Fightland Meets

Hacran Dias

Before his UFC fight tonight, lightweight Hacran Dias meets with us in Rio to talk about his life as a fighter and growing up in the favelas. Full story

Drugs, Tweets, Fights, and Other Messes

Nate Diaz hits Bryan Caraway with an ugly slur. Caraway hits back. Then Michelle Ould gets involved. And everyone loses. Full story

GSP Defies Expectations, Gets Animated

The UFC welterweight champion lands a role in a Disney movie and pushes the boundaries of cultural acceptance--in Canada. Full story

Rumble on the Rails

Hoping to save Olympic wrestling from the bizarre whims of the International Olympic Committee, fighters from Iran, Russia, and the U.S. squared off yesterday in New York City's historic Grand Central Terminal. Full story

Sitdowns

The Beginning - Episode 3

Bruce Lee movies, Brazilian skateboard vigilantes, and Chuck E. Cheese: UFC stars Urijah Faber, Ricardo Lamas, John Dodson, and Vitor Belfort tells us how it all started. Full story

Photos of the Phenom

Before his fight this weekend in Brazil, legendary UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort posed for photographer Kenneth Cappello. Full story

Defining Moment - The Machida Era

On May 23, 2009, Lyoto Machida defeated Rashad Evans for the UFC light heavyweight championship with his elusive karate-based style and ushered in a new, if brief, age in MMA. Full story

A Female Fighter's Life

“There's something about harnessing the power of your body and using it to create a physical effect on the world that has nothing to do with sexuality or being ‘of worth’ to someone else that I think is more easy for men to accept than women.” Full story

The Place Where Art and Fighting Meet

Fight the City literalizes the aesthetics of a good scrap. Full story

The Secret Scourge Behind the Rise of MMA?!!

Could Toxoplasmosis be aiding in the creation of MMA champions? Full story

The Work

AKA - Part 2 of 2

We return to San Jose to talk about the joys and damage of fighting with coach Javier Mendez and UFC stars Daniel Cormier, Gray Maynard, Mike Swick, and others. Full story

A Fighter, an Actor, and Two Big New York Debuts

We talk to a young New York fighter (and part-time actor) who will be making his MMA debut the same night sanctioned MMA makes its debut in New York. Full story

The Curse of the MMA Journalist

What's a (pseudo) responsible MMA writer to do when her passion for fights threatens to override her journalistic integrity? Full story

Worldwide

Pakistan - Part 1 of 3

A center of religious and political controversy for decades, Pakistan is now also home to an MMA fight team, PAK MMA, founded by professional fighter and visionary Bashir "Somchai" Ahmad in a small apartment above a real estate office. Full story