Yearly Archives

2010

From California Kid to King of California

Urijah Faber is a natural born world-shaker. The former World Extreme Cage fighting Featherweight Champion catches sun on a bushy downtown Sacramento street, sitting on a wood stool in front of the epicenter of his…

Everyone's All-American

You can always tell by the hands. Sitting on the steps leading to his Tommy Z’s Speed Camp in Palatine, Ill., Tom Zbikowski whips off a text message as fast as a binary synapse fires. His thumbs move quickly. Nothing about this guy…

Mo Knows Fighting

Aren't you Rampage Jackson? That’s the question King Mo Lawal has been getting ever since he began knocking out guys in Sengoku a year and a half ago. He’s being asked that even no win Las Vegas, with Rampage standing…

The Power 20

It’s time for the third Annual FIGHT! Power 20 of MMA, where we rank MMA’s top movers, shakers, moneymakers, players, and playas. The list is based on the idea that these 20 people can make real things happen — run an…

All In The Family

Fresh off a 13-hour flight from UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, a two hour wait at U.S. Customs, and another two-and-a-half-hour ride home, newly minted UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie “The Answer” Edgar was greeted by a phalanx of fans,…

The Rise of Bellator

It started out as a small-time promotion on a Spanish-language cable network, but Bellator is quickly becoming a viable player in the MMA world, and all in a year’s time. Sometimes in life, and even in the rough world of MMA,…

Punch Lucky

The “lucky” punch always lands against the overwhelming favorite. It usually materializes out of nowhere, and our hero almost never sees it coming. The idea of a lucky anything (punch, kick, knee, etc.) resides in the eyes of…

In It To Win It

Do you want to know what it takes to win? Grueling physical conditioning. Sparring to exhaustion. Mental preparation. Whittling yourself down to a chiseled physique for weigh-ins. Formulating and executing a flawless game plan. Nipple…