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The Spice of Life

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Feb 02, 2024

The Spice of Life - Dynamite!! 2008 – December 31st, 2008. There’s no MMA variety show like a Japanese year-end spectacular.


Magic Moments: Dynamite!! The Power Of Courage 2009

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Feb 02, 2024

Magic Moments: Dynamite!! The Power Of Courage 2009THE...


Local Heroes

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Feb 02, 2024

The Philippines - Eduard FolayangAfter mugging Shinya...


Askren faces Aoki, Lee rematches Yamaguchi on November 24

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Feb 02, 2024

November 24 promises to be a big night for ONE Championship as Ben Askren, their welterweight champion, has a retirement fight


Money Shot: Payback time

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Feb 02, 2024

Ahead of Bellator 66, Eddie Alvarez said he owed Shinya Aoki one.

The Japanese grappling sensation had embarrassed the Philadelphian by submitting him in seconds at Dynamite!! 2008 and only a swift knockout could satisfy his thirst for revenge.


Global stories: St-Pierre-osaurus

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Feb 02, 2024

Patagonia, Argentina St-Pierreosaurus GSP gets excited about three things and three things only: women, violence in the Octagon and dinosaurs.


Judges' Verdict: Issue 131

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Feb 02, 2024

FO crosses continents to scout the best and heaviest-hitting MMA action. Why Chris Weidman is being dubbed ‘The Brazilian Killer’.


Real-life Rocky Story

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Feb 02, 2024

He’s leaped from the mean streets of Philadelphia to the top of the Bellator rich-list, yet is Eddie Alvarez about to jump ship to the UFC?


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Shinya Aoki Outlines Future Plans After Overcoming Last-Minute Replacement John Lineker At ONE 165

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Feb 02, 2024

Former ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion Shinya Aoki’s return to action this past weekend at ONE 165 was far from conventional....

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Where was the love?

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Feb 02, 2024

Shinya Aoki vs Mizuto HirotaThe tone was set at the initial Dynamite!! 2009 press conference. Shinya Aoki was called upon to talk about his upcoming


MMA News: Issue 080 – Part 1

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Feb 02, 2024

OMIGAWA CALLS FOR CONSISTENT JUDGING AFTER CONTROVERSIAL UFC 131 DECISION UFC featherweight Michihiro Omigawa has expressed his desire for better


Japanese Fighters

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Feb 02, 2024

In the halcyon days of Pride, Japan was the center of the MMA world. That era is over, but the Land of the Rising Sun still produces fighters


Bad Boys

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Feb 02, 2024

We know we should root for the clean-cut, hard-working guys who set the right example – but that’s not always the case.


All bark, no bite

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Feb 02, 2024

George Sotiropoulos has proved he’s more than the UFC’s Aussie ambassador It’s the Shooto Champion Carnival in Yokohama, Japan, 2006.


The grapplers

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Feb 02, 2024

While some fans love a good, knock-down, drag ‘em-out brawl, some prefer the technical brilliance - 'human chess' - that takes place on the mat


Crossing over: the good, the bad and the ones that got away

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Feb 02, 2024

In the early days, MMA was dominated by men from a wide range of disciplines. At that time, there was no such thing as a true mixed martial artist.


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