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The former UFC fighter’s biggest fights have taken place after retiring.

Mark Henry’s Intro To MMA Mark Henry grew up in New Jersey and had a rather normal life. He participated in sports and particularly in boxing and wrestling. Henry started boxing when he was 12 years old and would continue to train through his time in the army. It was sort of just by chance that he started coaching in MMA. One day he was taking his son to wrestling practice at Elite Wrestling in New Jersey. The coach and owner Steve Rivera knew that Henry had boxing experience and came to him ...

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Torture and murder: Masvidal’s #FreeAlexisVila UFC 261 shirt explained Share this story Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC In June 2011 Camilo Salazar was driven into a remote stretch of the Florida Everglades, his hands bound behind his back with a belt. After his kidnapper reached his desired location, Salazar was lead from the car and forced to kneel. Salazar was then brutally beaten, likely with a golf club, causing his skull and jaw to fracture. Then his throat was slit, not enough to kill h...

MMA Fighting Share this story Zuffa LLC With 11 submission victories, Rani Yahya has the most in UFC and WEC bantamweight history. Now, he’s chasing big names. At UFC Vegas 21 this past Saturday, the jiu-jitsu specialist forced Ray Rodriguez to tap to an arm-triangle choke, his third using that hold in his UFC journey. Happy to be back to the win column after a majority draw against Enrique Barzola, Yahya has set his next targets. “Urijah Faber, I think a lot of people woul...

Sam Stout has created a GoFundMe page, in order to help out his former opponent turned friend Spencer Fisher. | LowKickMMA.com

Former UFC lightweight title challenger Gray Maynard took to social media to roast the United States Senator Ted Cruz with a comical tweet. Maynard took a shot at Cruz, who controversially left Texas during a winter storm to travel to Cancun, Mexico last week. The move to take a family vacation during the middle of the pandemic, especially with the state being in serious trouble due to these brutal snowstorms, has led to Cruz being smeared all over social media. Not to mention, UFC Vegas 19 win...

Editorial Commentary by Peter Parsons Yes, you read the first part of the headline right, Khamzat Chimaev moved up in this week’s welterweight rankings.  This is the only rankings change that I disagree with in this week’s column.  Typically, I write largely about the rankings changes that I disagree with.  Two out of the three changes that I highlight this week, I actually agree with, to a certain extent. Khamzat Chimaev moves up to No. 14 in the rankings? It was recently announced that...

Ryan Hall recovering from torn hip flexor, names who he’d like to fight next Share this story Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Ryan Hall has not appeared in a UFC Octagon since his convincing decision win over Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs. Ladd on July 13, 2019. When Hall was announced as the opponent for Dan Ige for a fight in early March, many had hoped their long wait to see ‘The Wizard’ return to competition was nearing its end. bjpenn.com about what happened and where...