It's the 74th fight night organized by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC.
Take, for instance, Joe Ellenberger, a former college wrestler aspiring to join the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the often brutal mixed martial arts competition.
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But he's taking Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, and says he's intrigued by mixed martial arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, though his mother isn't thrilled.
Dr. Joseph Estwanik, an orthopedic surgeon who helped get mixed martial arts legalized in North Carolina, also helped develop the glove that brought the Ultimate Fighting Championship out of the bare-knuckle era.
But the Ultimate Fighting Championship president may have second thoughts about mixing it up with members of the hacker collective Anonymous on Thursday night on Twitter, where he was on the receiving end of a brutal punch.
MusclePharm is the exclusive nutritional sponsor of the popular Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) series, which hits its key demographic of 18 to 40 years old.
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The proposal to sanction mix-martial arts fights still faces opposition from unions, due to an unrelated labor dispute in Nevada with the owners of Ultimate Fighting Championship, the sport's largest promoter.
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The leading league, Ultimate Fighting Championship, has a dedicated following on American pay-per-view television, and has been gaining fans through live shows and television in Europe too.
Ultimate fighting championship is evidently the Fertittas' most valuable asset, but the brothers spend the majority of their time running Station Casinos, their family's gambling outfit.
As Ultimate Fighting Championship has exploded into the mainstream over the past few years, THQ has been able to ride that success with four games.
Ultimate Fighting Championship, which started in 1993, is the most recognized name in mixed martial arts.
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