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A New Cultural Chernobyl.(Periscope; Wide World Of Sports)(ultimate fighting championship)(Brief article)
Byline: John Sparks
European intellectuals who make a living attacking American cultural invaders, from McDonald's to Disney and the NBA, now have a new target. Zuffa International of Las Vegas has picked the Continent as a key growth market for it's Ultimate Fighting Championship. The UFC and its sibling Extreme Cage Fighting feature tattooed gladiators with noms de brawl like "The Crippler" and "Rampage." They work with thin gloves inside octagonal cages that have been likened to cockfighting pits, and routinely draw real blood. Since emerging in America in the early 1990s, these mixed-martial-arts contests have moved from the trash-sport periphery to cable TV and, lately, ...
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