All posts tagged "Mma"

Their tweeted barbs turned to fighting words and nearly physical blows on a vaunted Senate chamber floor.

And the gloves keep coming off.

Teamsters President Sean O'Brien continues to needle his unsuspecting nemesis in Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a former MMA contender, after they came close to fighting during a hearing that was supposed to make promising strides on income equality. ...

He slammed his gavel as an olive branch when a senate chamber hearing nearly erupted into a UFC octagon showdown.

When ex-MMA fighter Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) attempted to tussle with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien on Tuesday, it was Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), who chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee, forced to play referee, peacemaker, and hallway monitor.

"Oh, hold it," Sanders remarked. "Is that your solution? No, no, sit down. Sit down," he told Mullin. "You're a United States Senator. Act like it."...

MIAMI — The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office said Wednesday it won’t charge mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor with a crime from an alleged June incident in a bathroom at the Kesaya Center after a Miami Heat NBA Finals game. Why the case was dropped isn’t immediately known. Assistant Miami-Dade State Attorney Keisha Jackson said that since the case “was dropped,” her office was working on sending the Miami Herald a close-out memo. It also wasn’t clear if the woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted had filed a lawsuit or was seeking monetary damages. In June, the woman who was n......