This is how she took the back. The fight began as the clip began. Momo took the back within five or ten seconds. pic.twitter.com/WCgEbnRdbj — Bestrafer7 (@Bestrafer7) May 22, 2017 Better angle of Momo's finish pic.twitter.com/lRhT74aF56 — MEGATON (@BasedDongeezus) May 22, 2017 12 year old Momo made MMA headlines earlier this year when it was […]

https://youtu.be/OCKAPFn0Au0 Back in August of 2016, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and UFC lightweight superstar Nate Diaz stepped into the Octagon for their highly anticipated rematch following Diaz’ submission win over McGregor five months prior. In the rematch, McGregor looked to employ a much different gameplan, opting to look to pick Diaz apart over the […]

https://www.facebook.com/UFC/videos/10155164717241276/ Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most well-known, and respected, men in the science community. Thanks to his brilliant work, deGrasse Tyson has also managed to become somewhat of a pop culture icon due to moments such as his hip hop diss track aimed at B.o.B. for stating that the world […]

There are a few ways to define strength. What many people might immediately think of is how much weight you can lift in the gym, say in the bench press or dead lift. How about body weight exercises such as pull ups or push ups? Here, we take a look a series of strength challenges […]

Being a referee in any sport is never an easy job. With making extremely close calls as best you can based on your own judgment, it’s nearly impossible to make the right call every time, which is why instant replay is being used in more and more sports these days. However, there are a few […]

https://youtu.be/0AOIsrWe48A While the average man wouldn’t dare attempt to engage in an actual fight with a UFC veteran, occasionally people get carried away. One of the most famous gym challenges involved former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz many years ago before ‘The Dominator’ was the UFC champion. In that incident, a man claiming to be […]

https://youtu.be/tPgbGmi0HpU UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz spend quite a bit of time together. From working as analysts during UFC broadcasts to doing promotional events and obligations, the two have been keeping busy beyond training and fighting in the Octagon. Here, we take a look at a funny […]

Two of the most famous martial artists to ever take Hollywood by storm also shared the mats in a training session that many fans never knew about. In 1984, middleweight Karate champion Chuck Norris and Karate phenom Jean-Claude Van Damme linked up on what appears to be a German TV program, where the pair trained […]

Styles make fights, right? Back at UFC 1, Royce Gracie was able to beat out much bigger opponents with his Brazilian jiu-jitsu experience as none of his opponents knew what to do against him on the ground. Here, we take a look at a Taiwan Full Contact Kung Fu Combat matchup between a Brazilian jiu-jitsu […]

Throughout the course of MMA history, Russia has continued to produce some of the most feared fighters on the planet. When Fedor Emelianenko burst onto the MMA scene and took the Pride FC heavyweight division by storm, he not only cemented his place in MMA history as one of the most dominant fighters ever, but […]

During the ‘Klitschko Era’ of Boxing, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko were two of the most feared men on the planet. The brothers dominated heavyweight boxing for around a decade before Vitali Klitschko finally retired. Wladimir Klitschko on the other hand, the younger brother of Vitali, continues to fight on, and was recently defeated by Anthony […]

Unfortunately, injuries often come as part of the game in sports. In mixed martial arts, it’s more often than not that you’ll see some bloodshed and some bumps and bruises. However, broken bones are quite rare with how many mixed martial arts fights that take place around the world. Perhaps the most recognized leg break […]

UFC veteran Shonie Carter is certainly one of the most outgoing figures in mixed martial arts. The Judo black belt amassed a 51-31 record throughout the course of his professional career, fighting in numerous high profile promotions such as the UFC, Bellator MMA, and the WEC to name just a few. The biggest win of […]

It's nice to have 3 former @ufc champs @sugarashadevans @lukerockhold @ruthless_rl on the mat and @mikechandlermma the Bellator champ in total 11 Ufc guys and 3 Bellator fighters you know something is about to happen 😉🔪👊🏻 @menace155 @jacksonjason150 @viktorpesta @akajav #hkickboxing #joneswrestling #durinhobjj @combatclub @hardknocks365 A post shared by Henri Hooft (@henrihooft) on May 16, […]

The interesting aspect of the early days of mixed martial arts was that most fighters had just a single discipline that they were skilled at. This would pit a particular martial arts style versus another and it was always intriguing to see which style would come out on top. The sport of mixed martial arts […]

While Sumo wrestlers are generally known for their incredible strength, Chiyonokuni Toshiki proved in this match against 6’3 443lb Bulgarian Sumo wrestler that agility and flexibility are also needed to be a dominant sumo wrestler. In the early moments of the match, Toshiki proves to the crowd that despite being outweighed by nearly 150 pounds, […]

Brando Mamana KO's Adi Paryanto at One Pride MMA #3 in Indonesia. Mental note: Never get hit by something like this. pic.twitter.com/giKbZaafco — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) May 17, 2017 Throughout MMA history fight fans have seen numerous impressive knockouts that come from spinning kicks. From Vitor Belfort’s wheel kick KO against Luke Rockhold, to Uriah Hall’s […]

https://youtu.be/BVTFeQD_ACQ While Rizin FF may struggle finding opponents for Gabi Garcia in MMA, one Japanese promotion decided that an open weight fight between a female Judoka and an MMA fighter was a good idea. The fight looks somewhat reminiscent of watching smaller fighters in Pride FC run from much larger opponents in ‘spectacle fights’ back […]

https://youtu.be/dgQs4DIMwLs Back in the days of Pride Fighting Championship, spectacle fights between opponents with great size differences were rather common such as the 2003 fight between 5’9 lightweight Genki Sudo and Butterbean, which saw Sudo pick up the submission win. In the video seen above, we take it back to 2005 where MMA legend Gary […]

Combat battles that pit a certain style against another opposing style always make for an interesting matchup. This is what made the UFC in its early days so interesting. Here, we take a look at this crazy bare knuckle street fight competition between a Kung Fu and a Taekwondo practitioner. The two start off with […]

In the early days of the UFC, BJJ was believed to be the most dominant form of martial arts due to the success Royce Gracie found in the early days of the UFC using Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to dominate the early UFC tournaments while his opponents found themselves unable to comprehend what exactly Gracie was doing […]

https://youtu.be/bHOq1iH7pvw If you’re a fan of the older martial arts movies, you have got to love the drunken master style of fighting. Jackie Chan starred in the 1978 Hong Kong martial arts comedy, Drunken Master and many variations have been made throughout the years. Here, we take a look at this insane video of a […]

https://youtu.be/3ImRiRBfDpY While the days of style vs. style gym fights have passed, for the most part, gym scraps are still rather frequent. In one gym challenge, two men donned in what appear to be MMA gloves exchange leather for just moments before a knee from the clinch begins the exchange that leads to the finish. […]

Taekwondo is one of the most flashy disciplines of martial arts that you will see. In many Taekwondo demonstrations, you will see some high flying, insanely quick spinning moves that will leave you wondering how it is all physically possible. For a little background on the name of the Korean martial art discipline, we get […]