Forrest Griffin Interview

Forrest Griffin Speaks

How He Got into MMA


 His UFC Career



Talks about the basics of fighting

Carlos Condit

Carlos Condit is a mixed martial artist, fighting in welterweight division. The American is currently ranked number 2 welterweight in the world. He narrowly lost to Georges St. Pierre in UFC 154, in November 17, 2012.

Born: April 26, 1986 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 170 lbs
Fighting Style: kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, boxing

Website: www.carloscondit.me
Twitter: twitter.com/CarlosCondit

Career Highlights:

• Debut in the World Extreme Cagefighting, won it in first round
• Interim UFC welterweight championship, defeating Nick Diaz
•  Defended WEC welterweight championship in 2008
• career fights: 34
• won: 28 (13 by KO, 13 by submission, 2 by decision)
• loses: 6 (3 by submission, 3 by decision) 
• second man to knock down Georges St. Pierre

George St. Pierre Weigh-In

vs Jake Shields


vs Dan Hardy


vs Carlos Condit


vs Josh Koscheck

Mark Striegl

Mark Martinez Striegl is a Filipino-American mixed martial artist, currently fighting in lightweight and featherweight divisions. As of this writing, he is undefeated in 10 fights.

Striegl trained in Tae Kwon Do and wrestling before transitioning to mixed martial arts. His nickname is "Mugen."

Born: June 23, 1988, in Tokyo, Japan

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 145 lbs

Residence: Baguio City, Philippines

Website: Twitter 

Career Highlights:

• Debuted in MMA in 2009 at the Total Combat 24, defeating Andy Jewett
• Moved to Asia in 2010, first fighting in Taiwan, then in the URCC, the professional MMA circuit in the Philippines
•  undefeated in ten fights, won 8 by submission and 2 by decision
• signed for Legend FC in 2010

Junior dos Santos

Junior dos Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division. He is the current UFC heavyweight champion, and is regarded as the number one heavyweight fighter in the world. He recently defeated Frank Mir at UFC 146.


His nickname is Cigano, gypsy in Portugese.

Born: September 12, 1984 in Cacador, Brazil
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 108 kg
Weight Class: Heavyweight
Website: juniordossantos.com.br, Twitter






Career Highlights:

• Defeated Cain Velasquez on November 12, 2011 to win the UFC heavyweight championship
• Win-Loss record: 15-1
• 11 knockouts/TKOs, 2 submissions, 2 decisions
• His single loss was through submission, to Joaquim Ferreira

Michael Bisping

Michael Bisping is a middleweight mixed martial artist, fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was a former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion and former Cage Rage light heavyweight champion.  

Prior to a career in mix martial arts Bisping fought as a kickboxer in Britain. He then went to a hiatus, working in factories and slaughterhouses and other odd jobs, before debuting in Pride & Battle 2 in 2004. He joined the reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter in 2006, which he won. He moved down to middleweight from light-heavyweight in 2008. He is currently ranked No. 4 in the world .

Born: February 28, 1979 in Cyprus 

Height: 6'2" Weight: 185 lbs 

Website: http://bisping.tv/ 

Career Highlights: 

• three-time winner of Ultimate Fighter 3 
• defeated Elvis Sinosic at UFC 70 in Manchester 
• lost to Rashad Evans at UFC 78

Phil Baroni

Phil Baroni is a mixed martial artist, having fought in Ultimate Fighting Championships, PRIDE and MMA middleweight and welterweight divisions. The kickboxer has a record of 14 wins and 14 loses at the MMA, a 3-7 win-loss record at the UFC and 4-2 at Pride FC.

Baroni, who has a double major in biology and psychology, also competed as an amateur bodybuilder and boxer during his college days at the University of Central Michigan.

Born: April 15, 1976 in Long Island, New York
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 175 lbs
Reach: 72"
Website: Twitter

Career Highlights:

• Defeated former UFC champion Dave Menne in 2002
• Defeated Nosuke Nashijima in PRIDE 32 in 2006

Dakota Cochrane

Previously a member of the track team when he was in the University of Nebraska-Kearney,  Dakota Cochrane shifted to mixed martial arts after a brief career in adult films. He made his pro debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championships in 2009. He fights in the welterweight and lightweight divisions.

Born: May 1, 1986 in Fairbury, Nebraska

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 155 lbs

Reach: 72"

Career Highlights:

• Career  win-loss record (as of March 5, 2012): 11-2 
• undefeated in 7 amateur fights 

Urijah Faber

Urijah Faber is an American mixed-martial artist fighting at the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is currently ranked no. 2 in the world in the bantamweight division. 

Faber, a Brazilian jujitsu brown-belt, won the WEC featherweight championship in 2006 and held the title for 2 years. He was a wrestler in college, playing for University of California at Davis. 

Born: May 14, 1979 in Isla Vista, California

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 135 lbs

Notable Achievements

• Won the World Extreme Cagefighting Featherweight Championship in 2006
• Win-Loss record: 26-5 (won 7 by knockout, 14 by submission)
• Debuted at Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011, defeating former WEC bantamweight champion Eddie Wineland

George St-Pierre's Training Regimen

Georges St. Pierre uses gymnastics for dynamic dexterity and coordination, power training for explosive bursts, and boxing for accurate and powerful punches.

Georges St. Pierre

Georges St. Pierre is the current welterweight champion of the UFC, and is ranked no.1 welterweight in the world by Sherdog. He has 22 wins and 2 losses in mixed martial arts, winning 8 by knockout.

Born: May 19, 1981, in Saint-Isidore, Quebec

Height: 5'10"

Weight 77.1 kg

Notable Achievements:

• Defeated Matt Serra at UFC 83 to become undisputed UFC welterweight champion

Notable Awards:

• 2008 MMA Fighter of the Year, Black Belt Magazine
• 2009 Fighter of the Year, Sports Illustrated
• 2009 Fighter of the Year, World MMA Awards