(This story first appeared at USAToday.com .) CONCORD, N.C. – As the sun pounded down on the Charlotte Motor Speedway midway Saturday afternoon before the evening’s NASCAR All-Star race, MMA fighters pounded each other in the cage. Four Bellator “MMA Fight Series” bouts were held in a cage located near the vehicle entrance to CMS in the track’s Fan Zone. The program was the first of four MMA events scheduled in conjunction with NASCAR races, with others slated for Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama and Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida.
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Bellator’s ‘MMA Fight Series’ event at NASCAR race in Charlotte hits crossover audience – MMA Junkie