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MMA / NHB Getting Respect
Muscle & Fitness Magazine
MMA/NHB fighters are finally starting to get some respect.
The September Issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine features a seven page article on three fighters - Ken Shamrock, Frank Mir and the "Ice Man" Chuck Liddell.
The article was good. It covers their workout regimen, how they feel when they step into the cage, and what they can and can't do in the cage.
But what was really surprising wasn’t that the sport garnered seven pages in the magazine, but that it garnered the cover.
That's Frank Mir on the cover.
The magazine also covered the background on the UFC when it first started. They also discuss how they marketed it back then and now.
Shamrock brings out many good points on the truth of the so-called brutality of the sport and the discipline and conditioning of these athletes. Mir, on the other hand, describes the difference between brutality and lethal. And Liddell just loves to go in there and trade blows with his opponents.
But all these guys have the greatest respect for the sport and its participants.
- Al
(7/28/03) |
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