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- Heavyweight crossover: Former England rugby star James Haskell signs to fight for Bellator MMA
Former England rugby union star spent 17 years taking untold amounts of physical punishment on the rugby field. Now he's reigniting his sporting career... as an MMA fighter.Aug 22, 2019 19:16Sport News - 'It’s stupid, men are stronger!' Siberian combat sports champion on 'intergender' MMA fightsRussian hand-to-hand combat champion Daria Nirkova, dubbed 'the new face of Siberian MMA', says the prospect of 'intergender' MMA fights and champions is "stupidity" as "men are stronger than women".Aug 19, 2019 10:38Sport News
- Why does this American MMA fighter wear Khabib’s famous papakha hat?The traditional woolly headgear of the North Caucasus, the papakha, made famous by UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomdeov, has made its way to American soil once again, although this time it was an American wearing it.Aug 16, 2019 20:19Sport News
- Intergender MMA matches would end sport’s tiresome gender debate once and for allIf mixed martial arts wanted to end sport’s tiresome gender debate it should allow ‘intergender’ matches where men fight women for championship belts. Then we might just end the tedious back and forth in one fell submission.Aug 16, 2019 14:22Sport News
- Bellator fan favorite Loureda follows in UFC star Masvidal’s footsteps to take reality TV show breakWomen’s Bellator MMA flyweight Valerie Loureda has announced she is going on a hiatus from mixed martial arts to take part in a TV reality show which has previously featured UFC star Jorge Masvidal.Aug 8, 2019 13:35Sport News
- ‘I’m a female Khabib, but better’ – undefeated women’s MMA star Kayla Harrison (VIDEO)Double Olympic judo champ Kayla Harrison – undefeated since making the switch to MMA – has compared her wrestling skills to the vaunted ground game of men’s UFC lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov.Aug 7, 2019 16:29Sport News
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