Mixed Martial Arts

July 7, 2024

Power Slap Finds Fans Amid Controversy

When the meaty palm of Vasil Kamotskii, a 360-pound, 34-year-old pig farmer from Siberia known as Dumpling, struck the tender cheek of the man who faced […]
July 6, 2023

Welcome to the Age of the Cage Match

These days, powerful men want to beat one another. Literally. Call it the melee of the middle-aged men. We already know the main event. That would […]
May 30, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Everyone Knew but Him’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Lucky There Isn’t Another Place I owned a small laundromat called “The Laundromat” […]
April 28, 2023

And in This Corner, Hailing From Dagestan, Presenting Hasbulla

A charismatic viral video star who stands just over three feet tall has become the most beloved man in the U.F.C. universe — even though he […]
April 28, 2023

And in This Corner, Hailing From Dagestan, Presenting Hasbulla

A charismatic viral video star who stands just over three feet tall has become the most beloved man in the U.F.C. universe — even though he […]
August 22, 2017

Hollywood Image-Makers Work Their Magic on U.F.C. Brawlers

For bloodthirsty sports fans, no professional sports organization has provided more entertainment than Ultimate Fighting Championship. Led by its combative, publicity-mad president, Dana White Jr., it […]