Mixed Martial Arts
The M.M.A. Doctor’s Dilemma: To Stop or Not to Stop the Fight
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Late one Saturday evening in June, two men in their 20s stood across from each other, shirtless and swaying, in a mixed martial arts cage in Exhibit Hall B of the Chattanooga Convention Center. The mat was sticky, a dark canvas of blood and foot sweat. Something in the combatants’ eyes made […]
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Julianna Peña vs. Amanda Nunes: U.F.C. Battle of Toddler Moms
There, she met Nina Ansaroff, who trained at the same gym. Initially sparring partners, the two soon struck a romantic relationship. They soon shared a two-bedroom home with seven other people in Little Haiti, a Miami neighborhood with some of the city’s highest poverty rates. Their lives began to stabilize as they entered the U.F.C., […]
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Oliveira Will Face Poirier and Nunes Will Fight Peña in U.F.C. Bouts
Two blue-collar men with mutual respect. The greatest female mixed martial artist of all time looking to add a win against a chattering rival. A promoter happy with those differences. Those draws on Saturday, when the Ultimate Fighting Championship will hold its last pay-per-view card of the year, don’t generate the instant mainstream recognition of […]
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