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September 27, 2011

Suffice it to say, T.J. Grant is ready to get back at it.

Local boxer to fight for provincial title

October 27, 2011

London’s Kyle Millette will fight in the Boxing Ontario provincial championships in Point Edward on Friday.

Grant stops Roller in lightweight debut

October 03, 2011

T.J. Grant didn’t miss a beat in his new UFC weight class.

Friends mourn death of MMA trainer, 37

August 16, 2011

London’s Adrenaline Training Center was quiet and dark yesterday afternoon.

Cave’s big shot ends in defeat

August 02, 2011

Halifax’s Tyson Cave fell short in his bid to knock off one of the world’s top bantamweight boxers on Saturday.

Cave ratchets up talk

July 29, 2011

A steady stream of trash talk from Halifax’s Tyson Cave doesn’t appear to have fazed A.J. Banal.

Cave taking show on the road

July 21, 2011

Tyson Cave is supremely confident he is one of the world’s best boxers, and he is finally getting a chance to prove it.

Chokehold draws commission review

July 12, 2011

Mixed martial arts enthusiasts are up in arms following what many have deemed a dangerous officiating mistake during a Calgary fight on Friday.

Grant pulls out of UFC fight

June 23, 2011

T.J. Grant has fallen ill and will not fight in UFC Live 4 in Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Steel City will test Grant’s mettle

June 22, 2011

As a full-time mixed-martial artist, T.J. Grant’s buddies sometimes give him the gears for what can come across as a pretty sweet gig.

Halifax boxer wins fifth straight bout

June 20, 2011

Tyson Cave is on a roll.

Cave eyes bigger and better things via Halifax fight

June 17, 2011

Tyson Cave is doing everything he can to get the attention of the world’s best bantamweights.

Lesnar pulls out of UFC 131

May 12, 2011

The face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship has unexpectedly pulled out of his main event fight at Vancouver’s upcoming UFC 131.

Feeling the fans with every shot

May 02, 2011

As he hovered over Jose Aldo on Saturday night, pelting him with lefts and rights in a last-ditch effort to claim the UFC featherweight title, Mark Hominick experienced a career first: The roar of the crowd.

UFC 129 referee 'saved the day': Hominick

May 01, 2011

Mark Hominick didn’t win the UFC featherweight belt Saturday night, but he did win respect and the biggest payday of his life.

Round by round at UFC 129: GSP endures in stand-up battle against Shields

April 30, 2011

Metro's Fernando Carneiro covers UFC 129, round by round, from the Rogers Centre.

Lost time

April 29, 2011

The UFC could have had a champion from Ontario years ago — maybe even from Toronto — if mixed martial arts had been legalized sooner in this province, according to a former fighter who says the sport has now passed him by.

Grant stepping back into octagon

April 27, 2011

T.J. Grant will return to the cage on June 26 at Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Centre.

Trainer coy on St. Pierre's strategy for UFC 129

April 26, 2011

Georges St-Pierre has been training to avoid Jake Shield’s guard and guillotine choke, if Tuesday’s media training session with his head trainer is any indication.

Hominick plays the waiting game ahead of UFC 129

April 24, 2011

It’s done: Most of the hardcore training, public appearances, media interviews and strategizing that comes with a title shot at the biggest UFC event in history.

Vancouver UFC event shaping up

March 29, 2011

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has already renamed an entire month “Brocktober.” The city of Vancouver may be in for a name change when the mixed martial arts organization returns in June with a loaded card headlined by one of the faces of the sport – Brock Lesnar.

Bridewater native beats the odds, won judo gold at Games

February 28, 2011

Doctors said she’d never have a career as an athlete.

Games’ decision on boxing is ‘terrible’: Dexter

February 28, 2011

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter came to the defence of boxing at the Canada Winter Games on Friday, saying it’s a shame to see the sport being taken out of the competition.

Bluenose boxers owning the ring

February 25, 2011

Under the bright lights at the Halifax Forum, Nova Scotia’s boxers ruled the day in front of the home crowd.

Judo silver earned the hard way

February 25, 2011

A cut lip almost cost Nova Scotia’s Brent McDonald a silver medal in judo.


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