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  • bsrizpac
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    #231
    Originally posted by neils7147933
    Mixed Martial Arts goes back to 648 BC

    http://www.grapplearts.com/Mixed-Martial-Arts-1.htm
    "Mixed Martial Arts" is a slogan name created on the internet through polling.

    Before that the sport was called NHB or No Holds Barred. In the era you referenced it was called Pankration.

    There were also challenge matches and catch wrestling fights going on all along.


    None with the lame ass "MMA" name historically

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    • Kakutogi-Gumi
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      #232
      I must have missed that poll then.

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      • roundingace
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        #233
        We can co-exist. I, for one, don't prefer the UFC, MMA or any other name over boxing. Boxing has always been my first "contact sport" of choice but I won't undermind the likes of the UFC. People like Dana White, however, coming out and trying to put down one sport and build his own is just sad. It really shows you, when you think about it, who is king. I think Kimbo exposed the truths in that debate lol. (I know he wasn't UFC but it still gets my point across.) There will NEVER, I REPEAT NEVER, be a UFC fighter who is so beloved to the extent of an Ali, Louis, etc. etc. The history is too rich in boxing to be overshadowed in the longrun by a newcomer such as the UFC. All that said, my original statement holds true, we can co-exist.

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        • COACH WEBB
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          #234
          Originally posted by bsrizpac
          "mixed Martial Arts" Is A Slogan Name Created On The Internet Through Polling.

          Before That The Sport Was Called Nhb Or No Holds Barred. In The Era You Referenced It Was Called Pankration.

          There Were Also Challenge Matches And Catch Wrestling Fights Going On All Along.


          None With The Lame Ass "mma" Name Historically
          Lol!!!!!!!!!

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          • V.WEBB
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            #235
            Originally posted by COACH WEBB
            ..." I don't hate boxing, I grew up boxing."

            He is on ESPN's Jim Rome right now...thoughts?
            is it really dying White?

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            • Mr. Fantastic
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              #236
              Originally posted by COACH-WEBB
              is it really dying White?
              It has, but lately it has been picking up steam.

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              • corpse elf
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                #237
                what exactly was the point in bumping this? hasnt dana or some ufc guy said that same damn line EVERY year?

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                • BritishBoxing92
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                  #238
                  Originally posted by COACH WEBB
                  ..." I don't hate boxing, I grew up boxing."

                  He is on ESPN's Jim Rome right now...thoughts?
                  dana white needs to just pay attention to his ufc and mma stuff as far as i am concerned...

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                  • LoveDoctor
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                    #239
                    Dana White thinks everythin is dying slowly, i hope he gets cancer so he can too die slowly.

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                    • V.WEBB
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                      #240
                      Originally posted by corpse elf
                      what exactly was the point in bumping this? hasnt dana or some ufc guy said that same damn line EVERY year?
                      yea...but I was looking at the date when he said it, to now and it is alive and well. That is why I chose to bump this thread gob

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