FIGHT Magazine - Mixed Martial Arts Life

What do a former IT computer geek, a man who once taught at a traditional martial arts studio in Massachusetts, and a random 10-year-old chasing highflying, karate-chopping dreams in the mid-1980s have in common? Not much, aside from the…

Back when I was a kid, (and that was a looooong time ago, trust me) tattoos used to mean something. It meant you were tough. It meant you probably have been jail at least once. It meant that you gave the big middle finger to society’s…

As I look back and thank my lucky stars that I have survived my many trips across the country discovering up-and-coming organizations in MMA, I like to reflect on the one time -- not at MMA camp -- that I visited Louisville, Ky, to check…

I. The Mayhem Show Some people are just blessed with more energy than the rest of us, I think as I watch my friend Jason” Mayhem” Miller at his manic best whipping up the crowd of screaming fans on the set of his hit show Bully…

No! Don’t do it! That is the stuff that makes you test positive!” So went the adamant words flying out of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva’s mouth, genuine worry and concern painted onto his thick brow and mixed in with…

Descriptive nicknames have been attached — for one reason or another —to peoples’ names throughout history. Many nicknames are considered desirable and complimentary, symbolizing admiration, strength, or physical…

FIGHT! Magazine editor-in-chief Donovan Craig appeared on Fox Fight Game alongside fight promoter Monica Sandford last week to discuss the MMA event Sandford staged in Mosul, Iraq in September.

Here I am on the 37th day of a 40- day NFL Training Camp Tour (btw, go check out my Glaze Across America page on FOXSports.com and MAKE SURE you watch my bingo video) and the fine folks at FIGHT! keep hounding me for my column. Dude, I am…

A few weeks ago, my publicist from FOX Sports, Bob Broderick, hit me up with an interview request from ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption. Even though we were still a month from the start of NFL training camp, I figured they wanted…

Fighters are tough dudes. That’s no surprise to anyone reading this magazine, but that toughness can sometimes come at the expense of better performance. You see, when a fighter hits the weights, he usually approaches the task with…