With the PFL MMA playoffs set to begin this Friday, PFL executive, WSOF founder, matchmaker and famed fighter, Sugar Ray Sefo joins Shoot the 5. Get the inside word on what to expect in the playoffs, news on the women’s division, coming in 2019, and...
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Professional Fighters League President, Carlos Silva, joins Shoot the 5 to talk about the making of a world-class MMA league, PFL playoffs starting in 7 days, the new women’s division, and much more! Shoot The 5 is BrooklynFights’ podcast that takes you inside the world of combat sports, from coast-to-coast, boxing to MMA, and everything in-between, always with an empowerment angle. Shoot The 5 features Xavier Porter and Patrick DeMoss, and is produced by Nat...
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Shoot the 5, Ep. 9: Special guest, Pat Casey on Upcoming Bellator Fight; Predictions on GGG vs. Canelo, Reflections on Porter vs. Garcia; UFC; PFL MMA Playoffs and More! Shoot The 5 is BrooklynFights’ podcast that takes you inside the world of combat sports, from coast-to-coast, boxing to MMA, and everything in-between, always with an empowerment angle. Shoot The 5 features Xavier Porter and Patrick DeMoss, and is produced by Nat Wilkins....
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Welcome to the 7th episode of Shoot The 5, BrooklynFights’ podcast that takes you inside the world of combat sports, from coast-to-coast, boxing to MMA, and everything in-between, always with an empowerment angle. Shoot The 5 features Xavier Porter and Patrick DeMoss, and is produced by Nat Wilkins. This week, Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent join to discuss their hotly anticipated grudge rematch, capping off one of the longest standing rivalries in women’s...
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Shoot the 5, Ep6: Kelvin Tiller joins Xavier Porter and Patrick DeMoss to talk about his two regular season wins in the Professional Fighters League, earning him a shot at the MMA league’s $1 million heavyweight purse. Tiller also talks about overcoming adversity in his own life and what family means to “The Mama’s Boy” … Full episode, watch here...
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By Xavier Porter | Brooklyn, NY | August 20, 2018 Appearing on the undercard of the much anticipated welterweight championship bout between Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia is Washington, D.C.’s David Grayton. The highly skilled Grayton has been in training camps with four-division World Champion Adrien Broner, two-division World Champion Gervonta Davis, former IBF Welterweight Champion Devon Alexander, former IBF Lightweight Champion Robert Easter Jr., rising prospect, Olympic Bronze Medalist Shakur Stevenson, and Super Welterweight Title Contender Erickson Lubin. Grayton, the former United States National Champion, holds a record of (15-2-1, 11 KOs) faces undefeated Terrel Williams (16-0, 13...
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By Xavier Porter | Brooklyn, NY | August 20, 2018 On August 25, from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi and live on Pay-Per-View, female boxer Britain Hart steps inside the ring to face former UFC fighter Bec Rawlings at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 2. Hart, with a boxing record of (2-3, 2 KOs), possesses a “never quit attitude,” both inside and outside of the ring. In speaking with Hart, she shared her reasons for putting down the gloves and using her bare fists for this fight. “Before I agreed to take this fight, I was contacted about...
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Welcome to the 5th episode of Shoot The 5, BrooklynFights’ podcast that takes you inside the world of combat sports, from coast-to-coast, boxing to MMA, and everything in-between, always with an empowerment angle. Shoot The 5 features Xavier Porter and Patrick DeMoss, and is produced by Nat Wilkins. This week, we bring you special guest, Shelly “Shelito’s Way” Vincent, who just announced a grudge rematch in one of women’s boxing’s longest standing rivalries with Heather “The Heat” Hardy. The title fight was announced just a few days ago. You heard from Shelito here first. And be sure to check...
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At forty-four years old and with a record of (51-31-1, 28 KOs) DeMarcus Corley has faced the best of the best in his career. The former WBO Super Lightweight World Champion continues to fight, both inside and outside and of the ring. On Saturday, August 18, live at the Maryland Live Casino in Hanover, Maryland, he steps back inside the ring to face an up and coming fighter, who himself is ready to take his next step forward in his career. On fight night, Corley is facing none other than “The Professor” Mykal Fox (17-0, 4 KOs). In facing...
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By Xavier Porter | Brooklyn, NY | August 12, 2018 Young men need mentors as they grow in life. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word mentor as being a trusted adviser, a guide, a confidante in the sense. For James Wilkins, the young featherweight has two great mentors that are helping him to make the right choices and decision regarding his career. Working with Wilkins are two of boxing’s best minds, two former champions, who are well respected, both inside and outside of the ring: Roy Jones Jr. and Paul Malignaggi. For Wilkins, he has “the Best of Both...
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