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Crushing Blows: The 7 Best Uppercuts in UFC History

There are a lot of ways to do a list of knockouts, but generally these lists are of knockouts as a whole. I have always been a fan of a perfectly timed uppercut.  When I was a young boy I remember watching Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson and Roy Jon…

There are a lot of ways to do a list of knockouts, but generally these lists are of knockouts as a whole. I have always been a fan of a perfectly timed uppercut.  When I was a young boy I remember watching Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. deliver powerful uppercuts that ended […]

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Crushing Blows: The 7 Best Uppercuts in UFC History

History of Jiu Jitsu: The Rise of Sport Jiu Jitsu

The 1990s saw the birth of the UFC and Pride, both in part due to the Gracies’ efforts to spread awareness of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The sport of MMA was a huge success and growing quickly, but so were student populations at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu sch…

The 1990s saw the birth of the UFC and Pride, both in part due to the Gracies’ efforts to spread awareness of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The sport of MMA was a huge success and growing quickly, but so were student populations at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu schools all over the world. The martial art was expanding faster […]

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History of Jiu Jitsu: The Rise of Sport Jiu Jitsu

UFC’s the Ultimate Fighter: Video of the 5 Wussiest Moments in TUF History

Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter series is intended to showcase the up-and-comers in the sport of mixed martial arts on their way to the sport’s biggest promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. But what we’ve seen hasn’t al…

Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter series is intended to showcase the up-and-comers in the sport of mixed martial arts on their way to the sport’s biggest promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. But what we’ve seen hasn’t always showcased the toughness normally displayed by the athletes in MMA. In fact, sometimes what we’ve seen has been […]

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UFC’s the Ultimate Fighter: Video of the 5 Wussiest Moments in TUF History

History of Jiu Jitsu: Carlson Gracie, The Grandfather of Jiu Jitsu in MMA

Carlson Gracie made his name as a fighter in the era of Vale Tudo, and is considered the best Vale Tudo fighter of the ’50s and ’60s. His hyper aggressive style of jiu jitsu had a deep influence on the art and his students, including the gr…

Carlson Gracie made his name as a fighter in the era of Vale Tudo, and is considered the best Vale Tudo fighter of the ’50s and ’60s. His hyper aggressive style of jiu jitsu had a deep influence on the art and his students, including the great Rolls Gracie. While Rolls went on to add […]

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History of Jiu Jitsu: Carlson Gracie, The Grandfather of Jiu Jitsu in MMA

History of Jiu Jitsu: Gracies Leave the UFC and Bring Jiu Jitsu Back to Japan

On November 12, 1993 in front of an audience of 2,800, Royce Gracie slipped his arm around Gerard Gordau’s neck and applied a textbook rear naked choke to win the first Ultimate Fighting Championship. Rorion Gracie’s vision of showing the w…

On November 12, 1993 in front of an audience of 2,800, Royce Gracie slipped his arm around Gerard Gordau’s neck and applied a textbook rear naked choke to win the first Ultimate Fighting Championship. Rorion Gracie’s vision of showing the world the effectiveness of Jiu-Jitsu had been realized and the event did a shocking 86,000 […]

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History of Jiu Jitsu: Gracies Leave the UFC and Bring Jiu Jitsu Back to Japan

History of Jiu-Jitsu: Coming to America and the Birth of the UFC

The Gracie family art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was a modification of the Japanese art of Judo by Carlos and Helio Gracie. The next generation of Gracies would push the art forward and great masters like Carlson and Rolls emerged. The art was battle teste…

The Gracie family art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was a modification of the Japanese art of Judo by Carlos and Helio Gracie. The next generation of Gracies would push the art forward and great masters like Carlson and Rolls emerged. The art was battle tested in Vale Tudo arenas all over Brazil, and by the mid-1960s, […]

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History of Jiu-Jitsu: Coming to America and the Birth of the UFC