A Brief History Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix -IZA no mai- was a mixed martial arts event held by Rizin Fighting Federation. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena on December 31, 2015. Digging Deeper Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix -IZA no mai- Information Promotion Rizin Fighting Federation Date December 31, 2015 Venue Saitama Super Arena City Saitama Attendance 18,365 Event chronology Rizin Fighting Federation 1 Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix -IZA no mai- Results Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Heavyweight Muhammed Lawal def. Jiří Procházka KO (punch) 1 5:09 [a] Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko def. Singh…
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A Brief History On December 31, 192 AD, Roman Emperor Commodus was assassinated by his own inner circle, setting the stage for The Year of the Five Emperors in 193. Digging Deeper A typical Roman emperor egomaniac, Commodus saw himself as a demi-god and often had himself depicted as Hercules. Robust physically, he often participated in gladiatorial events, and his character was played by Joaquin Phoenix in the 2000 movie Gladiator (with Russell Crowe in the title role), a Best Picture Oscar winner. On December 22, 2015, we featured an article about the hazards of serving as Emperor of Rome…
A Brief History On December 31, 1695, a tax on windows went into effect in England, which resulted in many people boarding up or bricking up their windows so that they would not be subject to the tax. In a never-ending quest to take every penny, farthing, ruble, peseta, pfennig, shekel and sou from every last working person, governments all around the world show unlimited ingenuity when it comes to dreaming up things to tax, no matter how stupid. Digging Deeper Russia made a bid for a spot in this article by passing a tax on beards in 1698, which was an effort to force…
A Brief History On December 31, 1993, transgender person Brandon Teena was raped and murdered. Teena’s tragic life and death served as the inspiration for the 1999 major motion picture Boys Don’t Cry, starring Hillary Swank. Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find 21-year-old biologically female Brandon Teena living as a man in Nebraska. Having been born a girl and named Teena Brandon, Brandon exhibited transgender tendencies as an adolescent and despite her mother’s denial and consternation continued to progress that way through high school, ending up expelled only 3 days before graduation. Living as a man under the transposed name,…