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Chris Weidman

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Christopher James Weidman (born June 17, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist and actor. [1]

99 relations: ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, Alessio Sakara, All-America, Anderson Silva, André Galvão, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Baldwin Senior High School (New York), Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Buffalo, New York, Chael Sonnen, Chicago, Collegiate wrestling, Costas Philippou, Court McGee, Dana White, Demian Maia, ESPN, Fibula, Garden City, New York, Gegard Mousasi, Georges St-Pierre, German Americans, Guillotine choke, Herb Dean, Hofstra University, Hurricane Sandy, Irish Americans, Kelvin Gastelum, Kevin Can Wait, Kickboxing, Las Vegas, Levittown, New York, List of current mixed martial arts champions, List of current UFC fighters, List of male mixed martial artists, List of UFC bonus award recipients, List of UFC champions, Long Island, Los Angeles Times, Louisville, Kentucky, Low kick, Luke Rockhold, Lutheranism, Lyoto Machida, Mark Muñoz, Matt Serra, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Michael Bisping, Middleweight (MMA), ..., Mixed martial arts, MMAjunkie.com, Nassau Community College, Nassau County, New York, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Junior College Athletic Association, NCAA Division I, New York (state), New York City, New York Post, Orthodox stance, Rafael Natal, Renzo Gracie, San Jose, California, Sherdog, Showboat, Spinal disc herniation, Submission (combat sports), The Vancouver Sun, Tibia, Tim Boetsch, Tom Lawlor, Twitter, UFC 131, UFC 139, UFC 155, UFC 162, UFC 168, UFC 173, UFC 175, UFC 181, UFC 184, UFC 187, UFC 194, UFC 199, UFC 205, UFC 210, UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann, UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum, UFC on Fuel TV: Muñoz vs. Weidman, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Uniondale, New York, Uriah Hall, Vancouver, Vitor Belfort, World MMA Awards, Wrestling, Yoel Romero, 2012 in UFC. Expand index (49 more) »

ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship

The ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Submission Wrestling World Championship is a grappling competition involving professional athletes who have been successful at the highest levels of Luta Livre, wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu, sambo, shooto and mixed martial arts.

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Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara (born September 2, 1981) is an Italian professional mixed martial artist, former professional boxer and Sanshou kickboxer, currently competing in the Light Heavyweight and Middleweight division of Bellator MMA.

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All-America

An All-America team is a hypothetical American sports team composed of outstanding amateur players.

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Anderson Silva

Anderson da Silva (born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian professonal mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

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André Galvão

No description.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.

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Baldwin Senior High School (New York)

Baldwin High School is a public secondary school located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York.

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Baldwin, Nassau County, New York

Baldwin is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States.

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; jiu-jitsu brasileiro) is a martial art and combat sport system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Chael Sonnen

Chael Patrick Sonnen (born April 3, 1977) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division of Bellator MMA.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practiced at the college and university level in the United States.

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Costas Philippou

Constantinos Philippou (born 29 November 1979) is a retired Greek-Cypriot mixed martial artist.

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Court McGee

Courtney Scott "Court" McGee (born December 12, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Dana White

Dana Frederick White Jr. (born July 28, 1969) is an American businessman and the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which is the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization in the world.

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Demian Maia

Demian Augusto Maia Baptista ((born November 6, 1977) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He currently fights as a welterweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of May 23, 2018, he is #6 in the official UFC welterweight rankings. Maia is regarded as one of the greatest grapplers in MMA history.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Fibula

The fibula or calf bone is a leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below.

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Garden City, New York

Garden City is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, in the town of Hempstead.

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Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi (born 1 August 1985), is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer currently competing in Bellator MMA where he is the reigning Bellator Middleweight Champion.

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Georges St-Pierre

Georges St-Pierre (born May 19, 1981), often referred to as GSP, is a Canadian mixed martial artist.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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Guillotine choke

The guillotine choke, also known as Mae Hadaka Jime (前裸絞, "front naked choke"; compare to a rear naked choke) in judo, is a chokehold in martial arts and wrestling applied from in front of the opponent.

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Herb Dean

Herb Dean (born September 30, 1970) is an American mixed martial arts referee and former fighter.

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Hofstra University

Hofstra University is a private, non-profit, nonsectarian university in Hempstead, New York.

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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.

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Kelvin Gastelum

Kelvin Gastelum (born October 24, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist who is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

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Kevin Can Wait

Kevin Can Wait is an American sitcom television series starring Kevin James.

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Kickboxing

Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate mixed with boxing.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Levittown, New York

Levittown, formerly Island Trees, is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York on Long Island.

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List of current mixed martial arts champions

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing.

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List of current UFC fighters

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie.

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List of male mixed martial artists

This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order.

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List of UFC bonus award recipients

UFC Bonus Awards are three separate cash bonuses usually awarded to four fighters after each UFC event, based on internal decision by UFC management.

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List of UFC champions

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships.

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Long Island

Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Low kick

A low kick (also known as a leg kick) is a kick in which the attacker uses his or her leg to strike the opponent's lower body (thigh or calf) with the shinbone or foot.

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Luke Rockhold

Luke Skyler Rockhold (born October 17, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC, where he is the former UFC Middleweight Champion.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.

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Lyoto Machida

(born May 30, 1978) is a Japanese-Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, currently signed with Bellator MMA.

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Mark Muñoz

Mark Kenery Muñoz (born February 9, 1978) is a retired Japanese-born Filipino-American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Matt Serra

Matthew John Serra (born June 2, 1974) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, co-star of Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight, co-host of the official podcast of the UFC, UFC Unfiltered, alongside Jim Norton.

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MGM Grand Garden Arena

The MGM Grand Garden Arena (originally known as the MGM Grand Garden Special Events Center) is a multi-purpose arena located within the MGM Grand Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Michael Bisping

Michael Bisping (born 28 February 1979) is an English actor and retired mixed martial artist who competed in the Middleweight division of the UFC.

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Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts refers to different weight classes.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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MMAjunkie.com

MMAjunkie is a news website that covers the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA).

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Nassau Community College

Nassau Community College (NCC) is a two-year college located in East Garden City, New York, USA.

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Nassau County, New York

Nassau County or is a suburban county comprising much of western Long Island in the U.S. state of New York.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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National Junior College Athletic Association

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Post

The New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States and a leading digital media publisher that reached more than 57 million unique visitors in the U.S. in January 2017.

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Orthodox stance

In combat sports such as boxing, an orthodox stance is one in which the boxer places his left foot farther in front of the right foot, thus having his weaker side closer to the opponent.

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Rafael Natal

Rafael Natal Diniz Franca is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the middleweight division of the UFC.

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Renzo Gracie

Renzo Gracie (born March 11, 1967) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.

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San Jose, California

San Jose (Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California.

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Sherdog

Sherdog is an American website devoted to the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA).

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Showboat

A showboat, or show boat, was a floating theater that traveled along the waterways of the United States, especially along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, to bring culture and entertainment to the inhabitants of river frontiers.

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Spinal disc herniation

Spinal disc herniation, also known as a slipped disc, is a medical condition affecting the spine in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings.

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Submission (combat sports)

A submission is a combat sports term for yielding to the opponent, and hence resulting in an immediate defeat.

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The Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in the Canadian province of British Columbia on 12 February 1912.

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Tibia

The tibia (plural tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia), and it connects the knee with the ankle bones.

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Tim Boetsch

Timothy A. Boetsch (born January 28, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Tom Lawlor

Thomas Joseph "Tom" Lawlor (born May 15, 1983) is an American professional mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and podcast host currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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UFC 131

UFC 131: dos Santos vs.

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UFC 139

UFC 139: Shogun vs.

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UFC 155

UFC 155: dos Santos vs.

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UFC 162

UFC 162: Silva vs.

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UFC 168

UFC 168: Weidman vs.

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UFC 173

UFC 173: Barão vs.

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UFC 175

UFC 175: Weidman vs.

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UFC 181

UFC 181: Hendricks vs.

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UFC 184

UFC 184: Rousey vs.

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UFC 187

UFC 187: Johnson vs.

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UFC 194

UFC 194: Aldo vs.

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UFC 199

UFC 199: Rockhold vs.

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UFC 205

UFC 205: Alvarez vs.

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UFC 210

UFC 210: Cormier vs.

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UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann

UFC Live: Sanchez vs.

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UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum

UFC on Fox: Weidman vs.

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UFC on Fuel TV: Muñoz vs. Weidman

UFC on Fuel TV: Muñoz vs.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is owned and operated by parent company William Morris Endeavor.

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Uniondale, New York

Uniondale is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP), as well as a suburb in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead.

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Uriah Hall

Uriah Alexander Hall (born July 31, 1984) is a Jamaican-American mixed martial artist and former kickboxer who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, in its middleweight division.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vitor Belfort

Vítor Vieira Belfort (born April 1, 1977) is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight and Middleweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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World MMA Awards

The World MMA Awards are awards presented by Fighters Only magazine to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of mixed martial arts.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.

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Yoel Romero

Yoel Romero Palacio (born April 30, 1977) is a Cuban mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler.

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2012 in UFC

The year 2012 was the 20th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Weidman

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