Almost a year ago, I got Luisito Espinosa’s nod for me to write a book about his life. Prior to that, I had already been in regular contact with the former bantamweight and featherweight world champion for several months via e-mail, chat, and Skype.
A few months into the ambitious project, however, Louie asked me earnestly [...]
June 21st, 2011
Categories: Boxing Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: No Comments
Gone are the days when one–punch knockout power is enough to take a mixed martial arts fighter to the top.
Just ask Tank Abbott. Just ask Chuck Liddell.
Just ask Shane Carwin.
Carwin learned the hard way that relying on a power punch alone to win a fight is going to be increasingly difficult in this day and [...]
June 13th, 2011
Categories: MMA Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: No Comments
Superb, explosive action from a highly competitive and talented crop of mixed martial arts fighters; an appreciative and gracious crowd; a great atmosphere; and cage girls in the form of FHM hotties Dorina Groh and Kates Ocampo, who could easily give the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Octagon Girls Arianney Celeste and Chandella [...]
June 13th, 2011
Categories: MMA Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: No Comments