Mixed Martial Arts Links (4-20-11)

Posted on | April 20, 2011 | No Comments

Couture leaves MMA on his own terms
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY After 14 years of competition at the highest level ofmixed martial arts, Randy “The Natural” Couture still feels fine. “I absolutely have the ability to continue to compete, and compete at this level,” says Couture, …
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Tuesday’s top picks from the USA TODAY network
USA Today
Legislative victory (The Fight Nerd): Minneapolis City Council repeals ban on mixed martial arts. • Attention: Memorabilia collectors (The Fight Nerd): Pride Grand Prix 2000 champion Mark Coleman is selling the gloves he wore during that tourney. …
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Mixed Martial Arts: ufc 117
ESPN (blog)
If there’s one topic in MMA that never fails to fuel the speculation of media and fans, it’s this: What’s going on in Anderson Silva’s head? The language barrier doesn’t help with North Americans, and the translations are loose (and usually boring). …
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MMA Judge: Don’t Leave Fights in the Hands of the Judges
Bleacher Report
MMA judges and the entire scoring system in American mixed martial arts has been under extreme criticism as of late. Most recently, it was Bellator Bantamweight Champion Joe Warren’s victory over Marcos Galvao which drew some fans to even claim that …
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Beginner’s guide to MMA submissions
Yahoo! Sports
The sport of mixed martial arts is an intricate one. For every move, there is a counter. For every counter, there is a counter to the counter. Some of these counters lead to some of the most common submission moves in the sport. …
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Rashad Evans and Gray Maynard: Spartans Leading the Way in Today’s MMA
Bleacher Report
Mixed Martial Arts is one of America’s fastest growing sports, with increasing numbers in both competitors and fans. MMA is growing due to the rapidly expanding Ultimate Fighting Championship and its reality show, The Ultimate Fighter. …
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Idec: Clifton promoter finds niche with MMA
NorthJersey.com
Promoting amateur mixed martial arts cards has proven to be a much more pleasant experience. Darwish’s first show, Jan. 15 in Paterson, drew a near-capacity crowd of almost 900. Feedback from fans, fighters and sponsors was overwhelmingly positive, …
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FBI’s Seizure of Full Tilt Poker Hits Mixed Martial Arts Economy
5thRound.com
It appears the sport of mixed martial arts will also take a hit from the FBI’s decision to shut down three of the Internet’s largest poker websites. Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC and Strikeforce, told USAToday Full Tilt Poker and the UFC …
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The top Xtreme Couture shirts
Yahoo! Sports
With the popularity of mixed martial arts increasing in the United States each day, so has the popularity of fighter branded t-shirts. Over the past five years, Affliction, Silver Star, Tapout and Xtreme Couture have all joined and revolutionized this …
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