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ultimate fighting stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - A realistic video game featuring a historic Fallujah battle involving US forces in Iraq has incensed vets and their families, reports ABC News. Six Days in Fallujah is due out next year, and involves Marine consultants to ensure accuracy of the action. "It's upsetting," said a mom who... More »

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Iraq • military • Fallujah • ultimate fighting • Marine • video game developers • video games • Marine Corps • troops

Fighter, Wife Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Levens had been banned from mixed martial arts circuit for pain killer

Dec 19, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - An extreme martial arts fighter known as "the executioner" and his wife have been found dead in their California home in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide, reports the Los Angeles Times. A gun was found next to the body of Justin Levens, 28, who died from a... More »

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murder-suicide • ultimate fighting • mixed martial arts • martial arts • extreme sports

Military's New Recruiting Tool: Ultimate Fighting

Demographics, skills
of mixed martial arts appeal to recruiters

May 30, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military is mining an unlikely new recruiting ground: the 18- to 30-year-old devotees of mixed martial arts. MMA, which John McCain once labeled human cockfighting, has surged in popularity while instituting rules to appease lawmakers. The armed forces have begun organizing ultimate fighting championships of their own, not... More »

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US military • ultimate fighting • mixed martial arts

Martial Arts Champ Takes on Ultimate Fight

The Tiger Woods of mixed martial arts defects from league

Dec 30, 07 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Not unlike a real-life version of Soviet pain machine Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, Russian mixed martial arts fighter Fedor Emelianenko is, pound-for-pound, the world's best fighter, Esquire reports, and now he's set to give the MMA industry a run for its money. Or maybe his money. Emelianenko's decision to... More »

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Russia • ultimate fighting • mixed martial arts • Ultimate Fighting Championship • M 1 Global • Fedor Emelianenko

Fighters Throw Down With UFC

Nice guy Randy Couture calls it quits

Nov 2, 07 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ultimate Fighting's most public face, Randy Couture, recently sucker-punched the UFC when he unexpectedly quit, saying he was "tired of being taken advantage of." But Couture isn’t the only disenchanted fighter, reports Time. UFC president Dana White blames fame—and a “puke Hollywood agent”—for... More »

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Randy Couture • ultimate fighting • mixed martial arts • Ultimate Fighting Championship

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