Neal Taflinger

Miguel Torres has come a long way in the last two years. In 2007, he was an urban legend, a spectre, the Keyser Soze of bantamweight fighters. Two years later he's a 'name,' World Extreme Cagefighting's 135-pound champion, a fixture on…

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s new old movie is out. “Bad Guys,” an homage to high-budget drug heist shoot-‘em-ups starring Jackson, Kate Del Castillo, and Sherman Augustus, is enjoying limited theatrical release. The film was shot in 2005…

M-1 Global called a press conference today in Moscow to talk about Josh Barnett's failed drug test, his replacement for the Affliction: Trilogy main event, and Fedor's future. While Vitor Belfort has agreed in principle to taking the…

Josh Barnett will face Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction: Trilogy in Anaheim, Calif., on Aug. 1. Familiarize yourself with Bolt Thrower's "For Victory" below and check back later this week for a conversation between Barnett and his friend,…

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White has said several times that in ten years, mixed martial arts will rank with soccer (or football, depending on where you’re reading this) as one of the world’s most popular sports…

FIGHT! Magazine's Neal Taflinger appeared on today's episode of Sports Talk with the Chat Pack, a sports talk radio and internet show based in Burlington, Vermont, to talk about Brock Lesnar and the future of MMA. Go here to listen to the…

Brock Lesnar is bigger, faster, and stronger than most heavyweights. He makes up in power what he lacks in technique. But the champ clearly made technical strides since his first match up with Mir, when he stood up in the BJJ black belt's…

Jake O'Brien doesn't talk a lot about fighting. He doesn't talk a lot about anything, really. But O'Brien is talked about and it's rarely good. Like a heavier Sean Sherk, online pundits trash O'Brien for grinding out wins with takedowns…

Club DJs get used to hearing the same things over and over. They live on a steady diet of looped instrumentals and break beats, playing the same platters week after week. Michael Bisping is no different; the UFC middleweight made ends…

Lyoto Machida has inspired hyperbole unmatched since Royce Gracie’s glory days. He appears untouchable, invincible, doing damage at will while rarely if ever getting hit. Pundits and fans are quick to credit Machida’s success to his…