BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » adrian miles https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 With approval from regulators, 2-on-2 MMA is coming – but where is it going? https://www.badmma.com/with-approval-from-regulators-2-on-2-mma-is-coming-but-where-is-it-going.html https://www.badmma.com/with-approval-from-regulators-2-on-2-mma-is-coming-but-where-is-it-going.html#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2015 13:18:26 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/with-approval-from-regulators-2-on-2-mma-is-coming-but-where-is-it-going.html The way Casey Oxendine tells it, he was at the Association of Boxing Commissions’ annual conference in San Diego last month, getting ready to explain to the directors of various state athletic commissions why they should sanction a 2-on-2 fighting event known as Arena Combat, when he ran into veteran MMA referee John McCarthy. They got to talking, and “Big” John, who was just getting ready to leave, asked what Oxendine’s presentation was about. “I kind of explained it,” Oxendine told MMAjunkie, “and he looked at me sort of funny. He said, ‘You’re about to get torn to shreds trying to get this thing passed.’ I just smiled and told him, ‘Well, that’s the kind of thing I live for.’” Oxendine did not, as it turns out, get torn to shreds. Which is kind of amazing, when you consider that what he was proposing was a brand of 2-on-2 fighting in a giant, obstacle-strewn arena, an event that at times resembles a small gang fight spanning some sort of demented playground. Somehow, according to Oxendine, when he explained this to the people responsible for keeping the world of combat sports safe and sane, “It actually went over extremely well.” That claim is backed up by Andy Foster, the executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, who was in attendance when Oxendine made his sales pitch

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With approval from regulators, 2-on-2 MMA is coming – but where is it going? – MMA Junkie

]]> https://www.badmma.com/with-approval-from-regulators-2-on-2-mma-is-coming-but-where-is-it-going.html/feed 0 Episode No. 1 recap: ‘The Ultimate Fighter 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn’ https://www.badmma.com/episode-no-1-recap-the-ultimate-fighter-19-team-edgar-vs-team-penn.html https://www.badmma.com/episode-no-1-recap-the-ultimate-fighter-19-team-edgar-vs-team-penn.html#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:29:12 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/episode-no-1-recap-the-ultimate-fighter-19-team-edgar-vs-team-penn.html “The Ultimate Fighter 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn” kicks off with a video package of several fighters explaining their desire to compete at the highest level of MMA in the UFC and become the new tournament champion. The package cuts to the “TUF” gym with a voiceover of UFC President Dana White explaining that this season consists of light heavyweight and middleweight fighter. 32 will fight to get into the house, 16 will make it and only four will make it to the end to compete for the six-figure UFC contract. Coaches B.J

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