Saturday July 31st at Toyota Park just outside of Chicago, Battle One held their event, Team USA vs World, and BK's own Makiwara was there. 

If using two terms to sum this event up, they would be ‘Respect’ and ‘True Sportsmanship’ because this event had lots of it. If you were to bring some friends of yours who were unfamiliar with the sport of MMA to an event to get their feet wet, this would be it. You wouldn’t be showing your friends a bunch of brash, pro-wrestling wanna-be thugs who just want a reason to inflict pain on another human being. You would be showing them respectable athletes who are there to compete in the most sincere sense of the term and are looking to showcase their talents to the world. There was quite a turn out as far as spectators went. For example there was former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver in attendance who was kind enough to give me a few minutes of his time to chat.