Mixed Martial Arts Links (4-12-11)

Posted on | April 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

MMA fighter charged with sexual assault
Toronto Sun
By KELLY PEDRO, QMI Agency LONDON – Mixed–martial arts fighter Kasheem “The Dream” Peterson was training at the Adrenaline Training Centre in London when police walked in and asked to see him. His coach, Tillsonburg-area native Shawn Tompkins, …
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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley Medical Suspensions, Diaz and Daley On List
Yahoo! Sports
Daley, initially to MixedMartialArts.com. The event took place Saturday night at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego. Both main eventers, Nick Diaz and Paul Daley were on the list. Diaz was suspended for 60 days due to an eye laceration, …
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Yahoo! Sports

It’s shaping up as big month for Gracie
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
It seems everywhere fans of mixed martial arts look in April, they are bound to see a reference to Cesar Gracie. Gracie, who runs the Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu academy in Pleasant Hill, Calif., saw two fighters from his camp defend their Strikeforce …
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MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring
USA Today
(MMA Diehards): Bellator bantamweight beltholder Zach Makovsky says his promotion’s champion can compete with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber. Makovsky also touches on his humble background, Bellator’s tournament …
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Dream fights left in the UFC for 2011
Yahoo! Sports
Now, it looks as though his legal troubles are behind him, and a showdown with Bisping could forever eliminate one of them from ever getting a title shot again. Hobson Lopes has been a fan of mixed martial arts since the days of Tank Abbott. …
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‘We’re not that kind of people’
London Free Press
By Kelly Pedro, The London Free Press Mixed–martial arts fighters Malcom Gordon, left, of Vancouver and Kasheem Peterson, center, of Philadelphia share a laugh with sponsor Mike Stroops at the home of trainer Shawn Tompkins in Las Vegas, Nevada Tuesday …
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UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields Primetime Starts Wednesday
Heavy.com
UFC Primetime delivers an extraordinary amount of access to two of mixed martial arts‘ best, as they head into the biggest mixed martial events in history before a sellout crowd of 55000 at UFC 129. Christopher Martello of Spike TV serves as executive …
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Heavy.com

Charity Event Moved Because of Entertainment
KSTP.com
Supporters of Mixed Martial Arts will speak to the Forest Lake City council tonight to ask that city a ordinance prohibiting their sport be changed. The effort to change the law is a reaction to an incident that occurred earlier this month when charity …
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KSTP.com

Joe Lauzon to fight Curt Warburton
ESPN
22 in Fort Hood, Texas. The 6-foot-6 Morecraft rebounded from the first loss of his career with a win over Sean McCorkle in March. Franklin McNeil covers mixed martial arts and boxing for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Franklin_McNeil.
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Blogs

Will Finance Committee smackdown mixed martial arts bill …
By Brian Lockhart
You can bet mixed martial arts proponents will be working hard to squelch any effort to tie their bill to a politically contentious debate over whether Connecticut should demand greater oversight of one of the state’s most successful …
Political Capitol – http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/

Web

Mixed Martial Arts: Muscatine man captures title in Council Bluffs
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Junior Hernandez is only 24, but he already has his third.
www.muscatinejournal.com/…/article_fc22ef70-626e-11e0-9e…

It’s Round Two for mixed martial arts fights in W.Va. – State News …
Shaun Marshall practices hits on an opponent recently at Butch Hiles MMA gym on Summers Street. Although mixed martial arts bouts are now legal in West …
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Mixed Martial Arts Links (4-12-11)

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