Tim Leidecker

Born and raised just outside Berlin in the now defunct German Democratic Republic with two sisters and a budgerigar, Tim Leidecker graduated from Espengrund High School in 2000. Having attended the University of Potsdam, where he is studying German philology as well as English and American literature, he has balanced university life with his full-time job at Groundandpound.de, the premier mixed martial arts website for German-speaking Europe, which he founded in 2005.

In 2007, Tim started contributing to Sherdog.com as a European correspondent, analyst and feature writer. His work has also appeared on ESPN.com as well as in Budo International, Fighters Only, Ground & Pound and Karate magazines. When he isn’t working or studying, Tim is cheering on his favorite soccer team in Werder Bremen, playing video games or hanging out at rock concerts. Readers can follow him on Twitter @TimLeidecker.

The Brazilian Swede David Bielkheden (Pictures) has been fighting for attention all his life.

Born into a large family with seven brothers, sisters and...

Tim Leidecker

Feb 21, 2008

The Downfall of BTT and Chute Boxe When Mitsuyo Maeda started teaching Kodokan judo to Brazilian teenagers Carlos and Hélio Gracie in 1917, Japan and Brazil became...

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Feb 19, 2008

Scenes from a Divorce When a marriage is dissolved, plenty of dirty laundry usually needs washing.

Such was the case after the relationship between Bodog Fight and...

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Feb 11, 2008

K-1 MMA Event Shaping Up For the past five years, K-1 promoter Fight Entertainment Group has tried to gain a foothold on the MMA market with mixed results

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Feb 10, 2008

Siyar Bahadurzada: Nothing Without Danger It is a state of emergency. Buildings of family members and friends have been bombed. There is a constant air-raid warning. Men with machine guns are...

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Feb 06, 2008

European Throwdown: France Comes to the Party There was a collective sigh of relief throughout mixed martial arts circles in France last Sunday when news broke that the government had...

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Feb 01, 2008

Following Footsteps When Rickson Gracie (Pictures) stepped into the ring against Nobuhiko Takada (Pictures) on Oct. 11, 1997, in front of 65,000 enthusiastic fans at the...

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Jan 28, 2008

M-1 Global Eyes April U.S Debut While M-1 Global's U.S. debut has been very slow to get off the ground, preparations for another joint project -- this one in Holland -- are...

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Jan 21, 2008

Per Eklund: Sweden’s First to Enter the Octagon When Per Eklund (Pictures) steps into the cage Saturday in Newcastle, England, it will be the ultimate challenge for the man from Stockholm, Sweden

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Jan 15, 2008

Year of the ‘Dog’ An old-school legend of European mixed martial arts, Samy Schiavo (Pictures) delighted his fans recently when he announced that he had signed a...

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Jan 14, 2008