By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X In 2019, ESPN writer Ryan Hockensmith stated “there is no better base for MMA success than wrestling”. UFC commentator Joe Rogan echoed this sentiment in 2023, stating on episode 1967 of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience “Wrestling is the…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X Twenty-nine months have passed since Illinoisan bantamweight Kasey Tanner last graced the LFA octagon.   Only once has the 32-year-old competed since - in a Dana White’s Contender Series matchup with Brazilian Jean Matsumoto on September 12th 2023.…

“I’m not just looking forward to winning - I actually want to shock the world with this co-main event” - Marcos Degli, June 30th 2024.   When it comes to professional competition, the appetite of Brazilian flyweight Marcos Degli is simply insatiable. …

By Danny Jones, (@Tidy_MMA on X) Delve into the 28 professional bouts of Hot Springs’ Chauncey Foxworth, and one uncovers a remarkable narrative pertaining to the Arkansan’s middleweight endeavors.   Across all fifteen bouts contested at 185lbs, the 32-year-old has constructed a sensational 13-2…

By Danny Jones (@Tidy_MMA on X) In her autobiography  My Beloved World , Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote “a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying,…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA   When Mirafzal Akhtamov ruthlessly dispatched Keyth Dawson at LFA 172, he became the third Uzbek athlete to compete at LFA.   Hailing from Shofirkon in the Bukhara Region of south-west Uzbekistan, Mirafzal emulated fellow countrymen Anvar Boynazarov and Bakhromjon Mashrapov by debuting - and…

By Danny Jones - @Tidy_MMA   Few unanimously garner the anticipation and intrigue of MMA enthusiasts like Vietnamese athlete An Tuan Ho.   After all, in his five professional bouts fought exclusively with LFA, “The Highlight” has produced a viral head kick knockout, earned a…