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Alex Nicholson (fighter)
Alex Mark Nicholson (born May 2, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist formally competing in the heavyweight division of the Professional Fighters League. A professional competitor since 2014, he has competed for the UFC and Legacy Fighting Alliance. Background Born and raised in Apopka, Florida, Nicholson played basketball growing up before being introduced to martial arts and boxing. In boxing, he was a Florida Golden Gloves Champion, as well as a state amateur Muay Thai champion, in which he was undefeated. Mixed martial arts career Early career After an amateur career in 2012 and 2013 where he held a record of 4-7, Nicholson made his professional MMA debut in February 2014. He amassed a record of 6 wins against 1 loss before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Ultimate Fighting Championship Nicholson made his UFC debut on February 6, 2016 at UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson. He faced Misha Cirkunov on the card and lost the fight via sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apopka, Florida
Apopka is a city in Orange County, Florida. The city's population was 55,000 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. ''Apopka'' comes from Seminole word ''Ahapopka'' for "Potato eating place". Apopka is referred to as the "Indoor Foliage Capital of the World" due to the many greenhouse nurseries there. History The earliest known inhabitants of the Apopka area were the Acuera people, members of the Timucua confederation. They had disappeared by 1730, probably decimated by diseases transmitted through Florida by Spanish colonists. The Acuera were succeeded by refugees from Alabama and Georgia, who formed the new Seminole Indian tribe. They called the area ''Ahapopka''. Aha, meaning "Potato," and papka, meaning "eating place". By the 1830s, this settlement numbered about 200, and was the birthplace of the chief Coacoochee (known in English as "Wild Cat"). At the conclusion of the Second Seminole War, the U.S. Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McDonald Vs
Macdonald, MacDonald or McDonald may refer to: Organisations * McDonald's, a chain of fast food restaurants * McDonald & Co., a former investment firm * MacDonald Motorsports, a NASCAR team * Macdonald Realty, a Canadian real estate brokerage firm * McDonald Centre, a research institute in the University of Oxford Places Canada * Macdonald, Manitoba, a rural municipality * Macdonald (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Manitoba United States * McDonald, Kansas * McDonald, Missouri * McDonald, New Mexico * McDonald, North Carolina * McDonald, Ohio * McDonald, Pennsylvania, a borough straddling the boundary between Washington and Allegheny counties * McDonald Observatory, an astronomical observatory in Texas, United States * MacDonald, West Virginia Other places * Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian islands in the Southern Ocean * McDonald Beach, Antarctica * McDonald (crater), a lunar impact crater in the Mare Imbrium * Macdonald River (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Domingo
, total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , website Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo ( meaning " Saint Dominic"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán and Ciudad Trujillo, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area (the Distrito Nacional) had a population of 1,484,789, while the total population is 2,995,211 when including Greater Santo Domingo (the " metropolitan area"). The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional ("D.N.", "National District"), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Founded by the Spanish in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyun Gyu Lim
Lim Hyun-Gyu (born January 16, 1985), often anglicized to Hyun Gyu Lim, is a South Korean mixed martial artist, who formerly competed in the UFC Welterweight division. Mixed martial arts career Biography and early career He first experienced martial arts when he was 13 years old training in Boxing, and started training in Taekwondo in his midteens. But these trainings were just as hobbies. So later he felt eagerness to pursue martial arts as a professional. After finishing a mandatory military service in his country, he was scouted by the head coach of his current team while training in his boxing gym. After only three months scouted, Lim made his professional MMA debut in February 2006 in the Spirit MC promotion in his native South Korea. Over the next few years, he also fought for the Heat, DEEP, M-1 Global and Pacific Xtreme Combat promotions. After beating Ryan Biglar at the PXC 32 event in July 2012, he became the PXC welterweight champion. Ultimate Fighting Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Perry (fighter)
Mike Perry (born September 15, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). Perry has formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he fought 15 times. Background Perry was born in Flint, Michigan, on September 15, 1991. For much of his life, he moved around to different schools between Michigan and Florida. He said, "(In Michigan) I was one of maybe 10 white kids in the whole school, so I was bullied a lot. It was the same thing at other schools. I wouldn’t back down, so I would get into fights." This instability led him to a path of drugs, house arrest, probation violation, and jail. Perry started training boxing at age 11. Upon his release from jail for burglary, he got a job as a trainer at a UFC gym in Winter Springs, Florida. His work as a trainer led to his career as a fighter. Mixed martial arts career Early career Perry made his pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Goldy
Hannah Eliza Goldschmidt (born May 18, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Goldy grew up in Vermont snowboarding, running track, and competing in cross-country. In 2014, while living in Manhattan she went with her father to a boxing event called "Friday Night Fights", held in an old church. She immediately fell in love with martial arts and went to a gym the next day. Before MMA, she had a boxing match and three Muay Thai fights, winning all 4. Mixed martial arts career Early career She made her professional debut against future UFC fighter Gillian Robertson at Island Fights 37 on March 11, 2016, winning the bout via unanimous decision. She would then go on to win her bout against Vanessa Marie Grimes via TKO in the second round at Island Fights 46. At Premier FC 26 she faced Lisa Blaine, defeating her via unanimous decision, followed by a bout against Shannon Goughary at Island Fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titan Fighting Championships
Titan Fighting Championship (Titan FC) is an American mixed martial arts promotion based out of Pompano Beach, Florida. Their shows were originally run in and near Kansas City and have since expanded to include venues all over North America and eventually, international locations. Since July 2015, Titan FC events are broadcast on the UFC online streaming service UFC Fight Pass, which also showcases a library of the organization's previous events. History Founding Titan Fighting Championships was founded in 2005 by veteran fight promoter and, at the time, Bellator Fighting Championships' director of operations, Joe Kelly. The organization was originally based in Kansas City and was headquartered in the city's historic Memorial Hall, where the organization held the majority of their early events. Memorial Hall was exclusively leased to Kelly's sports and entertainment promotion company Titan Entertainment, from which the MMA organization took its name. Broadcast deal with HDNe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida was a deadly and extremely destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2021 that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In terms of maximum sustained winds at landfall (), Ida tied 2020's Hurricane Laura and the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest on record to hit the state. The remnants of the storm also caused a tornado outbreak and catastrophic flooding across the Northeastern United States. The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Ida originated from a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea on August 23. On August 26, the wave developed into a tropical depression, which organized further and became Tropical Storm Ida later that day, near Grand Cayman. Amid favorable conditions, Ida intensified into a hurricane on August 27, just before moving over western Cuba. A d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, loss of smell, and loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms ( dyspnea, hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms ( respiratory failure, shock, or multiorgan dysfunction). Older people are at a higher risk of developing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antônio Silva (fighter)
Antônio Carlos "Bigfoot" Silvahttp://boxing.nv.gov/2012%20Results%20Web/05-26-12%20MMA.pdf (born 14 September 1979) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competes in the Heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, he has competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, EliteXC, Cage Rage, Fight Nights Global, World Victory Road, K-1 HERO'S, and Cage Warriors. He is the former EliteXC Heavyweight Champion, Cage Rage World Heavyweight Champion, and Cage Warriors Super Heavyweight Champion. Background Originally from Brasília, Distrito Federal, Silva began training in karate at the age of four, and received his black belt at the age of 12. After 14 years of karate training, Silva transitioned to Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo at the age of 17. Mixed martial arts career Club affiliation Silva began his career with the UK-based Wolfslair MMA Academy in 2005. In 2006, after his bout with Tadas Rimkevicius, Wolfslair requested (to Silva's instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFL 1 (2018 Season)
The ''PFL 1'' mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on June 7, 2018, at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. This was the first regular season event of the tournament and included fights only in the featherweight and heavyweight divisions. Background Mike Kyle was expected to face Shawn Jordan at this event, however Kyle was removed from the bout for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Philipe Lins. On weigh in day, the fight suffered another set back as Jordan missed the 265-pound weight limit by over nine pounds, and the bout was scratched from the card all together. As a result, Philipe Lins was awarded 3 points via. walkover victory. Originally fights were set between Alex Nicholson vs. Kevin Tiller and Caio Alencar vs. Jake Heun, however due to New York not allowing fighters to compete with a weight difference greater than 25 pounds, PFL reorganized the fights the day before the event to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustafsson Vs
A derivative of the name Gustav, Gustafson, Gustafsson, Gustavson, or Gustavsson, is a group of fairly common surnames of Scandinavian origin, and may refer to any of the following people: Gustafson *Andy Gustafson, American collegiate football coach *Axel Carl Johan Gustafson, Swedish author *Ben E. Gustafson, American politician *Barry Gustafson, New Zealand political scientist and historian *Bob Gustafson, American cartoonist *Cliff Gustafson, collegiate baseball coach *Derek Gustafson, American pro hockey goalie *Dwight Gustafson (1930–2014), American composer and conductor * Earl B. Gustafson, American politician, judge, and lawyer * Fredrik Gustafson, Swedish football player *Gabriel Gustafson, Swedish archaeologist *Gerald Gustafson, U.S. Air Force pilot *James Gustafson, American theological ethicist *James Gustafson (politician), American politician * John Gustafson, English rock bassist *John L. Gustafson (born 1955), American computer scientist *Kathryn Gustafson, Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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