The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Well, I know that these blog posts are sporadic at best, but as the world is finding out I’ve been kinda busy in Knoxville. After this weekend’s fights in Vancouver for UFC 174, my student Ovince Saint Preux is now 4-0 in the UFC. All four of those fights have ended due to stoppage, with … Read more
After Vince’s last fight with Gian Villante, we as a camp had a deep certainty that the fight Vince had wasn’t anywhere close to the best fight Vince had inside of him, and so we set about radically reshaping the training going into his next camp.
This last weekend, it was my pleasure to coach my student Ovince Saint Preux in his first UFC fight. I have been the chief second three times before with Rafaello Oliveira, but this was the first time I had taken a guy from zero martial arts knowledge all the way to the UFC.
Professional kickboxing’s biggest promotion GLORY is looking for the best kickboxing talent in the US and they’ve created a tournament series format to find that talent – the Road to Glory. The series includes six big tournaments in six different weight classes all happening within the first five months of 2013 in cities throughout the United States.
ProMMAnow.com’s Denny Hodge talks with Knoxville Martial Arts Academy’s Chris Wright who steps back in the cage this Saturday against Cornelius Godfrey at SFC 9 in Ashland, Ky.
The Roman philosopher Seneca said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Strikeforce light heavyweight Ovince St. Preux is prepared, and just got his biggest opportunity.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Ovince St. Preux (6-4), the former Tenneessee Vol linebacker who has been touted as one of the hot up-and-coming light heavyweight fighters to watch, has signed a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce. ProMMAnow.com was notified of the news Thursday by St. Preux’s manager, Joey Zonar. The news does not come as a surprise … Read more