By Kelsey Philpott The issue of safety is often raised when people start to discuss the merits of mixed martial arts and probably rightfully so. After all the sport can appear, to the uninitiated, quite dangerous if it’s given only a cursory glance. It’s also hard to fault those individuals: the speed and ferocity of the […]
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The Case for Legalization: MMA is a Sport
By Kelsey Philpott I’ve established how and why a fundamental shift in MMA’s approach to seeking legalization is necessary for MMA to progress further. It’s essentially a renewed approach to educating the naysayers and fence-sitters about MMA to correct the misconceptions about the sport. Once MMA is able to clear up any false pretences about its sport […]
The Case for Legalization: A Fundamental Shift
By Kelsey Philpott The recent developments in New York and Ontario would seem to bring about the proper timing for yet another discussion about legalizing mixed martial arts. In lieu of my recent debut television appearance for Rogers Sportsnet’s MMA: Connected, speaking on this very subject (in addition to a host of other business-related MMA […]
Tamiso: The Final Showdown in Albany?
The Final Showdown in Albany? by Eric Tamiso Picture the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. Now picture it hosting a fight with 20,000 screaming fans, pugilists going toe to toe, and Mr. Buffer introducing them. Currently, there are only two ways of seeing this. Either in a boxing match, or in the new […]
Gameness Makes Leap From Apparel to Fight Promotion
Gameness, the largest distributor of Jiu Jitsu Gi’s in North America took the next step in establishing itself as a company willing to take bold strides to cement its locale as a player in the business of Mixed Martial Art’s when it successfully promoted the inaugural Gameness Fighting Championships fight card December 11th at the […]