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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...
UFC 121 Analysis: Brock Lesnar and the Limits of Wrestling for MMA
In recent months, it's become more and more accepted that amateur wrestling is the strongest base style for an MMA fighter. Our own Jonathan Snowden penned a great three part series breaking down the base styles of UFC fighters, base styles in Japans' famous Pride promotion, and base styles in...
Frank Shamrock: My Toughest Fight Was Tito Ortiz
Frank Shamrock is a legend in MMA. He debuted in Pancrase against Bas Rutten, who would win the Heavyweight title in the UFC, and defeated him by majority decision. By the time he was done in Pancrase he had amassed a record of 11-6-1. A win over Enson Inoue propelled him into a Middleweight...
MMA History XVII: The Lion's Den Roars
In the 1990's a few fight camps dominated MMA. I've already blogged about Carlson Gracie's Jiu Jitsu camp and Rico Chiaparelli's R.A.W. Team in this series on MMA history. There were three major American MMA camps in the 1990s -- Hammer House, RAW, and Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den. Of the three, the...
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