By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X Within a year of launching his professional MMA career at LFA 85, Christian Natividad had already amassed a 4-0 professional record with performances that earned consecutive LFA Male Fighter of the Year nominations in 2020 and 2021.   By October 2022, ‘The…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X On September 10th 2024, former LFA athlete Quemuel Ottoni withdrew from his Season 8 Week 5 Dana White’s Contender Series matchup with Kody Steele during the live broadcast. Per Guilherme Cruz, writing for MMA Fighting, Quemuel posted a video the…

By Danny Jones, @ Tidy_MMA on X The professional resumé of Filipino-American flyweight Mark Climaco is simply astounding. Indeed, seven professional athletes have endured their first professional defeat at the hands of the 26-year-old. Of those seven athletes, six held a professional record of at least 3-0. Factoring…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA In his 2008 book Outliers: The Story of Success, Canadian author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell wrote “Outliers are those who have been given opportunities - and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them”. In the realm of mixed martial arts,…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X In 2019, ESPN writer Ryan Hockensmith stated “there is no better base for MMA success than wrestling”. UFC commentator Joe Rogan echoed this sentiment in 2023, stating on episode 1967 of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience “Wrestling is the…

By Danny Jones, @Tidy_MMA on X Twenty-nine months have passed since Illinoisan bantamweight Kasey Tanner last graced the LFA octagon.   Only once has the 32-year-old competed since - in a Dana White’s Contender Series matchup with Brazilian Jean Matsumoto on September 12th 2023.…

“I’m not just looking forward to winning - I actually want to shock the world with this co-main event” - Marcos Degli, June 30th 2024.   When it comes to professional competition, the appetite of Brazilian flyweight Marcos Degli is simply insatiable. …

By Danny Jones, (@Tidy_MMA on X) Delve into the 28 professional bouts of Hot Springs’ Chauncey Foxworth, and one uncovers a remarkable narrative pertaining to the Arkansan’s middleweight endeavors.   Across all fifteen bouts contested at 185lbs, the 32-year-old has constructed a sensational 13-2…

By Danny Jones (@Tidy_MMA on X) In her autobiography  My Beloved World , Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote “a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying,…