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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...
MMA History XXI: The Amazing UFC Championship Run of Frank Shamrock
Since Frank Shamrock officially retired from fighting on Saturday, I thought I'd go ahead an revive my long slumbering MMA History series with a special all Frank Shamrock installment. It's oddly fitting that Frank's retirement was utterly overshadowed by the defeat of Fedor Emelianenko's first...
UFC 16: Frank Shamrock Slams
We've been trying to keep up with Yahoo's excellent historical series on UFC 1 to 100. But over the weekend we got distracted with UFC 97 coverage and this one almost slipped past. But it ain't happening. UFC 16 was the first of two UFC's I saw live in Kenner, Louisiana (just outside New Orleans)...
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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