Author: By Duane Finley

In the realm of combat sports, rhythm is something which needs to be found on multiple fronts.While a fighter’s tempo, pace and comfort zone are automatically linked with their ability to find their respective grooves, there is a necessary rhythm that needs be found outside of the Octagon as well. Training camp decisions and personal issues can bring heavy distractions to the forefront and throw a fighter’s stride out of whack.Where Mac Danzig doesn’t invest much stock in excuses and things that hover on the fringes of his personal stratosphere affecting a fighter’s performance, he does unders … Read the Full Article Here

In a career which has spanned 16 years and 62 fights, there isn’t much around the mixed martial arts block Yves Edwards hasn’t encountered.The 36-year-old “Thugjitsu Master” has competed on every major stage the sports has presented for the better part of the past two decades and maintained a high level of performance as he’s consistently competed with the best lightweight fighters the world has to offer. Throughout Edwards’ career as a professional mixed martial artist, he has witnessed firsthand the sport growing from a battlefield dominated by single discipline specialists to a realm where … Read the Full Article Here

Mixed martial arts is a turbulent sport filled with uncertainty and a constantly changing career path for every fighter who chooses to take a shot at establishing themselves for the long haul. While fighting in itself is a daunting task, there are those who believe they have what it takes to not only gain traction in an ultra-competitive environment, but flourish in the process of being tested.For 31-year-old Colorado product Justin Salas, progress has come in large strides, but ultimately it has been the setbacks which have provided the most momentum.After a dominant run on the regional MMA c … Read the Full Article Here

In mixed martial arts, fighters find their motivation in various places, but for scrappy lightweight Tim Means, the motive to fight is a thing of clarity.The Arizona native has overcome a hard scrabble past filled with drug addiction and penitentiary time to break through as a rising young talent on the sport’s biggest stage, and it’s a realm he has every intention of making an impact upon. The 29-year-old Power MMA product’s first two trips into the Octagon produced gems, as he dispatched Bernardo Magalhaes and Justin Salas. The first round knockout of Salas at UFC on FX 3 in Florida was so p … Read the Full Article Here

Eight years ago in Las Vegas, Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar went to battle inside the Octagon to determine who would become the original Ultimate Fighter. Over the course of the gritty, three round affair, both men put it all on the line, and the outcome became an instant classic that launched a new era in mixed martial arts.The bout created an eternal link between Griffin and Bonnar, and last Saturday morning at the UFC Fan Expo, they took another step into the record books as they were officially inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.The induction comes as a fitting bookend to the recently … Read the Full Article Here

Last weekend in Las Vegas, the biggest promotion in mixed martial arts rolled out the biggest fan experience, as the annual UFC Fan Expo took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.The exhibition took place on July 5 and 6 in conjunction with the UFC’s Fight Week 2013 celebration, with the fan-based experience leading up to Saturday night’s UFC 162, where Anderson Silva saw his record-breaking reign of dominance ended by undefeated upstart Chris Weidman. While the biggest fight of the summer brought the masses to the MGM to cap off the four-day run of scheduled Fight Week events, it was … Read the Full Article Here