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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 .
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 ...
UFC: 17–0 (12 KO, 1 SUB) [9] Daniel Marcos: Male Bantamweight: UFC: 17–0 (1 NC, 8 KO) [10] Bout declared a no contest after an accidental groin kick rendered Aori Qileng unable to continue. Ilia Topuria: Male Featherweight Lightweight Bantamweight: UFC: 16–0 (6 KO, 8 SUB) [11] Sarvadzhon Khamidov: Male Bantamweight Featherweight: Bellator ...
MMA fighters are ranked according to their performance and outcome of their fights and level of competition they faced. The most popular and used, ranking portals are: Fight Matrix: Ranks up to 250–500 fighters worldwide for every possible division male and female. Sherdog: Ranks top 10 fighters worldwide only for current available UFC ...
Dakota Lili-Joa Ditcheva [1] (Bulgarian: Дакота Дичева; born 25 July 1998) is an English mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter currently competing in the women's Flyweight division of the Professional Fighters League (PFL).
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 ...
In the United States, the fight sold at least 2 million or more pay-per-view buys on closed-circuit theater TV, but received mixed reactions from audiences. [8] The fight played an important role in the history of mixed martial arts. [9] The earliest example of a modern MMA contest held in America was introduced in Pittsburgh, Penn. in 1979.
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.