Former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine was ordered to serve 36 years to life behind bars Monday after being convicted of more than two dozen charges, including sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping.
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For a reminder that it never pays to paint a professional boxing event as a morality play, remember the silly white hat some people placed on Manny Pacquiao’s head.
Once branded as “human cockfighting” by Sen. John McCain, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has become mainstream in a little more than a decade.
The organization once was banished from pay-per-view TV, but now is available in more than 500,000,000 households worldwide. From a successful reality show on Spike TV to record-breaking pay-per-view numbers, the UFC has arrived as it nears its historic UFC 100 card Saturday at the Mandalay Bay.
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