Paul "The Polar Bear" Varelans MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Page 2

American Football Destroys Kung Fu! Lev Pisarsky shares some fun reminiscences of mid-90s MMA, when just being big, strong and tough could take a man quite a long way in a wild new...

UFC

Lev Pisarsky

Jan 10, 2023

‘Ice Cold’ in the Tropical Heat: Igor Vovchanchyn at WVC 5 In winter 1998, Igor Vovchanchyn left sub-zero Moscow and won three fights in one night in a 113-degree nightclub in Recife, Brazil. He emerged with the ...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Jan 31, 2022

Greats of the States | Alaska: Jared Cannonier In the last five years, Jared Cannonier has gone from a middling heavyweight prospect to a bona fide Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight...

Ben Duffy

May 25, 2021

How a UFC Impostor Became Australia's First NHB Event Within minutes of the great Mario Sperry beating Chris Haseman to win the “Australasian Ultimate Fighting Championship,” the eight-sided...

Jacob Debets

Jan 31, 2021

How a UFC Impostor Became Australia’s First NHB Event An American expat living in Australia staged a no-holds-barred, winner-take-all tournament called the “Australasian Ultimate Fighting...

Jacob Debets

Jan 29, 2021

Early UFC Competitor Paul Varelans Dead at 51 After Battling COVID-19 UFC pioneer Paul Varelans has died after a lengthy fight against COVID-19.

Tristen Critchfield

Jan 17, 2021

UFC 9: When a Punch Could Send a Fighter to Jail Marcelo Alonso shares some first-hand memories and anecdotes from UFC 9, the event where punches to the head were infamously banned just hours...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Jan 10, 2021

Forgotten Fights of Yesteryear: One of the Greatest UFC Matches Ever In the latest installment of Forgotten Fights, Lev Pisarsky shines a light on a proto-MMA gem that was far ahead of its time, and one of the...

Forgotten Fights of Yesteryear

Lev Pisarsky

Dec 21, 2020

UFC Pioneer Paul Varelans Placed on Ventilator Due to COVID-19 Early Ultimate Fighting Championship vet Paul Varelans is currently engaged in the fight of his life.

Coronavirus

Jay Pettry

Dec 18, 2020

Why Marco Ruas Should Be in the Hall of Fame Marco Ruas introduced the world to the true idea of mixed martial arts 25 years ago at UFC 7, but that is only part of the reason he should be...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Sep 08, 2020

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