Combat Sports

08 Sep 09 - Combat Sports News

Where Have the Heavyweights Gone?
The world of professional sports continues to get bigger, faster, and stronger, but combat sports seem to be the exception to the rule. ...

Promoters believe Mayweather-Marquez fight will make great theater
The escalating battle for the hearts and minds of combat-sports fans has been taken to a new level – the big screen of movie theaters, ...

Mixed martial arts a sport? Actually, it's several
Combat sports were first formalized internationally in the ancient Olympics. Canadian martial arts trainer Shah Franco, a former karate world champion, ...

How to choose a martial arts school in Boston (Part Four)
Boston has proud history and tradition of producing successful competitors in numerous combat sports, so the challenge is not to find a quality place to ...

What is Mixed Martial Arts?
The versatility of Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, is changing the combat sports map. Carlos Cummings said "Mixed Martial Arts has grown to outgrow boxing. ...

"Female Fury II" - Bay Area Female MMA/Muay Thai Fights
San Francisco, CA (USA): World Combat Sports Challenge (WCSC), a rising fight promotion based in the Bay Area, is proud to present the first-ever all-female ...

2010 SPORTACCORD COMBAT GAMES: ONE YEAR TO GO!
In exactly a year's time, on 27 August 2010, the world's best martial arts and combat sports athletes, from 13 International Federations, will gather in ...

MMA event in Vancouver has support of BC attorney general: UFC execs
With the UFC penciling in a June 2010 date for a pay-per-view fight card at GM Place, the combat sports promotion sent out three of their heavy hitters to ...

Showtime adds Strikeforce listing for Oct. 10; promotion, network ...
I dont get what Dana is exactly trying to accomplish that the UFC is the number one combat sports league? I'm a UFC fan but I'm also getting pissed off ...

Teen boxer to take a punch at Olympics
However NSW's Combat Sports Act, passed in December last year, and due to take effect in a couple of months, will allow women's boxing. ...

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