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53 min ago | The Waterloo Region Record

History says Cain's reign won't be long

Four of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's top heavyweight fighters gathered on a recent conference call to answer questions from the media in advance of UFC 160 set for next Saturday in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Mixed Martial Arts, Cain Velasquez, Antonio Silva, Junior dos Santos, Mark Hunt

5 hrs ago | Alabama Live

UFC star Nate Diaz KO's himself with homophobic slur

Ultimate Fighting Championship has suspended and fined 28-year-old Nate Diaz for calling his opponent a homophobic slur on Thursday via Twitter.

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Related Topix: Nate Diaz, Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

9 hrs ago | ABS-CBN News

Folayang hopes to use ground skills vs UFC vet

MANILA, Philippines Filipino fighter Eduard Folayang hopes his new found ground skills will come in handy when he takes on Iranian-American veteran Kamal Shalorus in ONE FC: Rise to Power this May 31st.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Eduard Folayang, Kamal Shalorus, Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

Fri May 17, 2013

Examiner.com

Martial Artists Making a Difference: Kate Jonasse - Her Car Give-Away Program

Kate Jonasee, a student at West End Aikido , is now embarking on her second annual car give-away. Her automotive shop, K-Tech Automotive, located a block from downtown Sebastopol and next to the Sebastopol Arts Center and Ives Park, has found a wonderful way to give back to the community .

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Related Topix: Aikido

MMA Weekly

Wanderlei Silva's Striking Coach Explains Why Silva Isn't ...

There's no question that the legendary career of Wanderlei Silva is nearing its end.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Wanderlei Silva, Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Brian Stann, Jon Jones, Chael Sonnen

Bucksfreepress.co.uk

TKMMA 'going from strength to strength' after third show

THE latest TKMMA show has been hailed as the best ever by director Jay Bacchus, after more than 800 fans packed into the Handy Cross Sports Centre on Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

Mirror.co.uk

MMA by numbers: What we've learned from the world of mixed martial arts

In what will go down as one of the most expensive 'social smokes' in history, Strikeforce transplant Pat Healy was stripped of $130,000 in bonus money after failing his post-UFC 159 drug test.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Mixed Martial Arts, Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine, Pat Healy, Jim Miller, Julio Cesar

UnionLeader.com

Police say woman was assaulted for hours

Matthew Lambert of 16 Central St., No. 1, was arrested on a warrant on Thursday and charged with three counts of second-degree assault and four counts of simple assault.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

MMAFighting.com

Liz Carmouche says Miesha Tate fight 'has been a long time in the making'

Liz Carmouche has been a trailblazer in her short-but-eventful mixed martial arts career.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine, Liz Carmouche, Miesha Tate, Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Ronda Rousey

WNED

Advocates campaign for legalized mixed martial arts

With the state legislative session nearing its end, there is a renewed push to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

Thu May 16, 2013

The Gaston Gazette

Karate school makes a move

Mixed martial arts - the cage fighting you see on TV - might be kicking the spotlight away from the traditional form of the sport, but karate school owner Carl Byrd says there are still places in Gastonia where you can learn the traditional, Korean-style karate.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

MMAFighting.com

Nate Diaz defends Pat Healy, uses gay slur against 'guy who took the money'

Pat Healy forfeited over $130,000 in bonuses earned from his UFC 159 victory against Jim Miller after testing positive for marijuana in a post-fight drug test, leading UFC bantamweight Bryan Caraway to retroactively receive Healy's $65,000 'Submission of the Night' bonus.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Healy, Nate Diaz, Jim Miller, Bryan Caraway, Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

BloodyElbow

MMA - A War of Attrition

MMA is a sport that we all love and support in small niche communities, like Bloody Elbow, but remains to be looked at with a negative stigma by the mainstream public.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Fight Club use of Civic Center challenged

About four years after the first attempt to stop Ketchikan Fight Club from using the city-owned Ted Ferry Civic Center, some officials are bringing the topic up again.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

Examiner.com

The power struggle within the UFC's middleweight division

The debate about the toughest division in mixed martial arts usually comes down to a conversation about the lightweight and welterweight divisions.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Mixed Martial Arts, Anderson Silva, Chris Weidman, Chael Sonnen, Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine

WSTM-TV Syracuse

UFC chairman in Syracuse asking New York to legalize mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts has become one of the most popular sports in the world. Millions of people from across the globe watch events on TV and live events have drawn tens of thousands of fans - but not in New York.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Mixed Martial Arts, Jon Jones

Examiner.com

Women's amateur wrestling singlets to be replaced with Hello Kitty shorts?

According to a May 15 report from Wombat Sports , women's amateur wrestling will soon receive a showmanship makeover to increase the sport's marketability.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Roger Huerta, Mixed Martial Arts

Wed May 15, 2013

The Austin Chronicle

The Karate Kid

As an awkward kid who moved around a lot and was an easy target for aspiring Cobra Kai-style jerks at every new school, I always found it pretty easy to identify with Daniel LaRusso.

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Related Topix: Karate

The Miami Herald

Hialeah, Miami Lakes mayors to duke it out in 'mixed martial arts' bout

A couple of South Florida city leaders fighting wouldn't be unusual, but two Northwest Miami-Dade mayors are taking it to a new extreme - with a real "mixed martial arts" match in front of an audience.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)

MMA Weekly

South African Muay Thai Champion Irshaad Sayed Struck Gold with Title Win in China

South African Irshaad Sayed has never competed in an MMA fight in his homeland, but the inaugural RUFF bantamweight champion is fast forging a reputation in China and making his fortune in the process.

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Related Topix: Muay Thai, Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting), Mixed Martial Arts, Rafael dos Anjos