Jim Genia
Women's MMA Comes of Age
Back when the sport was so new it wasn’t even on SpikeTV yet, to even witness two ladies duking it out wearing four-ounce gloves in a cage was a rarity of almost “freakshow” quality.
Sometimes You Lose Your First Jiu-Jitsu Match of the Day
Ayanthi Gunawardana is Sri Lankan by way of New Jersey, with a degree in sociology from Emory and an eye to grad school. She's also competing at the Pro Jiu-Jitsu Trials in Flushing, looking for a free trip to grapple in front of a sheik in Abu Dhabi.
Lyman Good Will Eat Your Soul if He Feels Like It
Bellator is the second-biggest fight promotion around, Lyman Good is its star, and watching him fight is like seeing someone hold back from eating another guy's soul.
Harley Flanagan Says He Was Like a White Mike Tyson at Rikers
Harley Flanagan, the former Cro-Mags bassist arrested in July for stabbing the new Cro-Mags bassist, arrived with a head of gray hair to his court date Thursday and left with an adjournment. He spoke to Jim Genia about Rikers and MMA.
Secret Fighting in the Bronx Is as Cool as You'd Think
Strip the glitz from an MMA fight and add wannabes, devout martial artists and psychos, and you’ve got Underground Combat League, a series of underground fights in New York for coming on ten years, and which you can only attend if you're on a list or...
Inside New York City's Kung Fu Underground
A kid named Rinson had the first knockout that Saturday. He sported a hexagonal tattoo on his chest and a looping right hand that floored his foe midway through the first round. It got bloodier from there. There was Ruben, who turned his opponent's eye...
