July 2009

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White has said several times that in ten years, mixed martial arts will rank with soccer (or football, depending on where you’re reading this) as one of the world’s most popular sports…

FIGHT! Magazine's Neal Taflinger appeared on today's episode of Sports Talk with the Chat Pack, a sports talk radio and internet show based in Burlington, Vermont, to talk about Brock Lesnar and the future of MMA. Go here to listen to the…

By FIGHT! contributor Brian J. D’Souza In any action movie, the audience waits for that uneasy silence before the storm arrives. When Andre “Dida” Amado spars it’s just a matter of time before his hands cause fireworks, taking a toll…

Paulo Filho is one of the most talented middleweights in the world. He is also one of the most troubled personalities in mixed martial arts. Filho hasn't seen competition since his bizarre showing against Chael Sonnen at WEC 36 in…

I’d love to give Matt Serra his second chance at being Rocky and challenging welterweight king Georges St-Pierre for their third bout, but that is as likely as Transformers III being any good. There are, however, some trilogies available on…

He might not be on the same skill level as Anderson Silva, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua or Gina Carano, but Gabe Saporta is on a mission to master the beautiful art of muay Thai. Saporta, 29, is the lead singer of dance-flavored pop punk outfit…

What are you doing in the month of August? If you’re like me (which you should never admit), you probably don’t even know what you’re doing tomorrow. However, if you’re a normal person, you have plans and…

When the Gracie family ditched a traditional ring for a Hollywood-style arena dubbed “The Octagon” in 1993, a revolution called K-1 occurred. Kazuyoshi Ishii’s involvement in full-contact karate shifted from katas to…

Hatsu Hioki’s mat destruction of American Top Team’s Chris Manuel in Sengoku’s Featherweight grand prix was vintage Hioki as much as it was an emphatic statement: Leg trip, mount, and bring the pain. Armbar to topside…

Years ago, when Ricardo Almeida was a teenager just starting out in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under one of its originators, Carlos Gracie, he received a memorable lesson. The sage Gracie, who was already 90 years old, began speaking about past…