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It’s hard to find the perfect seat at a live UFC show. You want to be just close enough to fighters and celebrities but far enough away to see all the action. One fan never has to worry, because Bruce Buffer has the best seat in the house,…

Lightweight fighter Cameron Dollar is certain his mohawk, piercings and tattoos increased his chances of being on “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show. He was right—one season too late. Dollar excelled in grappling tryouts, mitt work and…

Click the monkey to listen... On the first episode of Fight Magazine’s Rabbit Punch Radio, mixed martial arts journalist Danny Acosta and professional comedian Kris Tinkle (USO Tour, opened for Zach Galifinakis, Dave Chappelle) stumble…

Erin Toughill is one of the few observers of Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers tangle between Sarah Kaufman and Shayna Baszler with an inside track. The televised bout features an undefeated Canadian import in Kaufman (9-0), looking to keep…

Frank Lester didn’t lose to James Wilks, he was beaten – badly. The welterweight suffered a broken nose, two black eyes, and a gash that required 24 stitches to close during the Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom second…

Mike Swick is quick – maybe too quick. "If you get five fights in the UFC and five of them didn't go past the first round—that's not good. That's not a good thing,” said Dave Camarillo. Noted judo and jiu jitsu practitioner Camarillo…

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic spent years kicking K-1 and Pride opponents in the head, but somewhere along the way his own head came undone. "Well, to tell the truth, its hard to say 100-percent, what was the struggle for my first appearance…

Call him “Cowboy” – Donald Cerrone he hates to be called by his first name. Cerrone was looking to rope himself the WEC lightweight title in a January match with champion Jamie Varner but was down on all scorecards. Cerrone found some…

Jake Shields held championship belts from three different promotions – Shooto, Rumble on the Rock and EliteXC – but the only organization that once called him king still in existence is Shooto. Both Rumble on the Rock and EliteXC were…

Mike Brown and Urijah Faber’s early careers were like the opening sequence in "Rocky": Balboa you get winner’s share, sixty-five dollars. That’s fifteen dollars locker and corner man, five dollars shower and towel and seven-percent tax,…