FIGHT Magazine - Mixed Martial Arts Life

Mike Brown and Urijah Faber’s early careers were like the opening sequence in "Rocky": Balboa you get winner’s share, sixty-five dollars. That’s fifteen dollars locker and corner man, five dollars shower and towel and seven-percent tax,…

By FIGHT! contributor Matt Burosh The U.S. Department of Defense defines psychological warfare as,“The planned usage of propaganda and other psychological actions havingthe primary purpose of influencing the opinions, emotions, attitudes…

By FIGHT! contributor Matt Burosh “Joe is young,” said Phil Baroni, “I’m a man now and I think he’s a boy. Someday I’ll probably commenate for Joe when he’s fighting for a world title. This is my time.” Every pre-fight back-and-forth…

By FIGHT! contributor Matt Burosh June 6 is a big day, both for Strikeforce and one of its fighters, “Iron” Mike Whitehead. Strikeforce, having tested the waters on Showtime with it’s Strikeforce Challengers series, is set to produce its…

By FIGHT! contributor Josh Nason Just a few months ago, fans got a dream fight in Georges St-Pierre vs. B.J. Penn. The clash featured two champions from two weight classes; men who can inflict damage in a variety of ways and are damn…

During preliminary bouts, the 52-year-old “Voice Of The Octagon” will announce a Mixed Martial Artist’s name, record, hometown and fighting style right before he faces them with either “The Buffer 45” or “The Buffer 90,” a fluid 45 or…

The narrative is common in mixed martial arts: wrestler wants to satisfy competitive edge, put their mat skills to use, and make some money outside of teaching freestyle or folk or Greco-Roman to others, so they fight. Strikeforce veteran…

I wrote a column when the year started titled "Nine reasons to be excited about MMA in 2009." One of the things I was excited about was the return of tournament formats. I’m happy to say I was right but I don't need to say it to make you…

Affliction seems like they have it all together. The MMA lifestyle conglomerate has done a marvelous job of bringing their extravagant, counterculture, rock ‘n roll-driven designer brand to the mainstream. Maybe too marvelous of a job. The…

As appearances go, Gegard Mousasi didn’t cut an impressive figure standing across the cage from Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos the night of Feb. 1, 2008, in Calgary. The two met in Alberta, Canada, on a Hardcore Championship Fighting show,…