A curious interview. Of course it didn’t help that Ariel Helwani and ESPN treated the roll-out of it, like they were issuing the first dispatches from the Cuban missile crisis. Ariel, lest we forget, was one of the earlier subscribers to the Conor Mcgregor story before the Crumlin native ever set foot inside an Octagon….
In the aftermath of her flyweight bout in Bellator 223, I caught up with Bryony Tyrell (4-4-1.) The fight in front of her home crowd in London’s Wembley arena, saw her come face to face with Denise Kielholtz (3-2) The fight ultimately didn’t go Tyrell’s way. Despite much back and forth in the opening rounds,…
It’s great to see professional boxing back in the Neptune Stadium and Cork this summer. Leeside Revolution debuts this July 20th with a card that is an intriguing mix of professional Boxing and Muay Thai fights. Leeside Revolution is the brain-child of Martin Horgan of Siam Warriors in Cork. Martin is no stranger to putting…
Christopher Walker is the general manager of Treacy’s Hotel in Carrickmacross. He sounds exactly as you might expect a manager of a buzzing and bustling hotel to sound like. Pleasant, professional and with the slightly breathy responses of a man who probably has a million and one other things to do than talk to me….
A recent headline caught my attention. It was the tragic accident and subsequent death of Manus Kelly at the Donegal International Rally about 10 days ago. Mr Kelly was an experienced and well respected rally driver, not to mention a 3 time winner of the Donegal event. Manus Kelly was also a recently elected Fianna…
Less than four weeks out from his Brave 24 clash with Amir “The Prince” Albazi, I caught up with Flyweight Blaine O’Driscoll. Fighting out of SBG, Blaine has had a prolific career (7-2) which belies his rather unorthodox introduction to the sport. Unlike many of his peers, the Dublin native, had no prior experience with…
By and large Kugan Cassius has a lot to be pleased about. In the boxing world, his brain-child IFL TV is doing great business at the boxing Box Office. The box office being clicks on the IFL Youtube channel. I remember when he started this enterprise about 7 or 8 years ago, many in the…
Barely 48 hours after her dominant flyweight victory in Bellator 223, I caught up with England’s Kate Jackson. Kate’s opponent Lena Ovchynnikova was subjected to a brutal ground assault, which ultimately ended in a first round TKO. This was just the most recent chapter in Kate’s very successful career. She holds an impressive professional record…
2019 EUROPEAN OPEN – MEDAL TABLE EUROPEAN JUNIORS MEDALS EUROPEAN JUNIORS BREAKDOWN Women’s Jr Strawweight Gold: Anna Gaul (German) Silver: Shannon Troup (UK) Women’s Jr Bantamweight Gold: Milly Horkan (UK) Women’s Jr Lightweight Gold: Izzy Mitchell (UK) Men’s Jr Strawweight Gold: Zagirhan Ibragimov (Russia) Yerulan Kabdulov (Kazakhstan) Men’s Jr Flyweight Gold: Akhmed Nutsalkhanov…
Paulie Malignaggi for the most part managed to turn this contest into a boxing match. As a result the fight was not much of a spectacle for the audience or an advertisement for the Bare Knuckle brand. Despite avoiding danger for the most part and fighting on the outside, it still wasn’t enough to give…
The European MMA Championships are taking place this week in Rome, Italy. Full results from the first two days of competition are below. Lee Hammond and Adam Darby were among the Irish winners today. RESULTS – DAY 2 – 20/06/2019 CAGE 1 Bout 1: Male Jr Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs) Cristiano Ottaviani (Italy) d e…
IMMAF have released the competition draws for Irish competitors competing tomorrow in Rome. Ireland have 9 athletes competing on the opening day. Irish Cage Legacy fans will also be familiar with Emil Piatek who is competing for his native Poland. In total there are 98 Athletes in action over 49 scheduled bouts on Day One…