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By Andy Cotterill News came out today from veteran MMA journalist Ariel Helwani that is both surprising and not surprising at the same time. New MMA promotion Global Fight League (GFL) has cancelled their inaugural events-pair on May 24th and 25th. Six Canadians were selected in the GFL Draft, with Julia Budd and Randi Field…
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A heartbroken Matt Smith spoke with Andy Cotterill shortly after his split decision loss to Ljae Simminz in the main event of BTC XXVII: Bellevegas, in Belleville, Ontario. Matt tells why he thinks the result is unfair and that his team considers it a win. Full video interview is up now on the MM-EH YouTube…
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Honourary Canadian daughter Diana Irena Belbiţă announced today that she is finished competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In a post on her Instagram page she wrote: “It was fun fighting at the highest level.I never even dared to dream that I will get there, But I ended up spending my last 6 years fighting…
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Ryan Yapsam talks with MM-EH Andy Cotterill about his impressive win over Andrew Babcock at BTC XXVII: Bellevegas in Belleville, Ontario. Listen to Ryan talk about why he thinks that visualization can be such a powerful tool for an athlete, and what things he did in this fight to negate the “Babjitsu” of his opponent….
Read More “Intelligent And Impressive Victory For Ryan Yapsam At BTC XXVII Bellevegas” »
Jo Duarte put on a hell of a fight at Rage in the Cage 28 in Rochester, but came up on the wrong side of a decision against the tough and gritty Kara Hoad. Regardless, the Niagara Top Team athlete has a great attitude and told me that she learned a lot from this fight….
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MM-EH was on site at the Tim Horton’s Iceplex in Rochester, New York, to witness Rage in the Cage 28. A handful of Canadians fought, including Isabella Filippazzo, who defeated fellow Canadian Jade Dumoulin in the co-main event by TKO in the 2nd round. With this win, Isabella added the RITC Flyweight Championship to her…
Read More “Rising MMA Star Isabella Filippazzo Wins DOUBLE Championship in Stunning Victory!” »
By Andy Cotterill Rising Canadian Featherweight mixed martial artist Fred Dupras woke up on Monday excited to be competing as an alternate in the PFL season opener this Thursday in Orlando, but not as excited as he’d be in a few short hours when he was told that he’d be replacing Yves Landu, who experienced…
Main Event 170 / Ljae Simminz def Matt SmithSplit Decision29-28, 29-28, 28-29 Co-Main Event 155 / Abdel Abdelaziz def Kevin Popowick-BastienKO4:59 Round 1 135 / Ryan Yapsam def Andrew Babcock / TKO135 / Alana Cook vs Andrea Watson / Unanimous Decision135 / Victor Bordage def Nate Small / Unanimous Decision160 / Davis Rapagna vs Ramston…
MM-EH was on site at the Slush Puppy Centre in Gatineau, Quebec on March 7th to attend the latest fight night put on by Quebec’s premier MMA organization, Samourai MMA. The 13th installment of their show had an excellent fight card from top to bottom. Here are the results: Main Event Julien Leblanc def Darian…
Norfolk Fighting Championships held their second amateur pankration event on Saturday night in Simcoe, Ontario. The main event saw a short and violent bout between Ty Kelly and Ognjen Bozic, with Kelly catching his opponent with a thudding cross that dropped him, where he was finished with some ground and pound. With the win, Kelly…
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