Megan Anderson fears no woman. Even with a scheduled December bout against Amanda Nunes — a two-division UFC champion that napalms faces for a living — a dauntless Megan Anderson remains rooted and unflinching in the crosshairs of the baddest woman on the planet. There’s nothing about the fight that [...]

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As UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa faded in and out of consciousness, he looked into the eyes of a killer. Stoic, cold and completely void of emotion—UFC middleweight king Israel Adesanya rained down a lifetime’s worth of punishment in the form of punches and elbows. It was a Category 5 [...]

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Andre Pederneiras is no superman.  You won’t see him patrolling the streets of Rio de Janeiro in tights, a bright red cape and a Jheri Curl. He can’t fly, see through walls or pick up objects 100 times his bodyweight. And no, he isn’t striking classic poses and flashing smiles [...]

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The weight an inanimate object can hold on such a young soul is immeasurable in a poverty-stricken world where hopes and dreams are sometimes the only escape. So Jose Aldo clung to his soccer ball as tight as he could when the storms got rough. He still clings to it [...]

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Thousands of miles away, across an endless stretch of land and water, Anderson Silva is reinventing himself as the baddest man on the planet. But the arena has changed for the former UFC middleweight champion. Gone are the thousands of screaming fans in sold-out arenas. Gone are the ritualistic backstage [...]

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Judging from a distance is a commonality in human beings. There’s a hint of convenience in feigning understanding of a book without reading the contents on the pages. Royce Gracie, a Brazilian MMA legend and UFC pioneer, comes from a world where everything is a blank canvas. It’s a world [...]

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