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This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Maurice Smith Turns 60 The Alliance co-founder and former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder remains one of MMA’s most overlooked pioneers.

UFC

Brian Knapp

Dec 08, 2021

5 Things You Might Not Know About Don Frye Don Frye spent much of his career flavoring the mixed martial arts soup with his unique brand of charisma and a penchant for the dramatic.

UFC

Brian Knapp

Nov 30, 2021

By The Numbers: Dan Severn “The Beast” walked away from the sport in 2013 at the age of 54, having compiled a 101-19-7 record across nearly two decades of active...

UFC

Brian Knapp

Nov 29, 2021

The Bottom Line: Jiri Shines Jiri Prochazka has hit the UFC light heavyweight division like a bolt of lightning, perhaps pointing the way towards the post-Jon Jones era,...

UFC

Todd Martin

May 04, 2021

UFC 12: The Birth of ‘The Phenom,’ in the Craziest UFC Event Ever Best remembered for the victorious debut of Vitor Belfort, and Mark Coleman’s impressive win over Dan Severn, UFC 12, was actually the...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Feb 11, 2021

Rivalries: Kazushi Sakuraba The Japanese icon long ago carved out his place of permanence in the mixed martial arts history books, doing so as one of the most influential...

Rivalries

Brian Knapp

Feb 01, 2021

How a UFC Impostor Became Australia’s First NHB Event An American expat living in Australia staged a no-holds-barred, winner-take-all tournament called the “Australasian Ultimate Fighting...

Jacob Debets

Jan 27, 2021

Early UFC Competitor Paul Varelans Dead at 51 After Battling COVID-19 UFC pioneer Paul Varelans has died after a lengthy fight against COVID-19.

Tristen Critchfield

Jan 17, 2021

UFC 9: When a Punch Could Send a Fighter to Jail Marcelo Alonso shares some first-hand memories and anecdotes from UFC 9, the event where punches to the head were infamously banned just hours...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Jan 10, 2021