Roar Pro About
Sam Brown is a freelance journalist who has worked for various media outlets including National Radio News, Homepage Radio and 2MCE FM.
A sports lover all his life, he writes about MMA right here.
Follow him on Twitter @Sir_Samuel
- Member Since:
- October 2011
- Based In:
- Bathurst, NSW, Australia
- Favourite Sports:
- Football, Cycling, League, Rugby, Cricket,
Latest Articles
Will Hector Lombard be cut from the UFC?
6 Mar 2013Hector Lombard’s short and disappointing stint in the UFC may well be coming to an end. Losing to Japanese veteran Yushin Okami over the weekend, he received his second loss in three bouts. The Cuban-born Australian was once deemed the great white indie hope, but after two losses to top ten competitors, leaving him teetering [...]
WA government to ban 'the cage'
28 Feb 2013In a grand move of political point scoring over good policy, the Western Australian coalition government has legislated that it will ban the use of ‘The Cage’ in all sporting events (read: MMA) from March 1st this year. The move comes despite the advisory body employed to help the government make a decision recommending they [...]
UFC 157: women to fight in the UFC
22 Feb 2013This weekend the UFC takes its biggest and riskiest leap forward in a long time as it launches women’s MMA into the mainstream for the first time. And they enter in not as a sideshow, supporting act or a degrading peep and giggle Foxy Boxing contest, but as the real deal, the Main Event for [...]
Why you should watch local MMA live
20 Feb 2013Here is a bit of an embarrassing admission: before last weekend I had never seen a live MMA card in person. I consider myself a pretty hardcore fan, I have watched just about every UFC and Strikeforce card over the last few years, have racked up a decent amount of MMA columns and would consider [...]
Dumping wrestling from Olympics will TKO MMA
14 Feb 2013Yesterday’s news that wrestling will be dropped from the Olympic roster at the 2020 Games has sent shockwaves through the mixed martial arts community. Adding to the sadness of the removal of one of the few remaining original Olympic sports, and the realisation that future generations will never get to hear Roy and HG commentate [...]
Sonny Brown: Aussie MMA's hidden hero
13 Feb 2013Like so many fighters there is a bit of the classic comic book Superhero to Brace MMA lightweight champion, Sonny Brown. By day an IT Network Administrator, by night a cage fighter, who would slap on an armbar as easily as he would purge your computer of its viruses. With an aggressive, finely tuned jujitsu [...]
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