MMA Beyond The Cage: How Fighting Shapes Mental Health And Daily Life With Glover Teixeira

MMA Beyond The Cage: How Fighting Shapes Mental Health And Daily Life With Glover Teixeira

Mixed martial arts has grown from a fringe spectacle into one of the fastest-rising sports in the world, driven largely by the UFC’s mainstream success over the past two decades. While fans are drawn to the violence, athleticism and high-stakes competition inside the cage, fighters and coaches say the sport’s biggest impact often happens outside of it. It was not long ago that politicians like the late Sen. John McCain dismissed MMA as “human co…