3+ week, 6+ day ago   (445+ words) A Brooklyn FNT event in November 2024. Trenova's first fight-party in 2009 was an unsanctioned matchup between local amateur fighters and guys he had met while working as a model. "I was having the face of Armani fight this other kid from…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1312+ words) Beyond a relative aversion to protein, Talbott is dancing to a much different tune than other mixed martial artists. He loves a mesh tank top, Frank Ocean and Arca, and pushing the boundaries within the most macho sport ever created....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (291+ words) Jason Ross, the co-founder of the cult belt label Artemas Quibble, is holding a plastic spoon inside a Brooklyn coffee shop, absolutely locked in on a jagged little ridge protruding ever-so-slightly from either side of the handle. "Touch this right…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (88+ words) Rienzi, who affectionately refers to Johnson as "DJ," spoke with GQ about his training to transform him into his "hulking size," his high-protein diet, and the one thing that audiences still don't give him enough credit for. The Best Type…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (237+ words) Set in the late "90s and early "00s, Benny Safdie"s biopic doesn't just nail the sweaty, bruised-up realism of MMA"s early days'it smashes the footwear, too. This isn"t just product placement. It"s rock-solid proof that someone on the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (750+ words) Benny Safdie, director of The Smashing Machine, is reciting Springsteen lyrics to me over Zoom. "There's an opera out on the turnpike. That is something I wholeheartedly believe in," Safdie says. "That everything outside is worthy of being on screen…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1305+ words) This story contains spoilers for true events depicted in The Smashing Machine. That big guy standing next to The Rock on so many red carpets, the one with the squinty smile and smashed-up ear, maybe missing a few front teeth?...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (812+ words) This interview is part of the State of the American Male in 2025, a special report on masculinity. Read more about the issue from GQ editor-in-chief Will Welch here and read the results of GQ's 2025 State of Masculinity survey here. As…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (475+ words) It's his first time wearing Prada. I wanted it to be really like, "A24 movie star Dwayne," Ilaria Urbinati, Johnson's longtime stylist, told me by phone on Tuesday. He's got a big career pivot happening. I want to make sure the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (945+ words) A vulnerable, understated actor comes out from under The Rock in Benny Safdie's brilliant, surprising sports biopic about pioneering MMA fighter Mark Kerr. The following article contains minor spoilers for The Smashing Machine. Going back to his days in the…...