MMA

Benavidez eager to claim first UFC flyweight title

Joseph Benavidez knows the opportunity to claim a title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship is rare.

Fight Club: Slipping the Cross

A straight cross is one of the most powerful punches, but if you read the incoming blow, you can counter with a straight cross of your own.

Fight Club: UFC 151 Debacle May Cost Jones More Than Money

On Aug. 21, Jon Jones engaged members of the national media with his boast of becoming a true businessman on a conference call to promote his upcoming bout against Dan Henderson.

The New Wave In Fitness Training

While some people mourned the loss of Pipeline Café earlier this year, many are now thrilled to know that an ultimate family fitness center has taken its place in Kakaako.

Arm bar looms over Kaufman-Rousey bout

Sarah Kaufman knows her opponent’s strength all too well. Kaufman, the former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion, suffered…

Sage loses ‘Shoot’-out to Idol

Local MMA fighter and kickboxer Sage Yoshida says he has no regrets about losing last month’s professional shoot boxing match to legendary UFC and PRIDE veteran Akihiro Gono.

Brandon Vera’s UFC career on track once again

Brandon Vera’s career in mixed martial arts almost never happened.

Where Muay Thai offers ‘A break from the norm’

As the national sport of the Thai society, Muay Thai (translated into English as “Thai boxing”) also is a national passion of martial arts that dates back to the ancient battlefield hand-to-hand tactics of the Thai (or Siamese) army.

Today here, tomorrow the world

Kai Kamaka, owner and head trainer at 808 Fight Factory and King of the Cage promoter, wants the worldwide martial arts community to know what Hawaii has to offer.

The Hungry Never Rest

Going into last Saturday’s match against Frank Baca for the King of the Cage flyweight title, Russell Doane didn’t expect to just put on a good show.