FIGHTLANDTODAY
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Fightland Meets
Hacran Dias
Before his UFC fight tonight, lightweight Hacran Dias meets with us in Rio to talk about his life as a fighter and growing up in the favelas. Full story
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Drugs, Tweets, Fights, and Other Messes
Nate Diaz hits Bryan Caraway with an ugly slur. Caraway hits back. Then Michelle Ould gets involved. And everyone loses. Full story
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GSP Defies Expectations, Gets Animated
The UFC welterweight champion lands a role in a Disney movie and pushes the boundaries of cultural acceptance--in Canada. Full story
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Rumble on the Rails
Hoping to save Olympic wrestling from the bizarre whims of the International Olympic Committee, fighters from Iran, Russia, and the U.S. squared off yesterday in New York City's historic Grand Central Terminal. Full story
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Sitdowns
The Beginning - Episode 3
Bruce Lee movies, Brazilian skateboard vigilantes, and Chuck E. Cheese: UFC stars Urijah Faber, Ricardo Lamas, John Dodson, and Vitor Belfort tells us how it all started. Full story
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Photos of the Phenom
Before his fight this weekend in Brazil, legendary UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort posed for photographer Kenneth Cappello. Full story
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Defining Moment - The Machida Era
On May 23, 2009, Lyoto Machida defeated Rashad Evans for the UFC light heavyweight championship with his elusive karate-based style and ushered in a new, if brief, age in MMA. Full story
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A Female Fighter's Life
“There's something about harnessing the power of your body and using it to create a physical effect on the world that has nothing to do with sexuality or being ‘of worth’ to someone else that I think is more easy for men to accept than women.” Full story
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The Place Where Art and Fighting Meet
Fight the City literalizes the aesthetics of a good scrap. Full story
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The Secret Scourge Behind the Rise of MMA?!!
Could Toxoplasmosis be aiding in the creation of MMA champions? Full story
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The Work
AKA - Part 2 of 2
We return to San Jose to talk about the joys and damage of fighting with coach Javier Mendez and UFC stars Daniel Cormier, Gray Maynard, Mike Swick, and others. Full story
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A Fighter, an Actor, and Two Big New York Debuts
We talk to a young New York fighter (and part-time actor) who will be making his MMA debut the same night sanctioned MMA makes its debut in New York. Full story
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The Curse of the MMA Journalist
What's a (pseudo) responsible MMA writer to do when her passion for fights threatens to override her journalistic integrity? Full story
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Worldwide
Pakistan - Part 1 of 3
A center of religious and political controversy for decades, Pakistan is now also home to an MMA fight team, PAK MMA, founded by professional fighter and visionary Bashir "Somchai" Ahmad in a small apartment above a real estate office. Full story
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Worldwide: Takanakuy
Inside a Peruvian fight festival.
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Defining Moment - Mir vs. Lesnar 1
Mir's career-defining submission captured on wood
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WTF MMA 2: Win or Lose
The MMA virgin at his first fight.
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Fightland Meets: Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva - The Post-Fight Cut
Fightland visits the giant killer at his gym in Florida.
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Comrades in Armbars
Women make nice to keep their sport alive.
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Wrestling: Dead or Alive?
The IOC should have thought about who they were pissing off.