Seasoned New Zealand competitor Tim Slyfield has high expectations for the team of 11 named yesterday to compete at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Fighting is big business, and the king of the mixed martial arts hill is coming to NZ. So how did barely legal brutality become one of the world's fastest-growing sports?

A top sportsman has died at an international judo tournament in Europe a day after competing for a place in the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team.

Kiwi UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt has received an early Christmas bonus.

An inspired Kelly Lynch finds tension and excitement ringside in Bangkok.

Mixed martial arts already has a cult following in New Zealand and it could blast to the front of people's minds this weekend.

If you're tired of wrapping your children in cotton wool, Danielle Wright has found ways to give them some rough and tumble, in a safe environment

Kiwi cage fighters win and take the first step on a road they hope will lead to a successful professional UFC career, in the final of a 3-part series.

Mixed Martial Arts or MMA fights are on the rise in New Zealand. Herald photographer Brett Phibbs takes a look at the action.

No sport has imprinted itself on the world as quickly or dramatically as mixed martial arts. Over the next three days, Steve Dean traces its roots.

He may be only 8 years old and 1.27m tall, but martial arts expert Matthew has his black belt in Shaolin Kempo.

Tricky's mother killed herself when he was 4 and an uncle spent time in jail for cutting off somebody's ear. Ahead of his Auckland show next week Tim Adams talks to the trip-hop innovator about his relationship with the dark side

"It's called The Karate Kid - you can expect a bit of karate," says Sony Pictures.

Just months after being crowned a NZ champion, a martial arts fighter collapsed in training and died, shocking his family and fellow fighters.