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Billy Baldwin’s Wrestling Past

Billy Baldwin

Billy Baldwin

Billy Baldwin, one of the members of the battlin’ Baldwin family, has some legit experience in the fightin’ arts.

The actor was part of Binghampton University’s wrestling program in the early 1980s and in recent years has done appearances for ESPN at wrestling events.

Sarah wrote about this for Fightland here.

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Christy Martin: First Woman In Nevada Boxing Hall Of Fame

Christy Martin

Christy Martin

The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame has inducted its first woman — Christy Martin.

Martin, who fought in the late-1980s and early 1990s, was the first female fighter to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Sarah wrote about her for Fightland here.

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Fight Scenes From Stoner Movies For #420

Great stoner film fight scenes

Great stoner film fight scenes

As a special treat for 4/20 Sarah compiled a list of the best fight scenes from stoner movies for Fightland.

The results are crrraazzy, dude.

To read the list click here.

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Miesha Tate Gets Knocked Down, Gets Back Up Again

Miesha Tate

Miesha Tate

Miesha Tate’s journey to becoming the UFC women’s bantamweight champion has been a difficult one.

Sarah explained this difficultly via a Chumbawumba-referencing headline in a story for Fightland.

To read it click here.

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An Academic Analysis Of Conor McGregor’s Trash Talk

Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has gotten really popular for two reasons: 1) he’s really good, and 2) he’s got a really big mouth.

In fact, McGregor’s trash talk game might be better than his fight game.

But how good a trash talker is he really?

Sarah got three academics with virtually no knowledge of McGregor to analyze his best chirps.

To read the full story head over to Fightland by clicking here.

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