1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (818+ words) He ducked the jab, closed into a body lock, trapped an arm and hoisted Jessie Rosas clean off the canvas before driving him head first into the mat. Rosas was unconscious on impact. The three punches that followed were mostly…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1154+ words) Amsterdam born, Tunisian on his father’s side, Dutch on his mother’s. Thirty-four years old and fighting out of Connecticut. Baby Face Assassin, and the face still does most of the work in selling it. Twenty-seven professional kickboxing wins. Three swings…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1183+ words) Most fighters spend a decade grinding through regional shows before anyone in Las Vegas learns their name. Tommy Gantt did it in a little over a year, and he did it while working a full-time job coaching college wrestlers on…...

1+ week, 2+ day 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (931+ words) Chovancek grew up in Lambton County, close enough to the Michigan border that Detroit radio came in clearer than Toronto. The fishing came first, and it came out of childcare logistics rather than any grand plan. “My mom worked two…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (908+ words) The sport is called mixed martial arts because that is literally what the first competitors were doing, taking a boxer and putting him in against a jiu-jitsu man, or a wrestler in against a kickboxer, to see which style held…...