I like to go out and bang,” says Kimbo Slice, using his favorite term for punching. With his Mr. Clean dome and ZZ Top beard, Slice is the most strikingly prominent face of mixed martial arts, or MMA, ...

How top practitioners of karate and kung fu manage to punch so hard has long been a mystery. Previous studies have shown that the force is not determined by muscular strength alone. Now scientists ...

Brain scans have revealed distinctive features in the brain structure of karate experts, which could be linked to their ability to punch powerfully from close range. Researchers found that differences ...

While many fighters train with a punching bag, it's not really a fair fight – after all, the bag can't punch back. Stryk's new RXT-1 training robot, however, does exactly that. The device was invented ...

Mixed martial arts (MMA) vs. boxing was on full display earlier tonight (Fri., Feb. 13, 2026) at Karate Combat 59 from inside Telemundo Center in Miami, Fla., as former UFC middleweight, Claudio ...