The Human Cockfighter, Brian Imes, picks up a second round submission win over the weekend at Midwest Ultimate Cage Fights in Branson, Mo. Read all about it. Read More »

I will leave my home Friday headed for Branson, Mo. A four o’clock weigh-in awaits me and my friends where for the first time in over two years I will step on the scales above 200 pounds. Read More »

The whole world has gone crazy. Everybody wants to feel something. They take drugs to feel something. They endure plastic surgery for the chance to feel better about themselves. Read More »

Brian Imes recaps Titan Fighting Championship 21's pro-am MMA card which took place Firday night at Memorial Hall in Kansas City. Read More »

In this week's blog, Brian Imes recaps his trip to Wichita for Winter Brawl’s pro/am card and Brian gets a new opponent for his April 7th bout at Midwest Ultimate Cage Fights in Branson. Read More »

The Human Cockfighter Brian Imes recaps the Hillbilly Fight Wear team's success at Invictus Fighting Championships over the weekend and reflects on the contentment fighters find in MMA. Read More »

Over two and half years later, there I was, again, standing in front of the hometown hero. This man was a married father of two boys. He instructs men how to fend for themselves on free time from building things. Read More »

With so many on medication, organized education, programmed information, and regulated work...too many are accomplished sociopaths. Where have all the average people gone? Read More »

When I was a young man I would work year round in my community to put money in my pocket. In the summer I would work on construction sites with my stepfather. In the fall I would rake and bundle leaves. Read More »

The reality of our situation makes the cage the only spot that freedom’s light shines. I will do anything for the opportunity to experience freedom’s warmth. The draw of other tangibles cease to appeal once that leap is made. It’s a fun ride! Read More »

As a fighter, I know the only way to experience glory is to work for it. I have to plan, train, sacrifice and execute daily for months on end leading up to an opportunity. Read More »

It is a new year for all, around the globe, but nothing other than the calendar’s last two digits has changed. Every community around the globe is in a fight for independence. The battle is greater for some, but real for all. Read More »

We traveled to Columbia, Missouri this weekend for Battle at Midway, a Midwest Fight League promotion. Midway is home to a truck stop on Interstate 70 just west of Columbia featured on The Travel Channel. Read More »

As I lay on my back following my third failed takedown defense, only one voice could be heard in the arena. I have known that voice since I was a young boy in Maryville. It was Annie Lou, my sister. Read More »

A young lady said to me recently, “You are socially awkward.” I, of course, responded, “That’s because I haven’t been socialized.” Free thinking, optimistic, faithfully ambitious people are social, not socialized. Read More »

Beneath the bright lights of the strip in Branson lives a small Asian fellow, Tommy Tran. Tommy promoted an impressive fight card at the Hilton Convention Center Saturday evening in front of over 500 locals and holiday visitors. Read More »

How many 17-year-old boys do you know that train as often as five times daily to participate in work that pays them nary a dollar? I know one, and we call him, "The Badger". Read More »

I call it thumpology, and I stand by my premise. In an economy like the world is currently experiencing, what more cost effective way to settle community issues? Thump a stranger. Read More »

MMA fighter and trainer Brian Imes expounds on mixed martial arts as a passion and as a business in a world where so few are happy with the work they do. Read More »

Professional cage fighting is the ultimate exercise in free will. Funny how we must get in a cage with another angry, psychotic human being in order to exercise our freedom... Read More »

I remember coming home one day with a plant for my mother. I had picked it off the side of a country road. Thinking that I would be considered great for my gesture, I presented this ditch weed to her at our home. Read More »

What we learn about ourselves during a confrontational encounter is priceless. It’s not that it teaches humility, but that it strengthens our individuality and self-awareness. Read More »