Tall, circular and black-framed, the cage is made up of panels of fencing wire that dig into your back when you’re shoved up against it. If you’re fighting, you can’t grab it to save your opponent from dragging you to the matted floor. But you can push your back aga...
In Thursday’s press conference, UFCPresident and CEO Dana Whiteagreed to raise the separatecash bonuseson offer from $50,000 to $300,000, telling the crowd, “What should it be raised to? $300,000? It’s done!”. For this event only, White has promised to hand outfour performance b...
Matt Serra started on his path to one of the biggest UFC upsets with TUF Season 4. Josh Hedges/Getty Images Storyline: Season 4 took a different approach with casting. Instead of fighters who were trying to get their foot in the door, the competition ...
Boxer 1 has to try and keep his eyes open throughout and try not to flinch away. Don’t make the mistake of throwing from too far out. See the first Ken Shamrock V Tito fight at UFC 40 for a good example. Ken was throwing combos in the second round and was missing the mark by ...
to a report by Sports Illustrated, Lopessecured a payout of $100,000 for his UFC 300 fightagainst Sodiq Yusuff which ended with a spectacular first-round KO finish for the Brazilian. However,he was fined $5,000 by the commissiondue to him jumping out of the cage to celeb...
Image courtesy © Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipTank Abbott Competitors are not allowed to go outside the Octagon during a bout, nor are they allowed to try and throw their opponents over the side of the cage (you might laugh, but UFC legend Tank Abbott once appeared to try and throw ...
The UFC Hall of Fame honors mixed martial artists and MMA personalities for their contributions to the Ultimate Fighting Championship over time. The UFC Hall of Fame, which was established in 2003, also acknowledges accomplishments from Pride Fighting Ch
Roger Huerta, another Austin native, was a fast-rising fighter in the UFC. Through Huerta and other friends, he met Aubrey Marcus, the soon-to-be founder of Onnit. The group trained MMA out of Aubrey’s garage, and it was there that Clements felt he’d found his calling. “I ...
During his time away from the UFC, Andrei Arlovski competed in other promotions like Strikeforce, which was later acquired by the UFC. There, he fought some of the most iconic names outside of Dana White’s promotion to ever compete inside the cage. One of those...
UFC bantamweight Nick (The Ninja of Love) Denis credits an episode of "Star Trek" for his career...By DavidsonNeil