sports.aol.com - 1/31/2008
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A big part of the UFC's marketing strategy is an appeal to professional wrestling fans, which this video -- distributed through the YouTube channel of the pro wrestling outfit TNA -- makes clear: Brock Lesnar will fight in the UFC for the first time a week from today, which will probably draw in a lot of wrestling fans who had never bought a UFC pay per view. And in that video, Kurt Angle, ...
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Saturday's UFC 81 Is Big Night For The Future Of The UFC (Probably)
Cousins of Ron Mexico —
... Hopefully, this weekend will be different. I'll talk more about Sylvia further down, but let's focus on Brock Lesnar. Some residents *cough* Michael David Smith *cough* of the blogosphere have opined that any success by Lesner in the UFC will hurt the organization because Lesnar is ...
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