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It is highly unimaginable that you will not have heard of the French Open tennis championship, because it is a competition which is a regular topic of conversation. In French the name of the competition is ‘Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros’ or ‘Tournoi de Roland Garros’. This tournament, which lasts for about two weeks is held in Paris at the Roland Garros Stadium, from which it got its name.

It is one of the most publicised and broadcast sports events throughout the entire world and many VIPs go to it. The attendees are fanatics who wait with baited breath on every stroke, especially when there is a tight struggle between two players, trying their best to win. Even TV viewers actually get a feeling of being there live.

The French Open tennis championship is the second on the annual schedule of the Grand Slam tournaments and its history stretches back to the year of 1891 when it was elevated to an international competition. In those days, it was called the ‘International Championship of Tennis of France’ or ‘Championat de France International de Tennis’ in French.

First of all, only players that were registered or licensed in France were permitted to join in this competition, but things took a different turn in 1925, when the French open tennis tournament finally was accessible to foreign players. In 1912, the ground the players used was made of red brick dust. Actually the crushed brick was formed into red clay that covered the ground, which until then would have been a green lawn.

The popularity of the French Open tennis tournament held at Roland Garros dates back to a competition between the Philadelphia Four (Rene Lacoste, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon) who won the Davis Cup in 1927. It triggered the desire in the French to defend their cup in future competitions. This new tournament designed to bring back home the cup was held on a stadium named after the World War I pilot Roland Garros and since then the name has stuck.

The word ‘open’ became has been used since 1968, when the tournament was open to both amateurs and professionals alike who wanted to test their skills at tennis. Since then, the French Open tennis tournament has also brought in some novel ideas in prizes.

Apart from the usual winners’ prizes, they also award a ‘Prix Orange’ for the most correct and press-friendly player, a ‘Prix Citron’ for the player with the strongest personality and a ‘Prix Burgeon’ for the one the best new-comer of the tennis year.

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In your life you encounter a number of rules that are golden, principles that actually apply. In Alabama, there is another set of guidelines that you will not find any place else. As an Alabama resident, they will help you as long as you stay here.

Live by the rules of everyday Alabama life and things will go good for you in dixie.

With that in mind, I thought of life in Alabama along with some of its unspoken “golden rules”. Here are five of the most popular “Golden Rules” which apply to living in Alabama.

Golden Rule 1: You are either a Alabama fan or Auburn fan. No other choice. The reason, that you might like to do that, is simply because everyone you encounter in Alabama will in all probability ask you who “you are for” and it is always between Auburn & Alabama. Other local colleges like UAB, Troy, JSU, UNA, South Alabama are simply a passing interest to the majority of residents of Alabama. You have to select from one of the iron bowl competitors for your loyalty. Keep in mind, if you don’t pick, its practically worse than being for the other side. You are regarded a wishy washy fan.

Golden Rule 2, You Have To Eat Grits… Grits are one of those fantastic southern foods that you’ll find on the breakfast kitchen tables in Alabama. They are simply just delicious with eggs, bacon, and homemade biscuits..

Golden Rule 3, Attend Church. The reason that this is important is because at least twice a year, Easter or Christmas, people will need to see you there. Otherwise, expect to be asked to attend on a regular basis, because everybody knows everybody, especially in a small town.

Golden Rule 4, Be Polite! Here in the south, we treat people like we would like to be treated and will go the extra mile to help a stranger. . When we are talking to others, we are sure to say please, thank you, & you’re welcome when the need arises. Also, we address our elders by No Sir/Yes Sir and No Ma’am/Yes Ma’am.

Golden Rule 5, Alabama Based Music Gives You Pride! You have to love any music that has something to do with Alabama. This would certainly include every song that the country music group, Alabama recorded, especially “My Home’s In Alabama.” Also, don’t forget Lynyrd Skynyrd and “Sweet Home Alabama.” It is like a state anthem here!

If you follow these golden rules to living in Alabama, you will find that life will be a little sweeter here in the heart of dixie!

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There is a commonly held belief that golf is the pastime-cum-sport of rich entrepreneurs and businessmen. It is also seen as being an exclusive sport and not easily accessible to ordinary blue collared employees. However, this is not really true as modernization and commercialization have brought these so-called elite sports into the reach of ordinary workers.

This is because there is no need to have sophisticated equipment to have a game, so, unlike big game fishing and polo which need very costly resources like a boat or a horse respectively, golfers just need a set of golf clubs, which are reasonably affordable. With this in mind, retirement gifts for golfers and aspiring golfers can be easily thought of.

Making personalized retirement gifts for golfers is quite an easy task as you could easily personalize golfing equipment with things such as home made golf club pouches, and caddy covers. These can be made by knitting (that is if you are into knitting) or any other handicraft requiring other materials.

Another good idea is to think about golfing fashion by focusing on the apparel worn by golfers. You may even end up starting a new trend in golfing clothing by the use of your imagination regarding the design of the clothing for your retiree.

The most easiest way of getting a retirement gift for golfers is to go to the nearest sports shop and get your retiree something they sell there. It may sound a bit impersonal, but then this may prove really useful, if the retiree is still a novice golfer. Maybe, you could get a golfing book, a subscription to a golfing magazine or a box of personalized golf balls.

However, you could find out what your retiree golfer still needs, and perhaps also use your imagination to think about what methods you could use to enhance the golfing equipment the retiree may already have.

Commercially made golfing equipment is always a safe bet. If you want to make your retiree feel great, buy him or her a famous-name set of golf clubs, thereby making him feel like a professional.

You could go to a joke shop and ask if they have any joke items for the golfer there. They probably do, since golf is such a popular game.

Gag gifts should be chosen quite carefully since they could raise sensitive issues for the retiree, especially if he is a novice golfer. Gags as gifts in relation to golfing can be taken the wrong way and put someone off, if they are upset by the idea implied by the gag or joke you gave them.

As for veteran players who are already well adapted to the game, the gift of a good gag on their retirement day would be quite funny as they would already see golfing not only as a way to relieve stress, but also to actually have some fun in a competitive environment.

Retirement gifts for golfers are just a simple way to make your golfer friend enjoy life after his career is over.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship

Brainchild of Rorion Gracie and Art Davie, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was an eight-man single-elimination tournament with very few rules that would award $50,000 to the winner. The basic premise was to find out how different styles of martial arts would fare against each other. Art Davie placed ads in martial arts magazines and sent letters to anyone in any martial arts directory he could find to recruit competitors for the event. Among the takers were kickboxer Patrick Smith, Pancrase fighter Ken Shamrock, and Savate world champion Gerard Gordeau.

While Art Davie felt that Royce’s older brother Rickson Gracie, who was stronger and more skilled than Royce, was the obvious choice as the Jiu-Jitsu representative, Rorion Gracie chose the younger Royce to represent the family style.

In his first match, Royce defeated journeyman boxer Art Jimmerson. He tackled him to the ground using a baiana (morote-gari or double-leg) and obtained the dominant “mounted” position, also pinning Jimmerson’s left arm around the boxer’s own neck. Mounted and with only one free arm Jimmerson conceded defeat, mostly due to frustration rather than submission.

In the semi-finals, Royce fought Ken Shamrock, who showed excellent grappling skills in his first-round submission win over Patrick Smith. Royce immediately rushed Shamrock, who sprawled effectively and got on top of Royce. Shamrock then grabbed Royce’s ankle and sat back to attempt the same finishing hold he used to finish his first match, but Royce rolled on top of him and secured a rear choke that forced Shamrock to tap the mat in submission. Shamrock has later stated that Gracie used his gi suit as a tool for ligature strangulation to perform the submission, protesting the fact that he was not allowed to wear his wrestling shoes because the event organisers had stated that it could be used as a weapon, feeling that the rules for the tournament were created to favor Gracie. Royce disputed the claim and said he had used a no-gi choke, meaning that there is no need to use his gi to apply this choke.

In the finals, Royce defeated Savate World Champion Gerard Gordeau (who broke his hand in the first round of the tournament against Teila Tuli), taking his opponent to the ground and securing a rear choke.

Over the next year, Royce Gracie continued fighting in the UFC, obtaining submission wins over fighters such as Patrick Smith, 250 pound (113 kg) European Judo Champion Remco Pardoel, and Kimo Leopoldo. His final UFC victory was in a match that lasted for 16 minutes (there were no rounds or time limits at the time), during which he was continuously pinned underneath 260 pound (118 kg) wrestler Dan Severn. To end the match, Royce locked his legs in a triangle choke for a submission victory. The match extended beyond the pay-per-view time-slot and viewers, who missed the end of the fight, demanded their money back.

Time limits were re-introduced into the sport in 1995 and MMA legend Ken Shamrock would become the first fighter to survive Royce Gracie’s submission attack and earn a draw. The match lasted for 30 minutes and a 5-minute overtime. Fans have been calling for a rematch ever since. The draw sparked much debate and controversy as to who would have won the fight had judges determined the outcome, or had there been no time limits, as by the end of the fight Royce’s right eye was swollen shut. However, the swollen eye was a result of a standing punch due to a sudden change of the rules in which both of the fighters were restarted on the feet. After this fight the Gracies left the UFC.

At UFC 45 in November 2003, at the ten year anniversary of the UFC, Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie became the first inductees into the UFC Hall of Fame. UFC President Dana White said; “We feel that no two individuals are more deserving than Royce and Ken to be the charter members. Their contributions to our sport, both inside and outside the Octagon, may never be equaled. ”

Royce’s official UFC record when he left did include one loss. In the second round of UFC 3 Royce was to face fighter Harold Howard in the semi-finals. Although Royce came out to the ring, he was dehydrated as a result of his first round match against Kimo Leopoldo. The announcers of UFC 3 stated that Gracie’s shoulder had been hurt in the previous round. Before the Howard match began, Royce’s corner threw in the towel.

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I have read tons of reviews about scooters and motorbikes, because I am a subscriber to a scooter and motorcycle enthusiasts’ magazine that carries articles about all the different sorts of scooters and motorcycles on the market. It also recommends the best one to buy depending on whether you are a first time owner or a two-wheeler old hand. The magazine is fantastic, and it helps me understand what other scooter owners feel about the different models and brands of scooters.

I have to say that people’s views vary quite widely on every subject, which is why it’s probably always better to do your own research and get what best suits you, rather than getting what other people say will suit you, when they do not even know you. Having said that, many first time buyers do not honestly know what they are looking for, and it is really these people that these reviews are written for.

However, these reviews are not meant to be taken too literally, rather they are intended as a guideline so that prospective greenhorn buyers have to think about the aspects of buying a scooter or motorbike. It also gives experts a run down of the salient facts. Then you need to make up your own mind whether you care, for instance, whether the scooter’s seat is made of leather or fabric.

All in all, I like this magazine because it takes into account people from all walks of life, and its writers and editor understand that even if you are interested in purchasing a scooter, you may not have enough money or you might be reading just out of interest in scooters or motorcycles.

We all know that money is difficult to come by these days, and consumers are becoming more and more well-informed about the goods they want, which is a good thing in my opinion. After all, there are other merchants who just desire to get the most money they can for their products and mark up their scooter prices to inflated amounts in the hope that they will get a few stupid customers that did not do their research.

And I am sure that they probably do get a few customers like that, because they do stay in business one way or another and I regularly hear awfulness stories about people who have paid far too much for their scooter or motorbike.

When you ask them why they did not take the time to read the reports in a magazine, they usually say that they did not know about the magazines, or even worse, that they did not have sufficient time. Therefore it seems that they had enough time to work like a dog for the money, but then not enough time to read a short magazine review? I doubt it very much. With a bit of luck, consumers will continue becoming more and more careful about their purchases.

It is such a pity, so, If you happen to be a new scooter fan, or you know someone who is, please make sure you read the scooter and motorbike reviews before concluding a purchase. It can literally save you hundreds or even thousands of your hard earned dollars.

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MMA gloves or Mixed Martial Arts gloves are meant for mixed martial arts fighting. Martial arts require fighting with hands with your opponents. Therefore, protection of the fighter’s hands is mandatory and for that purpose, one needs a good pair of MMA gloves.

MMA gloves are made of leather or polystyrene and there is a thick layer of foam inside for resistance. They ensure complete protection of your hands and a good grip. Gloves protect the fingers, knuckles and wrist from injuries and bruises while fighting. Wearing gloves minimize the damage that can happen due to hard blows. Even during training sessions and championships, they play a role of protective shield for your hands. Always make sure that you wear gloves of appropriate size. They should not be loose or tight because proper movement of fingers is necessary.

A good glove also acts as a good palm cushion as it guards your palm during palm strikes. The techniques of martial arts are of course helpful but good gloves assist you in super ceding your opponent. The gloves reduce the actual damage caused by punches. Thus, when you wear gloves, your opponent is more likely to be knocked out than get hurt.

Be very cautious while choosing gloves for yourself. For that, it is important for you to learn the structure of a MMA glove. The text below helps you to know your glove better.

1. The most important portion in any glove is the KNUCKLE GUARD. If a glove cannot protect your knuckles then it is better not to waste money and fight barehanded. This region of the glove absorbs majority of the force of the punch.

2. Second important portion is the PALM COVER. This must be made of flexible and durable material as your palm stretches edge ways when you hit with it.

3. Last but not the least is WRIST GUARD. This part must be made of tough material with foam covering the inside. This prevents the wrist from being twisted in awkward angels.

Professional fighters use many brands. Four of the best brands are listed below:

1. Hayabusa: their latest design Y volar palm design offers the best fit and flexibility.

2. Fairtex: the sparring gloves are famous for they have over sized knuckle padding with pre-curved foam that offers complete security and comfort. Another of their design that is equally famous is the one meant for spirited fights. It is the competition gloves of leather with open palm design and flexibility. Fairtex is known for durability and quality.

3. Truth Fight Wear: They have gained extreme fame in the competition and training gloves category. Their design has soft piping around the knuckles and an open thumb that minimizes the irritation. Large Velcro wrist straps offer greater security and grip.

4. Everlast: this brand is probably the oldest brand in this regime. The gloves they sell are of supreme quality. Their glove has open palm design, stitching on fingers, proper padding and safe wrist strap.

We have to fight with hands with our rivals in Martial Arts. And we use punches while fighting with our opponents in Martial Arts like Karate, Taekwondo and Muay Thai. So we need to protect our hands when we fight with our opponents. And that problem can be solved with good quality types of gloves known as MMA Gloves.

If you are going to take part in any kind of Martial Arts, I would suggest you to chose a good quality MMA Gloves and don’t care too much about the prices of the gloves. A pair of glove can be costly and I would suggest you to buy additional MMA Gloves you need to use them in some situations where your first glove pair is missing or broken.

We use gloves in some other sports as well like boxing. So I would suggest you to buy different gloves for different purposes, MMA gloves for punches and bag gloves for punching bags. So it does not make any sense to use the same pair of gloves for different purposes as each glove pair is made for different purposes. If you use your gloves with proper care, you can increase their life to many years. Every time you use them, do some cleaning work and place them to their proper place.

While buying any kind of glove, you should check their comfort and safety level. All major fighters use branded gloves made of polystyrene and there is a layer of foam as well inside them. And gloves with double stitch are safer and their life is supposed to be longer. Padded gloves are supposed to be safer and we need to choose those gloves with free movement of fingers. So, make sure that you use a good pair of gloves while fighting and make use of all the information provided to you in the above text.

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Georges St-Pierre was born May 19, 1981 in Saint-Isidore, Quebec, to Jim and Louise St-Pierre. St-Pierre had a difficult childhood , tending a school where others would steal his clothing and money. He started learning Kyokushin karate at age seven by his father and later by a Kyokushin Karate Master to help protect himself against a bully at school , Nikolas Mavrikos.

He took up wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu subsequently his karate instructor died and also trained in boxing . Before turning pro as a mixed-martial artist, St-Pierre worked as a bouncer at a Montreal night club in the South Shore called Fuzzy Brossard and as a garbageman for six months to pay for his school fees and to buy his MMA gear such as his MMA Shorts and MMA Gloves

St-Pierre has trained with a number of groups in a large variety of gyms throughout his fighting career . Prior to his fight with B.J. Penn at UFC 58, he trained at the Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in New York City. St-Pierre received his brown belt in BJJ from Renzo Gracie on July 21, 2006. In September 2008, St-Pierre earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Bruno Fernandes.

St-Pierre started training with Rashad Evans, Nathan Marquardt, Keith Jardine, Donald Cerrone, and other skilled MMA scrappers at Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting Gaidojutsu school in New Mexico. Some of Jackson’s students accompanied St-Pierre to Montreal to help prepare him for his fight at UFC 94 against B.J. Penn at the Tristar Gym, including Keith Jardine, Nathan Marquardt, Donald Cerrone and Rashad Evans. Georges’ strength and conditioning coach is Jonathan Chaimberg of Adrenaline Performance Centre in Montral. Georges’ Head Trainer is Firas Zahabi of Zahabi MMA, out of the Tristar gym. The two have cornered all of St-Pierre’s most recent bouts and stay as his close friends. Presently, St-Pierre trains in Muay Thai under Phil Nurse at the Wat in The Big Apple .

St-Pierre always dreamed of becoming a UFC champion since watching Royce Gracie fight in 1993 at UFC 1. St-Pierre had his first unpaid bout when he was only 16 years old. He said, “When I won my first amateur (MMA) fight, I was 16 years old and I beat a guy that was 25. I was only a Kyokushin karate fighter and the guy I fought was a boxer. At that point my ground skilles weren’t the best , I had no idea about ground work .” St-Pierre won his fight by knockout , going low with several leg kicks and then going high with a head kick.

St-Pierre’s pro entry was against Branden Macfadden and the fight ended in a first round KO win by St-Pierre. In only his second fight, St-Pierre’s challenge for the UCC belt against Justin Bruckmann. He won by submission in the first round. He then went on to defend his title twice . The UCC aka worldwide Combat Challenge was then converted to TKO Major League MMA and he was called the champion. He fought on November 29, 2003 against Pete Spratt in a non-title bout at TKO 14. St-Pierre foiled Spratt with a rear naked choke in the very first round. Following his second win in the UFC, he faced Matt Hughes at UFC 50 for the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship. Despite a competitive performance against the much more experienced fighter, St-Pierre tapped out to an armbar with only 1 second remaining in the first round. The loss was the first of St-Pierre’s career and he has since admitted that he was in awe of Hughes going into the championship bout. Since then he has become one of the best fighters in the world. He gets paid by sponsors to have their logo on his MMA Shorts

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10 Things you may not know about the UFC.

1. Original promoters of a Ultimate Fighting Championship longed for to embody such marvellous side shows as alligator moats as well as electric fences surrounding a ring. UFC Doctors of march warned opposite them due to a dangers a fighters could face.

2. The UFC was founded by Rorian Gracie as well as Arthur Davie. It was combined to foster a Gracie family’s armed forces humanities school. Before a UFC a Gracie’s were well known for mouth-watering fighters of any character to contest opposite a part of of a family or a singular of their students to infer which Gracie jiu-jitsu reigned supreme.

3. Originally Semaphore Entertainment Group, a association which purchased a UFC, was usually starting to reason a singular UFC event. The eventuality was so successful they rught away began to devise some-more tournaments. Good thing it was so successful.

4. With a difference of UFC 9, each UFC up until UFC eighteen used a contest character format. UFC twenty-three additionally used this format. Eight fighters would contest to begin out a tournament. The 4 winners would afterwards contest in semi-final matches. The dual semi-final winners would contest for a championship belt. If a warrior could not go on at any indicate an swap was brought in to take his place.

5. Early on a UFC would reason events in states but jaunty commissions to equivocate regulations. In a commencement there were no judges either. When judges were combined in a future there were no transparent parameters on how to decider a fight.

6. For a initial integrate UFC events, a referees had really small power. They could not even stop a fight. There usually role was to have certain which a couple of manners which existed were enforced. The usually manners at which time were no biting, fish hooking, eye gouging or twist grip strikes. Fortunately after a initial couple of events refs were authorised to stop fights.

7. In 2000 SEG as well as a UFC roughly went under. The face which SEG marketed a competition as heartless as well as full of blood roughly led to a UFC’s demise. Luckily an pledge fighter as well as upholder declared Dana White assured a Fertitta brothers to buy a unwell organization. The UFC has given flourished to unimaginable heights.

8. Dana White managed Chuck Liddell as well as Tito Ortiz in a early days of a UFC. He additionally owned 3 gyms in a Las Vegas area.

9. After most years of “bad blood” Dana White as well as Tito Ortiz were starting to solve things in a ring with a 3 turn fighting compare on Mar 24, 2007. Surprise, warn a quarrel never happened as Tito Ortiz was a no uncover at a import ins.

10. In 2006 a UFC generated $222,766,000 in revenue, braking a PPV industry’s all time jot down for a singular year of sales, leading wrestling as well as boxing. The largest events reached scarcely 800,000 viewers.

I gamble we didn’t know a little of those facts!

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The term ‘the long game’ is used to refer to the drives (shots off the tee) and fairway shots, which means every shot with the exception of the ones you make to actually get onto the green.

Since each golf hole has a different difficulty level, different par and distinctive hazards, telling you to use your driver on every tee would blatantly be quite wrong.

This is something that you will learn over time as you learn the various shots you need to make according to the club, the placement of the ball and your personal swing.

As a rule of thumb, the lower the number of the club, the longer and lower your ball will travel through the air. For example, a 4-iron will make the ball travel on a long and low trajectory and will most likely roll when it hits the ground, whereas a 9-iron will give the ball much more loft and it will go less distance both in the air and over the ground.

The professionals on television make it look so easy, don’t they? They consistently hit the ball long and straight and never miss-hit the ball making it dribble ten feet or completely miss the ball altogether, but you do not have to do that either, if you practice, practice, practice.

Driving is so very important to the game, and many hours spent at the driving range will help improve your distance. You should experiment with the same club to see what works for you if you move the ball forward or backward in your stance. Take a lesson, if possible, and learn the proper swing from the beginning.

You must master the long game as it will help you get to the green in much fewer strokes, which will keep your score and frustration levels down. Don’t forget that it takes a long time to be consistently consistent and always remember: you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself! So go and enjoy yourself.

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I am more of a mixed martial arts fan than a boxing fan, but I do enjoy boxing every now and then. For me personally MMA is more exciting purely because there are more ways for a fighter to win the fight. So many times have I seen on forums and websites people arguing over which is the better sport and which fighters are tougher? The truth is toughness comes down to individuals, there are tough boxers just like there are tough MMA fighters. So the question remains; can boxing and mixed martial arts co-exist?

First of all let me address this ridiculous notion that ‘Boxing is dying man!’. No, it most certainly is not! Boxing has been around since around 2000 BC. It is one of the oldest sports in the world and is still one of the biggest sports in the world. Something that’s been around that long does not just die and wither away. Boxing is still more popular than MMA and has thrown up some great fights in recent times.

It has been great to watch a sport like MMA grow from a child that nobody wanted to the spectacle it is today; generating millions of dollars in TV revenue for fighters and Mr White. Mixed martial arts organizations are doing their best to rectify the mistakes made by boxing over the years, of which there are many, but in doing so they have found some new ones themselves. Neither of these sports are perfect, although mixed martial arts is still young and has time to adjust, whereas boxing is pretty much a fully grown adult. And as we all know adults find it more difficult to change.

So can boxing and MMA co-exist? My answer is yes, of course they can, In fact this competition may be exactly what the world of boxing needs. No longer does it have the monopoly on contact sports. There is a young buck in town and he’s eating well and growing fast. Either boxing jump starts itself or it just might find itself loosing more than just it’s old retired fighters to the sport of MMA. These sports can actually learn from each other and who knows? Maybe we’ll see a world championship boxing fight on the same event as a mixed martial arts title fight.

So I ask all you boxing fans to welcome the new sport and appreciate it for what it is. And to the MMA fans I say ‘Respect your elders’, boxing has been around a lot longer than you and will be with for many more years to come.

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