Gladiator Head Coach Rob Wynne began his martial arts career in 1991 when he entered a Meibukan Goju-ryu  karate club and began training. Coach Wynne attained the rank of 2nd degree black belt within 6 years and was awarded the honour of being graded for both of his karate black belts by MasterÕs Meitetsu Yagi and Meitatsu Yagi from Okinawa Japan. He was also given the rank of 2nd degree black belt in Japanese Goju-ryu karate. During this...

I can feel it. My stomach is clenched and turning with the rush of anticipated violence. I stand behind the stage waiting for the music to start and the announcer to say my name. My hands are taped and stuffed into 4oz fingerless gloves. My cornermen are nervously shuffling their feet and fidgeting, while trying to seem nonchalant. Telling me it’s just another day at the office and I will destroy my opponent with ease. I’m not so sure I...

(12-2), a former top 10 Canadian Welterweight AFC, ECC & 5x UGC Champion Cory recently signed with Bellator, the Ontario native will move up to Middleweight for Bellator and will fight in the 2012 Bellator Middleweight tournament. Cory MacDonald is one of Canada’s best kept secrets in the Mixed Martial arts world. The holder of a seemingly endless collections of MMA belts and Jiu-jitsu titles, this unassuming man seems to fly...

Tony Doolittle has been training in martial arts for the past six years and coaching for the last year at Martial Arts Planet in Kingston Ontario. During that time he received his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from Renzo Gracie and is now a devoted member of the Nova Uniao team. Tony has extensive experience in grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournaments both in Canada and the United States. In the ring he has been competing in amateur...

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Cory MacDonald has had about as many cancelled fights as actual fights during his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career. The Kingston athlete, who has a record of 12-2, is hoping to put that frustration behind him now that he’s hooked up with a stable organization. MacDonald, 34, and his manager, Anna Barone, confirmed the eighth-year pro has signed a two-year deal with the Chicago-based Bellator Fighting Championships....

One of Canadian MMA’s best kept secrets got an early birthday present this week. Kingston, Ontario native Cory MacDonald signed with Bellator yesterday and will compete as a middleweight under the Viacom-owned promotion’s banner. MacDonald (12-2), who turned 34 today, could see action as part of next season’s middleweight tournament. Having competed primarily at 170 for the majority of his eight-year MMA career, at 6-foot MacDonald...