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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The sight would send Brazilian fans into a frenzy: Jose Aldo landing knees to the chin and kicks to the head in an Olympic fight. Aldo could bathe in the glory from his home country -- fans swarming him in celebration after a medal is placed around his neck.But mixed martial arts is still angling for an Olympic home even though its a worldwide hit and the components of the sport are already etched into the games elsewhere.The submissions of judo, the strikes of boxing and taekwondo, and strategy of wrestling are summer staples, and karate is on the way to Tokyo in 2020. Top promotions are filled with stars from around the world like Conor McGregor of Ireland and Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland. Several fighters have even been Olympians, like UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and Ronda Rousey, the sports biggest crossover superstar and a judo bronze medalist in 2008.Despite that backdrop, MMA has been locked out of medal competition amid concerns similar to those held by U.S. states that once banned the sport.Its violent. Bloody. Unsafe.Densign White, chief executive of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation, said the sports universal appeal should make it attractive enough to IOC officials to make it an official sport in 2024, though 2028 seems more realistic.White concedes even 12 years could be a stretch as the organization treads through the political minefield of convincing an old guard of decision makers that MMA is not only good for the games, its good for business.Its the politicians that dont understand the sport, White said. Weve been trying to get France to accept MMA and the politicians there say if we get rid of ground and pound, then well allow the sport to take place. Ground and pound is what they find really objectionable.No ground and pound? They may as well get of rid of dunking in basketball.Still, theres no doubt MMA would look strikingly different in a condensed Olympics setting than the format fans know well from spending $60 to watch UFCs pay-per-view cards.I think theres a place for it. I just dont know that the physical makeup of mixed martial arts will allow it, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier said. Look at boxing. Its three or four fights but its 10-ounce gloves. We only get 4 (ounce gloves). It could work, but wed have to make some pretty significant changes.The mixed martial arts federation has a plan it believes would work:- 32 athletes per class.- Fights would be three rounds of 3 minutes each (down from 5 minutes each in UFC).- Fighters would wear shin guards and 7-ounce amateur gloves.- Fighters would be limited to one bout a day, with the entire tournament finished over four or five days.- The use of elbows, knees to the head, heel hooks or pressure on the spine would be prohibited.At the 2016 IMMAF World Championships, the organization said there were only seven injury byes out of 210 participants in 13 weight categories and 190 matches.There is some blowback but I think peoples minds can be changed, White said. They have to realize that amateur MMA is not the same as professional MMA. ... Its not as violent. Theres less blood.That could mean fewer eyeballs.The UFC already boasts of broadcasts in over 129 countries and territories in 28 different languages, making some fighters wildly famous around the globe. Still, UFC would certainly get a major boost with some of its brightest stars fighting in front of casual fans. Its easy to imagine a tournament loaded with so many stud fighters that UFC 202 would seem like prelim bouts on Fight Pass.UFC President Dana White would prefer to see professionals fight instead of amateurs.Im not a fan of the amateurs, Dana White said. The only thing that makes them an amateur is like two moves are taken away. I dont recognize amateur fights.UFC, by far the dominant MMA promotion, has not ruled out making a harder push to help get the sport into the Summer Games.It takes a lot of money, time and hard work and we havent done that on the Olympic side, Dana White said. If it was a full-time focus for us like everything else weve done, wed get it done.White also knows the next big UFC star could be competing somewhere in Rio de Janeiro.Beyond Rousey and Cormier, Sara McCann and Dan Henderson are among the fighters who made the transition from the Olympics to the octagon.The question that dogged boxers for years at the Olympics has shifted toward medal winners in judo, boxing, and the other combat sports: chase more medals or start going for title belts?Kayla Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist judoka, worked as a training partner with Rousey during the Beijing Games and the two have remained tight. The UFC superstar even gave Harrison contacts if she wanted to pursue an MMA career. Harrison said she would consider an MMA career because it comes with perks that amateurism cant match.It potentially could be very lucrative for me, she said.American boxer Mikaela Mayer, who won her first bout Friday, considered MMA before she found boxing. But its on hold for now even though she knows winning big in Rio could brighten her prospects.Theres so much in amateur boxing that I havent accomplished, so much more that I still want to accomplish, that I wouldnt even consider doing an MMA fight, she said. I need to build my own sport, and I feel a responsibility to do that, almost, because we are pioneers of this sport.The IMMAF wont give up, either. It has started the often convoluted process to be recognized under the umbrella of both the World Anti-Doping Agency and SportAccord. Up next, approval from the International Olympic Committee. UFC 500 could be closer on the calendar than a date on the games.We cant say well never get there, Densign White said. This might take 20 years, but were going to get there. Nike Air Max 97 Günstig Online Kaufen . Burke is expected to miss two to three months after breaking a finger in the teams third preseason game. 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ATLANTA -- Dustin Johnson launched a drive on the practice range at East Lake and some 320 yards away, saw it take one hop off the green meshing on the fence. Not satisfied, he teed up another and let it fly, this one clearing the fence.This is what makes Johnson so appealing. But its not what makes him so good.Look back to Riviera Country Club on a rainy Wednesday in February, when Johnson finished his pro-am round and headed out to the range to try using a computer model for the first time -- but only for his wedges. He got those dialed in this summer, and he suddenly looks hard to beat.Thats why Johnson is a U.S. Open champion and the No. 1 seed going into the Tour Championship, making him the favorite to win the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus.Hes kind of figured out the way hes supposed to play golf now, Brandt Snedeker. You look at him, and he checks all the boxes of what a No. 1 player in the world looks like. Its been fun to watch him evolve into that player.Johnson is coming off a victory in the BMW Championship, his third of the year.But with the points being reset at the Tour Championship, anyone has a mathematical chance of claiming the FedEx Cup, and the top five players only have to win to take home the biggest payoff in golf.THE TOP FIVE: Aside from winning, the goal in three FedEx Cup playoff events leading to Atlanta is to get into the top five. Those are the one who have a clear shot at the $10 million prize.Johnson won the BMW Championship. He is followed by Barclays winner Patrick Reed, Adam Scott, world No. 1 Jason Day and Paul Casey. Missing from that group is Rory McIlroy, who won the Deutsche Bank Championship but wound up as the No. 6 seed.Casey went to No. 5 on the strength of successive runner-up finishes, while Scott went to No. 3 by finishing fourth in all three playoff events.THE HISTORY: This is the 10th year of the FedEx Cup, and if history is any indication, most of the field can stop dreaming about ways to spend $10 million.The No. 1 seed going into the Tour Championship won the first three years -- Tiger Woods twice and Vijay Singh. The No. 2 seed has won the last three years -- Jordan Spieth, Billy Horschel annd Henrik Stenson.ddddddddddddOnly twice has the FedEx Cup champion come from outside the top 10 -- Jim Furyk was No. 11 in 2010, while Bill Haas was at No. 25 in 2011.THE COURSE: The PGA Tour decided to switch the nines at East Lake to make for a more compelling finish. So instead of that long, uphill par-3 closing hole, the finish now is a par 5 in which tee shots have to be in the fairway to have any chance at reaching the green. Theres a pond, but its about 80 yards from the green and mostly comes into play when someone tries to clear it from the rough.It should make for a little more excitement, possibly even an eagle.PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said last year that if it comes down to the wire and attracts more TV viewers, it will take longer to play a par 5 than a par 3, and the audience might stick around longer. Thats one case of simple math in the FedEx Cup.THE PICK: Still to be determined is the final American to be picked for the Ryder Cup, and the Tour Championship could go a long way in sorting that out.U.S. captain Davis Love III invited Bubba Watson, Daniel Berger and Justin Thomas to Hazeltine over the weekend to play the course, and its clear hes looking at all three of them to return next week when it counts.THE OTHER BATTLE: Dustin Johnson and Jason Day are the leading candidates to be PGA Tour player of the year, which is a vote of the players after the Tour Championship. Day figures he will have to win at East Lake to have any chance, and if he does, he thinks that will be enough to win the vote.That would give him The Players Championship, the Tour Championship, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Dell Match Play, along with being the FedEx Cup champion. It might be enough to win the money title, provided Johnson finishes worse than third.Johnson, meanwhile, is in good shape to win the Vardon Trophy for lowest adjusted scoring average, and his three victories are the U.S. Open, the Bridgestone Invitational and BMW Championship. Advantage, Johnson.At least until the Tour Championship is over. ' ' '