Jack Encarnacao

Jack Encarnacao is a Boston-based writer and radio host for Sherdog.com. He has a journalism degree from Emerson College, where he was his class valedictorian. Jack has been working as a newspaper reporter for seven years, and has won regional and national awards for his work. He hosts the Sherdog Radio Network "Rewind" every Sunday night, which includes the popular in-depth "Sunday Sitdown" interview. In addition to Sherdog, his MMA writing and analysis has appeared in The Boston Globe and Ultimate MMA Magazine and on ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, The Fight Network, WWZN 1510 AM The Zone, and theScore.

Reality TV Can Bite, or Make You a Superstar You probably remember Sam Hoger (Pictures).

He was the "thief" on the first season of "The Ultimate Fighter," the Spike TV reality show that...

Jack Encarnacao

Aug 20, 2008

Living on Fighting The longest days for Kenny Florian (Pictures) start at 4:30 a.m.

That’s when the Boston-bred, Boston-based mixed martial artist rises from...

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Aug 06, 2008

DellaGrotte: Florian Could Run Over Huerta You may have spotted Mark DellaGrotte as the bespectacled guy in a flat cap shouting instructions in a thick Boston accent as the cornerman for...

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Jul 31, 2008

MMA in Massachusetts: Not Yet Timing is everything, and when it comes to the sanctioning of mixed martial arts in Massachusetts, the timing wasn't right

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Jul 08, 2008

Cote: Career Best Needed to Beat Almeida Patrick Cote (Pictures) doesn't know where he was the night of Nov. 11, 2006. He knows where he wasn't: in the cage, calculating a way to counter the predictable submission attack of Travis Lutter (...

Jack Encarnacao

Jul 01, 2008

Lauzon Delivers Punishing Win at WCF WILMINGTON, Mass. -- His opponent may have brought the showmanship on the way to the ring, but Dan Lauzon (Pictures) brought it once the bell rang.

The skills of the youngest fighter to...

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Jun 21, 2008

Promoting MMA: An Interview with Joseph Cavallaro Joseph Cavallaro is slowly getting used to the idea of being a promoter. When he launched World Championship Fighting last year, every day...

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Jun 19, 2008

Mayhem Miller’s Nouveau Pro Wrestling Your phone might say that Jason "Mayhem" Miller is calling, but it's not him on the other end when you answer.

Instead, it's the familiar...

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Jun 12, 2008

The Long Climb Back Up the Mountain A lot of mixed martial artists say they'll fight any place, any time. But few have had as many chances to prove it as Travis Wiuff (Pictures)

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Jun 03, 2008