UFC lightweight winner Anthony Pettis won a lover-vote this previous summer to formally became the primary mixed martial arts to ever grace the cover of a Wheaties box, and at Thursday’s UFC 181 media day in vegas, Pettis’ cover was shown.
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Michelle Waterson was a 19-year old Hooters server when she first began fighting. That is when she was given her “Karate Hottie” nickname.
Nine years later, Waterson is the 28-year old mom of a 3-year old daughter and does not always still connect to the moniker. But she’s long since adopted it within her brand.
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Metamoris’ existence is predicated on a number of things, not least of which is that submission-only competition can offer a truer (or at least alternative) glimpse into the talents of practitioners, something the points system obscures. That’s not necessarily true in all cases for all competitors, but it’s true enough that having a superfight series in a submission-only format fills the gap left by the points-based tournaments.
Whether true or not, that argument has little bearing on how Tom DeBlass black belt Garry Tonon competes. In a sport allegedly filled with those who embrace risk aversion as a means to winning, Tonon has patented a style that eschews that approach completely. As a result, he’s developed a fan following, too.
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UFC president Dana White formally declared Grace Tourinho as the managing director for UFC in Brazil on November 2013, and her tenure will end one year after.
Tourinho, who first began working for the promotion in early 2013, will leave the promotion next month, according to a report from Veja. Sources near the situation confirmed the news to MMAFighting.com.
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Wanderlei Silva’s departure from mixed martial arts definitely has not been graceful.
Prior to receiving a life ban from competition by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Tuesday, Silva retired in the sport in a video alleging the mistreatment of the UFC’s combatants, among other grievances.
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The never ending saga between UFC president Dana White and his white whale continues.
The rationales concerning why former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko never graced the Octagon depend on who you ask, but both he and White have spent years blaming the other for it never occurring. Now, Emelianenko says his heritage is not worse off by never having fought in the UFC because he confronted a higher degree of ability in Japan.
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BRASILIA, Brazil — The UFC has three more occasions scheduled for Brazil this year, plus they will not slow down in 2015.
At the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil, UFC executive Grace Tourinho declared the date and city for the final UFC card of the entire year through the UFC Fight Night 51 post-fight press conference.
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