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MMA History for the Holidays
For Boxing Day, a celebration of Britain's feudal past, I thought I'd share my aging MMA History series. I wasn't as diligent as planned in 2010, only adding two installments, but I swear I'll do more this year! Read a few you might learn something! I: UFC 1 Pancrase meets BJJ II: The...
Igor Vovchanchyn in talks to return to MMA at 'Fighting Mixed Combative' on Set. 29
Pride FC legend and Ukrainian berzerker, Igor Vovchanchyn (47-9-1) will, reportedly make a return to mixed martial arts competition at the Fighting Mixed Combative, which is the upstart South Korean promotion’s sophomore event on Sept. 29, 2009, according to our friends over at Nightmare of...
Igor Vovchanchyn: 'I'm a businessman now. I won't come back'
Props: M1MixFight.com Quoteworthy: "I'm a businessman now. I won't come back. Sure I think about it every once in a while, but I'm 35, you know. The main problem is the injuries. I can't even strike with my right hand. I got three screws in my right elbow and one in the left. I'm about to undergo...
Do We Use The Term "Legend" Too Loosely In Mixed Martial Arts?
I saw this elsewhere and I thought I'd present the question to you all some of my input and whatnot. Mixed Martial Arts as we know it has only been around a little over a decade, and actually was known as "ultimate fighting" in the very beginning here in America. So from a historical perspective,...
The USA TODAY/Bloody Elbow Top 50 MMA Fights in History IV: 2000-2001
Here's our fourth installment of the USA TODAY/Bloody Elbow Top 50 MMA fights in modern history. Sergio Non has written up the next block at USAT's Fighting Stances blog. To start, here's our criteria: Some of the 50 fights we'll list aren't necessarily the best MMA bouts, but all of them are...
Igor Vovchanchyn: The Man Who Showed Fedor How to Punch
The Garv posted an interview with one of the old school legends a couple of days back and I was too demented busy to post about it but didn't want to let it pass unremarked. Igor Vovchanchyn was the most feared striker of the late 1990s era of MMA. Here's an interesting nugget for those who are...
MMA History IX: Strikers Attack
Well it's been a while since my last MMA history post so I figured I better do an update before everybody decides I'm just another TUF Noob. In the last two installments we covered 1995, a transitional year that saw the UFC struggle to find a dominant star to replace Royce Gracie. 1995 also saw the...
MMA History VIII: From Russia With Leg Locks
So 1995 was a big year in MMA History. That should be obvious since I've already written four or five posts that touch on events of the year. We've covered Rickson's return to Japan at Vale Tudo 1995, the surprise win of a striker over a BJJ star at a Brazilian Vale Tudo tournament, the improbable...
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