Background 2023 brings more PCS Championship series Pole Fitness to the Arnold Sports Festival! Impression This year, we took some time to visit and cover the amateur Pole fitness events. There was a fantastic display of athletes. Switching between both poles, the dance and floor routines were energetic and entertaining. We have always been a…
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Arnold Sports Expo 2023 – Ohio Combat League
Background The Ohio Combat League presents OCL24 at the Arnold Sport Festival. Ohio Combat League has been presenting their talented fighters at the Arnold for a few years now. A full list of the fight card can be found on the OCL website HERE. Impression The Ohio Combat League never disappoints in their live events….
Arnold Sport Expo 2023 – Medieval Fighting
Background Organized by the Detroit Fight Club, Medieval Fighting has returned to the Arnold Sports Festival in 2023. During the time frame that we covered the event, we witnessed 5 on 5 Buhurt combat matches. Buhurt medieval combat consists of fighters using blunted hand weapons and armor commonly found in 14th to 16th century field…
Arnold Sports Expo 2023 – Guns & Hoses Boxing
Background An annual event, with this being it’s seventh year, at the Arnold Sports Festival, Guns and Hoses boxing makes a return! Once more, at the Hollywood Casino Event Center in Columbus. This charity event pits volunteer boxers from the local police and fire departments in exhibition matches. There were 24 matches scheduled for 2023….
Arnold Sports Festival 2022
Ohio Combat League Background: Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts competitions have been a long standing series of event at the Arnold Sports Festival. In 2022, VisualOhio covered the Ohio Combat League matches at the Hollywood Casino event center. The Ohio Combat League is a relatively new mixed martial arts promotion that is based out…
Ascalon Sword Festival 2022
Background You may recognize the Ascalon Sports Festival as something that is familiar. You would be correct if you recognized it as the fencing event that was part of the Arnold Sports Festival held annually in Columbus, Ohio. Recognizing the popularity boom of the fencing sport and the event, expansion was inevitable and needed. Breaking…
Reynoldsburg Girls Basketball State Champs 2022
Reynoldsburg Girls Basketball earned it’s first division 1 state title by defeating Mason 63-56 in overtime on March 13th, 2022. To celebrate, a parade was help at 6 PM on March 17th. The parade started and ended at the Livingston High School campus. The team was supported by the marching band and other athletes from…
Arnold Sports Festival 2022 – Local Support
One of our favorite restaurants in the Short North in Columbus is showing their support for the Arnold. TownHall restaurant not only has great food, but also great community spirit. We hit there for breakfast on Saturday before getting our media passes and gearing up to cover the Ohio Combat League Mixes Martial Arts competition…
Arnold Sports Festival 2020 – Disabled Strongman
Closing out our coverage of the Arnold Sports Festival 2020 is the Disabled Strongman competition. Sunday, we went straight to Hall C at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Back in the Strongman Arena, strength athletes with disabilities compete. They are pushing heavy weights in very similar competitions to the Pro Strongman competitions. The movements are…
Arnold Sports Festival 2020 – Thor Bjornsson Takes Pro Strongman Win
The Mountain, Thor Bjornsson took control and was crowned Arnold Strongman 2020 champion, his third straight. Impressively, Thor put in a competition leading deadlifting at 1025lbs. Close on his heels the entire competition was Matheuz Kieliszkowski. The 3 initial events(trial by stone, wheel of pain, timber carry), Kieliszkowski took first place positions, but faltered on…
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