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Fight Path: Despite sporadic schedule, WSOF 19′s Teddy Holder a first-round finisher

BAD MMA News — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:50:37 +0000

Teddy Holder After several years away from MMA, continuing his education with an eye toward sports medicine, Teddy Holder was approached with an opportunity for a short-notice fight. That was back in 2012, three years removed from his previous professional fight. The small-town Tennessean thought school was the better route, so he kept training intermittently but had stopped fighting

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Fight Path: Despite sporadic schedule, WSOF 19′s Teddy Holder a first-round finisher – MMA Junkie

Fight Path: WSOF title hopeful Smealinho Rama influenced by Rutten, Silva

BAD MMA News — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:56:54 +0000

When Smealinho Rama started his MMA training, he was a teenager who was a muscled 230 pounds and athletic and strong enough that he could dunk a basketball at 6-feet tall. So when he went to the gym for his training, his size helped to push him into the classes with the stronger and more experienced fighters. It was a blessing in disguise. “I was with the adults right away,” Rama told MMAjunkie. “I was like 16 years old, but I was around these experienced guys

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Fight Path: MFC 41′s Miles Anstead turned gymnastics, BMX racing into MMA hopes

BAD MMA News — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:05:51 +0000

The morning after Miles Anstead had made his MMA debut, he cried. He had been doing jiu-jitsu tournaments for years with success, but his move to MMA had put him in a cage for the first time. It didn’t go well. His gymnastics balance skills and his BMX athletic skills hadn’t helped at the time (though they would later).

Fight Path: MFC 41′s Miles Anstead turned gymnastics, BMX racing into MMA hopes – MMA Junkie