Archive for November, 2009

Governor signs bill regulating MMA fights in Mass. (Sports Illustrated)

  Date Monday, November 30th, 2009

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday signed into law a bill regulating mixed martial arts, making it a near certainty that the UFC will host an event in the Bay State sometime in 2010.

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MMA regulated in Massachusetts; New York, Vancouver and Ontario next UFC targets (Vancouver Province)

  Date Monday, November 30th, 2009

One major market down, two more to go. Long-time efforts by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officials paid off Monday when the sport of mixed martial arts was regulated in the state of Massachusetts.

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UFC 100 Making History: Lesnar vs. Mir (DVD Talk)

  Date Monday, November 30th, 2009

Rent It I have serious doubts that a single soul watching UFC 1 believed that the event would evolve into a fringe sport much less make it to event 100. But, 16 years later, from no-holds barred freakshow to mainstream sport, there we were

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