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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...
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...
MMA History XII: End of the UFC Glory Days
I've tried to avoid talking about the business or legal history of the sport since that's been dwelt on ad nauseum by plenty of other writers. But now we reach a point in MMA history where it just can't be avoided. As 1996 ended, a beleaguered SEG aired the last UFC to get full PPV distribution for...
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