This weekend, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will step into the Octagon with Stipe Miocic in hopes of becoming the heavyweight champion once again. On the flip side, Stipe Miocic will look to defend the heavyweight title for the second time and tie the UFC record for the most successful heavyweight title defenses […]

https://youtu.be/flsIHA5M6hA Every once in awhile, fight fans see a knockout so vicious that it leaves them with a sour taste in their mouth. While the vast majority of knockouts are thrilling moments, some are a bit more concerning such as Michael Page’s flying knee knockout win over Cyborg Santos, where he fractured the head of […]

https://youtu.be/XIe4d0lOWEU Kicking techniques tend to be some of the most devastating techniques in combat sports when they land. It’s no secret that a kick is thrown with much more force than a punch given the muscles involved, and that often leads to devastating knockouts. In one video from Cage Warriors 74 in 2014, Nathaniel Wood […]

It’s no secret that UFC was originally formed with the intention of settling the argument of which martial art was truly the best. As we’ve stated countless times in articles, while nearly all MMA fighters today are well versed in multiple martial art disciplines, the topic of style vs style matchups in MMA is always […]

💗 you @officialdaniellemartin 😘 A post shared by Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) on May 4, 2017 at 11:39am PDT It’s no secret that pop music star Demi Lovato trains under Jay Glazer, and is one of Glazer’s hardest working students. In a newly released video, Lovato can be seen showing off an armbar! Check it out […]

What would you do for the views? YouTubers from VIEWZTV got up to the challenge of fighting professional MMA fighter Christian Gonzalez for the views on their YouTube channel. The fight/sparring match was recorded and it went pretty much as expected with the pro fighter laying a pretty good beatdown on the boys. From the […]

https://youtu.be/gTrBvxisgAU In Thailand, many young kids start training and competing in Muay Thai from a very early age. Some young children who are raised by their family are put into training early on in their life in hopes that they can fight and become a winning competitor that can provide income for the family. Here, […]

Combat sports take a lot of training, practice, and repetitions just to get to a decent level. Martial artists spend years of their life dedicating their time to the craft. So, what happens when you come in with little, to no training and try to simply hit a professional boxer in the boxing ring? Well, […]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 A post shared by Derrick Lewis (@thebeastufc) on May 8, 2017 at 2:12pm PDT One young school boy found himself in arguably the worst possible scenario when he was confronted by five bullies at the same time. While some may have panicked, the school boy stands his ground and quickly leaves all 5 men […]

https://youtu.be/4x7N_WBivJo While ordinarily, single discipline fighters tend to be at a disadvantage when stepping into the cage to fight an MMA fighter, boxer Mark Potter was able to prove that not every boxer is at a disadvantage when stepping into the cage to fight an MMA fighter. In the video above you can see boxer […]

Training in martial arts as a child can set you up to be a skilled practitioner of your discplines. Every now and then there are a few standouts that shine brightly from a very young age, showing skills that surpass their peers by a large margin. Here, we take a look at five standout child […]

https://youtu.be/2GYc_4m-q6g Showboating is nothing new in the world of combat sports. We see it all the time in MMA. Middleweight great Anderson Silva, for example, frequently taunted his foes mid-fight  – often to a ridiculous extent. Silva also found himself on the receiving end of some serious taunting in his 2015 fight with Nick Diaz. […]

When the UFC was created, the intended purpose was for fighters of various martial arts disciplines to test themselves in order to prove truly which martial art was the best. While nearly every fighter competing today is well versed in various martial art backgrounds, occasionally fight fans will still see footage from sparring sessions and […]

Let’s go take a little flashback to this hilarious video of some MMA stars challenging each other to a funny slapping game. We see current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Bellator’s Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal, and MMA trainer Ryan Parsons all take part in the funny challenge. Interestingly, Parsons shows that […]

https://www.facebook.com/hardcorechampions/videos/1907206349564526/ Every once in a while, fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite fighters. What the interactions occur, sometimes fans default to the same questions for their favorite fighter, such as ‘How is your weight cut going?’ While these types of questions likely are a bit rhetorical for fighters, and get a bit […]

https://youtu.be/UJ8yUWLFCDk MMA legend Wanderlei Silva was at one point in time considered the greatest fighter on the planet during the course of his reign as Pride FC champion. While Silva is no longer a champion, he is currently gearing up for his highly anticipated grudge match against Chael Sonnen on the first Bellator MMA Pay […]

When the UFC was first created, it was initially promoted as the tournament to prove which Martial Art was truly the most effective. Now, in 2017, with nearly every professional fighter well versed in various martial art disciplines, discussions of ‘could a female fighter compete with a male fighter?’ have begun to emerge, such as […]

In 2001, famed actor Will Smith took a role as Boxing icon Muhammad Ali for the 2001 biopic. According to sources, Smith underwent rigorous training up to 6 hours a day to prepare for the role, which included mitt training and sparring with a boxing coach. The film released in 2001, and received mixed reviews […]

Charlie Zelenoff is an interesting character. Whether he truly believes that he is an undefeated boxer or if he is just trying to rack up views on the Internet to make himself some money, one thing for sure is that his videos are getting some attention. Here we take a look at the sparring match […]