10 of MMA’s Craziest Tales from Outside the Cage

It’s never pretty or easy to take a clear-eyed look at the trail of headline slime tailing behind the bad apples of the MMA community. And given that the community revolves around violence, the bad apples tend to be on the side of pretty darn rotten. As such, consider this slideshow an example of public […]

It’s never pretty or easy to take a clear-eyed look at the trail of headline slime tailing behind the bad apples of the MMA community. And given that the community revolves around violence, the bad apples tend to be on the side of pretty darn rotten. As such, consider this slideshow an example of public […]

MMA Fighters Who Can Back Up Their Trash Talk in the Cage

Chael Sonnen is the master of trash talk. Even his biggest detractors admit it, giving credit where it is due. But Chael better hold tight to his title—because another UFC star has her eyes on the prize. That’s right—I said her. The UFC is the proud new home of women’s MMA, and the top star, […]

Chael Sonnen is the master of trash talk. Even his biggest detractors admit it, giving credit where it is due. But Chael better hold tight to his title—because another UFC star has her eyes on the prize. That’s right—I said her. The UFC is the proud new home of women’s MMA, and the top star, […]

Dan Hardy Retirement: Popular Brit Has Options Outside the Cage

Dan Hardy will retire from MMA sometime in 2014.  That’s according to an interview with the UFC welterweight published Saturday on the MMAjunkie.com blog: I’m ready for a new challenge, I’ll be honest. There are a lot of things about this sport that I love, and a lot of things about this sport that I don’t […]

Dan Hardy will retire from MMA sometime in 2014.  That’s according to an interview with the UFC welterweight published Saturday on the MMAjunkie.com blog: I’m ready for a new challenge, I’ll be honest. There are a lot of things about this sport that I love, and a lot of things about this sport that I don’t […]

Retirement in MMA: Walking Away from the Cage Can Be a Difficult Choice to Make

Let’s turn our imaginations on for a moment and picture the scenario. You are a professional mixed martial artist. You have made a career out of trading punches, knees, kicks, and elbows with other human beings in contests to discover who has mor…

Let’s turn our imaginations on for a moment and picture the scenario. You are a professional mixed martial artist. You have made a career out of trading punches, knees, kicks, and elbows with other human beings in contests to discover who has more skill, determination and heart. Where others find validation inside an office or […]

Strikeforce Rousey vs Kaufman Results: Reactions and Play-by-Play Live from Cage

Main Bouts on Showtime Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Derek Brunson  Tarec Saffiedine vs. Roger Bowling  Lumumba Sayers vs. Anthony Smith Ovince St. Preux vs. T.J. Cook   Preliminary Bouts on Showti…

Main Bouts on Showtime Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Derek Brunson  Tarec Saffiedine vs. Roger Bowling  Lumumba Sayers vs. Anthony Smith Ovince St. Preux vs. T.J. Cook   Preliminary Bouts on Showtime Extreme Miesha Tate vs. Julie Kedzie Adlan Amagov vs. Keith Berry Hiroko Yamanaka vs. Germaine de Randamie Bobby Green […]

Thiago Alves Hoping for Return to the Cage by the End of the Year

Thiago Alves was just one casualty of the heavily cursed UFC 149 card. While training in Florida for his upcoming fight against Siyar Bahadurzada, Alves tore his pectoral muscle and had to pull out of UFC 149. Now, though, Alves seems poised and ready …

Thiago Alves was just one casualty of the heavily cursed UFC 149 card. While training in Florida for his upcoming fight against Siyar Bahadurzada, Alves tore his pectoral muscle and had to pull out of UFC 149. Now, though, Alves seems poised and ready to get back into fighting by December. “Great news, just talked […]