Elite MMA fighters and coach put on clinic for Basin fighters

For more than two hours Monday night at Rocky Mountain Combat Sports, Basin fighting enthusiasts got the chance to work out with the man who trains the deadliest fighter on the planet; striking coach Brandon Gibson. Gibson coaches Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones at the Jackson’s-Winkeljohn Mixed Martial Arts gym in Albuquerque, N.M. Gibson was in Vernal along with Roosevelt native and Bellator fighter Travis Marx, and UFC bantamweight contender Damacio Page, who both train at Jackson’s. RMCS owner and Rocky Mountain Fighting Championship promoter Blake Sprouse reached out to Marx to put on the seminar, and Marx recruited Gibson and Page to come along...

Steven Soderbergh and his MMA star make impact with Haywire

There's a point in Haywire when the film's protagonist, ex-Marine Mallory Kane (Gina Carano), gone rogue from her job as hired muscle for a private government subcontractor, takes a fall while scaling down a drainpipe and hits the ground with a crunch that knocks the wind out of you. It's a short drop, but that landing hurts. As cartoonish live-action and photorealistic cartoons reign at the multiplex, all but obsoleting the laws of gravity, Haywire puts the impact back into screen violence, brings it back to earth.

MMA Top 10 Rankings: Vitor Belfort & Rousimar Palhares Stake Claims

he updated MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, Jan. 18. This system ranks the Top 10 MMA fighters from across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted men’s weight classes and the Top 10 pound-for-pound women fighters. Taken into consideration are a fighter’s performance in addition to win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport.