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Fightland Worldwide - Macau

The world gets smaller and smaller as MMA pushes into China. Full story

The Mercy Rule

The Little Gulfy That Could

If there's a reason to cheer for FGCU—beyond the fact that they're fun as hell to watch—it's for the way they refuse and defuse and otherwise dunk right in the face of all that familiar college hoops sanctimony, simply by being the goofy, grimy Florida-ass thing that they are… Full story

Oscar Pistorius’s Fucked-up Female Fans

If you make a joke about Chris Brown on social media, you can expect to get harassed by his deranged fan club, #teambreezy. The exact same bizarre thing will happen if you fuck around with South African sprinter/alleged murderer Oscar Pistorius. Full story

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Typhoon Surfers

California-based pro surfer Alek Parker travels the world in search of monster waves caused by hurricanes. He recently visited Japan to catch the big waves that only happen once a year during typhoon season, and we followed him around with a camera. Full story

Bourdain in the Tank

A while back, I was having one of those nights where I just couldn’t fall asleep. Every part of my body hurt from too many hours of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I had just read an article about MMA fighters Pat Healy and Gegard Mousasi using flotation tanks to good effect and I figured i… Full story

Fightland Show

Sitdowns - Royce Gracie

MMA's first and greatest legend, Royce Gracie, talks about introducing the world to Brazilian jiu-jitsu and creating mixed martial arts out of parts. Full story

The Mercy Rule

Bill Walton, the Tallest Troll

During his time in the announcer's booth, Bill Walton has demonstrated both a deep understanding of basketball and a sharp, sometimes vicious, sense of sarcasm. The worse the basketball gets, the better Walton gets at projecting his disdain for it. Full story

To Live and Fight as a Woman

Nearly two weeks after Fallon Fox knocked out Ericka Newsome 39 seconds into their bout at Championship Fighting Alliance 10, the Florida State Boxing Commission is still reviewing Fox’s license in the wake of the revelation that she was born male. Full story

Are Boxers Happy?

A few weeks ago I asked a group of model-train enthusiasts about the secret of happiness. They told me that if you’ve got a hobby, you can spin all of life’s pain and horror to the sides and focus on that thing you love. The recipe is simple—get a hobby, get happy. Full story

The Mercy Rule

Meet the Satire Called the Mets

Mets fans are not notably smarter or dumber, more or less entitled, or even sadder than the fans of any other flailing team. But thanks to their owners, the Wilpon family, the team's narrative is less a standard Shitty Owner Ruins Team story and more like a strange, sprawling sat… Full story

Fightland

The Psychology of Submitting

Mixed martial arts is unique in sports in having a major percentage of its outcomes decided by a choice: to endure pain and risk injury or to tap out. The science of how pain works within the body is widely understood. What is less clear is what happens inside the mind in the dec… Full story

What’s So Bad About Cockfighting Again?

Obviously, cockfighting is a barbaric blood sport. But is it that big of a problem compared to, say, chicken factory farms? Do we really want to send people to jail for it? And when did America start giving a shit about chickens? Full story

Julie Kedzie and the Early Days of Women's MMA

It's been a long time coming for the Indiana native, who started fighting back in 2004, when she was just 23 and women's MMA was barely in its infancy—a freakshow for some, but a world of possibility for a few. We called up Kedzie to ask her what it was like when she heard she ma… Full story

The Mercy Rule

Neon Waters Run Deep

adidas's new college basketball uniforms are just a dumb thing to look at and crack some jokes about. But the only compensation the athletes wearing them get is the enjoyment of the enhanced comfort provided by the breakthrough wicking polymers. Full story