Article: Natural sellout as Manchester goes all Randy.

Article: Etim claims first triumph; MIXED MARTIAL ...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  April 24, 2007 ;     429 words ... ... with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The south Liverpool scrapper proved far too slick for American Matt Grice at the MEN Arena on Saturday, impressing both his new paymasters and American TV crews. With both fighters protecting perfect 9-0 records ...

Article: Cash4Gold.Com Sponsors Aaron Riley Versus Ross Pearson in Highly ...
PR Newswire Europe;  November 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... direct from the general public, is sponsoring veteran MMA talent Aaron Riley in a highly anticipated fight in Manchester at the MEN Arena on 14 November. Riley, who competes in the lightweight division and boasts a record of 28-11-1 will face off against ...

Article: Advertisers look again at a rough, rising sport Image of ...
International Herald Tribune;  January 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... at a rough, rising sport Image of mixed martial arts is improving Byline: R.M ... FINANCE/BUSINESS At the end of a mixed martial arts bout, the fighters stand in the ... United States, Britain and Japan. Mixed martial arts has long been considered too risky ...

Article: Senator fights for mixed martial arts ; Timilty, a ...
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... push is on to regulate the sport of mixed martial arts in Massachusetts. State Sen ... think this is something we have to do. Mixed martial arts has exploded on TV. Its pay ... should and has to happen." While many mixed martial arts cards are held in Massachusetts ...

Article: Get ready for mixed martial arts bouts in Maryland
The Daily Record (Baltimore);  May 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Promoters of mixed martial arts are hailing the addition of ... bill signing, the new law adds mixed martial arts to the list of sports regulated ... pool of referees and judges for mixed martial arts fights. Even though the law ...

Article: Mixed martial arts makes a smash landing.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  June 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... The few times he told people he was a mixed martial arts fighter, he drew blank stares ... Fighter," a TV reality show. And mixed martial arts has become the next big thing ... cracking the cover of Sports Illustrated. Mixed martial arts _ especially as embodied in the ...

Article: Mixed martial arts A real knockout
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  March 6, 2009 ;     586 words ... ... years of my life wrestling, but then I found mixed martial arts (MMA)." Mixed martial arts is a hybrid style of martial arts that ... instructor Eddie Shepard of the Academy of Mixed Martial Arts in Bloomington. Shepard said mixed ...