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Martial Arts News Archive
'Ultraviolet' a rainbow of fighting styles
Bradenton Herald
Sat, 04 Mar
2006 3:50 PM PST
"F ighting movies are (one of) two things: They're either real, or
they're cool," says "Ultraviolet" stunt coordinator and fight
choreographer Mike Smith.
Like it or not, UFC on verge of explosion
Fox Sports
Fri, 03 Mar
2006 8:55 PM PST
After once being viewed as human cockfighting and a menace to society,
the dark days of the Ultimate Fighting Championship are over. Dave Doyle
looks at the explosive popularity of a burgeoning sport that is ready to
go mainstream.
Loiseau loses, St. Pierre wins in USA vs. Canada UFC fight card
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News
Sat, 04 Mar
2006 10:11 PM PST
LAS VEGAS (CP) - David (The Crow) Loiseau was thrashed by middleweight
champion Rich Franklin but fellow-Montrealer Georges St. Pierre won
Saturday night to move closer to another welterweight title shot in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Shaolin Temple sends "invitation cards" overseas
People's Daily
Wed, 01 Mar 2006
10:56 PM PST
Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, central China's Henan province has sent
invitation cards overseas to call on Kongfu masters worldwide to take part
in the "Martial Arts Competition" to be held this month.
State Readies for First Martial Arts Fight After Ban Lifted
The Sacramento Union
Sat, 04 Mar 2006
11:37 AM PST
SAN FRANCISCO—Mixed martial arts cage fighting debuted in the United States
in the early 1990s, drawing huge pay-per-view audiences as a renegade blood
sport with few rules and the tantalizing prospect of gory injuries, even
death, in every match. Commonly known as Ultimate Fighting, after its
biggest promoter, the sport soon drew the ire of politicians like U.S. Sen.
John McCain, R-Ariz., who
Governor skips fight event / Planned mixed martial arts appearance
raised a fuss
San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, 03
Mar 2006 10:04 PM PST
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger canceled his plans Friday to lend his
star power to a controversial card of "gladiator'' style bouts,
acting quickly to end a day of controversy that had complicated his
negotiations with legislative Democrats over his huge public-...
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times since 3/17/06