I don�t usually do reviews for international versions of The Ultimate Fighter but season 3 of TUF Brazil looks exciting so I figured it�s...
Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ultimate-fighter-tv/165002-tuf-brazil-3-episode-one-review.html
Saturday
TUF Brazil 3: Episode one in review
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I don�t usually do reviews for international versions of The Ultimate Fighter but season 3 of TUF Brazil looks exciting so I figured it�s...
I don�t usually do reviews for international versions of The Ultimate Fighter but season 3 of TUF Brazil looks exciting so I figured it�s...
Friday
Thursday
Bellator Opens Season 9 With Middleweight Title Bout, Shlemenko vs. Marshall
Press Release – Newport Beach, CA. (June 19, 2013) ? Bellator MMA will host a special Saturday event to kick off the promotion?s highly anticipated Season 9 debut from Connecticut?s own Mohegan Sun Casino Saturday, September 7th live on Spike. The night will feature reigning Bellator Middleweight World Champion Alexander ?Storm? Shlemenko putting his title [...]
Wednesday
Wanderlei Silva Talks Chael Sonnen Brawl On TUF Brazil 3
Wanderlei Silva has returned to his video blog ways, putting out an episode as The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 debuted on UFC Fight Pass Sunday evening. The reality series features Silva and Chael Sonnen coaching Brazilian fighters. The two long-time rivals will finally square off this May at UFC Fight Night from Brazil. Most of […]
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Tuesday
Sen. John McCain: ?absolutely? would have tried MMA as a young man
At a recent press event, Sen. McCain joined other government leaders as well as boxers and MMA fighters to promote awareness of a new brain trauma study.�AXS TV's Ron Kruck caught up with Sen. McCain and asked him about a host of topics.
Our favorite question was Kruck's last one to McCain.
"You boxed at the Naval Academy. Now, if mixed martial arts was around back then, do you think you would have given it a shot?" Kruck asked.
"Absolutely," Sen. McCain replied with a smile. "Absolutely."
What a change. There was a time when the focus of Senator John McCain's legislative career seemed to be getting the sport of mixed martial arts banned.
Back in the 90's, Sen. McCain, an amateur boxer during his Navy days, went to war with MMA, ultimately getting it temporarily banned from cable television.
That's right - hard core pornography was once available at the click of your remote while athletes fighting in a sport with less incidents of death and serious injury than boxing, football and many others was deemed "human cockfighting," by Sen. McCain, admitted at one point during his crusade to never having watched a full MMA fight before.
Efforts by the Sen. to ban other colloquial oxymorons like "jumbo shrimp" and "good grief" were less successful. Of course, the leading MMA promotion in the states, the UFC, was eventually purchased by Zuffa, whose owners used their regulatory influence and smarts to get the sport regulated all across the country and world, in addition to bringing it back to not just pay per view but also to basic cable and network television.
As for Sen. McCain, well, it's funny how his opposition to MMA melted away around the time beer giant Anheuser-Busch began sponsoring UFC events. Sen. McCain's father in law, Jim Hensley, founded a beer distribution company, Hensley, over fifty years ago which today is the nation's third largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch beer.
These days, everything's gravy between Sen. McCain and the sport he once tried to kill off for no informed reason. UFC president Dana White and co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta even push a narrative during interviews now that Sen. McCain saved the sport of MMA with his criticism.
Of course, Sen. McCain did more than criticize MMA, he tried to ban it in a supposedly free society even though he admitted to not knowing much about it. The truth is, Sen. McCain failed and as a result, MMA now thrives alongside boxing, football, stock car racing and other beloved, though dangerous sports.
We're glad Sen. McCain and many others have come along in their acceptance of MMA, even if it appears to only be a matter of convenience for him. It's even pretty cool that he says he would have liked to have tried it out as a young man.
However, MMA fans have a long memory and the distinguished Sen. from Arizona still has a long way to go before his legislative beef with the sport and it's supporters is squashed. That said, we like a good fight matchup mental exercise as much as anyone so...
What political rival would you like to see Sen. McCain go up against in an MMA match? Former President George W. Bush? President Barack Obama? Former Governor Mitt Romney?
How about a former friends and bill-writing partners type grudge match (see Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans) between he and former Sen. Russ Feingold?
Let us know in the comments section.
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Monday
Invicta FC 6 ? Crys ?Cyborg? And Marloes Coenen Set To Headline July 13th Event
Press Release – HOBOKEN, N.J. (June 20, 2013) ? Two of the premier women mixed-martial-arts fighters in the world, Cris Cyborg (11-1) and Marloes Coenen (21-5), headline the July 13th Invicta Fighting Championships 6 pay-per-view event, airing live from Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Brazilian KO artist Cyborg, arguably the top pound-for-pound fighters [...]
Sunday
Alexander Gustafsson stops Jimi Manuwa in UFC main event
Underdog Jimi Manuwa was game and had his moments against No. 1 light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night 37 in London, England, but ultimately the Swede prevailed with a nasty second-round TKO st...
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