MMA Life

The trend of NFL players training in MMA isn’t new, but Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is the one who started it all. Before the UFC was filling arenas and selling millions of pay-per-views, Jared Allen was an avid fan of the…
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It was supposed to be one of the happiest days of Dan Miller's life. Instead, March 19,2009, turned on a dime into the worst day for the affable UFC fighter. A month removed from Dan Miller’s third consecutive win in the UFC, his wife…
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Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone, and Chuck Norris walk into a Bulgarian bar … and leave early so they’re fresh for work the next morning. Not a single person kicked in the throat? No spray from a belt-fed M-60? No panties thrown? That…
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More than 20 years ago, a mix of comedians, musicians, and eye candy was standard entertainment for deployed troops. Celebrities still do large numbers, but there’s another big ticket these days—mixed martial artists. During a stint in the…
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Watch who you call a comic book nerd…you may just get a roundhouse kick for saying something like that. The eyeglasses give him a studious demeanor—his long hair pulled back into a ponytail. He looks like a professor, however, behind those…
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NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick isn’t afraid of getting scrappy on and off the track. It may be surprising to learn that NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick and UFC lightweight Donald Cerrone are buddies. With their similar dispositions, however,…
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It’s been almost three years since Gina Carano stepped out of the Strikeforce cage—and the hits just keep on coming for her. The decision to continue fighting or take a stab at acting wasn’t an easy one for Gina Carano. After all, fighting…
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For Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida, MMA is a family affair. Raine Maida is always trying to get better at his craft. The front man of the platinum-selling rock band Our Lady Peace is reflecting on the group’s recently released eighth…
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GSP’s striking coach, Firas Zahabi. gives us some insight into what it takes to build a champion. On the shortlist of highly sought after MMA trainers, Firas Zahabi is one of the names at the top. The Montreal-based guru operates out of…
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Mixed martial artists are punching and kicking their way onto today’s music video landscape. Nearly three years ago, five-piece metal band Shadows Fall entered the Affliction Training Center in Seal Beach, California, and started rocking…
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