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The UFC has its problems, but one stands out as more serious and scary than the rest: Fewer and fewer people are…

The Roman Empire in the west fell for a great many reasons. We could cite a lengthy series of breakdowns in its…

Talent, to paraphrase a Justice of the Supreme Court’s aphorism on the topic of pornography, is something you know…

The Latin language is one of the Roman Empire’s lasting legacies. We hear it around us every day in the form of…

Women’s MMA has seen a succession of stars rise and fall over its five years in the UFC.

The Black Death, the wave of bubonic plague that devastated Europe after 1348, marked the final end of a long period…

Max Holloway is everything the UFC and its fans could possibly want in a young champion. His high-octane,…

When we think of the Roman Empire as a physical space, cities are what come to mind. We see the huge bulk of the…

Over the last seven centuries, the Knights Templar have left the realm of history and entered the realm of pop…

Saturday, at UFC 216, the UFC awarded an interim 155-pound belt to Tony Ferguson following a third-round triangle…

The best fighter on Earth is a diminutive video-game enthusiast. He hasn’t lost a fight in six years. Along with…

As the medieval world gave way to the early modern around 1500, European warfare was utterly transformed. Mounted…

Floyd Mayweather beat Conor McGregor’s ass; McGregor put on a respectable effort against an elite boxer, winning a…

Everything about the leadup to Conor McGregor’s matchup with Floyd Mayweather this Saturday has been absurd. We had…

When the Roman Empire disintegrated over the course of the fifth century, only half of it actually fell, the western…

“I guess if you win both fights,” said Daniel Cormier, “there is no rivalry.”

Have you ever stopped to wonder why practically every government on earth follows the same basic form?

Time waits for no one, as the Rolling Stones once said, and UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is currently…

No empire, from Sargon’s Akkadian Empire to the Soviet Union, lasts forever. There’s always an expiration date.

It’s really happening.