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Video: UFC champ Kamaru Usman visits Nigeria, attends Dambe event
You never know what you’ll tap into when you reconnect with your roots. UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman got more than he bargained for when visiting Nigeria recently as he was invited to attend a Dambe event. If you’ve been around the last few months, you may have noticed that…
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WTF – Practical Kung Fu, Dambe firefight, Sumo, SlapFIGHT, and Sambo highlights
Jerry over at Fight Commentary Breakdowns has a real gem this week, with a few examples poor use of Kung Fu… but also some examples of it being used effectively. Four situations are highlighted, and it should be noted before watching that only one of them is a hand-to-hand scenario.…
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MMA fighter loses testicle, has a sack of laughs with results
Who is the Michael Jordan of MMA? Who is the Barry Bonds of MMA? We ask questions like this all the time, because we seek parallels between combat sports and traditional “stick and ball“ sports. This is a story with no stick and a subtracted ball, where we at least…
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BKFC 22: Lombard vs Hunt preview, weigh-in results
BKFC continues to feature MMA fighters in bare knuckle action, and building an audience off of MMA fans looking for an extra violence kick. And boy howdy, have they really made a clear example of that here. BKFC 22 takes place this week, bolstered mostly with MMA talent. Up top,…
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Bellator 271: Cyborg vs Kavanagh preview, weigh-in results
Bellator’s new Showtime era has made for some quality television so far, and the booking remains competitive and solid. This week, for Bellator 271, we’ve got a treat as trailblazer and all-time great Cris Cyborg (24-2) meets a new challenge as she faces SBG Ireland’s Sinead Kavanagh (7-4) to defend…
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WTF: Clueless Wing Chun ‘master’ with ‘30 years experience’ challenges Sanda guys, gets toyed around
Hoo, boy. We’ve got some scorchers for this week. If you were in need of oddball fight content or simply elements that exist on the periphery of MMA, you’re really gonna get your beak wet this week. Starting things off is our pal Jerry at Fight Commentary Breakdowns. This week,…
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WTF: Dambé beach fight ends with sensational clubbing knockout
More action from the periphery coming at you this week with another entry in the What The Fight? collection this week. We’re mostly going to go back to some classics and work with some highlight packages, but there’s plenty of recent fisticuffs as well. So we’ll start with knuckle sandwiches.…
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Bellator 270: Queally vs Pitbull 2 preview, weigh-in results
Bellator returns this week with another international event, which as a bonus treat is an early afternoon card. This one’s got some major stakes at the top, with the main event being a rematch between Bellator mainstay Patricky Pitbull (23-10) and Irish talent Peter Queally (13-5, 1 draw). Queally was…
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Contender Series 2021: Week 10 preview, weigh-in results
Alright, folks. We made it. End of the line for this year’s Contender Series, with all the ups and downs that come with it. It’s brought us some excellent talents and typical trappings, but we’re not gonna focus on the series as a whole for today. That’s a conversation better…
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WTF? Lethwei fighter headbutts then yeets opponent out of the ring
After an exhausting week packed with quality MMA action, we’re back to the fringes with more of the wild, weird, and sometimes impractical. And we begin with Fight Commentary Breakdowns, with a Bajiquan fighter sparring with a kickboxer. This is a fun one to watch, plenty of back and forth…