All the essential facts and figures for forward-thinking fighters.

• The Guinness World Record for the fastest baseball pitch by Nolan Ryan of the California Angels, set back in 1947. Find out how baseball players are translating their pitching speeds to punching power.
• According to the Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, asthma affects 34 million people in the United States. If you’re an asthmatic athlete, there are still ways to fight through it and come out swinging. 
• The chances a grappling dummy will get injured during a training session – much lower than a real-life rolling partner. Go as hard as you want when you throw down with grappling dummy training.
• According to ESPN’s Sports Science, cover star Quinton Jackson can deliver the “hardest hit in sports” with a 400 g-force body slam. Find out how you can smash your opponents ‘Rampage’ style.
• Following his TKO loss to Chuck Liddell, it took UFC light heavyweight Tito Ortiz nearly five years to notch up a ‘W’. Fortunately, there are methods to ensure you bounce back quicker.
• In his first five fights in the UFC, 'Rampage' Jackson managed to earn a combined purse of $1.1 million, plus $220,000 in ‘…of the Night’ bonuses. Not bad rates considering during this period he spent a grand total of just 34 minutes and 12 seconds in the Octagon. Ka-ching! 
• The Chinese takeaway dish, lemon chicken, is said to be one of the most calorific dishes on the planet, containing a whopping 1871. But are calories the weight-increasing minefield they’re made out to be?
• The number of salads UFC lightweight George Sotiropoulos eats per day. Bizarrely, the salads compose his entire daily diet. Discover how he lives off ‘rabbit food’ yet still remains a predator.