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Women And Their Cauliflower Ear

Rhonda Rousey's cauliflower ear

Rhonda Rousey’s cauliflower ear

Female mixed martial artists have to navigate a minefield of societal expectations that men never have to deal with. One of the surprisingly complex ones to manage is “What happens when you start getting cauliflower ear?”

The unmistakable sign that you roll is a badge of honour for many fighters, but in the normie world it’s not quite the same.

Sarah talked to four high level female fighters about their perspective on cauliflower ear.

To read the story head over to Fightland here.

 

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Miss United States Takes Up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Whitney Miller

Whitney Miller

Miss United States 2012 Whitney Miller has decided to train in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and this has meant a number of practical concerns for the beauty queen.

Like, is she worried about cauliflower ear? Or, what happens when she has to wear a fancy dress and she’s got mat burn?

Thankfully, Sarah got to the bottom of these questions and more when she interviewed Miller for Fightland.

To read the story go here.

 

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Sport Songs To Celebrate The Winter Olympics

Luge

Luge

You may have noticed that the Winter Olympics have officially started in Sochi, Russia.

To celebrate this Sarah compiled a list of songs inspired by Winter Olympic sports like biathalon, bobsleigh and, our personal fave, alpine skiing (as interpreted uniquely by Pansy Division).

To read the whole list head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.

 

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When Joe Lauzon Is Your Artistic Muse

Joe Lauzon image by David Balfe

Joe Lauzon image by David Balfe

So there’s an Irish artist named David Balfe who finds mixed martial arts fighter Joe Lauzon pretty inspiring.

This, naturally, seemed like the perfect sort of assignment for Sarah to do for Fightland. So she interviewed Balfe.

You can read the story by going here.

 

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Doctor Who Meets Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Dr. Who's Tardis

Dr. Who’s Tardis

Doctor Who is making an appearance in an unlikely place — on the rashguards designed by Toro BJJ for Brazilian jiu-jitsu training.

This seemingly odd intersection of sci-fi nerd culture and fight culture isn’t actually that odd at all and Sarah investigated why for Fightland.

To read her story about it go here.

 

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