Former UFC champion Vitor Belfort is reborn. “I am being reborn every day,” he tells Fighters Only in an exclusive six-page interview this issue. “I make sacrifices in the gym, killing myself, so one day I will be champion again.” Ever since joining his brand-new fight team, the Blackzilians, he’s notched stunning TKOs of top middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold,...

Fans of African MMA, both in Africa and all over the world, were in an uproar last month when it was announced that Don Madge would challenge EFC Africa lightweight champion Costa Ioannou for the lightweight belt. In all my years in the game I’ve never seen so much interest generated for one fight so quickly, and with so much passion. Why? It seems that fans either feel Madge deserves the shot...

“I’m just another guy.” At least that’s what Anderson Silva, arguably the greatest mixed martial artist in history, tells Fighters Only in his exclusive cover story this month. The UFC middleweight champion, who holds the record for most successful title defenses by a long margin, is adamant when in conversation with FO that he can still get better. And if Silva doesn’t mean...

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