BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Weight Divisions https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Agon Wrestling Targeting First MMA-Style Event for October with Several MMA Fighters on Board https://www.badmma.com/agon-wrestling-targeting-first-mma-style-event-for-october-with-several-mma-fighters-on-board.html https://www.badmma.com/agon-wrestling-targeting-first-mma-style-event-for-october-with-several-mma-fighters-on-board.html#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:14:59 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/agon-wrestling-targeting-first-mma-style-event-for-october-with-several-mma-fighters-on-board.html As the wrestling world continues to wait on the upcoming vote by the International Olympic Committee for the verdict for what will be the final sport added to the 2020 games, the community at large isn’t slowing its plans for overall growth. As first teased on MMAWeekly.com a few months back, promoters are mounting plans to put together a first-of-its-kind wrestling event that will mimic many major MMA shows, such as the UFC or Bellator, while also taking a page from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu events such as Metamoris. Sources have indicated to MMAWeekly.com that plans are coming together for the first event to be held on Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas for the first ever Agon Wrestling Championships. The promotion is apparently eyeing three possible match-ups, including a main event that could see a Bellator champion step back on the mats that he called home for many years. The main event currently in discussion with event promoters could pit former Olympian and two-time NCAA champion Ben Askren in a folk-style wrestling match against four-time NCAA champion (from four different weight divisions) Kyle Dake.  The promotion hopes to crown the winner as the No. 1 contender in the world folk-style wrestling championship, with Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs likely sitting as the top-ranked wrestler in that division. Other match-ups that are currently being pursued include current Bellator wrestler and former NCAA champ Bubba Jenkins against former teammate from Penn State Frank Molinaro, as well as NCAA All-American and current RFA champion Lance Palmer against Oklahoma State standout Jordan Oliver.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/agon-wrestling-targeting-first-mma-style-event-for-october-with-several-mma-fighters-on-board.html/feed 0 Video: UFC 163′s Ian McCall offers advice to ‘dork’ Johnson: ‘Be cooler’ https://www.badmma.com/video-ufc-163s-ian-mccall-offers-advice-to-dork-johnson-be-cooler.html https://www.badmma.com/video-ufc-163s-ian-mccall-offers-advice-to-dork-johnson-be-cooler.html#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:30:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/video-ufc-163s-ian-mccall-offers-advice-to-dork-johnson-be-cooler.html Ian McCall  (11-4-1 MMA, 0-2-1 UFC) likes to take momentary steps away from the drain of strategizing, and in advance of his fight at UFC 163 against Iliarde Santos  (27-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), he’s got some advice for flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson . It’s direct: Be cooler.  “He’s a dork, man,” McCall told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “He’s a great athlete, don’t get me wrong. He’s just socially awkward.  “But he’s getting better, and I say this as advice, because it would help his career and make him more money and fans would like him more.” UFC 163 takes place Saturday at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. McCall vs. Santos opens the FX-televised preliminary-card in advance of main card fights on pay-per-view.  Johnson undoubtedly won over the crowd this past Saturday at UFC on FOX 8, where he earned the first stoppage of his title reign by tapping out John Moraga in the fifth round of their title fight. UFC President Dana White awarded the champ a “Submission of the Night” bonus and said true fight fans will get behind what he does in the octagon.  The event, however, reportedly drew the lowest overall ratings of the UFC’s live events on FOX, despite winning key young male demographics.  There are observers who say that no matter who is at the top of the lighter-weight divisions, big ratings and pay-per-views go to bigger men. While that or may not be the case, McCall said it couldn’t hurt to have someone with that “it” factor holding the belt.  That, he said, is him, or Joseph Benavidez , who Johnson beat to win the flyweight title.  McCall said he and Benavidez have a likability that might help people to care about the little-man class and thus get it more attention on the pay-per-view stage.  Dodson and Johnson, he said, are the kind of fighters people love to hate.  “I’m not sure why people don’t like [Johnson],” McCall said.

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