My recent attempts at writing

In speaking with my colleagues at the UFC, I expressed my desire to tell the story of some fighters in a slightly different way from my usual angle through commentary.  So, I was given the opportunity to set about some writing.  With the UFC embarking on a significant year in Europe, they kicked it off big-style in Stockholm this January with a fight card headlined by Sweden's own Alexander Gustafsson and the revitalised Anthony Johnson: Gustafsson - http://www.ufc.com/news/alexander-gustafsson-resilience-discipline

Johnson - http://www.ufc.com/news/Anthony-Johnson-Returns-To-Rumble-Through-Persistence-Resiliency

Following that, I was lucky to make a couple of trips into Europe and spend some time with two incredibly charismatic and special fighters; Joanna Jedrzejczyk and fighting legend, Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic:

Jedrzejczyk- www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/ufc-185-joanna-jedrzejczyk-profile--just-for-kicksand-a-ufc-world-title-10106839.html

OR http://www.ufc.com/news/Independent-Gooden-Joanna-ufc185#comments

Cro Cop -  http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/mma/mirko-cro-cop-profile-becoming-the-equalizer-10169014.html

I visited Stockholm Sweden this summer and wrote this piece ahead of Gustafsson's title challenge at UFC 192:

http://www.ufc.com/news/UFC-192-Alexander-Gustafsson-overcomes-setbacks-for-shot-at-UFC-glory

I hope you find them insightful.