Why are all the fights called a "card"?

[King Pun**]

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Example:

 

[Frank McEdgar]

 

[Bartinho]

Because the fights are listed on a card or sheet for the judges and athletic commission.

 

[VVarhead]

wtf

 

[Threetrees]

King Pun remains the best poster on sherdog and it's not even close.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

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[20falarVerdades]

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[Xaero]

I like the asterisks on his name.

Wonder what his old account names where.

 

[RawHawg]

It refers to the sound fighters make when absorbing a body shot "CCRRRDD"

 

[reveler]

look at these cards bro

 

[CatchnShoot]

It goes back to the 19th and early 20th centuries, where at formal dances, women would have a "Dance Card". This was a list of with whom they would dance with throughout the evening.

The phrase transferred to boxing parlance, and mma copied it.

 

[theTKDguy]

 

[TheGZA]

Why is it called a fight camp? There aren't any tents.

 

[bad seed]

7 years on sherdog and this is what you post?

 

[MuddyGrass]

For anyone interested, there is an mma glossary http://www.ufc.com/discover/glossary/
But nothing on card though.

And there's here: http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/the-complete-ufc-slang-dictionary.2645697/

 

[Paynebringer]

 

[dudefacemcghee]

This is an underrated question tbo and might have historical significance