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10 YRS AGO – COLUMN: Ennis says MMA has potential to become as big as the major team sports in America, but what has to happen first?

December 3, 2016

Ten years ago this week, MMATorch senior columnist Shawn Ennis asserted that MMA could become as big as American’s top team sports leagues, but a few things stood in the way. Since this column was […]

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