FIGHT Magazine - Mixed Martial Arts Life

Alistair Overeem slinks down treacherously steep steps and goes straight to the fridge for a yogurt. He’s kept the living room dark, perhaps not to wake his brain too much before he returns upstairs, where his girlfriend Zelina is…

Almost unanimously, fighters who double as cornermen are far more nervous by the concept of vicariism—watching a friend or training partner fight—than they are of actually fighting. This phenomenon is not new. As Pete Sell says,…

A decade ago, mixed martial arts was so new that it lacked one name. It was called submission fighting, ultimate fighting, cage fighting, mixed martial arts, and Vale Tudo. The most common names were Pancrase (for open-hand bouts) and No…

On Tues. the UFC officially announced it's traditional "Super Saturday" event, a pay per view to take place on the eve of the Super Bowl.

Strikeforce wrapped up a disappointing year with a barnburner of a card in St. Louis.

Over the weekend, Strikeforce announced the main card for Strikeforce Challengers 13.

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears go into MMA training, so don’t overlook something as painless as proper nutrition planning to keep you performing at optimal levels. Just as you regularly wash your mouthpiece every night (you do wash…

We believe there is a need for a completely objective and unbiased ranking system for fighters.

When Bryan “The Beast” Baker stepped into the cage on June 24, 2010, to fight Alexander Shlemenko in the Bellator Fighting Championship Middleweight Tournament Finals, very few people had a clue that the biggest fight of his…

A common theme that I have gleaned while visiting MMA training centers across the country the past few months is that the majority of gyms are against air conditioning. A close second is that most successful gyms and fight teams are like a…