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MMA Roots: When Forrest Griffin’s Star Blazed at Heat Fighting Championship 1 Twenty-two years ago, the American traveled into hostile territory to make his mark before he captured imaginations on “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series and went on to claim the...

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Marcelo Alonso

Dec 01, 2025

MMA Roots: When Ebenezer Fontes Braga Stole the Show Organizers decided to bring in fighters from all over Brazil for a resolve-testing tournament at Freestyle de Belem 2 on Aug. 30, 1996.

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Marcelo Alonso

Aug 31, 2025

MMA Roots: The Night Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell Were Introduced to the MMA World Two mixed martial arts icons put themselves on the path to superstardom under the International Vale Tudo Championship flag in August 1998.

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Marcelo Alonso

Aug 04, 2025

IVC 1: Dan Severn and Gary Goodridge Steal The Show in Sao Paulo Marcelo Alonso shares exclusive photos and anecdotes from IVC 1, the 1997 no-holds-barred tourney that established Brazil's realest vale tudo...

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Marcelo Alonso

Dec 31, 2024

Pride 4: Three Generations of Legends on One Historic Card Marcelo Alonso shares photos and stories from Pride 4 on Oct. 11, 1998, where the top fighters in the world at the time collided with some of...

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Marcelo Alonso

Jul 17, 2024

Vale Tudo Relics: The UFC Debuts in Brazil The South American country has played host to more Ultimate Fighting Championship events than any other nation on the planet outside the United...

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Marcelo Alonso

Apr 22, 2024

This Month's MMA Birthdays: Carlos Condit Turns 40 The former World Extreme Cagefighting champion was for years one of the most violent men in mixed martial arts and more than lived up to “The...

Brian Knapp

Apr 21, 2024

IVC 2: The Birth of Wanderlei Silva In the wake of Wanderlei Silva's selection to the UFC Hall of Fame, Marcelo Alonso shares some exclusive photos and anecdotes from the...

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Marcelo Alonso

Feb 26, 2024

UVF 6: ‘Carlao’ Barreto Answers Randleman’s Challenge In March of 1997, Kevin Randleman achieved the seemingly impossible: uniting all the rival fight schools of Rio de Janeiro in a quest to kick his ass.

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Marcelo Alonso

Feb 04, 2024

UVF 4: Mark Coleman and Kevin Randleman Consecrate Wrestling in the Land of Jiu-Jitsu Marcelo Alonso shares exclusive photos and anecdotes from the fabled 1996 tournament in Rio de Janeiro where Mark Coleman introduced his...

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Marcelo Alonso

Dec 11, 2023

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