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Monday, May 29th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson CBCNews Sunday with Evan Solomon, had a feature story on Mixed Martial Arts, or as they called it, Extreme Fighting. Throughout the piece they used both terms. It was discerning because “Extreme Fighting” gives it a more rogue sound than Mixed Martial Arts. MMA sounds much more professional. Evan talked about how […]
UFC in Canada?
Monday, May 29th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson There was an interesting story by Neil Davidson of the CP, talking about UFC coming to Canada. Obviously, as a Canadian, this is very exciting. With the high Canadian dollar, and with MMA’s growing popularity in the Great White North, it only would make sense for UFC to expand beyond their borders, […]
Mainstream media round-up
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold Marilla Stephenson in The Chronicle Herald, the Halifax (Nova Scotia) newspaper which has been mostly negative towards the upcoming 4/29 MMA event in the area, wrote an incredulous column about why cage-fighting should be banned in the region. We’re working on trying to invite her for an interview on our radio show. […]
Another victory for MMA
Thursday, March 30th, 2006Special to Fight Opinion By Joey Arsenault The explosion of MMA continues to grow to broader areas by the day. The revolution of the combat sport has now blasted its way into the fringe market of Nova Scotia and is looking to strike briskly over the rest of the Maritimes (Prince Edward Island and New […]
New developments in Nova Scotia
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006Tuesday night is when the Halifax City Council debates Councilmember Bob Harvey’s plan to ban MMA in the city. CBC Nova Scotia has more on the story. In the article, Harvey admits that he has received over a dozen e-mails since his proclaimation last week of trying to ban MMA in the area. Meanwhile, The […]
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