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31-year-old Douglas Dedge was an American mixed martial artist who was the first known American competitor to be fatally injured in an MMA fight and the first death in the modern era of MMA. On March 16, 1998, Dedge competed at an unsanctioned "World Super Challenge" event in Kyiv , Ukraine .
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
The following list features mixed martial artists who have competed in the most bouts that were approved and regulated by a formal sanctioning body. [1] This includes mixed martial arts and shoot fighting, but excludes bouts in specific forms, such as boxing, grappling, or wrestling. It also excludes any unregulated bouts.
The American-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the world. [1] Since its inception in 1993, the UFC has been the subject of controversies, ranging from moral condemnation of its events by politicians, which resulted in MMA being banned in many US states, to criticism for underpaying its athletes and for criminal behavior committed by ...
The list excludes fighters who have not fought for more than two years and are not subjected to suspension. [note 1] Most names presented are in accordance with Sherdog website profiles and may include common nicknames or alternative spellings rather than birth names. [note 2] MMA records below are retrieved from Sherdog's website. [note 3]
In October 2016, Bennet Omalu announced that CTE had been posthumously detected in the brain of MMA fighter Jordan Parsons. [ 91 ] In 2018, Wanderlei Silva admitted to experiencing symptoms consistent with CTE and expressed a wish to donate his brain for research.
This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. A. Tank Abbott - (UFC, Pride , Strikeforce) Hamdy Abdelwahab - ...
This list of current UFC fighters records current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results and the champion of each division. As of 3 February 2025, the UFC roster consisted of fighters from 78 countries. [1]