Aisling Daly talks TUF, her UFC Debut and the future Straight Blast Gym’s Daly Sets Sights On UFC Dublin Stadium Show Coming off the back of an emphatic first round win on her UFC debut earlier this month, and after months of living in The Ultimate Fighter house and fulfilling media engagements, SBG Ireland’s Aisling [...]
Martin Stapleton Wins At BAMMA 17 SBG Mainline Double Submission Victories Last Weekend! Last Saturday night saw SBG Mainline's Martin Stapleton take on Sebastian Fournier at the BAMMA 17 event in Manchester, UK. Making his debut for the BAMMA organization, Stapleton came away with an impressive victory, picking up his win via rear naked [...]
SBG Mainline’s Paul Douglas Wins Pro Debut Paul Douglas Wins by Rear Naked Choke at BAMMA 17 SBG Mainline’s Paul Douglas made his professional MMA debut on December 6th at the BAMMA 17 event in Manchester, UK, and he did so in great style. Douglas opened up his professional record with an impressive first round [...]
2014 Year in Review! This is SBG - you will be okay “SBG is many things. A Tribe. A corporation. A set of academies. An ideal.It is the Muhammad Ali of MMA - as in McGregor. And it is a 55 year old woman who will, for the first time in her life, compete in a [...]
SBGi's Huge 2013 Year in Review pictures, videos, quotes & news from a year in the life of SBG Just a 'few' of the highlights from the year; starting in January & proceeding to Dec 2013 2013 started with a very specific objective: “I am on a mission to create JIU-JITSU SCIENTISTS. People who discover not just [...]
SBGi News, Spring Camp 2013 Review What an Event! It isn’t easy to articulate just how inspiring, informative and in short amazing, SBG’s Spring Camp 2013 was. They promised the biggest and best camp ever, and they delivered. Each evening featured a restaurant and bar which was designated for SBG camp members ONLY. We [...]
SBGi News, for intelligent primates SBG's Conor McGregor makes one amazing debut in the UFC! Future UFC champion Conor McGregor, made an impressive debut in the UFC this last saturday, winning by KO, in 67 seconds of the first round. Those of us who've known about Conor were not surprised. Huge congratulations to McGregor and [...]
SBGi News, for well adjusted primates Spring Camp 2015 Our Biggest Event Ever! 2- SBG history coming soon, Conor McGregor becomes the first home grown SBG fighter to compete for the title! (info)! In the last newsletter we mentioned that we had just a few spaces left for camp, then we would close it due to [...]
SBGi 20 years of excellence culminating in ONE AMAZING camp experience! It's true, there will be one more World Class SBG Coach at Camp! That's right, SBG Coach, SBG BJJ black belt and world class MMA Coach John Kavanagh WILL BE at the Spring Camp in April! John's flight is booked, and to quote: "I am [...]
SBGi News, for well adjusted primates Coach Thornton in a 'different' role SBG’s founder, Matt Thornton, was recently featured in the December issue of Portland magazine. You can read the article here: http://sbgi-pdx.com/news/2012/12/22/martial-arts-portland-skepticism-critical-thinking-matt-thornton/ The Straight Blast Philosophy – Matt Thornton has a skeptic’s approach to fighting—and life. At Northeast Portland’s Straight Blast gym, a string concerto [...]
