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MMA Origins: Carlson Gracie Changes Jiu-Jitsu and Vale Tudo
Entering into the mid-1900s, the Brazilian fighting spectacle known as Vale Tudo was gaining popularity and the first family of Vale Tudo was the Gracie family. Lead by the famous brothers Carlos and Helio Gracie, who won the family fame by taking matches with Judokas and catch wrestlers. While...
Renzo Gracie vs. Eugenio Tadeu and the Show Ending Riot
If it seems like there's a lot of excitement among the BE crew about the return of the UFC to Brazil for UFC 134: Rio, well, that's because there is. Brazil is the cradle of modern day MMA, home to some of the sport's most legendary fighters and legendary moments, and it just feels right that Dana...
Report: Michihiro Omigawa vs. Jason Young, Mark Scanlon vs. James Head Added to UFC 138
The fight bookings for the UFC's return to England in November are coming fast and furious with most of the promotion's British fighters being locked up for bouts on the card. Two more match-ups were reported this morning with Fighters Only getting word of Michihiro Omigawa and Jason Young agreeing...
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 Legend: Murilo Bustamante
Sherdog has a nice piece up checking in with former UFC middleweight champ Murilo Bustamante who'll be fighting for the first time in several years at tonight's Impact FC: The Uprising Sydney. They cover his epic 1996 match with superheavyweight wrestler Tom Erikson: Bustamante entered an...
The Top 50 MMA Fights in History: Pre-history and Rickson Gracie Edition
Luke and I had the distinct pleasure of helping Beau Dure and Sergio Non at USA Today put together a list of the top 50 MMA fights of all time. Here's the rationale: Some of the 50 fights we'll list aren't necessarily the best MMA bouts, but all of them are milestones for one reason or another,...
MMA History XVIII: The Losses of Luta Livre
In this MMA History series, we've talked about some of the big camps that dominated MMA in the 1990s. We've covered Carlson Gracie's BJJ camp, the R.A.W. Team, Mark Coleman's Hammer House and Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den. One camp that won their share of fights and placed fighters in all the major...
The Ur-Brazilian MMA Feud: BJJ vs Luta Livre and the Style They Never Saw Coming
I found a better video from one of the events that I referenced in yesterday's history lesson so here's Fabio Gurgel vs Denilson Maia of the classic BJJ vs Luta Livre battles from the 1991 "Desafio - Jiu-Jitsu vs. Luta Livre" event: Again note that Gurgel wins by dominating position -- Maia gets...
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