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Bruno F. Fernandes

Georges St-Pierre, a MMA fighter and world champion, is a student of Fernandes.


AnnMaria De Mars

She is the mother of Ronda Rousey, an Olympic bronze medalist judoka and mixed martial arts Bantamweight world champion; and of María Burns Ortiz, a sports journalist who serves as the social media columnist for ESPN.com and as a contributor to Fox News Latino.

Ariel Helwani

Magazine named him as one of their "Power 20", a list of the "most significant power players, movers, shakers, ambassadors, and game-changers in MMA," describing him as "the Howard Cosell of MMA".

Brad Court

He has appeared in Ultimate Grappling magazine (now Ultimate MMA magazine) on multiple occasions and is in all three of On the Mats "101 Submissions" DVDs.

Cage Warriors

Today it is breaking more ground for the sport of MMA than perhaps any other promotion, scheduling historic events in places like Chechnya, Baghdad and Beirut.

Denniston Sutherland

Sutherland made his MMA debut at UKMMAC 18: Fists of Fury against the South African Neil Grove, who was 30 kg heavier than Sutherland at the time.

Douglas Lima

Lima faced Russian MMA prospect Michail Tsarev in Season Eight Welterweight Tournament on January 24, 2013 at Bellator 86.

Fabrício Guerreiro

Fabrício de Assis Costa da Silva (born July 24, 1990), better known as Fabrício Guerreiro, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in Bellator's featherweight division.

Fightville

The idea for "Fightville" came about during production of Gunner Palace, when the filmmakers found out about MMA by observing soldiers watching and practicing the sport.

Gabriel Morency

Morency had several regulars including Dave Zirin, Rich "Moose" Salzer, Greg Sansone, Covers.com experts Teddy Covers, Steve Merril and Dave Malinsky, Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Kyle Turley, MMA star Frank Trigg, and 'The Coach' Russ Anber.

Gray Maynard

Maynard appeared on the "Schumacher Family" episode of Supernanny teaching the family's 7-year-old son about MMA at Randy Couture's gym.

Guto Inocente

Carlos Augusto Inocente Filho (born May 29, 1986), better known as Guto Inocente, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competes in the UFC's heavyweight division.

Harold Sakuishi

These included many popular musicians, characters from Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.

Hartley Jackson

In 2005, Hartley Jackson made his first trip to the USA which was sponsored by Rick Sanders, a founder of EPW in Perth, and took Mikey Nicholls with him Hartley and Mikey lived and trained at the NJPW Dojo located in Los Angeles, California where they trained pro wresting with Kendo Kashin, Rocky Romero, Antonio Inoki and Terry Taylor and also trained in MMA which was coached by UFC referee Herb Dean.

Heath Herring

Herring's brother also competed in MMA, holding an undefeated 5-0 record before attending Baylor University to play football as an offensive tackle.

Heath Sims

Sims is a world renowned MMA coach who has worked with fighters such as Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland, Chael Sonnen, Tarec Saffiedine and Pat Healy at Team Quest and is currently head of the wrestling program at Evolve MMA.

In total he fought 11 times in his MMA career, including five fights for Pancrase in Japan and took on top fighters of the era such as Koji Oishi, Antonio McKee, Satoru Kitaoka, Yuki Sasaki and Brad Gumm before retiring in 2006 in order to focus on his coaching commitments.

High Ridge, Missouri

Michael Chandler, professional MMA fighter, NCAA wrestling All American(University of Missouri)

Howard Davis, Jr.

Currently, Davis is serving as a boxing trainer to MMA fighters, including Chuck Liddell and fighters from American Top Team.

Inside MMA

The show includes a combination of talk, highlights, analysis from major MMA organisations such as the UFC, Bellator, and the World Series of Fighting.

Jeff Marek

Jeff started out by hosting Live Audio Wrestling, the first wrestling/MMA program available on conventional radio.

Lloyd Irvin

A number of prominent grapplers and MMA fighters have attended his school at one time, such as Mike Fowler, JT Torres, and Ryan Hall.

Lucas Martins

Lucas Martins (born November 11, 1988) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in Ultimate Fighting Championship's bantamweight division.

MEDL Mobile

They created apps for companies including Hyundai, Taco Bell, Medtronic, Monster.com, Disney, and The New York Times Company; for public figures including Actress Marlee Matlin, Comedians Cheech & Chong, DJ Pauly D, and MMA Champion Quinton Rampage Jackson; and to support movie releases such as the movie Ted and the Focus Features documentary, Babies.

Mixed martial arts clothing

Several clothing brands have developed their own lines of MMA apparel including Affliction Clothing, No Fear, Ecko Unlimited and Emerson Brand Apparel.

Mixed martial arts in Australia

The influence of the Japanese martial art of Jiu jitsu at the turn of the twentieth century and its modern relative Brazilian jiu-jitsu have shaped MMA in Australia.

Phil Migliarese

Phil and Rick have trained professional athletes and MMA fighters including Philadelphia Eagles Trey Thomas and Winston Justice, UFC fighters Frankie Edgar and Waylon Lowe, Bellator fighter Tim Carpenter, several World and Pan-Am Jiu-Jitsu winners as well as local police officers and FBI agents.

Ricardo Migliarese

Rick and Phil have trained professional athletes and MMA fighters including Philadelphia Eagles Tra Thomas and Winston Justice, UFC fighters Frankie Edgar and Waylon Lowe, Bellator fighter Tim Carpenter.

Ross C. Goodman

Under his management, the WFA acquired top ranked MMA fighters to include future UFC champions, Rich Franklin, Quinton Jackson, and Lyoto Machida, as well as Urijah Faber who became a champion in the WEC.

Royce Gracie

On December 31, 2004 Gracie entered the K-1 scene at the "Dynamite!" card inside the Osaka Dome, facing off against former sumo wrestler and MMA newcomer Akebono Tarō aka.

Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro

Born and lived in the neighborhood some personalities of the country at different times as the actor André Villon, Senator Júlio Cesário de Melo, Senator Otacílio Câmara de Carvalho, the football player Thiago Silva, MMA fighter's Marcos Oliveira.

Suspension of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

Meanwhile, Muttahida Majlis Amal(MMA) leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Tahreek-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan also reached Supreme Court to lead the protests.

Thales Leites

Leites earned a decision victory over Dean Lister at MFC 23 on December 4, 2009, a submission victory over Rico Washington at Bitetti Combat MMA 6 on February 25, 2010, and a submission victory over Jesse Taylor at MFC 25 on May 7, 2010.

Thiago Michel

Thiago Michel Pereira Silva, a.k.a. Thiago Michel (born May 15, 1984) is a Brazilian professional kickboxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter currently fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in their season six lightweight tournament.

Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock

He then defeated Ross Clifton on February 13, 2009 via submission and was scheduled to face former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley in an MMA bout, but tested positive for steroids after the Clifton fight in which he served a one year suspension.

Tom Erikson

He also beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka in a submission grappling match on October 11, 1997 before another quick TKO of Ed de Kruijf at Vale Tudo Japan 1997 in Chiba, Japan on November 29, 1997 in what would be his last MMA fight for almost two years.

Triumph united

Along with sponsoring MMA athletes T*U sponsors Muay Thai Fighters like John Wayne Parr and several Jiu Jitsu fighters.

In 2008 Triumph United and Osiris shoes collaborated on the first ever MMA signature shoe with Quinton "Rampage Jackson"

UFC 41

This was Abbott's first MMA bout since 1998, when he was defeated by Pedro Rizzo at Ultimate Brazil.

UFC 76

Welterweight Diego Sanchez returned after his decision loss at UFC 69 to Josh Koscheck when he faced Jon Fitch, a training partner of Koscheck and a former Purdue University wrestler who was in the midst of a thirteen-fight win streak.

UFC 79

UFC 79: Nemesis was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on December 29, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Virgil Lozano

Lozano was the last Middleweight Champion of the Cage of Fire and Baja Cage Fighting MMA Promotions and a former member of Ken Shamrock's Lions Den fighting team during the late 90's, early 2000s.

WEC 31

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC).

Women's mixed martial arts

The Strawweight's will take part in the 20th season of The Ultimate Fighter, the season winner will be the first UFC women’s strawweight champion.

World Victory Road

World Victory Road (WVR) is a defunct Japanese Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship in Japan.


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