MMA Live looks back at UFC 129, held in front of a Toronto crowd that was the largest crowd in UFC history. Why is UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre facing some criticism despite another successful title defense?

The night gets started with a battle of the big men as MMA veteran Ben Rothwell facing off against former K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, Mark Hunt. Both fighters are an even 1-1 in the UFC, though Rothwell has had a much more successful MMA career, …
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By Simon Head 22/09/2011 British MMA star and UFC middleweight contender Michael "The Count" Bisping is set to star in the upcoming season of sports reality show, The Ultimate Fighter. The show, which starts tonight on FX at 11:00pm, pits two teams of … See all stories on this topic »

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MMA Nation brings you audio from the public press conference for UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos. Present at the conference is UFC President Dana White, UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, number-one heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos, …
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At only 24 years of age, Josh Barnett was on top of the mixed martial arts (MMA) world. He was a five year veteran of the fledgling sport with only one blemish on his record — a knockout loss to Pedro Rizzo which, at the time, was nothing to be …
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You know him from the 411 MMA Top Ten, Todd Bergman! He's the host of 411 Ground and Pound Radio, Mark Radulich! From The Greatest MMA News Column, Dan Plunkett! From The Juggernaut MMA News Report, Jonathan Solomon! And from The Rear Naked Column, …
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Court McGee, the winner of season 11, told Nijem (4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) he should be in shape. In fact, he tells everybody that, and he's the first guy to push the cardio drills at the gym. He leads by example. "The dude does not stop working out, … See all stories on this topic »

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The Russian martial art of Sambo was developed in the first several decades of the 20th century, in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution and the fall of the czarist regime. A martial arts training program within the Bolsheviks Red Army produced a new hand-to-hand combat system derived partly from traditional Russian and other native regional wrestling or grappling styles and influenced by various foreign martial arts, notably Judo and Jujitsu, as well as the traditional Olympic sports of boxing and Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. The new system was dubbed Sambo (sometimes written Sombo or SAMBO), which is an acronym of the Russian words Samozaschita Bez Orujiya, or self-defense without weapon. From the beginning, Sambo has been a constantly changing system, adapting itself to fit the needs of its fighters, from soldiers on the battlefields of World War II to crime fighters on the streets of Moscow. Today, Sambo is practiced in three distinct ways: as a competitive sport, as a self-defense method and as a lethal combat system employed by police and military forces. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as Russian Judo, Sambo was recognized as an official sport in 1938. It was included in the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 as a demonstration sport, though it failed to gain the popularity necessary to become a competitive event. As a self-defense method, Sambo is based on body movements and joint locks, combined with punches and kicks, all aimed at defending ones self …

The Russian martial art of Sambo was developed in the first several decades of the 20th century, in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution and the fall of the czarist regime. A martial arts training program within the Bolsheviks Red Army produced a new hand-to-hand combat system derived partly from traditional Russian and other native regional wrestling or grappling styles and influenced by various foreign martial arts, notably Judo and Jujitsu, as well as the traditional Olympic sports of boxing and Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. The new system was dubbed Sambo (sometimes written Sombo or SAMBO), which is an acronym of the Russian words Samozaschita Bez Orujiya, or self-defense without weapon. From the beginning, Sambo has been a constantly changing system, adapting itself to fit the needs of its fighters, from soldiers on the battlefields of World War II to crime fighters on the streets of Moscow. Today, Sambo is practiced in three distinct ways: as a competitive sport, as a self-defense method and as a lethal combat system employed by police and military forces. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as Russian Judo, Sambo was recognized as an official sport in 1938. It was included in the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 as a demonstration sport, though it failed to gain the popularity necessary to become a competitive event. As a self-defense method, Sambo is based on body movements and joint locks, combined with punches and kicks, all aimed at defending ones self …

The champion can take a hard shot as evidenced by his fight with Chieck Kongo, and he can also employ high-level MMA wrestling when needed. … See all stories on this topic »

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