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“Fighting – I don’t care what color you are, or what language you speak, or what country you live in, we’re all human beings and fighting’s in our DNA. We get it and we like it.” – Dana White, president of the UFC. As Mr. White suggests, fighting is in our DNA which translates across […]
The sport of MMA has evolved rapidly in its short existence. The fighters have gotten more talented, and the sport has both implemented more sensible rules and soared in popularity. With that considered, the sport looks very different than it did in its infancy in the 1990s. Many things that were...
The event that had everyone buzzing. UFC 1: The Beginning started it all and you can watch it for free. November 12, 1993 was the day that people huddled in their basements to watch the spectacle that was UFC 1. McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado played host to the inaugural event and fea...
This is the sixth of a 50 part series documenting the history and the current state of MMA for each of the 50 states in the United States of America. Each part will chronicle the history of MMA as well as several notable fighters and camps in each state. States will be completed in alphabetical […]
With the announcement of a trilogy bout at Bellator 149 between Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie, I figured we would look back at some of the numbers from their previous two outings. It all began at UFC 1, when this twig of a man (compared to everyone else who entered the Octagon), Gracie stepped in...