Abel Trujillo: From Hard Times to Sunny Days
No one starts a career in combat sports aspiring to a 5-4 win-loss record. In boxing, that’s a kiss of death, the ticket to a career full of opportunities to get beat up by hot prospects or the promoter’s...
Glover Teixeira: Here to Fight, Not Wait
If not for visa issues that plagued his promising mixed martial arts career, Glover Teixeira likely would have been competing in the UFC Octagon years ago. Today, he might even be holding a world title....
TJ Grant and the Value of a Short Memory
It would be easy for TJ Grant to start getting off track a bit and start believing his press clippings. Who could blame him? Since moving to the lightweight division in 2011, he’s won four straight fights,...
Vitor KO Tops Big Night for Brazil – UFC on FX 8 Main Card Results
Fighters used to fear former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort for his lightning fast fists. Now, after his second head kick induced knockout in a row, Saturday night’s coming against debuting...
Lentz is More: The Carny Outpoints Dias – UFC on FX 8 Prelim Results
After Brazilians ruled all eight of the bouts on Saturday’s UFC on FX 8 prelim card at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, it was up to American featherweight contender Nik Lentz to break the string in...
Luke Rockhold: The Strikeforce King Seeks a New Crown
With six of his last eight wins coming by knockout, and a reputation for fistic mayhem that travels far beyond that, Vitor Belfort is not exactly the opponent you would want to face in your first UFC match....
UFC on FX 8 Weigh In Results
UFC on FX 8, which is headlined by the five round middleweight bout between Vitor Belfort and Luke Rockhold and the middleweight match between Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Chris Camozzi, airs live on...
Jacare Souza: Keeper of the Jiu-Jitsu Flame
20 years after he emerged on the scene, shocking the world with the then-mysterious art of jiu-jitsu, Royce Gracie’s influence remains strong in mixed martial arts. Just ask Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza,...
Roger Hollett: His Father’s Son
You don’t see too many fighters like Ralph Hollett out there anymore. A former Canadian boxing champion who held wins over the likes of Bennie Briscoe, Elisha Obed, and David Love over the course of...
Evan Dunham: There’s Nothing like Game Time
It’s a telling part of every Evan Dunham fight, usually accompanied by some blood on his face and a few punches from a fellow lightweight contender. For a moment, you can detect a smile or see a call...
Rafael Natal: Student, Teacher, Fighter
The last time Rafael Natal put on gloves and fought in his native Brazil, he lost for the first time in his pro MMA career to Eduardo Telles in July of 2008. It may have been the best thing that ever happened...
Nik Lentz: The Youngest Veteran You Know
Back when he was fighting anyone and everyone from welterweight to light heavyweight, competing in shows sub-titled the “Throwdown at the T-Bar,” “The Myth in Maplewood,” and sometimes just “Brutal,”...
Jeremy Larsen: TUF 15′s Forgotten Man Returns
The days are longer for Jeremy Larsen than for most prizefighters. First there’s a full day driving a truck, then a full schedule of training, followed by maybe 45 minutes with his wife and son before...
Bruce Buffer: The Voice of The Octagon Takes to the Printed Page
When talking about Bruce Buffer, I have an anecdote about him that I always make sure to interject at one point in the conversation. Always.Back in 2000, my first gig in the mixed martial arts word was...
Shane Carwin Retires at 38
If you want to talk about the legacy of Shane Carwin, the former interim UFC heavyweight champion who retired Tuesday at the age of 38, the most telling aspect of his relatively short, yet explosive, UFC...
UFC FIT: Get Lean Like Johny
As a wrestler with two NCAA Division I titles under his belt, Johny Hendricks had been cutting weight for much of his life. It was a miserable process, but it was par for the course, even as a UFC welterweight...
