UFC 178 Judo Chop: Dominick Cruz’s double leg from the heavens
One of the first posts I ever wrote for Bloody Elbow discussed the specific components of the sport of wrestling actually mattered for preparing a…
Wrestling Archives: 09/2014
The 20 greatest wrestling matches between future MMA stars: Complete ranking
It’s over. I have completed my rankings of the 20 greatest wrestling matches between future MMA stars. This project took on a life of its…
The Blackzilian’s hire another college mat legend as new wrestling coach
The Blackzilians have a new wrestling coach. Filling the position after the departure of wrestling legend Kenny Monday, Greg Jones now provides wrestling instruction to…
The 20 greatest wrestling matches between future wrestling stars: Bonus edition-Lindland vs Henderson
Dan Henderson and Matt Lindland picked a strange object of their athletic devotions. I’m not talking about MMA, I’m speaking of the almost universally misunderstood…
The 20 greatest wrestling matches between future MMA stars: #1-Kerr vs. Couture
One glance at the photo of Randy Couture and Mark Coleman wrestling in the 1992 NCAA Finals inspired this entire rankings. Photos like this give…
The 20 greatest wrestling matches between future MMA stars: #2- Cormier vs. Lawal
The 2007 World Team Trials final wrestle off between Daniel Cormier and Muhammed Lawal at 96 kg makes a serious case for the number-one entry…
The 2014 UWW World Wrestling Championships: American performance reviewed.
The USA Freestyle wrestling team entered the 2014 United World Wrestling World Championships with high hopes, and left with disappointment. In freestyle competition, the USA…
2014 World Wrestling Championships Day 2 results: American superstar Jordan Burroughs falls
On the final day of freestyle competition at the 2014 UWW World Wrestling Championships, American 74 kg megastar lost to international competition for the first…
2014 Wrestling World Championships results day 1: Undefeated MMA prospect Abdurakhmenov wins bronze
The older I get, the more I realize how little I know about wrestling. When undefeated blue-chip MMA prospect Bekzod Abdurakhmenov won a bronze medal…
A thorough guide to the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships: 86 kg
The mighty Russians haven’t had a world or Olympic finalist in this weight range since 2006. For a country that once simultaneously boasted three eventual…
A thorough guide to the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships: 74 kg
After Bouvaisar Saitiev, the greatest wrestler to ever live, retired following his third Olympic gold medal in 2008, Denis Tsargush rose to take Saitiev’s spot…
A thorough guide to the 2014 Freestyle World Wrestling Championships: 65 and 70 kg
The 65 kg weight class at the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships will feature neither the defending Olympic champion, nor four of the past five…
Henry Cejudo’s Olympic coach: ‘If you want to live the easy life, then retire’
Henry Cejudo is an Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, prodigiously gifted, charismatic and should become a huge star in the UFC’s lightest weight class,…
A thorough guide to the 2014 freestyle wrestling world championships: 57 kg
The last three world champions in freestyle wrestling’s lightest weight will take the mat this year in Tashkent to see if they can add another…