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It was over a decade ago that Robbie Lawler first made his Octagon debut. At the time, the young fighter was already a ferocious knockout artist, a label he would carry with him throughout his early UFC career, and later in the IFL, Elite…
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Let’s be honest, Tito vs. Rampage doesn’t factor to be the most relevant fight in recent memory—both of them are past their primes. But while some may question Bellator’s decision to feature two ex-UFC stars in the main event of their…
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He asked us to make him look mean, but there’s no escaping the fact that Chad Mendes is one of the nicest guys we’ve had the pleasure of putting on our cover. It’s easy to observe too. You can see it in the way he interacts with his fans,…
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It was only a few years ago that a spinning wheelkick in MMA was considered the stuff of martial arts fantasy. After all, boxing, muay thai, wrestling and jiu-jitsu had long given the flashier arts a wakeup call on combat effectiveness.…
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Check any pound-for-pound list, from ESPN to the UFC, and more likely than not you’ll find Anderson Silva’s name gracing the top spot. And for good reason. The Champion is the most dominant middleweight in UFC history. Regularly making…
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5 Gym Bag Essentials 1. Fluid Replacement Drink: Stay hydrated through your entire workout. 2. Maltodextrin: Load and reload your muscle glycogen (energy for the body). 3. Energy Gel: Maintain high and stable energy levels. 4. Electrolyte…
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Photos By Paul Thatcher For years, people have claimed Gilbert “El Niño” Melendez to be the best lightweight in the world that isn’t in the UFC. Finally, he will get a chance to prove it. It’s lazy Sunday at the Melendez household on a…
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FIGHT! Magazine’s T.R. Foley traveled to India to investigate the semi-monastic life of the Indian Pahalwans and experience their unique mixture of spirituality and aggression. You would be surprised how many armed soldiers show up to a…
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Ballsy Moves Thiago Alves was a ballroom dancer and instructor in Fortaleza, Brazil, before moving to the United States when he was 19 years old. When you make your professional MMA debut in a bare-knuckle fight in Brazil at 16 years of…
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King for a Day “I think it was cockiness more than anything. He was so—I’m not going to say full of himself—but in his mind, there was no way I was going to beat him.” —Emanuel Newton to mmajunkie.com Hollywood Ending “I still have goals…
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