To jiu jitsu purists, Demian Maia’s series of submission victories in the Ultimate Fighting Championship reaffirms its vital role in the sport. But Maia is far from being a one-trick pony.
Rosholt will face his biggest challenge to date in the always-game Chris Leben. "As far as I'm concerned, it's the biggest fight of my life," says Rosholt.
FIGHT! contributors Matt Burosh and Terry Bush trade blows over combat sports’ explicitly sexual tradition in the first edition of a new online FIGHT! feature.
Miguel Torres doesn’t need a sports psychologist or motivational speaker to get his head right for a fight. He just has to come home.
Fightmagazine.com's Matt Burosh learns what motivates Miguel Torres.
“I feel I’m a more complete fighter than and I’m bigger and more powerful,” offers Brian Bowles. But this fighter believes deep down that his chances for success where others have failed must lie within the mind, where people can’t…
“As an amateur, I knocked out two different guys’ teeth, two weeks in a row,” says Josh Neer. “The announcer said I was always knocking people’s teeth out, so he started calling me ‘The Dentist’ and it just kinda stuck.”
"The Dentist"'s…
Resembling a battle-ready version of Ashton Kutcher, Dan “The Handler” Hornbuckle is hoping to garner as much attention as possible as he heads into Sengoku 9.
Seldom can the name Forrest Griffin be uttered without subconscious synapses followed up with whispers of Stephan Bonnar. But can you blame ’em? In what can be regarded as possibly the longest 15-minute stretch in fighting history, these…
By FIGHT! contributor Matt Burosh
Cain Velasquez dedicated himself to wrestling in high school and excelled at it, racking up 110-10 record before becoming Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year at Arizona State University in 2005 and a two-time…