Category MMA

Would Olympic Recognition Hurt or Help MMA?

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When any sport is contested on the global stage, it serves to further legitimize the impact of the sport as well as introduce it to new audiences. There is no bigger stage than the Olympics. With competition occurring only once…

Amputees Just Looking for a Fight

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With lingering bitterness, Nick Newell recalls the day he drove four hours to New Hampshire in anticipation of his fourth professional bout as a mixed martial arts fighter. He was limiting his diet to meet a contracted weight of 155…

Best NCAA Wrestlers Turned MMA Fighters

By Brian Lopez-Benchimol Of all the bases of martial arts to build upon a budding, MMA, career, wrestling has been one of the truer and more dominant. Over the years, we have seen a steady increase in the amount of accomplished wrestlers…

MMA Helps Transform At-Risk Youth

By Jillian Bullock The Department of Justice, federal agencies, faith-based and other grassroots and community organizations are always looking to instill crime prevention programs to address at-risk youth and gang members. While many of these programs have failed, many people…