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.
Kevin Lee almost didn't get to go through with his first amateur MMA fight because he showed up to the building without a mouthpiece or a cup. He just didn't know they were required, but som...
LAS VEGAS – A healthy dose of peer pressure is partly responsible for Gabriel Gonzaga's latest UFC run. Gonzaga meets Travis Browne at the TUF 17 Finale, and it could wind up being a pi...
Matt Hobar's hands have already done plenty of unique things in his life. They have held and carried babies in underprivileged countries on their way to surgeries, plucked their way t...
Before she was a mixed martial arts fighter, Juliana "Ju Thai" Carneiro Lima was a college-educated professional with a good-paying job and a comfortable life in Brazil. For her, fighting wa...
Bashir Ahmad can be credited with many things in his life. The latest of those was serving as a pioneer of sorts for mixed martial arts in Pakistan, where he opened and continues to operate ...
Andrei Arlovski is on a quest to regain his former status as the top heavyweight in the world. His next hurdle on that path is Anthony Johnson in the main event of World Series of Fighting 2...