BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Wrestling Team https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Banker Turned Fighter, Princeton Grad Jake Butler Focused on Training and Winning, Not Titles https://www.badmma.com/banker-turned-fighter-princeton-grad-jake-butler-focused-on-training-and-winning-not-titles.html https://www.badmma.com/banker-turned-fighter-princeton-grad-jake-butler-focused-on-training-and-winning-not-titles.html#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2013 06:00:50 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/banker-turned-fighter-princeton-grad-jake-butler-focused-on-training-and-winning-not-titles.html Jake Butler has made headlines all over the world due to his status as a Princeton University graduate who decided to turn his back on a career on Wall Street in order to follow his martial arts dreams, but after two outings in the ONE FC cage, the novelty is starting to wear off and reality is setting in. The New Jersey native could be a serious light heavyweight contender. If there is one skill set that is almost guaranteed to bring success in MMA, it is wrestling. Butler, who competed at an NCAA Division One level and captained the wrestling team at Princeton, brings much more to ONE FC than just an inspiring life story. He has the ability to take opponents down and keep them there. His two fights to date have lasted a total of four minutes and 58 seconds. He is two for two with takedown attempts in his MMA career. No fighter put on their back by Butler has ever been able to escape or work their way back to the feet again either

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/banker-turned-fighter-princeton-grad-jake-butler-focused-on-training-and-winning-not-titles.html/feed 0 USA TODAY: Chandler on why he’s quick to defend fellow Bellator champ Askren https://www.badmma.com/usa-today-chandler-on-why-hes-quick-to-defend-fellow-bellator-champ-askren.html https://www.badmma.com/usa-today-chandler-on-why-hes-quick-to-defend-fellow-bellator-champ-askren.html#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/usa-today-chandler-on-why-hes-quick-to-defend-fellow-bellator-champ-askren.html (This story initially appeared on usatoday.com .) Ben Askren isn’t the type to sugarcoat his opinions. Ask him what he thought of fellow Bellator MMA champion Michael Chandler when he first encountered him on the University of Missouri wrestling team in 2004, and he’ll give it to you straight. “In the beginning, he really wasn’t very good,” Askren (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA), a two-time NCAA Division I national champion who now reigns as Bellator’s undefeated welterweight champ, tells USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Lightweight champion Chandler (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA) doesn’t disagree.

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