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Joe Cochrane is an award-winning, Jakarta-based foreign correspondent and editor, and former war correspondent in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has covered Indonesia and Southeast Asia for the past 24 years for the world’s leading global publications including The New York Times and Newsweek magazine. He developed a passion for writing about mixed martial arts after doing private training, and thinks MMA is the greatest sport in the world.

How To Get Lions Tickets As Ford Field Opens Up Capacity to 100% Get our free mobile app The Lions will play in front of hometown fans in what is expected to be and opening weekend sellout when they take on the 49ers on September 12th. the stadium was not open to the public for the 2020 season due to the pandemic.   Tickets for the 2021 season may be some of the most sought after in Lions history, as demand is expected to be high among not only hardcore football fans, but casual fans whove bee...

Apr 20, 2021 There is no better representation of what type of player new head coach Dan Campbell is looking for than Lions special assistant Chris Spielman.  As a player, Spielman was tough, rugged and the ultimate teammate.  When the organization was looking to pivot away from the culture created by the last regime, they quickly turned to a familiar name. When Spielman was in preparation for his new role with Detroit, he sought counsel from more than 100 other people, but his brother and Mi...

Inside the Detroit Lions ‘Culture Task Force’: Establishing a winning culture that sticks The Lions are clearly committed to doing things the right way this time around. Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images With the Detroit Lions’ new regime in place, one of the main goals appears to be creating a culture shift. It’s a term we’ve become accustomed to hearing from every new face that comes into Detroit, whether they promise to finally “hold players accountable” (whatever that means) o...

Cristian Quiñónez (14-3) vs. Dony Matos (20-7) Mexico’s Ultimate Warrior Challenge organization returns for its 25th effort on Friday. The company’s show will air on UFC Fight Pass, which provides an excellent chance for bantamweight Cristian Quiñónez to make his audition for the UFC. Quiñónez will vie for the 135-pound belt against 27-fight veteran Dony Matos. Quiñónez has already put together a strong resume of 14 wins across 17 appearances. The 24-year-old made his professional d...

Victor Altamirano (8-1) vs. Nate Smith (6-1) The Legacy Fighting Alliance celebrates its 100th show on Friday evening. The top UFC feeder league has provided countless prospects to the big show, and flyweight headliners Victor Altamirano and Nate Smith hope to add their names to that list in the near future. Mexico’s Altamirano has been a fixture in the LFA since even before his 2017 pro debut. The 30-year-old actually made one of his amateur appearances at the very first LFA show. As a pro, ...

Feb 10, 2021 One of the key decisions the Detroit Lions will make in this years NFL draft is whether or not to select a quarterback in the first-round with the seventh overall selection.  Many analysts currently assume that since Detroit traded for Jared Goff, the quarterback position is now off the table in the early rounds of the draft.  NFL Network analyst Charles Davis tends to agree, but also expressed there is one quarterback Detroit could target in the first-round.  Trey Lance is a 6-...

ONE: ‘Unbreakable III’ preview Share this story ONE: “Unbreakable” Part III will be broadcast on Friday. The event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium is headlined by an atomweight fight between Stamp Fairtex and Alyona Rassohnya. The card consists exclusively of MMA fights and features two heavyweight newcomers as well as No. 2-ranked bantamweight Shoko Sato. Tial Thang vs. Paul Lumihi ( Bantamweight ) Tial Thang (2-0) trains with Aung La Nsang and is hoping to become a breakout star in ...

Billy Pasulatan (5-2) vs. Brando Mamana (9-3) A light schedule this week from the larger regional promotions gives us a chance to look at some international promotions that don’t often grace this preview series. The first stop this week is Indonesia, where One Pride MMA is set to host its 41st “Fight Night” show. The key contest of the night is a strawweight title affair between champion Billy Pasulatan and challenger Brando Mamana. These two men fought once before, in 2019, with Mamana t...

Jan 13, 2021 Brad Holmes, the Los Angeles Rams director of college scouting, is currently in Detroit meeting with the Lions front office for his second interview for the teams general manager vacancy.  According to many, Holmes has been stellar in his draft evaluations, as the Rams have enjoyed success in both the regular season and playoffs the past few seasons.  "Ozzie Newsome is a dear friend of mine, a good, good friend of mine," former Ravens running backs coach Wilbert Montgomery told t...