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'Fight Night For Heroes' Presents First-Ever MMA Fights in Iraq

Posted: Sep 4th 2009 2:03PM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
Filed under: Fighting

Right now in Mosul, Iraq, there are soldiers preparing for a different kind of fight. Not the kind with guns and bombs and IEDs. But mixed martial arts.

It's no secret that MMA is wildly popular among the U.S. military, who are taught hand-to-hand combat and share a kinship with the fighters. Many MMA fighters, including BJ Penn, Urijah Faber and Kenny Florian have traveled to the Middle East to visit troops. Others, like Randy Couture, Tim Kennedy and Brian Stann served in the military. And the UFC has even put on shows at U.S. bases to benefit veterans' causes.

But this one is different.

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Women's MMA Show on Eve of UFC 100

Posted: Jul 6th 2009 6:30PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: MMA Videos

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With UFC 100 taking place on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and the UFC Fan Expo going on as well, there may well be more MMA fans in Las Vegas this weekend than have ever congregated in one place in American history. Those fans will be looking for something to do on Friday night, and I think it was a brilliant decision for Tuff-N-Uff, an amateur MMA organization, to give them something: An all-female MMA card at the Orleans Arena.

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Kim Winslow on Being the First Female Ref in UFC History

Posted: Jun 25th 2009 4:36AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive

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On Saturday, Kim Winslow became the first female referee in the history of the UFC when she worked two fights at the Ultimate Fighter Finale.

This week FanHouse caught up with Winslow for a wide-ranging interview in which she talked about her thoughts on being the only woman working as a ref in mixed martial arts, how her job as an air-traffic controller prepared her for stepping into the cage, and why she doesn't hesitate to stop between two fighters, no matter how big they are.

The full interview is below.

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Kim Winslow Becomes First Female Referee in UFC History

Posted: Jun 21st 2009 1:10PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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A significant moment in mixed martial arts history seems to have passed with little notice Saturday night: Kim Winslow became the first woman ever to be in the Octagon during a UFC fight when she refereed the undercard bout between Nick Osipczak and Frank Lester at the Ultimate Fighter Finale.

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