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NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. – If you need proof that MMA is the combat sport of the future, look no further than the Richard
Steele Boxing Club in Las Vegas.

The five-year-old nonprofit gym on Thursday took its MMA program to the next level.

The gym’s MMA program already has more than 55 kids enrolled. On Thursday, UFC officials partnered with Century Martial Arts to donate thousands of dollars of gloves, bags and other equipment to help fund the program’s growing needs.

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If things had continued as they were going when Lucas Pimenta was a 13-year-old living in Brazil, he might never have been drawn to mixed martial arts. He might be a boxer instead.

Back then, Pimenta traveled to his boxing gym nearly every day for six months, embracing the sport that was popular in both the area in which he lived and throughout the country.

But crime in the area closed the streets that he used to travel there, and Pimenta was not allowed to pass through to train.

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The world was deeply saddened this week when the news came.

On Monday, Nov. 7, boxing legend Joe Frazier passed away from liver cancer at the age of 67.

UFC site coordinator Burt Watson was closer to Frazier than most. He
worked for him. He was not only Joe’s manager, but also a great friend. As he told MMAjunkie.com Radio, the two were practically family.

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ROSEMEAD, Calif. – Here’s one fantasy matchup you probably didn’t see coming: Art Jimmerson vs.

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ROSEMEAD, Calif. – Here’s one fantasy matchup you probably didn’t see coming: Art Jimmerson vs. Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson in the squared circle.

The 48-year-old Jimmerson today said he’s itching to fight Slice. The bearded brawler this year embarked on a pro-boxing career after his MMA career fizzled.

“I want to redeem myself by showing them the real Art Jimmerson,” Jimmerson told MMAjunkie.com.

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Brad Wheeler first fought in front of a crowd when he was about 14 years old. It was in boxing, a sport beloved…

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Brad Wheeler first fought in front of a crowd when he was about 14 years old. It was in boxing, a sport beloved by his father, who was also a skilled soccer player.

Wheeler was more interested in combat sports than life on the soccer field, so he got into the gym from an early age. He didn’t waste any time taking the first of his 12 amateur boxing matches and getting familiar with the feel of the crowd and a strike to the face.

But ultimately, the lure of MMA proved too strong for the Cage Warriors 44 fighter.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jan Finney figured to serve as a decent measuring stick in the burgeoning mixed martial arts career of world champion boxer Holly Holm.

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MMAjunkie.com readers can now enter to win a pair of TITLE BLACKT Bag Gloves (valued at $200) given away every day in September.

All you have to do to enter is “Like” Title Boxing on Facebook and complete the short entry form.

Act now because we will select a random Facebook fan every day. The sooner you enter, the more chances you have to win!

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MMAjunkie.com readers can now enter to win a pair of TITLE BLACK Bag
Gloves (valued at $200) given away every day in September.

All you have
to do to enter is “Like” Title Boxing on Facebook and complete the short
entry form.

Act now because they will select a random Facebook fan everyday. The sooner you enter, the more chances you have to win.

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