article_snippet.sent: Some might know that the long-reigning heavyweight champ is a towering Ukrainian with a boring jab-happy style, but most wouldn't come up with his name (Wladimir Klitschko).
article_snippet.sent: In the course of just two decades, the UFC has grown from a freaky-violent carny sideshow into a mainstream sport.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, the fan base of the UFC now rivals that of the world's most popular fighting sport: ice hockey.
article_snippet.sent: Some aficionados spin elaborate defenses of the hundreds of fist fights that break out every year in NHL games, claiming they make the game safer by punishing dirty play.  
article_snippet.sent: Everyone knows why NHL NHL hasn't cracked down on fighting hard enough to end NHL: fans love NHL way too much.
article_snippet.sent: As the hockey announcer Don Cherry once said, "When [legendary tough guy]
article_snippet.sent: Bob Probert was fighting, did you ever see anyone get out of anyone seat and go get coffee.