Ben Fowlkes is a sports writer for USA Today and its dedicated mixed martial arts site, MMAJunkie.com. He has covered professional fighting since 2006 for outlets such as Sports Illustrated, AOL Sports, CBS Sports, and others. He has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana, and a BA in English from San Diego State University. His fiction has appeared in Crazyhorse, Glimmer Train, Crab Creek Review, and Best American Short Stories 2015.