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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

"The Human Cockfighter", Brian Imes, returns to action Saturday against Dallas Browning at Shark Fights 19. Hillbilly Fight Team members Jeb Chiles and Aaron Mays are also on the card. Read More »

I think about the sound that it made when Heath Herring punched my brother in the face. I could hear it clearly from 60 rows up at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. That was Brad’s last fight in the UFC, over four years ago. Read More »

Lost but not forgotten. Just like riding a bicycle, fighting is something that if embraced and learned is never truly lost. Timing may go in and out like an old Accord, but the instinct and gameness are forever there. Read More »

Ya see, I, like most fighters, live outside the box. It takes a certain level of crazy to do what we enjoy doing. That’s our union, so to speak. I am confrontational, abrasive and aggressive... Read More »

What is it about fighting that draws so many young men and women to it’s threshold? Why would a young, able-bodied, hard-working, intellectual reduce themselves to being locked inside of a cage with another wild animal? Read More »