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Since the early 2000s, MMA, or mixed martial arts has gained wild popularity. Mixed martial arts consists of a hybrid of wrestling, striking, and submission grappling techniques that fighters routinely cross-train. Examples include: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, judo, boxing, and karate.

Fights for the top MMA event, the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), take place inside the trademarked octagon which is basically a mat surrounded by an octagonal cage to contain the match. Pioneers of the sport include Chuck Liddell, who has a biography about his UFC career on the New York Times Bestseller list. In addition to being the star of a reality show, Liddell made cameos on a popular HBO series The Entourage. Few athletes experience the adoration and fanbase that UFC fighters now receive.

MMA students come from all walks of life, like highly educated MMA fighters such as blogger Mike Calimbas, who trains and studies Brazilian Jiu Jitsu using techniques that minimize injury as well as employ structured self-defense. Less orthodox fighters such as "backyard brawler" Kimbo Slice are featured in brutal homemade videos on YouTube and Mahalo.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “mma”

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  by ddunhamjr / on Mar 7, 2013
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  by themmareviewblog / on Dec 8, 2012
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  UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson will defend his title against Nate Diaz in the headliner at UFC on FOX 5.
  by themmareviewblog / on Dec 3, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “mma”

 

• TRT Won’t Turn You Into Superman … But it Certainly Helps. Or Does it? A Viewpoint on TRT, Vitor Belfort and PEDs in MMA

  
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  The one thing that immediately dominated the internet as soon as Vitor Belfort was pulled off of a clearly unconscious Luke Rockhold was those three little words that are the scourge of the MMA world: Testosterone Replacement Therapy. Vitor, who hasn’t been forthright on the use of it, has experienced a career ...
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• Antonio “Big Foot” Silva Faces a Nearly Insurmountable Task at UFC 160

  
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  Betting 77 News – UFC MMA Boxing Betting 77 News – 5 Questions We Have About TJ Grant Ahead of UFC 160 – Bleacher Report Bleacher Report 5 Questions We Have About TJ Grant Ahead of UFC 160 Bleacher Report TJ Grant will take on Gray Maynard at UFC 160 with a lightweight title shot on the ...
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• Did TRT beat Luke Rockhold? Is Mattyhsse the best at 140 in boxing? – Videos

  
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  Marcos Villegas about Vitor Belforts big win over Vitor Belfort at UFC on FX 8 over the weekend and discusses if TRT is the real winner in that fight. Lucas Matthysses big win over Lamont Peterson is also discussed as well as the death of Macho Man Randy Savage.Source: Did TRT beat Luke Rockhold? Is [...]
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• Randy Couture On Wrestling, Bellator’s Fight Master & More

  
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  Click here to view the embedded video. MMA H.E.A.T.’s Karyn Bryant catches up with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture at the United 4 Wrestling event in Los Angeles and talks to him about his desire to see wrestling continue as an Olympic sport. Randy also talks about the character-building element of the sport, ...
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• Former Wyoming legislator worked to legalize MMA, now getting in the cage

  
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  As a state legislator in Wyoming, Bryan Pedersen helped author the bill to legalize and regulate MMA in his home state. This weekend, he will test that bill by fighting at the Colosseum Fight Series, the first fights in Cheyenne since the bill passed. Pedersen, who is 38 years old, has trained in MMA for the past ...
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• Kyle Noke Wants Ultimate Fighter Coaching Job and Then Fight Patrick Cote

  
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  Former The Ultimate Fighter competitor Kyle Noke is hoping that he can bring his UFC career full circle by putting his name in the hat to become a coach on the new international season of the reality show, which pits his native Australia against Canada. Noke , who was one of the first fighters to come to ...
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• One FC’s Victor Cui Surprised by Quick Growth, but Plans to Expand to 24 Annual Events by 2014

  
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  Victor Cui is a man on a mission. In the space of two years, the Filipino Canadian has taken ONE FC from the concept stage to the point where his Singapore-based promotion has become the dominant force in Asian MMA.
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• UFC 160 – TUF The Smashes Winner Rob Whittaker On MMA

  
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  Click here to view the embedded video. Our very own Rob Whittaker, The Ultimate Fighter Australia ‘The Smashes’ winner, will face Colton Smith, The Ultimate Fighter 16 winner, at UFC 160. UFC 160 goes down this coming weekend in Las Vegas and will see Whittaker face Smith on the FX broadcasted prelim card in ...
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• Chris Weidman Believes He’s Better than Anderson Silva in Multiple Areas

  
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  UFC middleweight Chris Weidman is the latest in a long line of competitors to express confidence entering an effort against champion Anderson Silva despite the Brazilian’s unbeaten mark inside the Octagon. However, Weidman’s words seem to have more weight considering the upside he’s shown in his young ...
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• EA Plans to Reveal Their First UFC Title on May 21st

  
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  The UFC license was something of a hot commodity when Electronic Arts secured the rights to it, especially after they themselves threw their hat into the ring with their own offering of EA MMA a few years ago. EA MMA might not have sold a ton of copies, but it was a super fun game The post EA Plans to Reveal Their ...
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• Luke Cummo Has Come Out Against MMA

  
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  Former UFC fighter Luke Cummo is still fighting, but instead of fighting other people, Cummo is fighting against MMA. Cummo has posted a video on youtube talking about the dangers of fighting, and how as a parent he would never let his children fight. Cummo says the business is a “mindless, stupid industry ...
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  Posted: May 20, 2013 in General News Tags: Arena Jaraguá , Luke Rockhold , Nik Lentz , Ronaldo Souza , Vitor Belfort 0 Photo by Esther Lin via MMA Fighting UFC on FX 8: “Belfort vs. Rockhold” took place Saturday night (May 18, 2013) in Brazil , ...
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• Vitor Belfort is a ‘T-Rex surviving in a new jungle’

  
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  Vitor Belfort is a ‘T-Rex surviving in a new jungle’ Posted: May 20, 2013 in Tags: , , , Tom Szczerbowski-US PRESSWIRE/Mike Bohn Following his knockout of , UFC on 8 main event winner compares his longevity at the top level of the sport at 36 years of age to a ...
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• UFC 163: ‘Aldo vs. Pettis’ confirmed for Aug. 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  
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  UFC 163: ‘Aldo vs. Pettis’ confirmed for Aug. 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posted: May 20, 2013 in Tags: , , , , USA TODAY Sports/Mike Bohn UFC 163: “Aldo vs. Pettis” has been officially confirmed for Aug. 3, 2013 in and will feature a featherweight ...
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• UFC inks multi-fight deals with European heavyweights Daniel Omielanczuk and Nikita Krylov

  
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  UFC inks multi-fight deals with European heavyweights Daniel Omielanczuk and Nikita Krylov Posted: May 20, 2013 in Tags: , Two of top heavyweights, Daniel Omielanczuk and Nikita Krylov, have signed on with the UFC and are expected to make their promotional debuts ...
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• Mark Hunt receives work visa, path clear for fight with Junior dos Santos

  
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  Mark Hunt receives work visa, path clear for fight with Junior dos Santos Posted: May 20, 2013 in Tags: , , , Mark Kolbe ‘s positivity throughout a trying process has paid off as “The Super Samoan” has received a work visa and will fly to Las Vegas immediately ...
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• Chael Sonnen no longer interested in fighting Wanderlei Silva

  
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  Chael Sonnen no longer interested in fighting Wanderlei Silva Posted: May 20, 2013 in Tags: , , , , , Jonathan Ferrey Is the vs. fight, once considered for UFC on 1 in , officially dead in the water?\ “I’m not looking for it anymore, I don’t like to bully ...
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• UFC 160: Predictions You Can Take to the Bank

  
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  I have to be honest: Its going to be nice to put all of the Vitor Belfort /TRT nonsense behind us for a few days and focus on fights again. The discussion centering around performance enhancing drugs is an important one, and Im sure its one that will continue well into the future, but for now we can look to ...
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• Handicap mma fighter

  
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  The Ufc wont alow this fight in I cant imagine why http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6zrNPvAMWA
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• John Cholish: UFC Underpays Fighters, Many Dont Break Even

  
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  Former UFC lightweight John Cholish , who abruptly retired before his loss Saturday night at UFC on FX 8, said Monday that he retired from fighting because his pay was too low. “I can say from how I’ ve been treated directly and on my understanding of what the UFC takes in on an annual basis that they could ...
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