Posts Tagged ‘martial arts’

10 UFC Facts You May Not Know

10 Things you may not know about the UFC.

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Royce Gracie In The UFC

The Ultimate Fighting Championship

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How Big Is MMA Clothing?

MMA has literally sky rocketed in popularity over the last few years! Going from small shows that they couldn't even fill the small arenas and they weren't televised either! They have gone from that to a multi-million pound business, showing live sold out events on Pay Per View. It's really an incredible turn of events for mixed martial arts. It's also the fastest growing sport in the country right now! impressive right!

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The Legend Royce Gracie VS. Matt Hughes

No one thought it would have ended the way it did. The legend went down.Looking back, one can't be surprised with the result. In retrospect, it was inevitable.

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How The UFC Began

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) was originally launched in the United States by the "first family of Jiu-Jitsu." They brought together the very best martial artists from the various disciplines to compete against each other on a level playing field. The goal was to determine which of the disciplines was best. Could a boxer beat a wrestler? Could a kung fu champion beat a karate master?

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The UFC And The Investors

Owners of the Ultimate Fighting Championship have sold a 10 percent stake to a Middle Eastern entertainment company to bolster the mixed-martial arts league's ability to expand throughout that region and other areas of the world, UFC's owners confirmed Monday.

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Is Anderson Silva The Floyd Mayweather Of MMA?

There are many talented fighters in both boxing and Mixed Martial Arts but the truly great fighters are diamonds in the rough. When most people think about the pugilistic sport of boxing there are a few names that all people are familiar with. Those names are often Ali, Tyson, Holyfield, and De La Hoya but without question Floyd "Money" Mayweather is on the hunt to be considered the greatest of all time.

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Information About MMA Gloves

When it comes to the different types of MMA gloves, the choices aren't too wide.

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Brock Lesnar: UFC Career 2008 – Present

During UFC 77, it was announced that Brock Lesnar had reached a deal to fight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). On February 2, 2008, Lesnar made his debut with the promotion in an event titled UFC 81:Breaking Point against former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir. Lesnar secured an early takedown, but was deducted a point for hitting Mir on the back of the head. Following another takedown by Lesnar, Mir managed to secure a kneebar and force a submission at 1:30 of the first round. Due to the large size of his hands, Lesnar was wearing 4XL gloves for the fight, making him the second man in Nevada's combat sports history to wear such gloves after Choi Hong-man.

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The Arm Moves In Wrestling

There are many arm moves in wrestling, the most well-known of which are the arm drags, arm swings, arm breakers and over the shoulder arm drags. Another wrestling arm manoeuvre is the arm bar take down. The arm bar works by forcing the opponent's arm downwards.

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