TUF 18 Tryout Preview Pt. 2: Sarah Moras & Laura Howarth

We are now just 12 days away from tryouts for the historic 18th season of the Ultimate Fighter. If you haven’t already heard, the reason this is historic is two-fold: It is the the first time women will be competing on the show, as well as the first time it has ever had two female coaches. While last week we looked at two of the legends of Women’s MMA who will be trying out, this week we’ll be previewing two of the prospects: Canada’s Sarah “Cheesecake” Moras and England’s Laura “Hot Head” Howarth. We’ll look at them both after the jump.

Battle Planning: Defeating Ronda Rousey (The Spring 2013 Edition)

Liz Carmouche threatens Ronda Rousey with a brutal neck crank at UFC 157 (Picture courtesy of Esther Lin and MMAFighting.com)

In the first piece that was posted here at Stormland Fights!, I analyzed what I felt were the keys to defeating Ronda Rousey. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m actually a fan of Ms. Rousey, but she arouses my analytical tendencies like few others! After watching her latest bout with Liz Carmouche at UFC 157, I want to revisit what I wrote almost 8 months prior. I still maintain that certain Muay Thai techniques, such as thips and elbows, are effective striking weapons to keep the UFC women’s bantamweight champion at bay, but the “Girlrilla” gave me some more to discuss that I’d like to go into after the jump.

Good Freakin’ Grief… (Today’s Big News)

That didn’t take long, did it? Just a few short weeks, if that, since “Uncle” Dana White says there will be women in the UFC, and boom! Here we are. In the immortal words of Rener Gracie: “Dang!”  I’m going to be honest, I was all set to sit down and bash out a blog on some issues with the IBJJF that keep cropping up, but well, this took the wind out of those sails pretty darn quick! Not much else to do in this case except throw on some Clutch and go stream-of-consciousness on this sucker…  After the jump, of course.