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Consisting of a mixture of many self defense approaches, MMA is rapidly increasing in popularity. The big names of MMA are enjoying quite a bit of celebrity and are so familiar that many fans know them on first names bases. Knowing that MMA has already nearly bankrupted pro boxing, many fight fans are eager to get behind the exciting sport of MMA.

With many Christian MMA fighters and the vast majority of Americans claiming to be Christians, it is not difficult to understand why they develop such a following. Not to mention, the tough guy image of many MMA fighters is a draw to just about any person who views them self as tough, but many Christians like the image of toughness, but without the connotations that frequently go with the image.

For instance, some MMA fighters enjoy hanging out at the Playboy Mansion, and many men can understand that that behavior tends to line up with the image of a tough fighter. Simply due to the fact that many Christians do not want to affiliate themselves with the image that goes along with that kind of behavior, those fighters tend to lack the support of Christian fight fans.

As with many people, Christians also tend to be alienated by drug use and abuse as well. MMA fighters frequently resort to using any drug that will give them an advantage including steroids. Since the steroid industry is continually developing ways to help athletes cheat the testing systems designed to discover their use, it tends to get increasingly difficult to detect them. Most Christians would tend to shy away from wearing clothes that depicted any obvious sexual or drug oriented portrayal.

Most MMA fighters who are known Christians do wear clothing, and exhibit behavior that lines up with the expectations of any Christian. Fighters such as Matt Hughes, Quenton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva are all dedicated Christians and any of their fans would enjoy having clothes featuring them.

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