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Vancouver BC Considering Regulating MMA
Promoted to the front page from the FanPosts by Luke Thomas. Hey all. So I write for a newspaper up here in Vancouver Canada, and over the past year I've managed to convince my editors that MMA is worth supporting. At first it was tough. I was told it was 'too tacky' and that newspaper ...
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White says hybrid boxing/MMA shows suck
White says hybrid boxing/MMA shows suck
sports.yahoo.com — Roy Jones Jr. is the latest promoter/fighter to latch onto the idea of putting boxing and mixed... martial arts on the same show. Fernando Vargas unveiled his first effort last month in Nevada. Jones Jr.'s card is Saturday night. Dana White was asked ... (more) White says hybrid boxing/MMA shows suck
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Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap — ... Plus you can’t really deny that the UFC works it’s ass off trying to get the sport legalized across the country. While you don’t always hear about it in the press, the UFC’s Marc Ratner is involved with every state and province currently looking into regulating mixed martial arts. When asked if he’d come out to Vancouver Canada to talk to them about the sport, here’s what he said: ...

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