Mixed Martial Arts Links (4-22-11)

Posted on | April 22, 2011 | No Comments

Couture leaves huge legacy
USA Today
He also left a lasting mark on mixed martial arts as a pioneer of close-quarters fighting and so-called “dirty” boxing. When two fighters clinch near a cage fence and start throwing short punches and elbows while keeping a grip on each other, …
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Simplified approach leads to Hominick’s success
Yahoo! Sports
There was little question then that Hominick was among the handful of the best mixed martial artsfighters in the featherweight division. But there was also just as little doubt that something wasn’t 100 percent right in his approach and whatever that …
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ESPN the Magazine report pegs Brock Lesnar as MMA’s top earner in 2010
MMATorch
A report in the new edition of ESPN the Magazine looking at the highest paid athletes in 30 different sports reveals that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar made the most money of any fighter in the sport of mixed martial arts in 2010. …
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MMA: Trilogy Championship Fighting holds first event Saturday
AZ Central.com
by Odeen Domingo – Apr. 21, 2011 08:06 PM Richie Reyes knows what it’s like being a professionalmixed martial arts fighter, or at least what it was like trying to be one. He remembers the pittance he was paid. The lack of treatment he received before …
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MMA: Bam Bam braced for toughest test
Swindon Advertiser
‘THE hardest sport in the world’ comes to Swindon tomorrow when hometown favourite Dave ‘Bam Bam’ Gregory defends his Sportfight MMA Heavyweight title at Liquid & Envy. Mixed martial artshas gathered global momentum as a sport since the turn of the …
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St. Pierre irritated by dismissal of Shields
USA Today
“People who doesn’t know the sport of mixed martial arts, they don’t have any grappling knowledge, they don’t even acknowledge what happened. But guys that really know mixed martial arts, they can appreciate that more.” The fact that St. Pierre shares …
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2011 lightweight division is best in MMA: Fan’s take
Yahoo! Sports
Over the years, each weight class in the sport of mixed martial arts has had their time as the best in the sport. When Tito Ortiz was dominating the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight division, it was the best in the sport. …
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MMA News: Nevada Not Planning On Giving Judges Monitors, Why Not?
Bleacher Report
One of the hottest topics in all of mixed martial arts is the judging and scoring system that is used in the sport. There have been a number of controversial decisions, especially in recent years, in which the knowledge of the judges has been called …
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How’s Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the …
Anton Tabuena of BloodyElbow.com compiles the week’s most interesting bits from the MMA and UFC twitter world. This edition features Brittney Palmer’s …
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