MMA

Power slapping will be brought from underground darkness to the light on January 18. Despite pushback, UFC President Dana White’s Power Slap League will make its TV debut on TBS. The show takes place inside of UFC’s APEX Center in Las Vegas.

In 1976, Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki, two of the greatest combat sports stars of all time, faced off in a fight considered a forerunner to MMA. Over the years, MMA has had its fair share of memorable fights.

On one of the most chaotic nights in UFC history, multiple divisions were thrown on their heads, but none more than the men’s middleweight division, which saw its incumbent champion fall to his combat sports kryptonite.

Pro wrestling icon and MMA pioneer for Antonio Inoki recently passed away at the age of 79. Yahoo Japan confirmed the news following his battle with multiple health problems. A multi-time world champion, Inoki was a larger-than-life figure who helped shape combat sports to what it is today.

The grueling process of cutting weight for a UFC fight has been well-documented. Often, fighters are able to hit their contracted weight and the fight goes off without a hitch.