FIGHT Magazine - Mixed Martial Arts Life

Brandon Vera had to hit rock bottom to rediscover "the bastard."

Matt Mitrione talks about his concussion.

FIGHT! makes its picks for UFC 105.

Get hyped for the fights with video from Manchester.

In 2002, before he became earned his ticket to the UFC, the then-20-year-old Dan Hardy hopped a plane to China to live and train with kung fu monks.

His nickname is “Quicksand,” and for good reason. Hell, it took two months just to pin him down for an interview. It might be easy to dismiss him as another country hick who learned mixed martial arts and got real good at it.…

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…

I live in the self-proclaimed best country on earth, and I tend to agree, since I pay taxes here, and refuse to pay for low-quality toiletry items. My grandfather was born here, the son of Russian-Polish immigrants, and had to endure…

By now, we all know that jiu-jitsu, the arte suave, is not just a martial art— but an aesthetic art, as well. It’s an expression of creativity, personality, style and ego in a world of danger and opposition. It’s purely…

“I feel as long as we continue to improve the show and control what we can control, I hope eventually we do take the next step," says Jon Anik.