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Boxing, MMA study examines threshold before fighters suffer brain damage CBS News For Bernick's study, which will be presented at the academy's annual meeting in New Orleans next week, researchers looked at 78 boxers and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, average age of 29, who were enrolled in the ongoing "Professional Fighters … and more »

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LA Boxing Looks To Cash In On Popularity Of MMA Forbes Although LA Boxing has traditionally chosen a slow-growth strategy of steady profits over rapid expansion, it has recently looked to cash in on the growing popularity of mixed martial arts and depressed real estate market (where its franchisees can …

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Wladimir Klitschko and his trainer are talking up his next tomato can opponent, but the praise is falling on deaf ears.

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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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