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The Next Fedor: Four of Russia’s best
Fedor Emelianenko, arguably the greatest heavyweight in MMA history, lost again on Saturday night (June 24). Knocked down by Matt Mitrione in the opening minute of round one, he was then viciously TKO'd before a [...]
Q&A: ‘King Mo’ Lawal on pride and prejudice in MMA
Racism exists in mixed martial arts and Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal is not afraid to speak up about it, as Fighters Only's Gareth A. Davies found out. Q: You have always spoken out about how [...]
The Pain Barrier: Fighters who famously fought through it
A minute into the second defence of his Bellator lightweight championship, Michael Chandler felt a sharp pain in his left foot and all of a sudden it became apparent to all but Michael Chandler that [...]
Does MMA still care about Georges St-Pierre?
In an age of wealthy, trash-talking, social media savvy champions, Fighters Only asks where a former welterweight king who built his reign on respect and traditional martial arts virtues fits in... *** This feature originally [...]
Bellator 180: Heather Hardy does the reverse McGregor
A week after it was confirmed mixed martial artist Conor McGregor would become a boxer in order to make obscene amounts of money, this Saturday (June 24) at Madison Square Garden a professional boxer will go [...]
Wanderlei Silva: A History of Violence
Wanderlei Silva's face is easily identifiable as that of a fighter. It works as a name tag, a CV and a window to his soul. Like rings on a tree trunk, 'The Axe Murderer's scar [...]