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    Art Davie (born April 5, 1947) is a business executive and entrepreneur formerly active in Southern California advertising circles. In 1993, he created...
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    global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the first event was held...
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    creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), along with promoter Art Davie. As a family, the Gracies upheld the "Gracie Challenge", a martial arts...
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  • British Columbia Art Davie, American businessman Bert Davie (1899-1979), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer Bob Davie (American football)...
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    the Semaphore Entertainment Group, was founded by American businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie with their partners in WOW...
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    inspired Art Davie to create the UFC. The Ultimate Fighting Championship was founded in 1993 by Rorion Gracie, business executive Art Davie, and the Semaphore...
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    company held an event with almost no rules, mostly due to the influence of Art Davie and Rorion Gracie attempting to replicate mixed contests that existed...
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  • 1 was co-created by Rorion Gracie and the Torrance-based UFC promoter Art Davie, who decided to take locally famous Gracie Garage Challenge fights versus...
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    Retrieved 2022-03-11. Alexander, Mookie (2018-05-01). "UFC co-founder Art Davie to be inducted into UFC Hall of Fame". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 2022-03-11...
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    with promoter and business executive Art Davie in the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Davie had always dreamed of an inter-discipline...
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    Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie. The organization was purchased from its parent company...
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  • start training in Jujutsu and Submission Fighting. And was contacted by Art Davie for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was slated to compete at the...
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    Davie Village (also known as Davie District or simply Davie Street) is a neighbourhood in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the...
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  • him. A fight ensued, with Frazier proving victorious. Rorion Gracie and Art Davie witnessed the fight and subsequently offered Frazier a position in the...
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  • William Davie, an art teacher and painter who exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1925. Alan Davie studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1937...
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  • jiu-jitsu in which fights should go to a finish. Gracie and his partner Art Davie later sold WOW Promotions, co-promoters of the event, to WOW's partner...
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  • Hess believes that this is because he was blacklisted by UFC promoter Art Davie. After an attempt to gain public support for a return to the UFC via opinions...
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    him by UFC co-founder and promoter Art Davie. McCarthy recalls that the nickname began when he forcibly lifted Davie off the ground and held him in the...
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  • is co-authored by Art Davie, co-founder of the UFC, and Sean Wheelock. The title was inspired by a question Chuck Norris asked Davie upon hearing plans...
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  • Quadros was inducted into the Legends of MMA Hall of Fame along with Art Davie, Big John McCarthy, Pat Miletich, Fedor Emelianenko and Rickson Gracie...
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  • Oscar-winning film director Richard J. Daronco (1931–1988), federal judge Art Davie, Class of 1964, founder of Ultimate Fighting Championship Fairleigh Dickinson...
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    fight from UFC 6 onwards, after Royce Gracie had ceased fighting in UFC. Art Davie would later confirm the Gracie family used its input in the management...
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    Vale Tudo to a new market when he, together with American entrepreneur Art Davie, helped found the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 1993. The event...
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    Davie is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States, approximately 24 miles (39 km) north of Miami. The town's population was 110,320 at the 2020...
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  • Rules: The Birth of UFC 53:00 November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21) A look at Art Davie and Rorion Gracie's founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as...
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    Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie. The organization was purchased from its parent company...
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    for SEG, BMG's pay-per-view television company. He received a call from Art Davie representing Rorion Gracie and his “War of the Worlds,” a martial arts...
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  • impresario Art Davie, American mixed martial art executive Art Dorrington, American ice hockey player Art Drysdale, Canadian horticulturist Art Fazil, Singaporean...
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    match was declared a draw. Had there been ringside judges, UFC matchmaker Art Davie believes that Shamrock would have been declared the winner. Gracie left...
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    Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie. The organization was purchased from its parent company...
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