A big wrestling family? You could say that. "People from the ER knew my mom by name," Carson Beebe told MMAjunkie.com about his youth with four wrestling brothers and a basement with a mat. ...
A win over Fedor Emelianenko currently tops Fabricio Werdum's list of greatest accomplishments, but fighting for and winning the UFC championship would surely trump even that.
During Dave Courchaine's professional MMA debut, he took his opponent into a bear hug and was planning to his next move. Then he and the crowd at "Strikeforce at the Dome" got a big surprise...
Andrew Leone's mixed martial arts debut came very much by accident. The skilled wrestler was just there, at that unsanctioned, underground fight happening away from New York's laws against t...
From his upbringing in a small Italian community in Pittsburgh – complete with the smallish houses, mountains of food and family-run businesses – Mark Cherico was very familiar with support ...
With knee surgery behind him, Gegard Mousasi is eager to explore a bold new frontier, taking aim at the quickest route to UFC gold... whether it be at light heavyweight or middleweight.
Czar Sklavos didn't have to go far to find his first exposure to martial arts and combat sports. Just to the living room, pretty much.
When Joe Heiland finished his college wrestling career, becoming the first member of his small-town family to graduate from college, he knew he wanted to keep competing.
As usual, the conversation about a fighter's life and background begins with a question about the beginning. For Australian fighter Jessy Jess, that meant growing up while "going around in a...
Those who know Tony Kelley as an MMA fighter from the MTV show "Caged," and even many who know him better than that, don't realize he once thought he would be a rock drummer.