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To: hardspunned

Is UFC about wrestling? Usually Trump goes to wrestling matches, sometimes boxing. I haven’t yet made time to invade the website.


5 posted on 04/12/2025 7:31:19 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell
"Is UFC about wrestling? "

Yes


9 posted on 04/12/2025 7:44:50 PM PDT by TexasGator (1.)
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To: lee martell

“Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world, it and similar “mixed” fighting sports were originally designed to be similar to street fighting.”


26 posted on 04/12/2025 8:01:28 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (If you dont like my sense of humor, please let me know so I can laugh at you too.)
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To: lee martell

Trumps likes all three. He seems to like mano to mano competition. That’s the way he handles competitors too.


27 posted on 04/12/2025 8:02:43 PM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 36 months)
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To: lee martell

Not really wrestling- though it has some which is similar to it- jui jitsu or however it’s spelled, but it has a lot of holds that wrestlers don’t use. Mostly though it is kick boxing on steroids- with small gloves. They do have bare knuckles mma too. It has a bunch of different martial art styles all mixed into one- Thai fighting style is big- one of the best would knee people into submission-

Supposedly it’s safer than boxing beczuse either the fighters give up sooner, tap out, or get knocked out sooner than in boxing, or the ref calls the fight sooner as well. But it’s stil pretty brutal and bloodier than boxing.

It kidnz started from tough guy competitions where mostly bar security folks would compete, and from illegal street fighting which grew pretty big. Then mixed martial artists began dominating the street brawlers znd bar fighters, until it got organized and became a thing. There were a few senators who tried banning it, but it got really big after the very first where forest Griffith and stephan bonner fought their hearts out- turning people who had never watched before into instant fans- it just exploded after that- it was a wicked good fight.


41 posted on 04/12/2025 9:32:31 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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