TABLE OF CONTENTS MMAR READER Contributors March 2010

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1.) Letter from MMAR President 

2.) MMA Fight Card Listings 

3.) MMA Results 

4.) Featured Pro Fighter 

5.) Featured Amateur Fighter 

6.) Featured Technique - MMA 

7.) Featured Technique - BJJ 

8.) Manager's Advise 

9.) Featured Videos 

10.) Featured Pictures 

11.) Featured Promotion 

12.) Featured Company 

13.) Featured Blog 

14.) MMA Radio 

15.) Sponsors and Links 

Contributors March 2010 

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Artwork: 

Media: 

Blog: 

Radio: 

Industry: 

Michael Zuccarello 

Nick Zuccarello 

Franz Villa 

Ryan Garcia 

Pete Clemente 

Mike Camp

LETTER FROM MMAR PRESIDENT 


MMA Recruiter 

San Diego, California 

Phone: (619) 866-4198 

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Dear Fellow MMA Enthusiast, 

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03/06/10 - Pro & Amateur - Lewistownn, OH 

03/06/10 - Amateur - Lake Waccamaw, NC 

03/06/10 - Amateur - Clarksville, TN 

03/12/10 - Amateur - Toledo, OH 

03/13/10 - Amateur - Bethalto, IL 

03/13/10 - Pro & Amateur - Salamanca, NY 

03/13/10 - Pro 155lb - Columbus, OH 

03/13/10 - Amateur - Ashland, TN 

03/13/10 - Amateur - Kokomo, IN 

03/13/10 - Amateur - Cleveland, OH 

03/13/10 - Amateur 205 - Burlington, VT 

03/20/10 - Pro - Charleston, SC 

03/20/10 - Amateur - Taylor, MI 

03/20/10 - Amateur - East Texas 

03/20/10 - Amateur - Clinton Township, MI 

03/20/10 - Amateur - Shelbyville, KY 

03/26/10 - Ammys - Ventura, CA 

03/26/10 - Amateur 115lb(F) - Las Vegas, NV 

03/27/10 - Amateur - Cedar Springs, MI 

03/27/10 - Amateur - Aston, PA 

03/27/10 - Amateur - Bowling Green, KY 

03/27/10 - Amateur - Hilliard, OH 

03/27/10 - Amateur - Ashland, KY 

04/02/10 - Pro & Amateur - Maumee, OH 

04/03/10 - Pro - Dallas, TX 

04/06/10 - Pro & Amateur - Findly, OH 

04/10/10 - Pro & Amateur - Philadelphia, PA 

04/17/10 - Amateur - Logan, OH 

04/17/10 - Amateur - Chester, IL 

04/17/10 - Amateur - Knoxville, TN 

04/23/10 - Amateur - Vancouver BC, Canada 

04/24/10 - Pro & Amateur - Brandenburg, KY 

05/01/10 - Pro & Amateur - Salt Lake City, UT 

05/08/10 - Amateur - Columbia, SC 

05/12/10 - Pro - Singapore 

06/01/10 - Amateur - Searcy, AR 

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MMA Fight Results 


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"CACSC Western Canadian Championships " 

Event Date: February 5th, 2010 

Event Location: Nanaimo BC, Canada 

Featherweight Tournament (135-145lbs): 

Round 1: 

Ross Walker def. Josh "Bulldog" Brown by TKO, 

(2:05) 

Shane Young Gun" Jung def. Leeam "Desert Evil" 

Dagan by Submission (RNC) 

Round 2: 

Ross Walker def. Ronald Edgar by early Judges 

Decision (due to eye-poke at 2:12) 

Oren "Silent But Violent" Hanscomb def. Shane 

"Young Gun" Jung by Submission (Guillotine) 

Final Round: 

Oren "Silent But Violent" Hanscomb is ruled the 

Western Featherweight Champion by N.C. when 

Walker is unable to continue do to injury. 

Lightweight Tournament (146-155lbs.): 

Round 1: 

Josh Shepherd def. Julian Russ by Submission 

(Guillotine at 1:24) 

Chris "The Rock" McIntosh def. Kelly Poulin by 

TKO (1:51) 

Round 2: 

Josh Shepherd def. John "Cave Man" Houston by 

TKO (0:24) 

Final Round: 

Josh Shepherd is ruled the Western Lightweight 

Champion by N.C. when McIntosh is unable to 

continue do to injury. 

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Welterweight Tournament (156-170lbs.): 

Round 1: 

Chris "Mad Dog" Durette def. Evan Dixon by KO 

(Punch at 1:36) 

Don McLeod def. Mike Blumke by TKO (0:22) 

Round 2: 

Chris "Mad Dog" Durette def. Sampson Barney by 

Split-Decision (3:00) 

Final Round: 

Don Mcleod def. Chris "Mad Dog"Durette by TKO 

(Knee at 0:56) to become Western Welterweight 

Champion. 

Middleweight Tournament (171-185lbs.): 

Final Round: 

Clayton Brawn def. Garrett Okeymow by KO, (Rd. 

1-- scheduled for two rounds due to small bracket) to 

become Western Middleweight Champion. 

Light Heavyweight Tournament (186-205 lbs.): 

Round 1: 

Ryan "Soldier" Bennett def. Jer "The Jerk" 

Kornelsen by Decision (3:00) 

Final Round: 

Stacy "The Russian" Hadikin def. Ryan "Soldier" 

Bennett by Unanimous Decision to become the 

Western Light Heavyweight Champion. 

Heavyweight Tournament (205-265lbs.): 

Round 1: 

Byron Toutant def. Garrett "Big Dogg" Van Vaals by 

Split-Decision (3:00) 

Final Round: 

Despite not having fought at all that night, Reece 

Doherty is ruled the Western Heavyweight Champion 

by N.C. when both Toutant and Van Valls reported 

unable to continue do to injuries. 

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"Fight Night II" 


Event Location: Lakeview, MI 

145lbs: Justin Walls (2nd Round TKO) over Shane 

Russell 

145lbs: Jeff Sabin (1st Round Rear-Naked Choke) 

over Andrew Chandler 

155lbs: Sean "Spider" Cole (1st Round TKO) over 

Tyree Russell 

185lbs: Adam Wood (1st Round TKO) over Shadoe 

Ignasiak 

205lbs: Don Mann (2nd Round Guillotine) over Ozzie 

Ruiz 

Hwt: Mike Luscher (1st round KO) over Shae Brophy 

Hwt: Levi Ruffner-Humm (2nd Round TKO) over 

Keith Marvin 

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"Slammin Jammin IV" 

Event Date: February 13th , 2010 

Event Location: Norman, OK 

135lbs : Johnny Bedford, Halton City, Texas defeated 

Danny Tims, Kansas City, Kansas, by Unanimous 

Decision, 3 rounds, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 

145lbs: Jake Devree, Phoenix, Arizona, defeated Joe 

Stark, Kansas City, Kansas by Rear Naked Choke, Tap 

Out, 2:17, Round 1 

170lbs: Clayton Robinson, Tulsa, Oklahoma defeated 

Josh Tulley, Independence, Missouri, by Rear Naked 

Choke, Tap Out, 2:51 Round 3 

170lbs: Osung Kim, Shawnee, Oklahoma defeated 

Michael Osborn, Ponca City, Oklahoma by Guillotine 

Choke, Tap Out, 2:47 Round 3 

170lbs: Tyler Stinson, Winfield, Kansas defeated 

Jerome Martinez, Albuquerque, New Mexico by Arm 

Bar Submission, Tap Out, 1:47, Round 1 

170lbs: Will Black, Tulsa, Oklahoma defeated Frank 

Lester Temecula, California by Majority Decision, 3 

rounds, 29-28, 29-28, 29-29 

205lbs: Mark Holata, Edmond, Oklahoma defeated 

Joel Traves, Amarillo, Texas, by Unanimous Decision, 

3 rounds, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 

205lbs Carmelo Marrero, Coconut Grove, Florida 

defeated Wayne Cole, Norman, Oklahoma by 

Guillotine Choke, Tap Out, 2:37, Round 2 

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" First Blood " 


Event Location: Boise, ID 

Austin Miller vs Patrick Prescott- Prescott wins, 

tapout by rear nakd choke 2:42 of round 1 

Wayne Pruett vs Soheil Danshbar- Pruett wins, ref 

stoppage due to strikes 1:26 of round 2 

Tony Lopez vs Colton Vaughn- Vaughn wins, 

tapout due to strikes 2:41 of round 3 

Chuck Fordyce vs David Rangel- David Rangel 

was a no call no show. Chuck wins by forfeit 

Tommy Turner vs Ryker Ranstrom- Ranstrom 

wins, TKO 2:56 of round 1 

Brent Warner vs EJ Cardona- Warner wins, 

Choke :56 of round 1 

Ryan Turer vs Kerry Lattimer- Lattimer wins, 

tapout due to ear naked choke 1:43 round 1 

Freddy Artega vs Mark Cruse- Artega wins, TO 

2:05 of round 1 

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" NAAFS Caged Fury 9 " 


Event Location: Cleveland, Ohio 

National Amateur Series Bouts: 

185 lbs – Cory Bresson 3-1 (Kombat MMA) over Jesus 

Santiago 3-3 (Cleveland, OH) by Unanimous Decision 

145 lbs - RJ Buck 6-1 (Ohio BJJC) over Mike Ludwig 3-2 

(Five Star Fight Team) by Split Decision 

155 lbs - Kenny “The Black Spartan” Jackson 5-1 (Strong 

Style Fight Team) over Marcus Daniels 3-1 (Pain 

Headquarters) by Unanimous Decision 

155 lbs - Bryon McCroskey 7-3 (Team GriffonRawl) over 

Zach Sutek 5-4 (Team Instigator) by TKO @ :35 of Rd 1 

170 lbs – Reggie Parks 8-2 (Team GriffonRawl) over 

Travis Soto 5-1 (Team Vander) by Unanimous Decision 

Featured Pro Series Bouts: 

170 lbs - Chuck Ellison 9-3 (Instigator Fight Team) over 

Greg Caryer 5-4 (Hill Martial Arts) by TKO @ 1:24 of Rd 

1 

265 lbs - Stipe Miocic 6-0 (Strong Style Fight Team) over 

Corey Mullis 4-3 (Rozanno MMA) by TKO @ :17 of Rd 1 

145 lbs - Mike Nesto 13-6 (Shrader's MMA) over Nick 

Sorg 7-7 (Team Predator) by Rear Naked Choke @ 1:56 of 

Rd 1 

145 lbs - Donny "Eagle Eye" Walker 11-6 (Team 

GriffonRawl) over Dustin "The Reaper" Kempf 13-6 

(Instigator Fight Team) by TKO @ 4:55 of Rd 2 

155 lbs Interim TITLE - Daniel Straus 14-4-1 (Vision 

MMA) over Frank "The Tank" Caraballo 12-5 (Strong 

Style Fight Team) by Tapout From Strikes @ 3:57 of Rd 5 

265 lbs TITLE - "Big" John Hawk 10-0-1 (Strong Style 

Fight Team) over "Cujo" Joe McCall 8-2 (The Hit Squad) 

by Split Decision 

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"Future Stars of MMA" 


Event Location: Las Vegas, NV 

135lbs: Chris Holdsworth (5-0) def. Gor 

Mnatsakanyan (5-1) via TKO round 1, 2:10. 

145lbs: Garret Day (1-1) def. Larry Mir (2-2) via 

split decision. 

155lbs: Kimo Yadeo (7-3) def. Bobby Emmons (4- 

1) via submission (triangle choke) round 2, 1:40. 

205lbs: John Gettle (3-0) def. Wiliam Kowalski (1- 

1) via technical submission (kimura) round 2, 1:59. 

135lbs: Jamie Hernandez (4-0) def. Cody Jeffers (2- 

4) via unanimous decision. 

145lbs: Vince Norcia (2-0) def. Roman Isbell (2-2) 

via submission (armbar) round 3, 1:37. 

145lbs: Andrew Alirez (3-0) def. Jace Crawford (1- 

1) via unanimous decision. 

155lbs: Jake Swinney (2-0) def. John Robinson (0- 

2) via submission (triangle choke) round 1, 1:32. 

170lbs: Charles Lee (2-0) def. Justin Bonner (0-2) 

via submission (armbar) round 1 1:29. 

125lbs: Colton Bowler def. James Rogers via 

submission (rear-naked choke) round 1 0:31. 

155lbs: John Hahn (2-0) def. Ernesto Martinez (2- 

2) via TKO (cut) round 10:37. 

155lbs: James Lanham (1-0) def. Joel Black (1-1) 

via unanimous decision. 

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Weight Class: 

Indianola, IL 

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Height: 6' 0” 

Pro Record: 10-3 

Ammy Record: 4-0 

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Rob "Scarface" Criswell 

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Pro Record: 1 – 1 

Ammy Record: 10 – 2 – 1 

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Nick Cascaddan (Pants) is a black belt in Judo and a blue belt in BJJ. 

Thomas Campbell (Shorts) is 17-2-1 in MMA, 1-0 in Muay Thai, and a state level Wrestler. 

1. Thomas has Nick's back with underhooks. 2. Thomas switches to an over & under grip. 

3. Thomas reaches for his ankle with the hand 

that he had the over hook with. 

4. Thomas spins himself over Nick's right 

shoulder holding onto his ankle. 

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5. Thomas closes up his triangle choke on Nick. 6. Thomas grabs the back of Nick's head to finish 

the choke. 

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Nick Cascaddan (Green) is a black belt in Judo and a blue belt in BJJ. 

Brian Marvin (Blue) is the head BJJ instructor at SSF Submission Academy and has a brown belt under 

the Gracie Barra System. 

1. Blue has Green's back. 2. Blue gets an over under grip on Green's lapel. 

3. Blue uses his left hand to pull the lapel down. 4. Blue over hooks head with his left hand. 


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5. Blue uses his right hand to pull the lapel down. 6. Blue grabs Green's pants at right knee. 

7. Blue scoots right, moves right leg over Green's 

waist. 

8. Blue pushes with right hand & pulls with left 

hand, while holding Green's leg with his right hand. 

9. Blue throws his left leg over Green's shoulder/left 

arm, as he applies pressure. 

10. Blue holds choke until Green taps out. 

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MANAGER'S ADVISE 


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Name: Mike Camp 

Company: F1 Management 

Email: f1management07@aol.com 

Phone: (330)754-7146 

Preparing an amateur: Long term professional success. 

By: Mike Camp – F1 Management 

In 2002 when I started to really get involved in the business of MMA there was no incentive 

or requirement for anyone to fight amateur MMA. It was believed back then that if you were 

going to cagefight you might as well get paid, as the risks were the same. 

Over the last 8 years the climate of our sport has changed dramatically. MMA has gone from 

a spectacle to a sanctioned sporting event. Also, the athletes competing in our sport have 

changed as well. 

To have any kind of long term success as a professional in MMA now, you need to be fully 

prepared and have a plan. Keep in mind that each athlete is different, and of course, there are 

always special circumstances(such as NCAA champion or former professional athlete in 

another sport), but it is my firm belief that you have to take advantage of every experience 

possible as an amateur. 

I spoke to Ed Clay(Lloyd Irvin BJJ BB who owns Nashville MMA) and Ed shared his 

philosophy with me,“Obviously, there are exceptions to the rule, but generally we like to train 

our athletes for a year while allowing them to do grappling competitions before we book 

them their first bout. Typically, we look to do 10 amateur MMA bouts, 10 amateur muay thai 

bouts, and at least 10 grappling competitions before we can even consider turning someone 

pro in MMA.” Ed also stated that he believes that going on the road for competitions is an 

invaluable experience as well. 

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Jeremy Myers Ryan Thomas Jose Hernandez 

Rob Criswell Steven Vickery John Diekmann 

Lee Burns Lacey Schuckman Kyle Atkinson 

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Danny Woodruff Randall Schuckman Chris Brewer 

Lacey Schuckman Mike Hammond Rob Criswell 

Kyle Atkinson Josh Dayment TJ Nunnaley 

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http://www.duelingbarstools.com/ 

Talking Points: Making A Case for Mixed Martial Arts 

By: Ryan William Nohea Garcia 

Thankfully the days of war hero-Senators castigating mixed martial arts as human cockfighting are over. 

This article by Donald F. Walter provides a thorough explanation as to why. MMA is tracking upward on 

an explosive growth curve, yet mainstream acceptability eludes the sport of MMA and individual mixed 

martial artists. For instance, while former college and NFL stars turned public officials, such as Peter 

Boulware and Heath Shuler, proudly list their football careers on their respective government biographies, 

Matt Lindland’s opponent for the Oregon State House stereotyped Lindland as a pit-fighting brute because 

of his participation in MMA. Perhaps in hopes of avoiding similar, and unfounded smear tactics, Oregon 

State House hopeful Chael Sonnen, who is known to freely share his mind, has kept his elite status as a top 

UFC middleweight contender out of the political conversation. Clearly a significant portion of the 

populace negatively perceives MMA and its brightest stars. (The Big Island of Hawaii's mayor, who 

recently proclaimed October 27 as “BJ Penn Day,” is a notable exception to this rule.) 

I have no quibble with individuals who lack interest in MMA or contact sports in general. They aren’t for 

everyone. I take issue, however, with individuals who denounce MMA as barbaric while heartily cheering 

for other similarly violent sports. Indeed, America’s most popular sport, American Football, which may 

one day replace Baseball as the national pastime, is at least as violent as MMA. 

Football is a brutal and increasingly violent game in which career threatening bodily injuries are routine, 

several positions encourage morbid obesity, and life threatening spinal and cognitive injuries are an 

acceptable risk to players and fans alike. A read through this message board discussing a proposed NFL 

rule change (eliminating the three point stance) designed to increase player safety, reveals increased safety 

measures are often unpopular for fear such measures will tarnish the purity of the game. 

Malcom Gladwell asserts that football fans are at fault for popularizing such a violent game. In response, a 

blogger accuses Gladwell of “judgment and inquiry for [anti-football] propaganda” and denying that 

players are capable of understanding and rationalizing football’s inherent risks. An alternative explanation 

of football’s enduring popularity (see pages 71-74) may be that during the late nineteenth century football’s 

inherent violence, as well as the discipline necessary to play such a rule driven and organized game, played 

an important role in developing boys into men of strength and character. 


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Talking Points: Making A Case for Mixed Martial Arts 


I know of no human culture that failed to develop similar contests, or reward physical acts of bravery, 

strength, and courage, in order to develop its youth. To do so is human, arguably necessary, and today 

optional. In any case, and either in spite or because of football’s violent nature, 138 million Americans, 

including 58 million women, self describe as NFL fans. If the violence, injury, and risk-reward inherent in 

football, hockey, boxing, and martial arts, is itself barbaric then those sports’ fans are barbarians. 

Few would admit to barbarianism, however, and as a result a popular view is to draw a distinction between 

violence and sport, including football and boxing. Several commentators, see here and here, have factually 

debunked the idea that the Unified Rules governing sanctioned mixed martial arts lacks sufficient 

restrictions and penalties for excessive acts of force as compared to other contact sports. Or that MMA’s 

small gloves increase brain trauma as compared to boxing gloves, and that mixed martial artists face either 

a higher rate of injury or are prone to more catastrophic injuries than other mainstream contact sports, 

especially football. 

What repulses the average non-MMA-but-football-loving-fan is the lack of a helmet, facemask, or bulbous 

glove, which is ignorantly perceived as protection rather than tools to enhance violence. MMA forces 

viewers to observe in one theater the beautiful, but at times brutal, reality of contact sport performed by 

skilled martial artists who combine any number of disciplines into a single, unique human weapon. There 

is glory, blood, victory, and defeat. MMA is acutely human because you see it. It is honest, and I believe it 

is good. 

Football fans see only glimpses of their game’s humanity, for it is 

muted by face masks, helmets, and piles of bodies, twenty-two players 

occupying the field, and relatively distant cameras. I find it a peculiar 

worldview that cherishes a game whose most poignant moment is a 

stretcher carting a limp player off the field, typically with helmet on, 

while refusing to tolerate the humanity mixed martial arts reveals. To 

each his own. I enjoy football as well as MMA, but the latter more 

because there is no filter, and no off-season to the sport’s development, 

intrigue, and sporting action. 

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This Dana's Got Balls 

By: Pete Clemente 

If asked, most people would say that Dana is definitely a girl's name. Not that a lot of names can't be 

considered bi-gender or appropriate for both sexes, but when I think of a Dana, I conjure up visions of 2 

nipples and a vagina. Well that was until about 10 years ago; actually it was probably closer to 6 or 7 years 

ago when MISTER Dana White started to solidify himself, balls included, as the face of MMA. Through 

an iron fist and Pro-UFC policies, Dana has almost single-handedly propelled the sport of mixed martial 

arts into mainstream America while simultaneously making himself the official 'King of the hill' for the 

sport as well. 

Now we've all heard the stories of how impossible it is to work with the UFC, and in particular MR. White 

himself. Other promoters have cried "foul" because the UFC doesn't want to co-promote or work with them 

in any way, shape, or form. Numerous fighters have complained about the "unfairness" of the UFC's pay 

scale. Media outlets have bitched about the "virtual 

impossibility" of getting an interview with Mr. White 

and most in the media, whether it be print, media, or 

virtual, vigilantly watch what they say or write for fear 

of being 'blacklisted' by the UFC. Even fans of the 

sport have voiced negative comments about Mr. White 

saying things like, "he's killing MMA", "his policies 

suck", or "he's an egotistical douche." 

I'd just like to say one thing to all these people; go 

watch some more BodogFight, Elite XC, Pride, or 

International Flunk League. Better yet, if you dig deep 

enough you might be able to find a VHS or beta tape of 

Extreme cagefighting. 


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This Dana's Got Balls 

Continued from the previous page... 

If it weren't for Dana White's vision, tenacity, sternness, ambition, calculated maneuvers, and stringent 

policies, whether fair or unfair, the UFC would be DONE..... along with all those other half-ass fight 

organizations. 

I mean, did a comic book wizard and real estate developer ever really think they could create a legitimate 

MMA organization Keep dreaming cartoon kid and Mr TRUMP wanna-be! And just because your bank 

account is bigger than my penis, does that mean you can challenge the UFC for the #1 ranking Well I 

guess if your name is Calvin Ayre you'd probably think so; but after burning through millions of dollars 

even Mr. Calvin "I can't step foot in the good ole' U.S. of A" Ayre realized that being the USFL of mixed 

martial arts just isn't good enough. Not that Bodog was the USFL of MMA, because they weren't; they 

were barely the POP WARNER of MMA when it came to the fight game. 

So to sum it up, for all of MR. DANA White's shortcomings, downfalls, and idiosyncrasies, we mixed 

martial arts fans really must be grateful to him. If not for his persistence, drive, and determination we'd 

either be watching bad boxing matches, 80's re-runs, or one of the shows on the Food network, which by 

the way, wouldn't be so bad if it were Throwdown with Bobby Flay or Diners, Drive thru's, and dives! 

Anyway, I'll end this with giving my sincerest thanks to MISTER WHITE for not only being a visionary, a 

great business man, and a sometimes consummate professional, but to a greater extent, for being the only 

Dana I know that has a set of ballz! 

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