Category Archives: Sports

8Questions Jenny Liou: First Asian American Female Fighter in UFC/TUF?

It was crazy awesome news last fall when the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) reality show The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) announced that their 20th season would be the first with all female fighters, and that the winner of the TUF 20 … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Asian Canadian Sim Bhullar enters the NBA draft

7 foot 5 inch Asian Canadian Sim Bhullar (pictured here on the left next to his brother Tanveer) has decided to put himself into the NBA draft after finishing his sophomore year at New Mexico State.  Bhullar averaged averaged 10.4 … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

In Search of Asian American Female MMA Fighters: Jinh Yu Frey

It’s not always easy to find Asian American Female MMA Fighters because they’re often in disguise. For example, when I found Michelle Waterson, it was only because I painstakingly read through each female MMA fighter’s bio that I could find, … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Miriam Nakamoto vs. Lauren Murphy, the Fight Continues

Get more pictures like this from SHERDOG.COM When I covered the Invicta FC inaugural bantamweight championship, it was definitely an unsatisfying result. At the time, though, Murphy was a gracious champion offering Nakamoto a rematch, and Nakamoto even defended Murphy … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Women MMA Fighters in Asia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNpzv8VJ8Kg Women’s MMA has been on the rise with Invicta FC’s successful production and the UFC adding a whole new weight division, strawweight 115-lbs, and having the first all-female cast for their reality show The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). I always … Continue reading

Posted in Lifestyles, Sports | 1 Comment

Shannon Knapp, Please Sign Jenny Liou to Invicta!

Dear Shannon Knapp, First and foremost, thank you for Invicta. It’s an understatement to say that it has been a blessing to women’s MMA and women’s combat sports. I check Invicta news every day, and I noticed that in the … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Leave a comment

Prodigy MMA Fighter: Mizuki Inoue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h77XPzyaII As I’ve been devouring all the Invicta FC fight videos I can find, one particular fighter from Japan has really caught my eye. Mizuki Inoue is fresh out of high school, and yet she’s touted as one of the … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Leave a comment

In Search of Asian American Female MMA Fighters: Jenny Liou

I was just scrolling down the blog Women’s MMA Today a few weeks ago and saw Jenny Liou’s name in her first pro-fight. Curious, I decided to search her up on YouTube and found this amateur fight of her from … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | 3 Comments

The Jeremy Lin Volvo XC60 Workout

http://youtu.be/V2FC7h5wtbs As you may know, Houston Rockets basketball player Jeremy Lin endorses Volvo as one of his many sponsorships. I’ve been getting around to catching up on blog posts and Lin back in January released a viral web video to … Continue reading

Posted in Entertainment, Sports, TV | 1 Comment

Should Yuna Kim Have Won Gold in Sochi?

In a shocking turn not even the live news announcers fully expected, Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova took home the gold medal in ladies figure skating (her country’s first), upsetting defending gold-medalist South Korea’s Yuna Kim at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Italy’s … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events, Environment, Sports | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

#MiraiEarnedIt: Why the Snub Will Still Matter, Even After the Olympics Are Over

By Eugene Hung “Not being chosen to represent the United States at the Olympic Games in Sochi and at the 2014 World Championships in Japan has been extremely disappointing to me, and it has been very difficult for me to … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tiger Muay Thai Training GSP: Georges St-Pierre

Lately I’ve been adding a little Muay Thai as part of my work out routine, having a blast with it, and a friend shared this muay thai Youtube with me about trainers from Thailand who came to train UFC Welterweight … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Leave a comment