Fistic Medicine: HGH Testing
The names on the lips of those interested in the science of MMA in
the last month were not Penn and Diaz, but Issa and Newton.
Fistic Medicine: The Early Stoppage
There may be a no more certain trigger for fan outrage than an
early stoppage. It includes the classic elements of high drama:
injustice, theft...
Fistic Medicine: The Zach Kirk Saga Part 2
Zach Kirk knew he would be facing a dangerous opponent at his May
2009 fight at the National Guard Armory in Shenandoah, Iowa. He did
not know...
Fistic Medicine: The Zach Kirk Saga Part 1
Zach Kirk got hooked on mixed martial arts in March 2009. A
longtime UFC fan, he picked up a promoter’s flyer at a local gas
station, made a...
Fistic Medicine: Insuring Fighters
Health insurers do their thinking with a calculator, summing risks
and costs. Until UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta’s
breathtaking...
Fistic Medicine: Mechanics of the Armbar
The well-executed armbar is like the well-executed checkmate: a
position in which no harm is experienced but from which escape is
impossible....
