To those who bought the UFC 1 pay-per-view and took the ride on Nov. 12, 1993, it must have seemed like a wild gamble.

Rickson Gracie is a renowned jujitsu master. Born to one of Brazil’s famous fighting families, he first competed at six, earned his black belt at 18, and went on to become one of the best fighters in ...

The sun set behind the Seibu Dome baseball stadium in Tokorozawa, Japan, on Aug. 27, 2000. It had been a long time coming, but the violent evening of a day that dawned 92 years earlier was finally ...