The Fighting Life with Dana White: Cutting Room Floor

Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. All throughout the interview process there are choices that need to be made. Angles are chosen, a select range of questions are scribbled and the proper state of mental readiness is found in final preparation for the task at hand. Once the one-on-one time is logged and the audio recorder has captured […]

Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. All throughout the interview process there are choices that need to be made. Angles are chosen, a select range of questions are scribbled and the proper state of mental readiness is found in final preparation for the task at hand. Once the one-on-one time is logged and the audio recorder has captured […]

Thiago Silva’s Life Outside the Cage Keeps Him from Absolute Glory

UFC fighter Thiago Silva has been known for his savage-like brutality in the cage and roadblocks outside of the cage that have stymied momentum in his fight career. Another one of those roadblocks has come up. On Thursday evening, Silva was arrested in Florida on multiple charges for threatening people at a jiu-jitsu gym and […]

UFC fighter Thiago Silva has been known for his savage-like brutality in the cage and roadblocks outside of the cage that have stymied momentum in his fight career. Another one of those roadblocks has come up. On Thursday evening, Silva was arrested in Florida on multiple charges for threatening people at a jiu-jitsu gym and […]

The Fighting Life: The Fire of Dana White

Backstage, far from the turnstiles, tucked away off the main concourse inside Chicago’s United Center, the UFC has corralled a small group of journalists for an impromptu gathering. With the official media-day hoopla over and done with, the man everyone is eager to mix it up with will soon enter this makeshift space and make […]

Backstage, far from the turnstiles, tucked away off the main concourse inside Chicago’s United Center, the UFC has corralled a small group of journalists for an impromptu gathering. With the official media-day hoopla over and done with, the man everyone is eager to mix it up with will soon enter this makeshift space and make […]

The Fighting Life: Live Blogging All 4,000 Miles of B/R’s ‘MMA Roadtrip 2014?

I am a writer who has made a living and a place in this sport because I tell the stories of professional fighters. Where so much of the coverage in MMA is focused on the increasingly hectic grind of the event schedule, my personal focus has always been about bringing fans something deeper. It was […]

I am a writer who has made a living and a place in this sport because I tell the stories of professional fighters. Where so much of the coverage in MMA is focused on the increasingly hectic grind of the event schedule, my personal focus has always been about bringing fans something deeper. It was […]

Ronda Rousey Defends GSP: ‘You Don’t Have to Risk Your Life for Anyone’

Georges St-Pierre gave up everything to be a UFC champion, and according to Ronda Rousey, it would be unreasonable for people to expect him to do more. The UFC women’s bantamweight champ seems a bit irritated that people are still giving St-Pierre grief over his decision to vacate the UFC welterweight title and go on […]

Georges St-Pierre gave up everything to be a UFC champion, and according to Ronda Rousey, it would be unreasonable for people to expect him to do more. The UFC women’s bantamweight champ seems a bit irritated that people are still giving St-Pierre grief over his decision to vacate the UFC welterweight title and go on […]

The Fighting Life: Josh Thomson Is Determined to Leave His Mark on the UFC

Josh Thomson won’t deny there is a chip on his shoulder. And it’s been there for quite some time. The AKA staple and top-ranked lightweight has hovered in the conversation as one of the best 155-pound fighters in the world for the past decade. Yet, where his record and résumé reflect a body of work […]

Josh Thomson won’t deny there is a chip on his shoulder. And it’s been there for quite some time. The AKA staple and top-ranked lightweight has hovered in the conversation as one of the best 155-pound fighters in the world for the past decade. Yet, where his record and résumé reflect a body of work […]