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.

European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia French MMA pioneers Jess Liaudin (Pictures) and Cyrille Diabate (Pictures) have started a campaign to finally legalize the sport in their home country

Tim Leidecker

Dec 03, 2007

Politics of Promoting on New Year’s Eve in Japan When Sherdog.com first broke the news of Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) possibly facing Hong Man Choi (Pictures) on New Year's Eve, hardcore fight...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 29, 2007

Europe's Best-Kept Secret He started boxing at age 15. Twelve months later he was the amateur boxing champion of the Netherlands.

When he figured out that he wouldn't...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 24, 2007

M-1 Global Teams with Former PRIDE Staff M-1 Global and former members of Dream Stage Entertainment announced Wednesday in Tokyo that they will collaborate on a New Year's Eve event at...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 21, 2007

The ‘Russian Bear’ Returns Long before Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) became the best fighter on the planet, another Russian sambo practitioner was causing a sensation in international MMA:...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 21, 2007

Kharitonov collides with Mighty Mo at Dynamite!! Sergei Kharitonov (Pictures) has agreed to fight American knockout artist "Mighty Mo" Siala Siliga (Pictures) at K-1 PREMIUM Dynamite!! on New...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 17, 2007

European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia European MMA is heading down the home stretch for 2007, but not without churning out a few more interesting events in the remaining six weeks of...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 13, 2007

Fedor Defends Combat Sambo World Championship Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) won the open-weight division of the 31st Combat Sambo World Championship on Nov. 10 in Prague. With the win, the...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 10, 2007

Eklund Debuts Against Stout at UFC 80 Swedish standout Per Eklund (Pictures) will fight TKO lightweight champion Sam Stout (Pictures) on the undercard of the Jan. 19 UFC lightweight...

Tim Leidecker

Nov 06, 2007