Mixed Martial Arts Links (4-29-11)

Posted on | April 29, 2011 | No Comments

Couture faces Machida in potential swan song
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY TORONTO — For what might be his final competition as a professional mixed martial arts fighter, Randy Couture will have a lot of catching up to do against Lyoto Machida, in more ways than one. By Gregory Payan, AP Randy …
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UFC takes over Toronto
Toronto Sun
By Chris Doucette ,Toronto Sun Fight fans are counting down the hours to the biggest mixed martial arts show in history as the UFC put a strangle hold on Toronto. Thousands of people from around the world converged on Yonge-Dundas Square Thursday for …
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UFC’s Tom Wright, he’s a knockout
Ottawa Citizen
Postmedia News: When the Canadian UFC office first opened last year, you and some other staff started taking mixed–martial–arts classes. So, with that experience under your belt, who wins a round-robin tournament between you, UFC president Dana White …
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Pioneer of UFC in town for Toronto show
Toronto Sun
(CHRIS DOUCETTE/Toronto Sun) Royce Gracie became known as one of the most dangerous men in the world as he dominated the early days of the UFC and put mixed martial arts on the map. But it turns out the hall of famer from Brazil is also a nice guy, …
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Lost time
Metro Canada – Calgary
The UFC could have had a champion from Ontario years ago — maybe even from Toronto — ifmixed martial arts had been legalized sooner in this province, according to a former fighter who says the sport has now passed him by. Peter Franchi had the last …
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HDNet’s “Inside MMA” to Feature Live Coverage of the UFC 129 Weigh-Ins
PR Newswire (press release)
DALLAS, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — “Inside MMA” sets the stage for a historic night in mixed martial arts with a special edition featuring LIVE coverage of the UFC 129 weigh-ins, and exclusive interviews with the event’s headliners. …
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14 Questions for Vladimir Matyushenko
Sherdog.com
by Brian Knapp (bknapp@sherdog.com) When Vladimir Matyushenko made his professional mixed martial arts debut on September 5, 1997, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was just two months removed from his 10th birthday. …
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UFC, CFL can help each other through cross-promotion
Vancouver Sun
Hominick will attend a Ticats game against Saskatchewan in July as part of mixed martial artsnight at Ivor Wynne Stadium. “I love it,” Tom Wright, the director of UFC Canadian operations, said when asked about the sponsorship agreement. …
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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: Finding spiritual strength
Culpeper Star Exponent
Hoback said he ran 84 miles in three weeks to make sure his cardio was in order before the WFC’s fifth amateur mixed martial arts show in Culpeper and its second at the Daniel Technology Center. But it was the 20-year-old’s power that earned him the …
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Fightville Director More Concerned About Stigma Against Louisiana Than MMA
ChartAttack
The film follows local Louisiana promoter Gil Guillery and fighters Dustin Poirier, Albert Stainback and trainer/UFC star Tim Credeur, and looks at the often grueling, sometimes beautiful and always fascinating world of mixed martial arts (MMA) on a…
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