Ben Fowlkes

Ben Fowlkes is an MMA writer who has covered the sport professionally since 2006. In addition to his work on AOL, he writes a weekly column for Sports Illustrated online and serves as a special contributor to Fight! Magazine. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, and he currently lives in Missoula, MT with his wife and dog.

My First Fight: Mike Pyle

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/23/2010 1:45 PM ET

If you walked up to a 175-pound fighter with no pro bouts to his credit and asked him if he wanted to fight 205-pound Quinton "Rampage" Jackson for a hundred bucks on a week's notice, chances are he'd ...

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/23/2010 8:00 AM ET

Breakthrough Fighter is a category that's easy to talk about but hard to define. What's the difference between having a good year and a breakthrough year? Is it just a nicer way of saying that you ...

'Mayhem' Miller Says Fight With Nick Diaz Was Almost Signed Last Week

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/22/2010 5:23 PM ET

Jason "Mayhem" Miller has spent the better part of the last year campaigning for a fight with Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz. Now it seems as if that door may be closing for good. "We ...

While His Management Negotiates, Fedor Emelianenko's Legacy Suffers

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/21/2010 1:10 PM ET

If I had one MMA-related wish to use in 2011, I'd wish for Fedor Emelianenko to fight at least half as often as his promotional team at M-1 Global renegotiates. If I had two wishes, I'd wish that one ...

Chris Leben Talks DUI Arrest, Upcoming Bout with Brian Stann

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/20/2010 3:40 PM ET

It's been a year full of headlines for UFC middleweight Chris Leben, both good and bad. After making UFC history by notching two victories in the span of two weeks this past summer, Leben seemed to be ...

Falling Action: Best and Worst of WEC 53

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/17/2010 11:11 AM ET

So let me get this straight: J.R. Smith dunks a basketball and it's named the day's top play in all of sports by ESPN's Sportscenter. Meanwhile, at WEC 53 Anthony Pettis pulls off a head kick that ...

WEC 53 Provides a Fitting End to an Underappreciated Brand

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/17/2010 2:30 AM ET

GLENDALE, Ariz. - There must have been some misunderstanding. When the fighters on the WEC 53 fight card were told that Thursday night's event was the last WEC show, perhaps what they heard was that ...

WEC 53 Live Blog: Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis Updates

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/16/2010 11:03 PM ET

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- This is the WEC 53 live blog for Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis, the main event of tonight's WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena. Henderson defends his lightweight ...

WEC 53 Live Blog: Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen Updates

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/16/2010 10:13 PM ET

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- This is the WEC 53 live blog for Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen, a bantamweight title bout on tonight's WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena. Cruz defends his ...

WEC 53 Live Blog: Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki Updates

By Ben Fowlkes Posted : 12/16/2010 9:38 PM ET

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- This is the WEC 53 live blog for Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki, a lightweight bout on tonight's WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena. Cerrone (12-3) in September ...

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