Mixed Martial Arts Links (4-27-11)

Posted on | April 27, 2011 | No Comments

MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring
USA Today
by Sergio Non By Sergio Non, USA TODAY Canadian mixed martial arts will get its biggest showcase yet in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s upcoming show. UFC comes to Ontario for the first time, carried by a wave of 55000 tickets sold for Saturday’s …
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USA Today

UFC 129: Ben Henderson Gets No Easy Draw in Octagon Debut
Yahoo! Sports
Regardless of the loss, Henderson still holds a competitive 12-2 professional record inmixed martial arts. He’s beaten the likes of Jamie Varner, Shane Roller, Anthony Njokuani, and the previously mentioned Donald Cerrone. With that kind of resume, …
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Yahoo! Sports

Steps the Sport of MMA Must Take to Finally Become Mainstream
Bleacher Report
Dana White works every day to bring MMA into the public eye. Dana White’s ultimate goal is to have MMA be the biggest sport on the planet. He works hard for people to accept MMA as a legitimate sport, and he works to do everything in his power to make…
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Bleacher Report

Hominick’s time to dominate has arrived
London Free Press
For the next five days, they – but especially Hominick – will be at the centre of the mixed martial arts world. The 28-year-old from Thamesford is a major player in the biggest MMA event in history. He will feature in a co-main event for the UFC …
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The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
by Google by Canada411.ca by Yellowpages.ca It occurred to me, as I felt my windpipe compress and the room go fuzzy, that I am not built to be a mixed martial arts fighter. Trapped in what was later described as a “cross choke,” I felt a strange mix of …
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411 Fighter Profile 04.27.11: Randy Couture (Part Two)
411mania.com
Toney, a supremely confident fighter and undoubtedly a wonderful puncher, had little to no training inMMA and had never competed in a professional mixed martial arts bout. He was, to say the least, easy pickings for Captain America. …
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The top 10 battles in UFC history
National Post (blog)
Postmedia News mixed martial arts correspondent Dave Deibert will be writing on the Ultimate Fighting Championship throughout the week, leading up to UFC 129 in Toronto on Saturday. How did Ultimate Fighting Championship make the leap from a one-time …
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Machida: Feijao, Shogun Losses Could Stunt Brazilian MMA
Sherdog.com
Still, March was not the best month for Brazilian MMA. First, Cavalcante succumbed to strikes against Dan Henderson, surrendering the Strikeforce light heavyweight crown in a third-round technical knockout on March 5. Two weeks later, Rua coughed up …
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Toronto supershow stirs Japanese memories
Yahoo! Sports
Sports 12 hours, 13 minutes ago Saturday night’s UFC 129 at Toronto’s sold-out Rogers Centre takes the spectacle of live-event mixed martial arts in North America to a new level. But while this will be the largest fight card seen around these parts, …
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Manager: If it were up to Jon Jones, he’d still be fighting at UFC 133
Yahoo! Sports
The UFC had targeted August’s UFC 133 event as a host for the much-anticipated Jones-Evans matchup, but Kawa and the world’s biggest mixed martial arts promotion wanted to be doubly sure. “Jon was supposed to start training camp next week, …
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