Read more mixed martial arts stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16201/mixed-martial-arts.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:33:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62249/shaq-challenges-mma-fighters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShaquille O’Neal may be headed into the fighting ring after retirement. The 7-foot-1 NBA star posted a video challenging Mixed Martial Arts star Chuck Liddell and Korean kickboxer Hong Man Choi to matches. Choi—who’s an inch taller than Shaq—recently crushed retired baseball player Jose Conseco within two minutes,...http://www.newser.com/story/62249/shaq-challenges-mma-fighters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:27:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45785/fighter-wife-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn extreme martial arts fighter known as "the executioner" and his wife have been found dead in their California home in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide, reports the Los Angeles Times . A gun was found next to the body of Justin Levens, 28, who died from a gunshot...http://www.newser.com/story/45785/fighter-wife-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Dec 2008 5:47:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28786/militarys-new-recruiting-tool-ultimate-fighting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US military is mining an unlikely new recruiting ground: the 18- to 30-year-old devotees of mixed martial arts. MMA, which John McCain once labeled human cockfighting, has surged in popularity while instituting rules to appease lawmakers. The armed forces have begun organizing ultimate fighting championships of their own, not...http://www.newser.com/story/28786/militarys-new-recruiting-tool-ultimate-fighting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 May 2008 8:09:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28499/kimbo-slice-where-rage-meets-honor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagESPN takes the measure of Kimbo Slice, streetfighting YouTube star and soon-to-be network TV darling, when mixed martial arts makes its broadcast TV debut Friday."Kimbo combines Mike Tyson's mystique and Mr. T's personality," Dan le Batard writes of the man who hit it big when a video of one...http://www.newser.com/story/28499/kimbo-slice-where-rage-meets-honor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 May 2008 11:44:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20327/mixed-martial-arts-coming-to-network-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCBS is juicing up its Saturday night prime-time programming with mixed martial arts, Variety reports. ProElite, a company that has worked with CBS cable sister Showtime, will produce the show, with a first airing aimed for April 26. With the coveted 18-to-34-year-old male demographic in its crosshairs, CBS plans to...http://www.newser.com/story/20327/mixed-martial-arts-coming-to-network-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Feb 2008 19:33:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14983/martial-arts-champ-takes-on-ultimate-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot unlike a real-life version of Soviet pain machine Ivan Drago in Rocky IV , Russian mixed martial arts fighter Fedor Emelianenko is, pound-for-pound, the world's best fighter, Esquire reports, and now he's set to give the MMA industry a run for its money. Or maybe his money. Emelianenko's decision to...http://www.newser.com/story/14983/martial-arts-champ-takes-on-ultimate-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Dec 2007 11:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10715/fighters-throw-down-with-ufc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUltimate Fighting's most public face, Randy Couture, recently sucker-punched the UFC when he unexpectedly quit, saying he was "tired of being taken advantage of." But Couture isn’t the only disenchanted fighter, reports Time. UFC president Dana White blames fame—and a “puke Hollywood agent”—for going to participants' heads.http://www.newser.com/story/10715/fighters-throw-down-with-ufc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Nov 2007 11:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3808/pakistan-mosque-battle-kills-9.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA heavy gun battle between Pakistan's government and armed students at a radical mosque has left nine dead, the BBC reports. The melee lasted throughout the day as soldiers traded fire with militant students at Islamabad's controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque. Among the dead were three female students, a...http://www.newser.com/story/3808/pakistan-mosque-battle-kills-9.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Jul 2007 16:35:25 CDT