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Must Have MMA Gear to get you Started

May 21, 2012   MMA Valor   No comments
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When it comes to today’s choice in fight entertainment, more and more Americans are turning to mixed martial arts. MMA is the fastest growing sport in the United States, combining boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, jiu jitsu, karate and all other types of martial arts. MMA requires skill and determination, stamina and fearlessness.

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The fall and rise of karate in MMA

March 17, 2012   Mike Hammersmith (Staff Writer)   No comments
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It’s odd how quickly the sport of MMA has changed, and how perceptions have shifted so dramatically.  I got in on the ground floor of this crazy train, having seen an ad for UFC 1 in one of several karate publications I read as a young martial artist.  I had entered the world of karate as a boy, partially to be more like my older brother, but primarily because I always wanted to kick people’s asses.  Mike Tyson having begun to fade into “Bolivian” at the time, guys like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal were the new bad asses of our era, and if you wanted to lay an ass kicking on schoolyard thugs, you needed a black belt ASAP.

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Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson Added to “Exciting” UFC on FOX 3 card

February 03, 2012   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments
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Coming off the second UFC on FOX card that had three “meaningful” bouts on the main card, the promotion seems to going the “exciting” route for the third installment. On the heels of the Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz bout being elevated to the main event, the UFC has added another bout that is sure to keep the fans on the edge of their seats.

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Don’t Forget Badr Hari and Gokhan Saki headline a stacked It’s Showtime 55 card Tomorrow

January 27, 2012   James Begley (Staff Writer)   No comments
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With a fight card that should please even the most discerning kickboxing fan, It’s Showtime, Europe’s leading kickboxing organization has put together a series of match-ups that should come with a combat sports “over excitement warning”. With the feature bout of Badr Hari, who is leaving the sport versus monster competitor Gokhan Saki, fans will be tuning in to witness a true living legend in kickboxing say his last goodbyes with punches and kicks.

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DREAM: New Year! 2011 Results

December 31, 2011   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments
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As UFC 141 concluded it is then time for the yearend spectacle that is the Dream: New Year! 2011. From the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and broadcasting live on HDNet Dream: New Year! 2011 offered up a jam-packed card with a wide assortment of combat sports.

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United Glory Kickboxing/MMA World Series 2010-2011 Round Two “Survival” Results

March 24, 2011   Mina Dimitrova   1 Comment

The United Glory Kickboxing and MMA 2010/2011 World Series Tournament Round Two “Survival”, organized in cooperation with Shooto Belgium, was held on Saturday, March 19th in Charleroi, Belgium.  This was the second of three events in the tourney where Kickboxing and MMA fighters are competing for a $150, 000 final prize for the winner of each final fight. The event featured the Heavyweight Kickboxing tourney and Welterweight MMA tourney semi-final fights as well as extra fights called Super Fights and Pre-Fights, both in MMA and Kickboxing.

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