2012

VERBAL JAMBALAYA CALLIN’ IT QUITS “I’ve had a really difficult couple of years with my disease. I’m going to say that tonight is the last night you will see me in the Octagon. Brock Lesnar is officially retired.” —Brock Lesnar,…

YOU CAN’T PUT A PRICE TAG ON HAPPINESS 1. HAYABUSA TOKUSHU™ SERIES GLOVES Sporting a sophisticated dual-closure system and patented wrist-splinting design, Hayabusa’s university research has confirmed that these gloves have superior…

Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament winner Eduardo Dantas survived the mean streets of his home with a passion for fighting… the right way. Look around the athletic department of a major college campus and you’re likely to see…

BRINGING COUNTRIES TOGETHER, ONE BEATING AT A TIME AS THE CRO FLIES Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic will cap his combat career at K-1 Final Fight in Zagreb, Croatia, on March 10. The former PRIDE Grand Prix Openweight Champion will take on…

You’ve been fighting professionally since you were 16 years old. Did you have to get a permission slip from your parents for your first fight? The promoter asked for one just in case, so I did get my parents to sign a form, but I don’t…

This month’s eye candy has more surprises than a box of chocolates. At only 23, Sophia Roe packs quite a punch and has all the tips you’ll need to make this Valentine’s Day something special. Where are you calling home these days?…

Mixed martial arts is the fastest growing sport in the world. It garners more attention and new fans daily. The emergence of so many new athletes sometimes makes it hard for fans to notice some of the fighters on the verge of making it to…

MMA training isn’t just for adults. Let the kids have some fun. There is an uphill battle in building youth MMA programs. Traditional martial arts like karate and taekwondo have a head start because they don’t have the underlying stigma of…

Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar UFC 144 - Feb. 25, 2012, Saitama, Japan On February 25, the UFC will make its long-awaited return to the Land of the Rising Sun. Headlining the main event will be UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie “The…

Get a new grip on leg training with these three variations on your old standards. If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. This is a simple, yet profound rule of life. If you want more, you have to do more, and when…