Author: Dr. Steroids

Everybody keeps talking about Anderson “The Spider” Silva. Why? What is so great about him? Well, maybe it is the fact that he almost effortlessly picks apart every single opponent he has faced. He has an amazingly fluid style that somehow finds the holes in his opponents’ armor. While many fighters look like they are swimming when they punch and kick, Anderson Silva looks more like he is shooting a gun. Strikes are fired off with quickness and accuracy, rarely changing his body positioning and keeping him prepared for another attack. He is so fast and accurate that it is…

Intensive physical training weakens the immune system of bodybuilders, resulting in chronic infection in the throat. Tonsils can’t perform their function of keeping bacteria off and become infectious themselves. Infectious tonsils cause a disease called chronic tonsillitis. Studies show that tonsillitis occurs in athletes because of the common decrease in the resistance of mucous lining of the throat. The Effect of Tonsillitis on Cardiovascular System Professional athletes usually had their tonsils out deliberately, and there is a reason for it. Eventually, 85-95% of people with tonsillitis experience the pathological changes in their cardiovascular system. Moreover, almost the half of them…

NoBoundary Press Release: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 – EliteXC Professional MMA Fighter Frederic Belleton, a native of France and former Special Forces Officer, has launched his own Mixed Martial Arts organization in Massachusetts and has announced the first event, scheduled for October 11th, 2008 at the Jungleplex in Plymouth. The promotion, named NoBoundary, has scheduled 12 fights for its inaugural card title “The Awakening”. Belleton says he has set up the event in a 3-tier format and is focusing everything on promoting the fighters and their camps. Tier 1, the Feature Fights, are battles among those that are getting set…

Tara Larosa who is considered by many MMA experts to be todays top professional female Mixed Martial Artist will be stepping outside the AFL momentarily to fight for the Ironheart Crown Organization in their Ironheart Crown XII Resurrection Event taking place in Chicago on November 8th. LaRosa is currently (15-1) and is coming off a 12 win streak, however she has not fought in nearly a year. LaRosa will be going toe to toe with Roxanne Modafferi (11-4) BJJ style fighter, who was the 2007 K-Grace Womens Open-Weight Tournament Champion. Modafferi currently trains in Japan and is coming from a…

Randy Couture and Frank Trigg speak their piece on Kimbo Slice and other current MMA issues. Surprisingly they actually think Kimbo Slice has great potential and could even be a top 20 heavyweight fighter. They talk about how Kimbo has done a great job at bringing fans to the sport and capitalizing on the growth of MMA. This is also a good clip on what Couture and Trigg feel about the boxing/MMA combination and other high profile subjects such as Elite XC and Affliction joining forces. Check it!

In a recent interview with Sherdog.com, Matt Serra said “We are looking for a fight with Hughes around January or February”. Serra and Hughes have been enduring long time rivalry much of which was documented on The Ultimate Fighter Season 6 reality show where each of them coached a team of fighters. Both fighters were anticipating a fight back in December 2007, but Serra unfortunately herniated a disk in his back while training and the fighter was postponed. After that, Matt Hughes sustained an injury during his loss to Thiago Alves in June, again postponing any chance of a fight…

If you pay attention to the news in any capacity, you will know that the US and much of the rest of the world is facing an economic crisis that is being compared to the Great Depression. The burst of the housing bubble and now the melt down of the US financial market is cutting profits and causing layoffs for many companies. This apparently is not holding true for the UFC. According to Dana White, President of the UFC, the economic slow down helps their business and their company is doing better than ever. According to Dana, people still want…

Todays MMA stars are getting bigger than ever. A couple years ago, nobody wanted them. They were categorized as violent and blood hungry beasts. With a bit of mainstream exposure largely due to UFC’s positioning of the sport, MMA fighters are now being accepted as celebrities. MMA superstars are being asked to be featured in everything from computer commercials such as the “I am a PC” ad that Rashad Evans is in, to big screen movies such as “The Scorpion King 2″ staring Randy Couture. Now, Cung Le is taking a stab at the big screen in a movie called…

One of the coolest things about MMA is the slam. Few moves are as exciting to watch, and can be so devastating to the opponent that a good hard slam. Some fighters such as Keven Randal and Rampage Jackson have been known to slam opponents so hard as to knock them out. Even without a loss of consciousness, slams often take the fight out of an opponent by knocking the wind out of them, stunning them and in some cases breaking bones. This next clip shows some amazing slams by some of todays top fighters. This is what MMA is…

Everybody has been looking forward to this great event, and, finally, we know, who became Mr. Olympia 2008 – it is Dexter Jackson. In the previous article about Mr. Olympia 2008 it is already mentioned, that his form was even better than it ever used to be. He could be only the best or, at least, the second best. And he won. Congratulations, Dexter! Results of Mr. Olympia 2008 And here are all the results of Mr. Olympia 2008 contest: 1. Dexter Jackson 2. Jay Cutler 3. Phil Heath 4. Dennis Wolf 5. Toney Freeman 6. Melvin Anthony 7. Silvio…