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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, right. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, Stephan Savoia)
June 22, 2023, 9:26 pm
Musk challenges Zuckerberg to a fight; Facebook chief accepts
Tech billionaires apparently agree to scrap in social media back-and-forth
By AP
Shaked Nisimian celebrates winning the uner-21 MMA world championship, February 16, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 17, 2023, 1:15 pm
Israeli teen beats reigning world champion to claim under-21 MMA title
In Serbia, Shaked Nisimian, 19, becomes first Israeli to win gold at an MMA international tournament — despite only training in the sport for several months
By ToI Staff
2,200-year-old silver coins that were discovered in a wooden box inside a cave in Wadi Muraba‘at near the Dead Sea. (Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 18, 2022, 1:32 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 18: Very Hallmark Hanukkah & hard proof of pre-Maccabee pogroms
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on Lion’s Den rearing its head, IDF hospital drill; feature writer Amy Spiro on Israeli MMA champ Natan Levy; Amanda Borschel-Dan on a coin cache
By ToI Staff
Israeli MMA athlete Natan Levy training in Israel in 2022. (Aviv Tal)
December 16, 2022, 10:40 pm
UFC’s only Israeli fighter believes all Jews ‘should know how to defend themselves’
Natan Levy made headlines for telling Kanye West to ‘come find me, bro’ in post-fight press conference earlier this month, but says the message was ‘a firm warning, not a threat’
By Amy Spiro
Screen capture from video of Israeli MMA fighter Natan Levy in his first UFC fight, Las Vegas, April 30 2022. (YouTube)
May 1, 2022, 9:32 pm
Israeli fighter secures his first victory in top-level UFC
Natan Levy says after fight that he will auction off his equipment to donate to Holocaust survivors
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People take part in a MMA (Mixed Martials Arts) training session, on May 2, 2016 in Paris. (Francois Guillot/AFP)
July 31, 2021, 11:47 pm
Lebanese athlete said to pull out from MMA contest to avoid facing Israeli
Hezbollah-linked outlet says Abdullah Miniato has withdrawn from world youth martial arts championship in Bulgaria because he refuses to recognize Israel
By Emanuel Fabian
Natan Levy proudly shows an Israeli flag before his matches. (Amy Kaplan/ via JTA)
January 10, 2021, 4:13 am
Israeli MMA fighter defies odds and prejudice at Ultimate Fighting Championship
French-born Israeli Natan Levy joins a small but growing number of Jewish athletes on the world stage, seeking to prove that Jews can throw a punch and be mensches, too
By Elie Bleier
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spars with Israeli MMA fighter Noad Lahat at the Knesset on November 15, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
November 15, 2017, 10:02 am
Netanyahu meets MMA fighters ahead of major bout
Featuring two Israeli athletes, the Bellator 188 will be second major MMA fight to take place in Jewish state
By ToI Staff
Aaron Rajman. (Facebook via JTA)
September 3, 2017, 6:32 pm
3 Florida teens charged with murder of Jewish MMA fighter
Police suspect Aaron Rajman was targeted by a 16-year-old girl and her friends, who also face two counts of armed home invasion
By JTA
Aaron Rajman. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 5, 2017, 12:29 am
Orthodox Jewish MMA fighter shot dead in Florida home
Chabad friend of shooting victim says Aaron Rajman was very involved in faith and the local Jewish community
By ToI Staff
Elazar Tariku celebrates his victory after an MMA fight, November 30, 2016. (Screenshot)
December 1, 2016, 10:23 pm
Israeli MMA fighters celebrate victory in tzitzit
Both martial arts competitors are observant Jews who wear traditional Jewish garb in daily life
By JTA
Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade seen during Krav Maga training at the Regavim Army base on April 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 19, 2016, 2:38 pm
From the IDF to Hollywood: Krav Maga’s meteoric rise
The Israeli close-combat method shoulders its way into civilian life as the ultimate form of self-defense
By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU and SARA PUIG
Noad Lahat after his Berlin win on Saturday night, draped in an Israeli flag (UFC screengrab)
June 22, 2015, 6:50 pm
MMA fighter invokes Shoah after win
Israeli Noad Lahat, eking out victory in Berlin, tells fans he knew 6 million were watching him
By Luke Tress
Israeli UFC fighter Noad Lahat. (screen capture, YouTube)
July 28, 2014, 6:54 pm
Israeli UFC pro heads home to fight Hamas
Just after winning a featherweight bout in California, Noad Lahat heads to Israel to join his IDF unit in Gaza
By Yifa Yaakov
Israeli UFC fighter Noad Lahat (photo credit: Facebook/Noad Lahat fan page)
From the WebJuly 25, 2014, 9:46 am
Israeli UFC fighter headed home ‘to protect’ his country
Yahoo: Noad Lahat will fly home Sunday to join his reserves unit after his MMA fight the night before
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