Ypsilanti, MI - Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriquez returned to action March 20 and was the default headline act as the Xtreme Kombat League (XKL) presented Evolution 1 at the Convocation Center on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Rodriguez looked sharp and defeated Bryan Ryan via tap out after a ground-and pound assault in the sec… (Read more)

Footwork is super important for boxing, but it becomes even more important when you apply it in MMA. That is, of course if you’d like to box in an MMA context. Mixed martial arts introduces new rules accompanied by new attacks that boxers don’t typically have to deal with.

The two secondary goals of the MMA boxer are to: stay on your feet, and out of the clinch. Those ancillary goals allow us to accomplish our ma… (Read more)