Promoting MMA on the regional scene is a different beast. For many promoters, it’s a hobby and a labor of love. Many have tried and very few have been successful. It takes tremendous investment and even more work to put on a show with no guarantee there will be a profit at the end of the show. The only people that actually know and understand what it takes to put on a professional MMA show are those that do it.
I like to think of myself as a “jack of all trades” type of guy. There are a lot of people that don’t see the value in it; They think people should have a speciality, that everyone needs to be the best at something. I personally think that’s a load of crap, and i’m sure that any MMA fighter would agree. If you want to be the best in the cage, you need to be multifaceted, but what does it mean to be a well-rounded fighter?
In this interview, Tobias Baker opens up about with a really cool story on how he got into MMA, transitioning from wrestling to MMA, moving from North Dakota to Oregon and talks about his upcoming fight at Purecombat: Battle of the Brave vs John Simon (UFC Fighter Ricky Simon brother). A fun and open interview so please check it out.
“I know boundaries exist. It’s all in how you choose to handle it. We knew 100% going into this that it’s a male driven sport and industry. I think we’re confident, strong women, and I knew that we could handle ourselves. It’s just about being tough and pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone. I would like to see more women do that. Whether it’s hop in the gym and train in this sport. Just because it’s mostly men doesn’t mean you can’t do that. We can make excuses and focus our effort on saying that it is male driven or we can just do it. I think we should spend more time saying ‘I want to do that, I fit there, this is what I’m gonna do.”
High-level mixed-martial artists should focus on winning their bout and nothing else.
The matchmaking, the promotion, and marketing of the fighter, and the overall well-being of the fighter should be taken care of by a management team. They are as important as the athlete in shaping a successful career.
Last Saturday Prospect Fighting Championships (PFC) put on their annual event "Knockout Kidney Disease" event AKA "Showdown in the Downtown 11" in London, ON to support a variety of charities, projects and research groups. Not only did they support a good cause but they brought a great card to the Forest City filled with a ton of Canadian talent. The card was headlined by Windsor's TJ Laramie (9-3, 6 KO's, 2 Subs), #3 ranked Canadian featherweight, against dangerous out-of-towner Paris Stanford (5-1) and the co-main event showcased the return of London standout, Jesse "The Ghost" Gross (10-4), against BJJ specialist Armando Gomes (10-3) who has cut his teeth on the Brazilian regional scene.
When Marino “The Scorpion” Cutendana fought Baldwin Mdlalose at EFC Worldwide 51 on July 15, 2016, that wasn’t the only battle the Angolan was fighting that day. “A few years ago, I was supposed to fight and my… [READ MORE]
