Issue 074

April 2011

This is YOUR page to tell us what you think of all things Fighters Only and MMA. Get your feelings off your chest and in their place there could be an FO ‘Flying Knee’ T-shirt! Plus, send us your pictures of you with fighters – and if you can slip a copy of FO into the pic, that’s even more likely to find its way into print. 

The best way to get in touch with us is email so write, including your contact details, to [email protected]

Familiarity Breeds Contempt

I hate Chael Sonnen’s trash talking so much that I want Michael Bisping or Chris Leben to shut his face off. Michael Bisping is a good match-up because he wants to fight against Sonnen, and Chris Leben is too because both he and Sonnen are coming off losses. Plus, Leben proved his grappling skills against Akiyama when he submitted him with triangle choke, has heavy hands and the heart of a true warrior. These are my match-up suggestions for Chael, and could be the fight for number-one contender spot!

Elias, Helsinki, Finland

Thanks for sending us your unrestrained feelings about Chael Sonnen, Elias. Do any other readers have a burning distain for the MMA world’s finest fighters? Drop FO a line at [email protected]

Pretty Fly For A White Guy

John Morgan’s article ‘Now Bring on the Flyweights’ from issue 25 made some great suggestions about getting the lighter-weight guys noticed. I agree that it’s a shame that these smaller fighters are being over looked in favor of their heavier counterparts. The only thing I can say to the guys is, get out there and give your all. If you are given an opportunity on a pay-per-view, no matter how far down the card, put in the best performance. If you try your heart out I guarantee that the fans will soon notice who you are. Owen Hollifield

Thanks for the words of encouragement to the little guys, Owen. Any other readers with morale-boosting messages for writers, fighters or MMA personalities send them into [email protected]. Consider Fighters Only your mouthpiece to the entire fighting realm.

The posts that caught our eye this month in the online world of Fighters Only

drinkNfightMMA: @FightersOnly so, who got the new Fighters Only iPad edition already? Me! It’s great but I already got the paper version. Whoops!

DennyTheMadOne: @FightersOnly Just picked up the latest issue. Great pics of Jon Jones in the mag

AlexGarrows: Just did the weekly shop just so I could make sure I got my @FightersOnly magazine, lol

Facelessman7: @FightersOnly JDS’s fight with Brock will be shorter than Cain’s with Brock. Bad match-up for Brock. Gotta get out of that contract, lol

bigGstacey: Had a year subscription to @FightersOnly for Xmas off the Mrs – good times. But she also booked me in for a colonic – bad times!

niallmoody: Just finished reading the latest issue of @FightersOnly. Great review of a great year of MMA. So much went down in 2010!