3+ week, 2+ day ago   (783+ words) She reached the TUF 34 strawweight final by beating the tournament’s top seed and then surviving a first round that should have ended her. College basketball was the plan. Then the knees went. The first serious injury arrived in high school…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (844+ words) Most fans know her as Tina Black. That is the name on the Invicta FC belt, the name on the A1 Combat strap, and the name Daniel Cormier called out first when he made his No. 1 women’s pick on The Ultimate…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (848+ words) Record sits at 11-2 with two no contests. Both losses came by submission. Nobody has ever knocked him out. Altamura sits inland from Bari, closer to Matera than to anywhere glamorous. When Francesco Nuzzi started training, MMA in the Italian south…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (727+ words) Here is everything that got made. Noche UFC lost its headliner and found a replacement in a weekend. Jean Silva still tops the 12 September card at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, but Yair Rodriguez withdrew with an injury and…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1019+ words) Nine of his eleven professional wins ended inside the first round. Every single finish, without exception. That is the shape of Ramiro Jimenez’s career on paper, and it explains why the UFC handed him a contract shortly after stepping into…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (744+ words) Iranian born, Canadian based, and heavier now than he ever was in a judogi. Javad Mahjoub is 35, stands 6ft 1in and carries his frame at the top of the Heavyweight limit. Five professional MMA fights, five wins, three of them stopped by…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1112+ words) Kropschot went to San Ramon Valley High School, and for a while that arrangement worked out fine for everybody. Then it stopped working. He was scrapping in car parks and hallways and stairwells, and the school ran out of patience....

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (958+ words) Brazilian Welterweight out of Rio de Janeiro. Twenty-eight years old, 5 ft 9 in, orthodox, and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who came up under the Nova União banner before shifting his base to Canada. His professional record sits at 8-2, with seven…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1087+ words) Most fighters can point to the day they started. Delphine Benouaich jokes that she started at birth. She grew up with three brothers, and the house was a permanent scrap. Years later, sitting down with MMA Fighting during her run…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1006+ words) Most fighters build their life around the cage. Elise Reed built the cage around her life. She was already an Army officer and a martial arts school owner before she ever walked into the Octagon, and she has never given…...