The Mouth of MMA

By Mark Figula, The Mouth of MMA Senior Editor

If ever there was a living example of "speak softly, but carry a big stick," Junior Dos Santos is it.  Poised to take a run at the UFC Heavyweight Title, Junior gained a great deal of popularity on last season's TUF, when people got to see the quality kind of person that he is.   Now less than two months away from making histo...

By Jason Kelly, Senior Columnist

Golden Glory founder, Bas Bonn, has been building a stable of top level mixed martial artists and elite strikers for decades.  Boon has been an essential key to the growth of MMA in Japan.  He started with K-1, 20 years ago, and now he has expanded himself into a global mar...

By Mark Figula, The Mouth of MMA Senior Editor

The MMA forums have been buzzing with arguments over Jake Shields and both his worthiness as the next opponent for GSP and his ability to deliver exciting fights.  In this exclusive with The Mouth of MMA, we ask him to answer those very questions...

By Mark Figula, The Mouth of MMA Senior Editor

2010 has been a great year for fans of TUF, with two seasons of the show and, perhaps, the most entertaining one to date in season 12.  After a couple of disappointing seasons in which the build up to the coaches fight never lead to the actual fight, we will be treated to some resolution when GSP and Koscheck face off on Decem...

By Mark Figula, The Mouth of MMA Senior Editor

With Fedor's June 26th loss to Fabricio Werdum, much of the MMA community has re-focused their "champ vs. champ" chatter to an Alistair Overeem vs. the current U.F.C. Heavyweight Champ discussion.  In this exclusive interview with the Strikeforce heavyweight king, Alistair addresses the possibilities of that fight being made in the f...

By Mark Figula, The Mouth of MMA Senior Editor

When one speaks of the origins of MMA and, in particular The UFC, the name Gracie is the first one to their lips.  When one speaks of the legendary Gracie family, Gracie Barra [pronounced like "baja"] is the first academy that enters the conversation.  At the forefront of the evolution of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, ...