In part two of their interview, Holst talks about his matchup with John Gunderson, the origin of his ‘Boots’ nickname, and his training regimine which includes his OAMA teammates as well as trips to Montreal where he trained with Georges St-Pierre and New Jersey where he trained with Frankie Edgar. Part One of interview with […]

Top MMA News‘ Don Wilson and Mike Fischl talk to Mark Holst who will be fighting John Gunderson at The Ultimate Fighter Finale on June 19.  In part one of their interview, Mark Holst discusses his defeat of Corey Hill, trying out for The Ultimate Fighter, and the reaction to his UFC deal. Part Two […]

Hello everyone from LA! Great weather here and awesome training! This is my week #3 of my training camp. #1 was at NYC\NJ, #2 OAMA and now #3 week is going to be in LA!Hello everyone from LA! Great weather here and awesome training! This is my week #3 of my training camp. #1 was […]

Hello everyone! For the last few weeks, Steph, Hammer and I have been driving up to Montreal to train at the MTL Wrestling Club. There are a few Olympian wrestlers, world champion wrestlers and also MMA fighters. The head coach is Victor Zilberman. His son, David Zilberman, went to the Beijing Olympics to represent Canada […]

Hello everyone! The rest of last week was really fun! Wednesday evening Steph and I did my last private with John D and I trained some clinch work with Joe and the Renzo Gracie Muay Thai team. It was great! Then Thursday evening we headed to NJ to Ricardo’s gym to train MMA. I sparred […]

Hi everyone! My first week of training camp for my UFC debut is going great! Pat, Steph and I drove down Sunday night to NYC. On Monday Steph and I did a no-gi jiu jitsu class taught by John Danaher and then some rolling with the guys. Few hours later Steph and I had the […]

Date: June 19, 2010 Location: The Pearl in Las Vegas, Nevada TV: Spike, SportsNet Tickets: Buy Ultimate Fighter Finale Tickets Court McGee vs. Kris McCray *** For The Ultimate Fighter 11 Winner Matt Hamill vs. Keith Jardine Chris Leben vs. Aaron Simpson Spencer Fisher vs. Dennis Siver PRELIMINARY CARD Mark Holst vs. John Gunderson Travis […]

Hello everyone! I still can’t believe my dream, 10 years in the making, has finally come true! I can’t describe the feeling I have now. Every few hours I tell myself in my head ”Oh man…I will be fighting in the UFC” I’m still in shock from the big news on Friday morning! I have […]

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Mark ‘Boots’ Holst is set to replace Paul Taylor at the TUF 11 Finale, according to MMAJunkie.com.  Top MMA News readers will recognize Holst as the writer of the Boots Scraps column right here at Top MMA News.  Holst is on a three run win streak that includes the XKL championship victory he had over […]