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Topic: mixed martial arts

Julija Stoliarenko of Lithuania poses on the scale during the UFC weigh-in at UFC APEX on March 19, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

How to gain 10% of your mass in one day

Jonathan Gelber
Ricky Simon punches Rani Yahya during their Bantamweight bout during UFC234 on February 10, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Getty/Quinn Rooney)

Facing 40 and stepping into the MMA ring

Matthew Rozsa
(Reuters/Rafael Marchante)

I flipped my "psycho switch"

Doug Merlino
Ronda Rousey (Reuters/Ricardo Moraes)

The badass America needed

Matthew Pulver
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War Machine, mixed martial artist (Las Vegas Police Department)

Jenny Kutner
(AP/Jeff Chiu)

Inside the cage

Lydia Kiesling
War Machine, mixed martial artist (Las Vegas Police Department)

Jenny Kutner
(Jessica Bal for Narratively)

Dina Abdel-Haq - Narratively
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Martial arts meets reality TV

Andrew O'Hehir
(Fallon Fox)

Katie McDonough
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