Promotion – Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Event – Rally to Legalize Mixed Martial Arts in New York. Location – 250 Broadway, outside of the offices of the State Assembly. Date – December 11, 2015. Featured in the Images – David N. Weinraub (Lobbyist for the UFC http://www.brownweinraub.com/), Bruce Kivo (http://www.MMAConfidential.com), “Sambo” Stephen Koepfer (http://nymmanow.blogspot.com/ http://www.nycombatsambo.com/), […]
Caol Uno calmly strategized his escape from BJ Penn’s grasp. Just minutes from glory, the two courageous lightweights honed in on the UFC’s first lightweight belt. Two UFCs prior, Uno and Penn both advanced in the lightweight tourniment which led them to this fight. At the end of five hard fought rounds, the UFC 41 […]
Soon after Zuffa purchased the UFC in 2001, UFC 32 took the NYC area by storm. Blasting off just miles from the heart of the city, the Arena at the old Meadowlands in NJ was host to Tito Ortiz and Elvis Sinosic, headliners of this pivotal fight show. Tito showed the world why he was […]
Dribbling his opponent’s head off the cage twelve times in a couple of seconds cemented Phil Baroni’s knockout of recently dethroned middleweight champ Dave Menne at UFC 39 as one of the most exciting and popular finishes in MMA history. After one of the most explosive finishes in Zuffa-era UFC, Phil straddled the cage and […]