Yearly Archives

2012

Somehow I Manage

Three MMA Managers, Three Different Approaches It’s Friday night after weigh-ins, and I’m sitting at the lobby bar at the Sheraton Harbour Castle in downtown Toronto at UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort, when Jon Jones’s manager Malki Kawa walks…

Forging Iron Fists

Actor Rick Yune is using his martial arts background to kick up things on the silver screen. Rick Yune has had a breakthrough. It’s on rare occasion that the Korean-American actor to kick back and watch any of the movies he has appeared…

Fight Girl Search

Mel Jordan Age: 25 Height: 5’6” Hometown: Gold Coast, Australia Twitter: @Melj21 How long have you been modeling? About three years. I’ve done a lot of work for FHM, and I’m an Official Monster Energy Girl. What would you say is your…

A Country Boy Can Survive

The Matt Hughes era has come to a quiet end, but thinking back on his career still inspires goose bumps (and a good amount of fear). Long before Matt Hughes was hauling off marquee UFC welterweights in his truck, he was the terror of the…

Editor's Letter October 2012

Led by Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson, the 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter is underway, and the UFC’s heavyweight division is squarely back in focus. Although reigning champion Junior dos Santos has proven himself to be the most dominant…

The Unforgiven

Undefeated Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion Daniel Cormier has proven to be a quick study in the cage, but can he wrestle free from his past while fighting for his future? Daniel Cormier’s frustration is booming across the…

The Way of the Hand and Foot

Hiding in the point-fighting style of Taekwondo are some serious skills that talented mixed martial artists aren’t afraid to use. Brian Davidson says there are legions of Taekwondo fighters ready and able to chop the competition in MMA.…

Did You Know?

BAUTISTA BOMB Former WWE Champion Dave Bautista will make his MMA debut with CES MMA on October 6 in Providence, Rhode Island. YOUNG TERRA’ When Matt Serra was 17 years old, he enrolled for delayed entry into the U.S. Marines Corps,…

They Said That

KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS “I’m right there with the top guys. It’s not like, you know, Rick Franklin, where he’s going in and getting annihilated by the top guy, getting his nose broken and knocked out.” —Urijah Faber to sherdog.com.…

Health Radar

WAVE OF THE FUTURE Increase your strength, flexibility, and endurance by adding a heavyrope workout to your exercise regimen. There are many different rope exercises, so keep it simple when you’re starting out. Alternating Wave—move your…