Issue 033

January 2008

Remember, our favourite letter gets a FO T-shirt, so don’t forget to include your contact details in your letter / email. Our postal address is 6 Charlotte Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4XF or you can email us at [email protected] 

Hey Fighters Only, after seeing your tattoo last month of randy "the natural" couture, I thought that I would send this in to show you, I had ‘Train Hard Fight Easy’ tattooed on me about 5 months ago now, and its got to be the truest saying in MMA. Also I buy the magazine religiously every month and its awesome! Nice meeting you guys at the Caged Steel gym open day. Thanks again

Dave Linford, Warwickshire



You jinxed me today Fighters Only, I got my monthly fix of FO and was reading the ‘Black Eye, Bloody Nose, White Collar’ article and counted myself lucky I’ve never had a proper shiner or had to find an excuse about having a black eye. I went training like I usually do on a Sunday and come home with a corking black eye, a bust nose and a swollen bruised cauliflower ear, so looks like I’m going to have to find a very good excuse for tomorrow now, cheers lads! 

Louis, Hull via email

Yo! Fighters Only, my favourite magazine ever!

I am so glad to have your magazine, even though I started at issue 29, I’m loving every one of it! I just wanted to ask, could you please do an issue with a city guide of Japan, because I’m a kyokushinkai karate / judo / BJJ fighter and after university (I’m 17, going to university this year) I want to go to Japan for a year of serious training, and I (and.I’m sure a lot of other readers) would love to see a city guide of Japan. Anyway, keep producing the excellent work! I’m definitely hooked!

Daniel Takyi, via email

Thanks for the comments Daniel. Our City Guide series is proving popular, and I’m sure it’ll be only a matter of time before we do one on Tokyo or another Japanese city. 

I was at the AMMA night in Birmingham last Saturday night and it was great to see ‘The Machine' giving his support to the amateurs and the local bars after the show! It was my first live event after a long time viewer on TV. I'm even more hooked now and when I return to the Midlands I'll search out a decent gym and start training. Keep up the good work!

Glenn Brabham, via email



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