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MMA History XX: Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock Emerge at Ultimate Japan
A couple of installments back, I talked about the epic Frank Shamrock vs Enson Inoue fight from Vale Tudo Japan 1997. Before that bout, the UFC had told both fighters that the winner would get to face UFC 14 mini-tournament winner Kevin Jackson for the first ever UFC middleweight (199lbs)...
MMA History XI: Carlson Gracie's Mighty Camp
Though I've talked in my last two installments about how strikers and wrestlers were making a big impact, they were still challengers to the pre-eminent styles: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Japanese Shoot Wrestling. At the time skilled grapplers with real fight experience were few and far between. Even...
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