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.

Top Brazilian Heavyweights Battle in Newcastle Gabriel Gonzaga (Pictures) and Fabricio Werdum (Pictures), two of the most decorated heavyweight grapplers in the history of mixed martial arts,...

Tim Leidecker

Oct 30, 2007

‘Marvelous’ Melvin Racks Up Knockouts The K-1 HERO'S show in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday will be the promotion's first event this year in which Melvin Manhoef (Pictures) is not...

Tim Leidecker

Oct 27, 2007

European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia The latest edition of European Throwdown is jam-packed with news and notes from upcoming shows in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Lithuania and England

Tim Leidecker

Oct 24, 2007

Hansen Returns to Shooto In addition to a bout between top-ranked featherweights Antonio Carvalho (Pictures) and Hiroyuki Takaya (Pictures), Shooto promoter Sustain is...

Tim Leidecker

Oct 20, 2007

‘Hitman’ Relegated to Watchman Of the interested observers for Saturday's UFC middleweight title fight, it will be impossible for Martin Kampmann (Pictures) to avoid imagining...

Tim Leidecker

Oct 19, 2007

European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia Fight fans unfamiliar with the smaller Japanese leagues like GCM or Pancrase will most likely know Artur Oumakhanov (Pictures) only from his devastating...

Tim Leidecker

Oct 09, 2007

Bushido Team Shines in Night of Quick KOs LEIPZIG, Germany, Sept. 30 -- After running its first shows at "Haus Auensee," a small location for only 1,000 fans, the Free Fight Championship...

Tim Leidecker

Oct 02, 2007

European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia The latest edition of European Throwdown, the premier column on the European fight scene, has news on Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen, James "The...

Tim Leidecker

Sep 25, 2007

European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia This latest edition of "ET" is jam-packed with news and notes from all across the continent! Read about Kharitonov's new destination, Liaudin's...

Tim Leidecker

Sep 04, 2007

Operation Sauerkraut: UFC Targets Germany When Ultimate Fighting Championship owner Lorenzo Fertitta claimed in an interview two months ago that the UFC would be in Germany by 2008, it seemed...

Tim Leidecker

Aug 23, 2007