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Ben Alloway
Ben Alloway (born 19 February 1981) is an Australian mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2010, he was a competitor on '' The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes''. Ben formerly fought for the UFC in the welterweight division. Mixed martial arts career Early career Alloway compiled a 12–3 professional record competing mostly in Australia before joining ''The Ultimate Fighter''. Alloway was forced to work outside of martial arts for most of his early career, but after signing with the UFC was able to devote 100% of his time to his MMA training. ''The Ultimate Fighter'' Alloway was chosen to compete on '' The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes''. In his first fight in the house, Alloway knocked out Valentino Petrescu early in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals. In his quarterfinal fight, Alloway came up short, losing via split decision to Brad Scott. Ultimate Fighting Championship Alloway made his UFC debut against castmate Manuel Rodriguez on 15 De ...
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Welterweight (MMA)
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts contains different weight classes: *The UFC's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170  lb (71 to 77  kg) *The ONE Championship's welterweight division, with upper limit at Ambiguity and clarification Many other sports that use the welterweight class, such as boxing, kickboxing, and Muay Thai, define it as below about 147 lb (67 kg). The MMA welterweight class is therefore significantly heavier than the welterweight class of these other sports. For the sake of uniformity, many American mixed martial arts websites refer to competitors between 156 and 170 lb (71 and 77 kg) as welterweights. This encompasses the Shooto middleweight division (167 lb / 76 kg). The welterweight limit, as defined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the Association of Boxing Commissions The Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) is a North American not-for-profit professional boxing and mixed martial ar ...
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Ismail Naurdiev
Ismail Naurdiev (born August 18, 1996) is a Chechnya, Chechen-born Austria, Austrian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Super welterweight (MMA), Super Welterweight division of Brave Combat Federation. He has competed in the Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB). Background Naurdiev was born in Grozny, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (nowadays Chechnya, Russia) and his family left the war torn city and moved to Austria in 2004 when he was nine year old for a safe and better life. He started training in wrestling and transitioned to MMA when he was a teenager. In the beginning of his MMA professional career, Naurdiev did not have any trainers nor sparring partners but would fought every fight that offered to him to get some fighting experience. Mixed martial arts career Early career Naurdiev fought in the European-based promotions, notably Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA), formal ...
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2012 In BRACE
The year 2012 was the fourth year in the history of BRACE, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Australia. In 2012 BRACE held 5 events. Events list BRACE 18 BRACE 18 was an event held on 21 December 2012 at Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia. Results BRACE 17 BRACE 17 was an event held on 27 October 2012, at Southport RSL, Gold Coast, Australia. Results BRACE 15 BRACE 15 was an event held on April 28, 2012, at Ex-Services Bowling Club, Coffs Harbour, Australia. Results BRACE 14 BRACE 14 was an event held on February 18, 2012, at Convention Centre, Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ..., Australia. Results References {{Reflist 2012 in mixed martial arts 2012 in Australian sport BRACE ...
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Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ...
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Mousasi Vs
Gegard Mousasi (born 1 August 1985), is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently competing in Bellator MMA, where he is the former two-time Bellator Middleweight Champion. As of December 13, 2022, he is #10 in the Bellator men's pound-for-pound rankings and #1 in the Bellator Middleweight Rankings. He is also the former DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion, former DREAM Middleweight Champion, former Cage Warriors World Middleweight Champion, and the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, thus making Mousasi an overall six-time MMA world champion. At the moment of his departure from the UFC in July 2017, he was #4 in the official UFC middleweight rankings, and he is currently ranked the #9 middleweight MMA fighter in the world by Fight Matrix. Background Mousasi was born in Tehran, Iran to ethnic-Armenian parents during the Iran–Iraq War. His family name was changed in Iran long before his birth from Mofsesian to Mousasi. After spending a year in r ...
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion County was 977,203 in 2020. The "balance" population, which excludes semi-autonomous municipalities in Marion County, was 887,642. It is the 15th most populous city in the U.S., the third-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, and the fourth-most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, Austin, Texas, and Columbus. The Indianapolis metropolitan area is the 33rd most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with 2,111,040 residents. Its combined statistical area ranks 28th, with a population of 2,431,361. Indianapolis covers , making it the 18th largest city by land area in the U.S. Indigenous peoples inhabited the area dating to as early as 10,000 BC. In 1818, the Lenape relinquished their ...
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Condit Vs
Condit or Conditt is a surname. People Notable people with the surname include: * Azubah Caroline Condit (1810-1844), American missionary in Indonesia * Carl W. Condit (1914–1997), historian of Chicago architecture * Carlos Condit (born 1984), American mixed martial arts fighter * Cecelia Condit (born 1947), American artist working in video * Celeste Condit (born 1965), American professor and scholar of rhetorical criticism * Gary Condit (born 1948), American politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003 * George Conditt IV (born 2000), Puerto Rican basketball player * Ira J. Condit (1883–1900), American horticulturist * Margaret Conditt, American politician of the Ohio House of Representatives * Mark Anthony Conditt, alleged perpetrator of Austin serial bombings in 2018 * Philip M. Condit (born 1941), American businessman who was Chairman and CEO of Boeing (1996–2003) Places * Condit, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Delaware Count ...
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Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ...
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Canberra
Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2021, Canberra's estimated population was 453,558. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Following a long dispute over whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the national capital, a compromise was reached: the new capital would be buil ...
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Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in the urban area. The city covers an area of , while the Greater Sochi Area covers over . Sochi stretches across , and is the longest city in Europe, the fifth-largest city in the Southern Federal District, the second-largest city in Krasnodar Krai, and the sixth-largest city on the Black Sea. Being a part of the Caucasian Riviera, it is one of the very few places in Russia with a subtropical climate, with warm to hot summers and mild to cool winters. Sochi hosted the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014. It hosted the alpine and Nordic Olympic events at the nearby ski resort of Rosa Khutor in Krasnaya Polyana. It also hosted the Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix from 2014 until 2021. It was also one of the host c ...
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The Path To Triumph
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ...
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Mackay, Queensland
} Mackay () is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensland, as these regions are not precisely defined. More generally, the area is known as the Mackay–Whitsunday Region. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's sugar. Name The city was named after John Mackay. In 1860, he was the leader of an expedition into the Pioneer Valley. Initially Mackay proposed to name the river Mackay River after his father George Mackay. Thomas Henry Fitzgerald surveyed the township and proposed it was called Alexandra after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who married Prince Edward (later King Edward VII). However, in 1862 the river was renamed to be the Pioneer River, after in which Queensland Governor George Bowen travelled to the area, and t ...
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