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Andy lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Amanda and their 3 beautiful children. Andy is also the father of a Marine who is honorably serving in the United States Marine Corps.
Colby Covington and Nick Diax are two of the MMA’s biggest personalities. It was just a matter of time until they hit each other’s radar. “I’M OVER IT AT THIS POINT. I KNOW NICK DIAZ DOESN’T WANT TO FIGHT ME. IF HE WANTS TO FIGHT, DUDE, I’LL PUT IN THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW. WE COULD […]
Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn is returns to the Octagon to face Ryan Hall on Dec. 29. Penn was interviews by sat MMA Fighting to discuss his UFC 232 fight. Listen to him talk about why he’s coming back to action, training with Andre Pederneiras, if he thinks Jose Aldo would be successful in a potential move to lightweight, Bellator’s […]
Kevin Lee returns to Submission Radio to discuss what’s next for him after Anthony Pettis got booked to face Tony Ferguson at UFC 229, Justin Gaethje’s win over James Vick at UFC Lincoln, his feud with Al Iaquinta and the rumors of them fighting at UFC Milwaukee, Nate Diaz vs. Dustin Poirier and the lightweight […]
Curated Story via Jiu Jitsu Times The family of black belt jiu-jitsu instructor Ramon Diaz is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed him, according to KESQ news. Diaz, who was 48 years old when he was murdered outside of his home in March, was an instructor at Palm […]
Anyone who has trained jiu-jitsu or just about any other sport or martial art for year or longer will find themselves at some point on a plateau. This can be seen by some as a “slump”, and often is called a “training slump” and is considered as one of the biggest threats to burgeoning practitioners […]
UFC lightweight Kevin Lee has been challenged by Bellator welterweight Dillon Danis to a $100,000 Jiu Jitsu match. “He issued the challenge,” Lee told MMAjunkie Radio. “I’m still waiting to hear back. I know his people reached out to mine. I said I’ll take it.” With two recognizable names and a hefty prize on the line, many Jiu Jitsu […]
The folks at fatherly.com recently started a column covering what fathers do to keep themselves happy. The weekly column is called “How I Stay Sane”,and there are always some interesting takes. Some fathers paint, others fish and those certainly sound like great options to make a person happy. Today’s article in the How I Stay […]
For Janki Goud, the threat of physical violence has long loomed large. In the state of Madhya Pradesh in northern India, where Goud lives, crimes against women are the most common. The region accounted for 4,882 of the 38,947 cases of sexual assault cases reported nationally in 2016, the most recent year for which statistics […]
(Buffalo, NY) Larry Bailey worked up a sweat Sunday afternoon demonstrating a Jiu Jitsu throw down at RiverWorks on Ganson Street. “You work with what you have,” said Bailey, wiping his brow. “I know I don’t have my natural knees, but I can use my weight to take someone down.” Seconds later, Bailey did just […]
Hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa may not be stepping into the UFC octagon anytime soon, but the Pittsburgh rapper has gained a lot of weight while training in mixed martial arts, he revealed Friday.Khalifa has been training at a Los Angeles gym with jiu jitsu master Rigan Machado, who is an eighth-degree red and black belt, […]