Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports including boxing, kickboxing and martial arts from around the world. The first documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993. The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate.
Daniel Arca Inosanto is an American martial arts instructor who is best known as a training partner of Bruce Lee. Inosanto is an authority on Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Arts including Eskrima and Pencak Silat.
Edinboro University is a public university in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It has more than 4,600 enrolled students.
Lassen Community College is a public community college in Susanville, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges System.
UFC 85: Bedlam was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on June 7, 2008, at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.
Rolando Delgado is an American mixed martial artist. He has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Bellator Fighting Championships. He was a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 8.
Kerry Cathleen Kasik is a former American professional mixed martial artist. She competed in two professional fights, once for Strikeforce and once for Bellator Fighting Championships.
Jacob Joseph Volkmann is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Volkmann has formerly competed for the UFC, Bellator, and the World Series of Fighting.
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 5, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Team Kaobon, which was formerly known as Fighters and Fitness is a mixed martial arts team from Liverpool, England. "Team Kaobon" is well known for being the training camp of multiple English lightweight fighters based in the Ultimate Fighting Championships - the top MMA organization - as well as domestically.
Super Fight League is a mixed martial arts promotion, based in India. The organisation was formed in 2012 by actor Sanjay Dutt and British-Indian businessman Raj Kundra, and is currently co-owned by British-Indian businessman Bill Dosanjh and British-Pakistani boxing champion Amir Khan.
Daniel Thomas Kelly is an Australian former judoka and mixed martial artist. Known for his unconventional style, the four-time judo Olympian formerly competed in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) between 2014 and 2018.
Legacy Fighting Alliance is an American mixed martial arts promotion broadcast on AXS TV up to LFA 77. It was created as a result of the Legacy Fighting Championship and Resurrection Fighting Alliance merger in early 2017.
Kelly Anundson is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2010, Anundson has previously competed for Bellator. He was also a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 19. His most high-profile win in his career was over future UFC Light Heavyweight title contender Volkan Oezdemir.
Amanda Kelly is a Scottish female kickboxer and mixed martial artist, based in London. She has competed professionally since 2005 and is currently in the Cage Warriors Bantamweight division. Trained in Muay Thai for 5 years due to her upright stance compared to other in her training group.
Luke Zachrich is a retired American mixed martial artist and professional boxer who formerly competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship A professional mixed martial arts competitor since 2006 until his release from the UFC in 2014, Zachrich was a member of Team Forrest on the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter, and has also fought for King of the Cage, Bellator, Xtreme Fighting Organization, and Ultimate Victory Challenge, the latter of which he was the inaugural Middleweight Champion.
Sunna Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic mixed martial artist signed with the Invicta, where she competes in the strawweight division.
Julia Ho is an Asian American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, better known by her ring name Zeda Zhang. She fight's in AEW. In the past she was signed with WWE NXT and Major League Wrestling (MLW), where she was the first female wrestler signed to the promotion.
Kelly Faszholz is an American female mixed martial artist who most notably competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
