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'History of MMA' captures sport's 20-year journey in America

As the UFC and American MMA's 20th anniversary celebrations and tributes roll out this week, they won't include images like these. Yet these were some of the
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As the UFC and American MMA's 20th anniversary celebrations and tributes roll out this week, they won't include images like these. Yet these were some of the real, overlooked moments that helped MMA to its prominence today around the world. Thank goodness a visionary filmmaker named Bobby Razak was there, usually with lint lining his pockets, to capture them.

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Loretta Hunt
LORETTA HUNT

Loretta Hunt has covered mixed martial arts since 2001. She is the co-author of Becoming The Natural: My Life In and Out of the Cage, by six-time UFC champion Randy Couture, and Let's Get It On: The Making of MMA and Its Ultimate Referee, by "Big" John McCarthy.

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