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NEWS ABOUT: mixed martial arts

mixed martial arts stories: 8 news summaries

 Shaq Challenges MMA Fighters 

'I'm coming for you' after retirement, he says

Jun 18, 09 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shaquille O’Neal may be headed into the fighting ring after retirement. The 7-foot-1 NBA star posted a video challenging Mixed Martial Arts star Chuck Liddell and Korean kickboxer Hong Man Choi to matches. Choi—who’s an inch taller than Shaq—recently crushed retired baseball player Jose Conseco within... More »

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basketball • Jose Canseco • Shaquille O'Neal • mixed martial arts • Hong Man Choi • Chuck Liddell

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

 
Kimbo Slice:
 Where Rage
 Meets Honor 

YouTube helped fighter Kevin Ferguson pull himself up from homeless to famous

May 27, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - ESPN takes the measure of Kimbo Slice, streetfighting YouTube star and soon-to-be network TV darling, when mixed martial arts makes its broadcast TV debut Friday."Kimbo combines Mike Tyson's mystique and Mr. T's personality," Dan le Batard writes of the man who hit it big when a video... More »

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YouTube • homeless • mixed martial arts • Street Fights • Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson

Mixed Martial Arts Coming
to Network TV

CBS takes plunge, with first two-hour special slated for April 26

Feb 28, 08 7:33 PM CST
(Newser) - CBS is juicing up its Saturday night prime-time programming with mixed martial arts, Variety reports. ProElite, a company that has worked with CBS cable sister Showtime, will produce the show, with a first airing aimed for April 26. With the coveted 18-to-34-year-old male demographic in its crosshairs, CBS plans to... More »

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television • CBS • Showtime • primetime TV • mixed martial arts • ProElite

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

Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9

Islamic students clash with security forces in shootout; 140 wounded

Jul 3, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heavy gun battle between Pakistan's government and armed students at a radical mosque has left nine dead, the BBC reports. The melee lasted throughout the day as soldiers traded fire with militant students at Islamabad's controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque. Among the dead were three female students, a... More »

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Islam • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Red Mosque • Lal Masjid • Islamic Sharia law • Islamabad • mixed martial arts

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