With 85% of new students dropping out within the first 3 months , whatever your reason was for joining an MMA gym, its no longer what keeps you coming back is it? I’m sure after a hard session while laying exhausted on the mat or on those mornings when your body is too tired to [...]

Smacktalk explores the relevance of the gi in MMA, and chats to prominent South African fighters for their opinions.

The first of our new user supplied “Mouthpiece” series, supplied by MMA fans across the country. Mouthpiece is submitted solely by you. From event reviews to bad referee calls and everything in between, we welcome it all. We believe it’s the fans who give this industry its impetus, and so deserve to have their views known, [...]

Ok, so you have already made copious amounts of sacrifices by putting in endless hours on the mat and cutting down on the partying. You have made a dream a reality, building it up from nothing like you were playing Tetris. The hard work has paid off and you are officially a mixed martial artist. [...]

There has been lot of talk being generated among the martial arts community regarding the department of sports and recreation’s combat bill. According to the srsa site the bill was posted last year in July. There is an online petition ( http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/opposing-the-proposed-combat-sports-bill—south-africa/ ) that is being circulated by concerned martial arts connects in  a bid [...]

The hype that is generated leading up to an mma event, raises the expectations of eager fight goers. Fans anticipate action packed wars between evenly matched competitors. Operative phrase: “evenly matched”… The last thing most spectators want to see, is a spate of one sided school yard beatings. (TV show Bully Beatdown will scratch the itch [...]