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The Pro-Wrestlers Who Shaped MMA, Brock Lesnar Wasn't the First
Sergio Non has a great piece up -- one I wish I'd written. He makes a top 9 list of pro-wrestlers who have impacted MMA: Kazushi SakurabaUFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian last year said that if MMA had a Mt. Rushmore, Sakuraba's face should be on it. One of the sport's leading trade...
The USA TODAY/Bloody Elbow Top 50 MMA Fights in History: 1993-1996
Beau Dure at USA Today has posted the first two installments of our top 50 fights in MMA history series. Again here's the criteria: 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, for better or for worse. The idea is...
MMA History Part III: Proto MMA Evolves Out of Worked Pro Wrestling in Japan
I know last time I mentioned talking about the entry of olympic wrestlers into MMA but I realized I needed to talk a little more about the evolution of the sport in Japan first. Here's Sam Chan talking about the way the last of the old time "hookers" (submission wrestlers) Lou Thesz and Karl Gotch...
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