On episode 2 of Fighting is About Fighting, Robin gives an update on the new studio at the Play Dead Art Gallery in Toronto. Also Robin digs into what this podcast series is going to be about. Enjoy the hostilities! __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

Here is the latest edition of 5 Rounds with John Ramdeen and Robin Black.   On this episode, the two breakdown all the action from UFC 161 in Winnipeg.

So I have this eye injury that I haven’t even started to heal yet. I can’t spar for three to four months. Can’t even roll jiu-jitsu for awhile. Can’t do much actually. And I have a hiatial hernia inside my stomach. It gives me trouble too.And yet, for some inexplicable reason, a couple days ago I […]

Dear Boyd, First off, let me congratulate you on your journey in Martial Arts and tell you how excited I am for you that you will soon get to reach your goal of competing in an MMA fight.  Please accept my apology that I am not able to be your partner and opponent in realizing […]

I’ve done ‘Reality TV’ before. It’s so weird. When I used to play in a band, I basically played a character. A caricature really. I played an uneducated, misogynistic, arrogant, drunk (that part was real), tragic victim of rock and roll stupidity. The character wasn’t much like me but it was fun to play. I […]

So I got offered an interesting fight. There’s a documentary series being shot in Halifax called “Cubicle to the Cage” and it follows some regular office workers as they undergo a Mixed Martial Arts training regimen for a year and then fight in a pro MMA fight. I’ve seen a few episodes, and its very […]

Over the last couple days, a lot of people have been asking me, “What’s up with The Score Fighting Series?”. Well, to be honest, I really don’t know. What I do know is that calling fights for The Score has been the most fun I’ve ever had in a “job” (in parentheses because it never […]

Robin Black, of the Fight Network, spends an afternoon fishing with Mark Hominick. Not only do they reel in some nice bass, but Black manages to reel in some good stories from Canada’s #1 Featherweight.

Straight up, my wife and my friends say I’m too obsessed with fighting. “But it’s my job”, I say, and it is. I work as an analyst and color commentator for The Score and The Fight Network, and I commentate on a dozen or two different shows a year. I manage Nick Denis, a great […]

My dog Pluto is looking at me funny. He can tell I’m depressed. We’re out in Stratford, Ontario, in a beautiful house near the water. My wife Erica is working here. We came out yesterday to visit her. I work as an analyst and color commentator for Mixed Martial Arts and I absolutely adore my […]