Sage Northcutt Forms

UFC uber prospect Sage Northcutt (11-2, 6-2 UFC) has finished out his current UFC contract and will soon be a free agent. Despite not having the most developed ground game, Sage has looked much improved over his recent three fight win streak.

Who was Andy Hug?

Andreas "Andy" Hug was a superstar Swiss karate fighter who lived from September 7, 1964 - August 24, 2000. Andy was the first karate fighter to win the K-1 Grand Prix, which he did in 1996. K-1 is hands down the best kickboxing organization in the world. He was runner up in 1996 and 1997.

Hug was revered by the Japanese public, who admired his courage as he usually was the smaller fighter in the ring against much larger kickboxers. He was nicknamed "Blue Eyed Samarai" by the Japanese. Outside of K-1, Hug fought in numerous full contact karate matches, winning various titles around Europe and Asia.

His trademark axe kick was perfected to epic proportions as you will see in the highlight reels below. Andy also possessed a brutal spinning back fist, and nasty spinning high kicks and low kicks. In his last big K-1 match on June 3, 2000, he defeated Mirko "Cro Cop" Filopovic at K-1 Fight Night in his native land of Switzerland. Sadly, Hug died of leukemia a short time later. He was rewarded an honorary samurai title by K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii and was considered to be the bravest K-1 fighter of all by the Japanese public.

Hug notched K-1 wins over all the top K-1 stars in Jerome LeBanner, Musashi, Mike Bernardo and Masaake Satake; K-1 Champs Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, Branco Cikatic, Ray Sefo; and UFC Champ Maurice Smith. He even KO'd Duke Roufus of Roufusport.

Spotlight - Karate Mart

Karate Mart is an online superstore which can accomodate any and all of your martial arts needs. They have uniforms for Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Jiu Jitsu and Kendo. In stock are a plethora of weapons, including fighting fans, knives, swords, tonfa, throwing stars and throwing spikes. For MMA afficianados, they have rash guards, shorts, sparring equipment, headgear and more. The site literally seems to have no end!

My favorite thing about Karate Mart is that they offer free shipping on all orders over $60. They also have a physical store located on 15th and Indian School Road in Phoenix, Arizona. If you are looking for some awesome gear, check out Karate Mart.com!

Video of the Day - Smith v. Edwards

Here is Pat Smith fighting Thomas Edwards in a Sabaki full contact karate match. Patrick Smith (20-15 MMA) was a beast in the old UFC's, compiling a 4-3 UFC record while making it to the finals of UFC 2.

Video of the Day - Spinning Kick KO's

Here is karate blackbelt Julian Lewis performing a flawless spinning hook kick in a full contact karate competition that is believed from Holland.


Here is another example: