UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`SERIAL NO: 75/982336
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`APPLICANT: Zuffa, LLC
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`CORRESPONJDENT ADDRESS:
`PARKER H_ BAGLEY, ESQ
`MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY LLP
`l CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA
`NEW YORK. NY 10005-1413
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`MARK:
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`ULTIMATE FIGHTING
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 36784-05500
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`RETURN ADDRESS:
`Commissioner for Trademarks
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`1. Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
`2. Date ofthis Office Action.
`3. Examining Attomey's name and
`Law Office number.
`4. Your telephone number and e—mail
`address.
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`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS
`OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-IVIAILING DATE.‘
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`RE: Serial Number 75/982336
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`This letter responds to the applicant’s response filed December 10, 2002.
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`Registration was refiised under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), l5 U.S.C. §1052(e)( 1), because the
`subject matter for which registration is sought is merely descriptive of the identified goods/services.
`The examining attorney also required the applicant to amend the goods and services, and if
`applicable to pay additional fees for additional classes. The amendments to Classes 9 and 41 are
`acceptable and made of record. The final requirements regarding the substitute specimen for Class
`28 is maintained and made FINAL as indicated below.
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`The examining attorney has considered the applicant’s arguments carefully but has found them
`unpersuasive. For the reasons below, the refusal under Section 2(e)( 1) is maintained and made
`FINAL.
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`Registration Refused — Mark is Merely Descriptive
`The examining attorney refiuses registration on the Principal Register because the proposed mark
`merely describes the goods/services. Trademark Act Section 2(e)(l), 15 U. S.C. §1052(e)(1), TMEP
`§§l209 et sea.
`
`A mark is merely descriptive under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. §l052(e)(l), if it
`describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the relevant
`goods/services.
`In re Gyulay, 820 F.2d 1216, 3 USPQ2d 1009 (Fed. Cir. 1987),
`In re Bed &
`Breakfast Registry, 791 F.2d 157, 229 USPQ 818 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re Ilx_{etPat/1 Inc., 223 USPQ
`88 (TTAB 1984); In re Brig/it-Crest, Ltd, 204 USPQ 591 (TTAB 1979); TMEP §1209.01(b).
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`The applicant has applied to register the mark ULTIMATE FIGHTING. The mark is merely
`descriptive because it describes the subject matter ofthe applicant’s goods and services.
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`Applicant’s goods in International Class 9 have been acceptably amended to: prerecorded video
`cassettesfeaturing sports events and mixed martial arts; computer game programs. Class 28 reads
`“action skill games.” The mark is descriptive of the subject matter for the video goods and the
`games. The applicant’s own identification of goods states “featuring sports events and mixed
`martial arts.” The examining attorney has already demonstrated in the first office action that the
`term “ultimate fighting” is commonly recognized to refer to and/or include boxing, martial arts and
`other related sporting events. Thus,
`the video goods and the games feature ultimate fighting
`championship events such as high-level martial arts. See attached additional article excerpts from
`search in LEXIS/NEXIS database indicating that “ultimate fighting” is understood to be a mix of
`martial arts and boxing. The Applicant argues that the mark “gives no indication of the highly
`specialized martial arts competitions which Applicant arranges and produces.” It is not necessary
`that a term describe all ofthe purposes, fiinctions, characteristics or features ofthe goods/services to
`be merely descriptive.
`It is enough if the term describes one attribute of the goods/services.
`In re
`H.UD.D.L.E., 216 USPQ 358 (TTAB 1982); In re I\/[B/lssociates, 180 USPQ 338 (TTAB 1973).
`TMEP §1209.01(b). The fact that the term “ultimate fighting” is described in the news and in the
`industry, by promoters, sellers and consumers as a mix of martial arts indicates the merely
`descriptive nature of the term in relation to the goods/services.
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`The applicant’s argument that the mark is suggestive in relation to these goods is not persuasive.
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`As to International Class 41, the applicant argues that the term “ultimate fighting” is a well-known
`mark associated with the Applicant and the Class 41 services. See Response p. 3, #3. The Applicant
`points to a Final Judgment indicating the mark is distinctive and protectable. This Judgment
`appears to refrain the Defendant from use of “Ultimate Athlete Fighting.” The Judgment does not
`make any statements that the mark is inherently distinctive or even suggestive.
`
`the Examining Attorney’s LEXIS/NEXIS research articles
`The Applicant fiirther argues that
`indicate association of the mark with the Applicant and recognition of it as a trademark. The
`Applicant references and attaches several articles that the Applicant claims indicate a connection
`with the Applicant. The Examining Attorney attaches a few of the same exact articles in FULL
`view. The FULL text indicates that the connection to the Applicant is sparse at best and does not
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`provide any evidence that the mark is not merely descriptive as used and recognized by the
`consumers and the public.
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`The mark is merely descriptive in connection with Class 41, because it describes the subject matter
`of the sporting events and performances.
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`When viewed as a whole, the mark ULTIMATE FIGHTING is merely descriptive because it
`describes the subject matter of the goods as stated above in Classes 9, 28 and of the services in
`Class 41. Therefore, at this time, the request to disclaim CHALLENGE is refused. The subject
`matter features mixed martial arts and boxing competitions.
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`The refiisal under Section 2(e)(1) is maintained and made FINAL.
`
`The Applicant claims that the Applicant’s specimen of record for Class 28 is acceptable because it
`is a photocopy of the actual packaging containing an action skill game. While that may be, the
`Examining Attorney could not discern the nature of the specimen for Class 28 and thus could not
`determine that this was actual use in connection with the goods. The Applicant may, given his
`response regarding the nature of the specimen, file a clearer and bigger photocopy of the packaging
`such that
`it
`is obvious that
`the specimen is the packaging for the goods and thus a new
`affidavit/declaration is not required. If the Applicant submits a substitute specimen, an appropriate
`declaration is required stating that the specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as the date
`of filing of the Amendment to Allege Use.
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`The requirement regarding the specimen is maintained and made FINAL.
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`Applicant may respond to this Office action using the Off1ce’s Trademark Electronic Application
`System (TEAS) at <http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html>. When using TEAS the data the
`applicant submits is directly uploaded into the 0ff1ce’s database, which reduces processing time and
`eliminates the possibility of data entry errors by the Office. Applicants are strongly encouraged to
`use TEAS to respond to Office actions. Applicants using TEAS should not submit a duplicate paper
`copy of the response.
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`/.4’¢zom’e€ 7. 9a&‘e1z/
`Lauriel F. Dalier
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`Trademark Attorney Law Office 116
`(703) 306-7909
`(703) 746-8116 fax
`ecoml l 6 us to. 0V (formal responses)
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`To respond formally using the Off1ce’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit
`http://www.usgto.gov/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.
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`To respond formally via E—mail, visit http://www.usQto.gov/web/trademarks/tmelecresghtm and
`follow the instructions.
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`To respond formally Via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address
`listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attomey’s name on the upper
`right corner of each page of your response.
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`To check the status of your application at any time, visit the Off1ce’s Trademark Applications and
`p Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov/
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`For general and other usefiil information about trademarks, you are encouraged to Visit the Ofl°ice’s
`web site at http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT
`THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.
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`TRADEMARK LAW LIBRARY
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`MAIL-IT REQUESTED: FEBRUARY 28, 2003
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`CLIENT: LFD
`LIBRARY: NEWS
`FILE: ALLNWS
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`YOUR SEARCH REQUEST AT THE TIME THIS MAIL-IT WAS REQUESTED:
`(MARTIAL ARTS) W/S NOCAPS(ULTIMATE FIGHT!)
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`NUMBER OF STORIES FOUND WITH YOUR REQUEST THROUGH:
`LEVEL
`1...
`183
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`LEVEL
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`1 PRINTED
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`THE SELECTED STORY NUMBERS:
`1-2,9-IO,l2,14,l6,l8,2l—22,24-25,30,33-34,42
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`DISPLAY FORMAT: 30 VAR KWIC
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`Copyright? 2003 The Denver Post Corporation
`The Denver Post
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`February 21, 2003 Friday 1ST EDITION
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`SECTION: WEEKEND;
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`Pg. FF—01
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`LENGTH: 1037 words
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`HEADLINE: Event Toughest guys, gals in the city Two days of brawling
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`BYLINE: Ed Will , Denver Post Staff Writer
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`BODY:
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`can't wear. It has 'Toughman Champion’ across the back. If I wore that out in Aurora, I'd be in
`fights all the time,‘ Fabbricatore said with a laugh.
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`Fabbricatore is undefeated in a different form of ring combat called ultimate fighting, a no-holds
`barred competition that combines boxing, martial arts and wrestling. He traced his love of the
`ring to his childhood in Brooklyn and Long Island, N.Y. His
`father was an amateur fighter, who
`always had boxing gloves lying around the house.
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`Fabbricatore and his cousins couldn't help but put
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`them on and have
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`a go.
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`

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`Copyright 2003 The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times
`All Rights Reserved
`Los Angeles Times
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`February 19; 2003 Wednesday Home Edition
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`SECTION: California Metro; Part 2; Page 6; Metro Desk
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`LENGTH: 1009 words
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`HEADLINE: The State;
`‘Ultimate Fighting‘ Seeks State's OK to Move Out ofthe Shadows;
`Promoters want the underground sport sanctioned. Foes say it is too dangerous.
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`BYLINE: Jean 0. Pasco and Stanley Allison, Timesstaff Writers
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`BODY:
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`Among the items threatened by California's budget crisis is a little-known proposal that would
`bring to the state a sport that detractors have called "human cockfighting. "
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`A volatile mix of wrestling, kick—boxing and martial arts popularly known as "ultimate
`fighting," the sport is a hit with crowds in Las Vegas and on pay-per—view television.
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`0 A match in Las Vegas in November drew more than 13,000 spectators -- including celebrities
`such
`as
`actor
`Vin
`Diesel
`and
`former
`Dodger
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`Copyright 2002 The Tulsa World
`Tulsa World
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`November 15, 2002 Friday Final Home Edition
`SECTION: SPORTS; General Sports; Pg. B4
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`LENGTH: 288 words
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`HEADLINE: Kickboxing: Randolph battles All-Japan champ
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`BYLINE: BULL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
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`BODY:
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`leg-kicks. It should be quite a fight."
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`Randolph has a record of46-4, with 35 knockouts, while Matsumoto, of Tokyo, is 26-4-2, with 18
`KOS.
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`The 12-event card includes eight kickboxing contests, three mixed-martial-arts bouts (ultimate
`fighting) and a women's boxing bout. Cook's show is believed to be the first ever to include
`kickboxing, ultimate fighting and traditional boxing.
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`Preceding the Randolph-Matsumoto showdown are two additi
`flyweight champion Shibata Sachiyo (17-4
`City,
`and
`lightweight
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`

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`Copyright 2002 Forbes, Inc.
`Forbes
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`November 11, 2002
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`SECTION: ENTREPRENEURS; Pg. 154
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`LENGTH: 1255 words
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`HEADLINE: Brothers In Arms
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`BYLINE: Peter Kaflca
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`BODY:
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`Good luck. The sport got its start a decade ago, when promoters pitched it as a modern—day
`gladiator match minus the big cats. A species of "mixed martial arts," ultimate fighting is a
`combination of boxing, kickboxing and wrestling, as well as body slams, roundhouse kicks and
`forearms to the face. Matches take place in an octagonal ring lined with chain-link fence, and
`fighters win by a judge's decision or by
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`already full schedule of programming and NBC's calamitous adventure with the XFL.
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`Growth also depends on winning over more state commissions. New York, which banned the
`sport in 1997, doesn't plan to reconsider its decision, but California, a hotbed of martial arts and
`ultimate fighting's largest potential customer base, may come aboard soon. A proposal to license
`the sport is under review and could be approved in six months. Meantime, the Fertittas are trying to
`boost the entertainment value of the brawls, introducing rules to decrease the amount of time
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`Copyright 2002 Sun—Sentinel Company
`Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
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`October 6, 2002 Sunday East Broward Edition
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`SECTION: COMMUNITY NEWS; Pg. 14
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`LENGTH: 1329 words
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`HEADLINE: IT'S A LUCKY BREAK FOR HORSES IN THE PARK
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`BYLINE: Gary Curreri Special Correspondent
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`BODY:
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`judo announced that Phase I (9,000 square feet) of their new training facility broke ground
`Sept. 19 and is expected to open in November.
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`After turning professional 10 years ago, Briggs has teamed up with American Top Team and the
`ultimate fighting pioneer Conan Silveira, Brazilian jiu—jitsu black belt; Marcello Silveira and
`Ricardo Liborio, a world champion jiu—jitsu competitor, creating dominant competition teams for
`both grappling tournaments and mixed martial arts events.
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`Briggs has set up camp in South Florida to train with ATT fighters at their new 18,000-squre-foot
`training facility at 4701 Johnson Road in Coconut Creek. When completed, the new ATT facility
`will
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`Copyright 2002 Evening Herald (Plymouth)
`Evening Herald (Plymouth)
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`September 7, 2002
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`SECTION: Sport; Contact; Karate/Kung-Fu/Tae; Pg. 55
`
`LENGTH: 694 words
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`HEADLINE: City fighters go into the Vale of combat
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`BYLINE: B. ]iLL RICHARDS
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`BODY:
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`Plymouth. Training in the sport of Vale Tudo, which originated in Brazil, and is Portuguese for
`no-holds-barred fighting, will be provided at the Saints Thai Boxing Club, which is just off Mutley
`Plain.
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`However, one of the club's instructors insists that ultimate fighting or mixed martial arts - a
`combination of karate, thai boxing, wrestling, judo and kung fu, is less hazardous than boxing.
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`"In the long run, I think it (Vale Tudo) is less dangerous," said Simon Holmes. "Twelve rounds of
`getting
`hit
`in
`the
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`

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`Copyright 2002 The Indianapolis Star
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`All Rights Reserved
`The Indianapolis Star
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`August 13, 2002 Tuesday City final Edition
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`SECTION: CITY STATE; Pg.‘ 05B
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`LENGTH: 317 words
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`HEADLINE: Carmel City Council prohibits ultimate fighting
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`BYLINE: BY CATHY KIGHTLINGER CATHY.KIGHTLINGER£I1\I)YSTAR.COMA
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`BODY:
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`Carmel City Council members on Monday put a choke hold on no-holds-barred cage fighting.
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`The council voted 6-0 Monday to pass in one reading an ordinance that bans ultimate fighting ——
`despite statements from some people who attended the meeting that competition fights allowing the
`use of mixed martial arts techniques is an up—and-coming legitimate sport across the country.
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`Copyright 2002 The Chronicle Publishing Co.
`The San Francisco Chronicle
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`JULY 19, 2002, FRIDAY, FINAL EDITION
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`SECTION: MARIN SONOMA NAPA FRIDAY;
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`Pg. 1
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`LENGTH: 1691 words
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`HEADLINE: Sporting blood;
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`Santa Rosa man mixes it up as a top ultimate fighter
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`SOURCE: Chronicle Staff Writer
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`BYLINE: Demian Bulwa
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`BODY:
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`.. coaches and friends say he is a world-class brawler and grappler already -- but he is by no
`means alone in his pursuit. He is one of several Bay Area residents who are banking on the
`comeback of a controversial sport known as mixed martial arts or ultimate fighting.
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`On most weeknights, Terrell can be found training at the Gracie Academy, a Pleasant Hill jujitsu
`studio owned by Brazilian—bom Cesar Gracie, who is part of one of the world’s best-known fighting
`families.
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`Most
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`of
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`the
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`Copyright 2002 Akron Beacon Journal
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`All Rights Reserved
`Akron Beacon Journal
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`July 7, 2002 Sunday
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`LENGTH: 827 words
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`HEADLINE: Tom Arnold, Lisa Guerrero: Best Damn Sports Show Period. The Best Damn...
`
`BYLINE: FLD. Heldenfels
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`BODY:
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`for Fox Sports, Jay Mohr's turns for Fox and ESPN, and the ofien silly Pardon the Interruption
`on ESPN.
`J
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`Suppose Expos-Brewers highlights are indeed no longer enough to entertain. Do we then need
`new sports?‘ BDSSP has showcased the likes of "ultimate fighting," also known as mixed martial
`arts. Or do we just need a new way to present sports?
`
`"What are we looking for on television?" Rose said during a recent telephone interview. "We're
`looking for something that will entertain us, and sports is one of the best avenues for that.
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`Copyright 2002 The Atlanta Journal—Constitution
`The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
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`June 28, 2002 Friday Home Edition
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`SECTION: Metro News;
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`Pg. SC
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`LENGTH: 512 words
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`HEADLINE: Tamer extreme fighting comes to Cobb County
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`BYLINE: CLINT WILLIAMS
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`SOURCE: AJC
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`BODY:
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`said Cam McHargue, a former computer graphic designer who lives in Griffin. McHargue is
`one of the fighters in the headline event Saturday, a battle for the World Extreme Fighting
`Championship lightweight title.
`
`The sport --- also know as ultimate fighting and mixed martial arts ---- has evolved since the
`first pay-per-View event in 1994, proponents say. Extreme fighting has become a little less so. There
`are more rul.es than in those early fights and sanctioning bodies to enforce them.
`
`In
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`1997
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`several
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`states,
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`Copyright 2002 The Tulsa World
`Tulsa World
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`June 15, 2002 Saturday
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`SECTION: SPORTS
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`LENGTH: 794 words
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`HEADLINE: Randolph fiilfilling his dream
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`BYLINE: JOHN E. HOOVER
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`SOURCE: World Sports Writer
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`BODY:
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`Jack "The Ripper" Nilsson.
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`It's the main event of a 10-fight card that begins at 8 inside Exhibition Hall C. Randolph is 4-0 in
`mixed martial arts fights, all in Tulsa.
`
`Rules for mixed martial arts are the same as those used for events commonly known as ultimate
`fighting. Combatants usually specialize in one discipline —-
`lcung fu, kickboxing or judo, for
`example -— bu.t are versed in many. Randolph has experience in tae kwon do and boxing but he
`specializes
`in
`kickboxing.
`Nilsson,
`who
`stands
`6-
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`

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`Copyright 2002 McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.
`The Fresno Bee
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`June 13, 2002, Thursday FINAL EDITION
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`SECTION: SPORTS;
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`Pg. D1;
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`JOHN CANZANO
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`LENGTH: 678 words
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`HEADLINE: You might say he's a breathtaker
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`BYLINE: John Canzano THE FRESNO BEE
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`BODY:
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`Yes, law enforcement.
`
`The burgeoning martial—arts craze has spread to those who serve and protect. On Wednesday,
`seven of them, including two Fresno police officers and a locally based FBI agent, showed up at
`Fresno's New Era Martial Arts to train under an ultimate fighter who says he would last all of one
`afternoon as a police officer.
`
`"I don't have the patience," Gracie says. "But I can help them train to be be1:ter officers."
`
`Brazilian jiujitsu is unlike other
`
`forms of martial arts or
`
`fighting. There are no
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`

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`Copyright 2002 The Press Enterprise Co.
`THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE (RIVERSIDE, CA.)
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`May 17, 2002, Friday
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`SECTION: LOCAL;
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`Pg. B01
`
`LENGTH: 444 words
`
`HEADLINE: Tribe sues fight event promoter: COURT: Morongo leaders say organizers failed to
`adequately market the Nov. 11 competition.
`
`BYLINE: GUY MCCARTHY; THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
`
`BODY:
`
`600,000 in revenue, said Scott
`Hettrick, editor of Video Business, a Ho1lywood—based weekly that
`caters to video store owners.
`
`"The UFO videos are not huge sellers, but they do sell
`consistently," Hettrick said.
`
`Promoters often refer to ultimate fighting as mixed martial
`arts. The events are not sanctioned by the California Athletic
`Commission. Within the state's borders, such events are illegal
`and can be held only on Indian reservations, Rob Lynch, the
`commision's
`excecutive
`officer
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`

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`Copyright 2002 Reed Elsevier Inc.
`
`Daily Variety
`
`April 24, 2002, Wednesday
`
`SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1
`
`LENGTH: 693 words
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`HEADLINE: Reality champs eye Ultimate showdown
`
`BYLINE: JOSEF ADALIAN
`
`BODY:
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`martial arts reality franchise (Daily Variety, Feb. 22.)
`
`Fertitta, however, believes UFC has a leg up in the race to bring mixed martial arts to the masses.
`
`"We're the category killer in this arena," he said. "The sport is called mixed martial arts, but
`every knows it as ultimate fighting, and we own that name. We're like Kleenex and tissue."
`
`LMNO is repped by WMA. In addition to co-owning UFC's parent compa:ny, Fertitta is also prexy
`of Las Vegas—based Station Casinos,
`Inc., which
`operates
`a
`slew of off-Strip
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`

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`Copyright 2002 The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times
`All Rights Reserved
`Los Angeles Times
`
`April 19, 2002 Friday Home Edition
`
`SECTION: California Metro; Part 2; Page 7; Metro Desk
`
`LENGTH: 727 words
`
`HEADLINE: The Region;
`Learning Fate of Son Is Family's Sad Quest;
`Inquiry: A Huntington Beach athlete missed his ‘ultimate fighting‘ bout and hasn't been seen. Police
`fear the worst.
`'
`
`BYLINE: STANLEY ALLISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
`
`BODY:
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`mother said.
`
`Alter high school, Large worked for a Santa Monica fish market, but soon was working alongside
`his dad as an apprentice pipe-fitter.
`
`He yearned for the athletic competition of his high school days and saw ultimate lighting, a sport
`that mixes martial arts, wrestling and kick-boxing, as a way of getting back to that.
`
`The last time Kim Large saw her son was Wednesday, Dec. 5. He was at her house divvying up
`the 20 tickets he had for the ultimate fighting competition.
`
`That
`
`night,
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`good
`
`friend
`
`Emmett
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`

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`Copyright 2002 Saint Paul Pioneer Press
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`All Rights Reserved
`Saint Paul Pioneer ‘Press
`
`January 30, 2002 Wednesday SOUTH SUBURBAN EDITION
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`SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B2
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`LENGTH: 178 words
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`HEADLINE: DAKOTA COUNTY BRIEFING
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`BYLINE: Iudy Arginteanu, Pioneer Press
`
`BODY:
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`present at the events. It prohibits alcohol at the events and sets a minimum age of 17 years old
`for attendees. It also sets rules on the kinds of maneuvers are allowed at the match. An initial
`
`ordinance banning ultimate fighting, a similar but more controversial mixed martial-arts sport,
`failed
`on
`a
`4-3
`vote
`in
`V November.
`
`

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`SEND TO? DALIER, LAURIEL
`TRADEMARK LAW LIBRARY
`2101 CRYSTAL PLAZA ARC
`MAIL BOX 3104
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`ARLINGTON,
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`VIRGINIA
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`MAIL-IT REQUESTED: FEBRUARY 28, 2003
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`lOO83K
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`CLIENT: LFD
`LIBRARY: NEWS
`FILE: ALLNWS
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`YOUR SEARCH REQUEST AT THE TIME THIS MAIL-IT WAS REQUESTED:
`"GRAPDLERS -MT TH; MAT"
`AND ULTIMATE FIGHTING
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`NUMBER OF STORIES FOUND WITH YOUR R1
`LEVEL
`1...
`3
`LEVEL
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`flST THROUGH:
`1
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`2 PRINTED
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`September 15, 2001, Saturday
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`HEADLINE: Grapplers hit the mat to stay fit
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`BYLINE: By Chris Walton
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`DETROIT _ Barefoot and dressed in a gi, the traditional martial arts uniform of loose—fitting
`cotton pants, jacket and a belt, Walter Lamb walks among the 10 pairs of sweaty wrestlers as they
`twist, grab, clench and thrash around on the wall-to-wall mat flooring of the basement—sized room.
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`He points to one pair of entwined grapplers slithering over each other like snakes. "That guy on
`the right, he's a hairdresser and a third—degree black belt in judo," says Lamb. "The other guy, he's a
`professional no-holds-barred fighter."
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`Lamb points out another pair and an observer. "He's a nine-time world sambo champion, and his
`opponent, she's only 19 but is undefeated in submission wrestling and tough as nails. Over there is a
`Brazilian jujitsu champ and a former high school state wrestling champ."
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`Lamb pauses to tape his wrist in preparation for his next sparring battle. "Whatever your
`wrestling style and whether you want to compete professionally or just grapple to stay in shape"
`says Lamb, 51, "we've got a place for you at Metro Fight Club."
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`Founded by Lamb three years ago in a barn-like building that sits along U.S.—23 in Whitmore
`Lake, the Metro Fight Club is an arena for wrestlers of all styles and skill levels, as well as those
`looking to learn how to go to the mat one-on-one.
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`Lamb, a private investigator who graduated from Michigan State University in 1972 as both the
`Big Ten and Midwest Collegiate judo champion, says the club serves two purposes.
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`"We offer the opportunity to continue wrestling after high school or college," he says. “People of
`any age can find pickup games or recreational leagues for basketball, baseball, soccer or hockey.
`But there are very few competitive venues for wrestlers once they're out of high school or college.
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`"And, secondly, this a fantastic way to stay in shape. You get an intense cardiovascular and
`strength workout because the strength and muscular endurance you develop in grappling is different
`from any other sport."
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`Though there are numerous clubs locally and nationally dedicated to one or another of the various
`wrestling disciplines _ such as judo, jujitsu, sambo or submission wrestling __ what sets Metro Fight
`Club apart is that it incorporates several fighting styles.
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`By practicing a variety of grappling disciplines, each with its differing emphases on balance,
`strength, coordination, technique and strategy, club members engage in an intense form of cross
`training.
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`"You might have one guy who's into judo and another who's trained in Brazilian jujitsu," Lamb
`says. "They'll spar for a while using judo, then switch to Brazilian jujitsu, learning each step of the
`vvayiil
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`Though the club's name calls to mind "Fight Club," the movie starring Brad Pitt and Edward
`Norton about an underground network of bare—knuckled, no-holds-barred brawls, Metro Fight Club
`is not about swaggering machismo or violent blood lust.
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`"Philosophically, we're a judo club," says Lamb. "Though we incorporate all the different
`grappling styles, we're guided by the two primary principles of judo: cooperation and maximum
`efficiency."
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`Most of the styles practiced at Metro Fight Club are forms of submission wrestling in which the
`object is to place your opponent in a hold that forces him or her to give up or be incapable of
`continuing.
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`"Some people think we do it to be tough guys, but that's wrong" says Quincy Rice, a professional
`Ultimate Fighter who has been hired to coach the University of Michigan's Submission Wrestling
`Club this fall. "Most people are here to improve themselves through physical conditioning, mental
`development and emotional control, and secondarily for self— defense purposes."
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`Here is a look at five members of the Metro Fight Club and insights into their specialties:
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`John Bouchard, 25
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`As a wres1:ler at Dearborn Edsel Ford High School, Bouchard was a district and regional champ
`his junior and senior years and was named to the all—city team four times. He holds a second-degree
`black belt in judo, a fourth—degree black belt in submission wrestling and is a former national sambo
`champ.
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`Because of his job as a software programmer and his family _ he and his wife have a .2-month-old
`son _ Bouchard has had to cut Way back on his competitions.
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`"I enter about one submission wrestling tournament a year because I don't: have time anymore to
`stay in top shape," he says.
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`Bouchard and his brother, Jessey, who is the World Cup sambo champ and a nine-time Michigan
`judo champ, along with Lamb and Rice, are the original members and coaches of Metro Fight Club.
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`Sanjoy Ghosh, 42
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`The owner of Miro Hair Salon in Ann Arbor, Ghosh has studied judo for 21 years and is a third-
`degree black belt. He also trains at the Birmingham YMCA.
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`Ghosh competes in about three masters judo tournaments a year and says he attends Metro Fight
`Club to stay in shape mentally and physically.
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`"At my age, you have to work harder to stay fit,‘ he says. "Judo and the other martial arts give you
`mental and physical strength. They teach you to focus, to stay where you are and take care of what's
`in front of you."
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`Quincy Rice, 25
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`Rice is a rarity in the grappling world, one of the few who has managed to parlay a wrestling
`background into a livelihood. A professional fighter whose demeanor in the ring brings to mind a
`Tasmanian devil, Rice has a 4-1 record in Ultimate Fighting and is 9-3 in submission wrestling. He
`trains with Dan Severin,
`the Coldwater
`resident who has won three Ultimate Fighting
`championships and now promotes the sport through his company, the Danger Zone.
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`Though submission wrestlers typically compete in classes according to experience and weight,
`Rice fights in the "absolute superfight" division, meaning he must be prepared to take on anyone.
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`l65—pound Rice placed third after
`In his most recent submission wrestling contest, the 5—foot—7,
`losing on a judges‘ decision to a 285—pound former All—A1nerica wrestler from Lehigh University.
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`"I'd recommend training at Metro Fight Club to anyone looking to get in shape or add an element
`of self-defense to their life," says Rice. "We teach Montessori—style, letting the student set his or her
`individual pace."
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`Rice writes about Ultimate Fighting and the submission wrestling scene for the Web site
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`http://www.intensecombat.com/
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`Here's an excerpt from one of his columns:
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`"Fighting to me is not about the punches or about bashing someone‘s head in. It is about showing
`myself that I am capable of facing my fears, doubts and insecurities head—on and head-up. I am like
`every man. I feel fear. But as a fighter, 1 look it in the eye and say, ‘Let's danc:e."‘
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`Marie Colangelo, 19
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`Though other women occasionally drop in on Metro Fight Club, the tenacious Colangelo shows
`up almost every Sunday.
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`"I started in the martial arts when I was 12," she says, "and it changed me. I had been getting bad
`grades in school and hanging out with the wrong crowd. But after I began training in karate and
`judo, my grades went from D's to A's and B's. I gained confidence in myself."
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`Colangelo, a freshman at Macomb Community College, is listed at 5 feet in submission wrestling
`competition. Since few women compete in submission wrestling, Colangelo usually wrestles men
`who are bigger and stronger.
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`"But in judo and submission wrestling, you learn how to use quickness, technique and power to
`outsmart your opponent," she says. "And you learn to face challenges head-on while trying to
`improve yourself I get beat sometimes, but I win my share."
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`Don Richard, 27
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`Don Richard has always been a big, strapping guy. But after he graduated from Davison High
`School near Flint, he stopped wrestling and his 6—foot frame began getting heavier.
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`Three years ago, he weighed 300 pounds. To lose weight and get back into shape, he started
`working out at Warrior Way Martial Arts in Walled Lake. He then added Sunday workouts at Metro
`Fight Club to his training regimen.
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`Today, Richard is down to his high school wrestling weight of 245.
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`"And I did it without dieting," he says. "I'd recommend grappling training to anyone who wants to
`get into shape. I've seen a lot of people lose weight doing this."
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`Richard not only got back in fighting form but also discovered he had an aptitude for submission
`grappling and the martial arts. Last year, he won the Brazilian jujitsu title at the Gracie US.
`Nationals Open Jiu-Jitsu Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. He then won his first and only no-holds-
`barred fight at the former Fight Zone in Southgate. (No-holds-barred, or Ultimate Fighting, has
`since been banned in Michigan.)
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`In March, Richard took home three gold medals in submission wrestling and jujitsu from the
`Arnold Classic, 21 mixed martial arts tournament in Ohio.
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`"It's not about beating people up," says Richard. "I‘m a big guy, but I've never even been in a
`street fight. I do this for the mental discipline, the competition and to stay in shape."
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