxing champ for his political views.
In a learning piece for Fightland Sarah helped explain why Ali did the right thing when he refused to fight in the Vietnam War — and risked his career over it.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Elias Theodorou
Sexy video game character come to life and professional UFC fighter Elias Theodorou learned some valuable lessons from his first fights.
He told Sarah all about them for Fightland.
To read the full story click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 