April 2014

The last time Cub Swanson stepped into the Octagon was July 6, 2013. MMA fans may remember that as the night Anderson Silva’s long reign as UFC middleweight champion came to an end at the hands of Chris Weidman. They may also remember that…

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…

Approximately 70 percent of all serious knee ligament injuries (ACL/MCL) occur during non-contact situations, such as plyometric exercises, landing from a jump, or twisting/ turning movements that cause a sudden imbalance in your lower…

Somewhere around the 30-minute mark of his interview, UFC lightweight contender Josh “The Punk” Thomson is still going strong on a series of big-picture topics he claims he's no longer as invested in as he was around the 2008 election.…

You came into the UFC with a lot of buzz. Have you found it difficult to live up to the hype? It's a great thing. People have wanted to watch me fight for a long time, and I like that. I like that they have expectations of me, and I have…

When Royce Gracie ushered in the MMA era at UFC 1 in 1993, he brought his unique brand of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu with him. Over the course of the next two years, Royce won 11 consecutive fights via submission on his way to championships at UFC 1,…

In 1993, a skinny Brazilian named Royce Gracie not only won the very first UFC tournament, but he also changed the way we forever perceived fighting. Twenty years later, there's still nothing particularly remarkable about Royce Gracie…