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John Danaher: MMA Is A “Transcendent Sport” And Most People Get It Wrong

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October 5, 2026

John Danaher thinks most of the MMA world, longtime commentator Joe Rogan included, is working from the wrong definition. In his view, the sport is not a patchwork of martial arts stitched together: 99% of people who look at mixed martial arts see mixed martial arts as an eclectic sport… In other words, it’s a […]

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