MANILA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Indelibly linked with the'Thrilla in Manila', where Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier laidtheir bitter boxing rivalry to rest some 37 years ago, theAraneta Coliseum welcomed "the future of fighting" on Friday inthe Philippines' biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) event. A tied, yellowing banner marking the date of that brutalbattle in 1975 reminded fans of the Araneta's place in boxinghistory, but most of the 16,500 people packed into the domedvenue were not even born when Ali met Frazier in that last greatclash of heavyweight titans. ...
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