As cage fighting's popularity grows, Tapout label no longer battles for recognition

THIRTY-SEVEN seconds after the opening bell, the "cage fighting" match between Brock "the Brainerd Brawler" Larson and Carlos Prater was over. A flurry of punches had left Prater motionless on the mat, his head lolling to one side and a trickle of blood escaping from the right corner of his mouth. Larson took a victory lap around the chain-link enclosure, smiling and pumping his fists to the cheers of the crowd.

By Adam Tschorn

September 7, 2008