Kristen King // Staff Writer In mixed martial arts, fighters subject themselves to the possibilities of being knocked out or choked unconscious and broken or damaged body parts. For anyone who is not familiar with sports that thrive on the aspect of combat, this can be a scary scenario to witness. This is one of […]
Kristen King // Staff Writer While punches and kicks are an integral part of mixed martial arts, they also come with a dangerous after-effect that could drastically change the lives of fighters. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a degenerative disease found in those who have repeatedly suffered from brain trauma. All athletes have the possibility of […]
Kristen King // Staff Writer According to Cedric Capestany, the sensei of FIU’s Panther Aikido Club, the first rule of mixed martial arts is to move. Starting back in 2009, Panther Aikido has continuously made the effort to showcase this Japanese-based sport to the FIU community. Favoring accuracy and effectiveness over speed, Aikido began as […]
Kristen King // Staff Writer To the naked eye, a person may see mixed martial arts as an individual sport. Sure, it’s a one on one fight between men or women, but no one ever talks about the other people they see before the fight starts. Just before these fighters engage in battle, they are […]
Kristen King // Staff Writer At the front of the class stands Scott Miller, the Capoeira instructor at FIU, in a black T-shirt and a pair of white abadás, the traditional term for the pants used by capoeiristas. Speaking to nearly 25 students, Miller leads them into the next move of the night: The Meia […]
Kristen King // Staff Writer Aggression is a trait that comes being human. Everyone experiences it and everyone handles it differently. There are those who tend to bottle up their aggressive feelings until the point of no return. Then, those who release their aggression through activities that allow them to purge healthily. Most of the […]
Kristen King // Staff Writer Losing an excessive amount of weight through dehydration and dieting in a short period of time looks as bad as it sounds. In the fight business, this is known as weight cutting and it’s done by fighters who want to achieve a goal weight in order to perform in a […]
Kristen King // Contributing Writer If getting fit is the first of your summer goals this year, you may not think of getting into mixed martial arts as a way to do it. However, you may be wrong if you don’t give it a shot. MMA, a fairly new sport that combines disciplines such as […]
Jayda Hall // Sports Director Professional mixed martial artist Kevin Ferguson, better known as Kimbo Slice, died on June 6 at the age of 42. He was taken to a hospital near his home in Coral Springs, Florida, for unidentified reasons, according to Coral Springs Police. Slice was scheduled to headline Bellator 158 on July […]
Rhys Williams/ Staff Writer Going into 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC as it is more commonly known, was a males-only event that had become extremely popular around the country. A change occurred in February, however, that can be explained in one simple word: women. On Feb. 23, Ronda Rousey fought Liz Carmouche in […]
