BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Right Direction https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Julian Erosa Heads into CageSport 25 Looking to Earn His Way Back to the Belt https://www.badmma.com/julian-erosa-heads-into-cagesport-25-looking-to-earn-his-way-back-to-the-belt.html https://www.badmma.com/julian-erosa-heads-into-cagesport-25-looking-to-earn-his-way-back-to-the-belt.html#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:00:01 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/julian-erosa-heads-into-cagesport-25-looking-to-earn-his-way-back-to-the-belt.html After suffering his first loss late last year, featherweight prospect Julian Erosa rebounded earlier this year in convincing fashion with a win over Jason Gybels at CageSport 24 . “I’d fought him once before and knocked him out, so going into that fight I wasn’t going to say it was easy, but it’s always a confidence booster whenever you’ve beat them convincingly (before),” said Erosa. “So I wasn’t really switching my game plan, I just kind of did the same thing, and I ended up getting him with a submission in the second round. “My plan was to go in there, wear him down, and capitalize on it. That was definitely a boost in the right direction coming off the loss to (Drew) Brokenshire.” Erosa will be looking to get his second straight win and take one step closer to challenging for the CageSport 145-pound title in an eliminator match against Lee Morrison at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash., on July 6. “They call him the ‘American Bulldog’ for a reason, so I’m sure he’ll get in my face and try to take me down and beat me up, which is fine with me,” Erosa said about Morrison. “I’m used to people trying to take me down and trying to beat me up or sub me.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/julian-erosa-heads-into-cagesport-25-looking-to-earn-his-way-back-to-the-belt.html/feed 0 For Josh Burkman It’s Not About Avenging a Jon Fitch Loss or a Title, It’s About Being the Best https://www.badmma.com/for-josh-burkman-its-not-about-avenging-a-jon-fitch-loss-or-a-title-its-about-being-the-best.html https://www.badmma.com/for-josh-burkman-its-not-about-avenging-a-jon-fitch-loss-or-a-title-its-about-being-the-best.html#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:47:33 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/for-josh-burkman-its-not-about-avenging-a-jon-fitch-loss-or-a-title-its-about-being-the-best.html Since signing with the World Series of Fighting last year, welterweight Josh Burkman has worked his way into the position of being one of the promotion’s top 170-pound fighters with two wins in two fights for the company. As Burkman told MMAWeekly.com , getting to this point was his objective from the beginning. “My goal was to go in and win fights against top competitors and become a feature guy in the organization,” he said. “(President) Ray Sefo and (matchmaker) Ali (Abdel-Aziz) promised me they’d go out and get top talent and they’ve done that. “I’m real excited about the show, their deal with NBC Sports Network, and I think we’re headed in the right direction.” Burkman will get a chance to prove he’s tops in the promotion when he takes on fellow former UFC welterweight Jon Fitch on Friday in Las Vegas, live on NBC Sports Network. The bout is a rematch of their initial fight seven years ago. “The only thing that carries over is I remember getting beaten up by a very good fighter,” chuckled Burkman.

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