Sitemap - 2022 - The Fighting Life

Let's (Preemptively) Remember A Guy: Frankie Edgar

What do fighters owe us – and each other?

On slap fighting, the dumbest sport imaginable, and the wealthy guys who want to own it all

The pioneer of the body shot KO, 'Ruby Rob' Fitzsimmons, and the fistic legacy he left behind

Do we still give a damn about doping in sports?

Wait, so was all that just so Mark Zuckerberg could go watch some dang UFC fights?

Let's Remember A Guy: Brock Lesnar

Twitter Mailbag: The scourge of weight-cutting, MMA's forgotten heroes, and more

What's going on with Chuck Liddell? (Or: Why we aren't ready to have difficult conversations about the long-term costs of a legendary MMA career)

On a scale from 'meh' to 'yikes,' what are the ethics of signing a 17-year-old to a UFC contract?

Asshole Watch: Who was (and was not) the asshole at UFC 279?

The worst types of stories that the MMA media loves to run

How (and why and when) did we start putting gloves on pro fighters?

Can we admit that maybe everybody got what they wanted out of the UFC's Demetrious Johnson "trade"?

Let's Remember A Guy: Wanderlei Silva

On Leon Edwards and the myth of the lucky punch (or kick)

Twitter Mailbag: Shane Burgos signs with PFL, worst MMA story ideas, and more

The saga of 'Young' Stribling: The schoolboy fighter who rarely went to school

How mad does Mike Tyson really get to be about Hulu "stealing" his life story for its new series?

Doomsday, Destroyer of Worlds

Let's Remember A Guy: Joe Riggs

Twitter Mailbag: James Krause calls it quits, Max Holloway needs some good advice, + more

Let's talk about the weird relationship MMA fighters have with MMA media

In Defense of Daniel Cormier (or: Why it's OK to cheat – just a little – at UFC weigh-ins)

Your dude Ben Fowlkes (that's me) now has a Substack about MMA, fight sports history, and whatever else I want to write about

Coming soon