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>Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:58:31 -0800
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>    1. No fighting ultimate fighting's rise (Eskrima-FMA)
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>Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:01:34 -0800
>From: Eskrima-FMA <eskrima.fma.digest@gmail.com>
>To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net
>Subject: [Eskrima] No fighting ultimate fighting's rise
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>No fighting ultimate fighting's rise
>USA Today
>
>Ultimate fighting has been in the public consciousness for at least a
>decade. Friends aired "The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion" in
>May 1997. That episode used the sport as an excuse to break up Monica
>and multibillionaire Pete (Jon Favreau), who clings to his delusions
>of competency in the ring to Monica's horror.
>
>A couple of months ago, we asked if UFC and other mixed martial arts
>competitions were replacing boxing as America's favorite combat sport.
>
>Today, USA TODAY's Life section takes us to a UFC competition in
>Sacramento (the one in which Tim Sylvia ... wait ... we'll stop there
>in case you've got it on Tivo) and finds that it's drawing everyone
>from teachers to paramedics to Hollywood agents, all boosting the
>sport's substantial ratings on Spike.
>
>Wikipedia provides a rough guide to the various forms of this rough
>sport. Some aspects of it aren't unique. Olympic-style judo sees
>athletes using chokes and armbars to force opponents to submit (or
>pass out, whichever comes first). Taekwondo and various forms of
>karate or kickboxing include kicking and punching.
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>So what makes this sport special? Why is it drawing crowds to arenas,
>cable TV and pay-per-view?
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