"Art bouts" refers to creative competitions or contests where artists strive to showcase their skills and outperform each other in a friendly and spirited manner.
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Jason Knight, right, fights Jim Alers during their featherweight mixed martial
arts bout in Chicago, Saturday, July 23, 2016.
Jason Knight, right, fights Jim Alers during their featherweight mixed martial
arts bout at United Center in Chicago, Saturday, July 23, 2016.
Michel Prazeres, top, of Brazil, fights JC Cottrell during their lightweight mixed
martial arts bout at United Center in Chicago, Saturday, July 23, 2016.
Supporters of a bill that would legalize mixed - martial
arts bouts in New York could be voted as early as today, supporters of the legislation said.
Ronda Rousey, the UFC's world bantamweight champion, met separately yesterday with Cuomo and top lawmakers, making the pitch for the state to lift its ban on professional mixed - martial
arts bouts.
George Sullivan, left, fights against Tim Means during a UFC mixed martial
arts bout.
Ultimate Fighting Championship, the predominate promotions company for mixed - martial
arts bouts, has filed a legal challenge to the state's ban on the sport, the company on Monday announced.
Professional mixed martial
arts bouts could be taking place in New York State by later this year.
New York is now the only state to prohibit professional mixed martial
arts bouts, a distinction those involved in the sport have long tried to end.
The state Senate last May approved an unsuccessful bill to make New York the final state to permit pro mixed martial
arts bouts.
It sounds like a tiebreaker round in a mixed martial
arts bout: entanglement sudden death, or ESD.
And the cognitive dissonance generated by seeing Lynchian surrealism applied to what's still essentially a Jean - Claude Van Damme action vehicle, replete with elaborate martial
arts bouts and their attendant swaths of blood, makes for a pretty compelling viewing experience, particularly if the stylistic friction remains unexpected going in.