mixed martial arts
noun
: a contact sport that allows a wide range of fighting techniques including striking, kicking, and grappling
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Dvalishvili will attempt to make mixed martial arts history by becoming the new record holder for the most successful UFC title defenses in a single year.
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Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Smashing Machine stars Johnson, 53, as mixed martial arts legend Mark Kerr, with Blunt, 42, as his now-ex-wife Dawn Staples.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The film is based on the 2002 documentary of the same name about the life of Mark Kerr, one of the first American stars of mixed martial arts, a grueling sport.
—Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Safdie’s presentation of these comments foregrounds Mark’s understanding of what’s profound, and profoundly disturbing, about mixed martial arts, and perhaps all martial arts—the channelling and professionalizing of brutality.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Smashing Machine stars Johnson, 53, as mixed martial arts legend Mark Kerr, with Blunt, 42, as his now-ex-wife Dawn Staples.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The film is based on the 2002 documentary of the same name about the life of Mark Kerr, one of the first American stars of mixed martial arts, a grueling sport.
—Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Safdie’s presentation of these comments foregrounds Mark’s understanding of what’s profound, and profoundly disturbing, about mixed martial arts, and perhaps all martial arts—the channelling and professionalizing of brutality.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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