2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (802+ words) He is not a prodigy and never pretended to be one. That work ethic had to carry him a long way, because the early results were grim. Anheliger turned pro in December 2010 after a short amateur run and lost. He…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (868+ words) Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Five foot seven, 136 pounds on the scale, switch stance, and a Bantamweight who has never once needed a judge’s scorecard to get his hand raised. Six professional wins. Six submissions. Every single one inside the first round....

1+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (980+ words) He is 29, born and raised in Houston, and he fights out of 4oz Fight Club on the city’s south side. Six foot two, and he weighed in at 265 lb for his UFC debut, right on the divisional ceiling. Four of his…...

2+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1075+ words) Sacramento waited more than seven years for the UFC to come back. It got thirteen fights, ten stoppages and a main event that will still be getting argued about on Wednesday. Golden 1 Center was loud and it was partisan, because…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1034+ words) Gregory Rodrigues went into Northern California as the underdog, took the hometown favourite’s legs away over 25 minutes and walked out with the best win of his career. He also walked out with a callout. Standing in the middle of the…...

3+ day, 18+ min ago   (958+ words) That is the short version. The long version starts in a school corridor. Diniz did not walk into a gym because he wanted to be a fighter. He walked in because he was losing. “I started training when I was…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1202+ words) Katlyn Cerminara. Born Katlyn Chookagian in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, on 28 December 1988, American of Armenian descent, and the woman who has out-pointed more opponents than any other female fighter in UFC history. Five foot nine. Fights at Women’s Flyweight. Trains under the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (976+ words) That is about to change at Rogers Place. Charles Jourdain arrived first, in November 1995. Louis followed in March 1997, and by the time both boys were teenagers they were in the same gyms, chasing the same thing, and beating the absolute…...