Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-4-11)

Posted on | May 4, 2011 | No Comments

Ottawa’s time will come, says UFC VP
Toronto Sun
Now it will just take a promoter to woo the massive mixed martial arts event to the nation’s capital. “We wouldn’t really have a role in attracting something like that, it’s up to the UFC and I guess it’s very competitive to get a UFC fight like they …
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Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings
Sherdog.com
Georges St. Pierre lost a round for the first time since 2007. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com To finish or not to finish, that is the question. Georges St. Pierre added another world-class competitor to his growing list of vanquished foes at UFC 129, …
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UFC 129 prelims draw 1.5 million viewers
USA Today
For mixed martial arts‘ primary audiences of men ages 18 to 49 and 18 to 34, Spike garnered 1.3 and 1.5 ratings, tops among basic cable networks for those groups. Saturday’s live broadcast featured Rory MacDonald winning a unanimous decision over Nate …
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UFC 130: Frankie Edgar and The 10 Most Underappreciated Fighters in MMA Today
Bleacher Report
They all deserve more recognition for fighting the best and leaving their mark in mixed martial arts. Lightweight contender Jim Miller is currently on a seven-fight win streak, and you wouldn’t know it unless someone told you. …
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Bleacher Report

MMA Club provides outlet for competitive fighting
MyWebTimes.com
“This is the only MMA around for kids,” said Gwaltney, who professionally fights under the name II. Strong and boasts a 19-16-3 record. “There’s a boxing class in Peru, but aside from that there’s nothing else besides karate. We teach the same respect …
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Showtime Buys Mixed Martial Arts Doc ‘Fightville’
Indie Wire (blog)
by Bryce J. Renninger (Updated 6 hours, 46 minutes ago) Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s mixed martial arts (MMA) film “Fightville,” which premiered at this year’s SXSW, has been snatched up by Showtime for television broadcast. …
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Indie Wire (blog)

Source: Strikeforce bout slated July 30
ESPN
The bout pitting two of mixed martial arts‘ most revered competitors, which is set to air not on pay-per-view as had been discussed but on Showtime, marks the first time Emelianenko’s promoter, M-1 Global, and Zuffa, which purchased Strikeforce in …
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UFC 129 Video: Steven Seagal Talks About Training Lyoto Machida for UFC 129
Bleacher Report
The hottest mixed martial arts trainer in the world is (drum roll please)…Steven Seagal. The film star has been at the center of two of the best knockouts in the sport this year. First, it was Anderson Silva who credited Seagal with teaching him the …
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UFC Owns Strikeforce: Will They Utilize It?
Bleacher Report
With the recent purchase of Strikeforce by the UFC, the MMA world has been a buzz as of late about the future of the sport. Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest-growing sport in our country. It has taken the model of promoting fighters and pay-per-views …
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Bleacher Report

UFC newcomer Young replaces Yahya against Poirier at UFC 131
USA Today
Also Tuesday, the producers of a mixed martial arts documentary featuring Poirier, announced that Showtime acquired TV broadcast rights the film. Fightville focuses on Poirier, UFC middleweight Tim Credeur and others with roots in the Louisiana fight …
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Blogs

Showtime Buys Mixed Martial Arts Doc ‘Fightville’ – indieWIRE
Showtime Buys Mixed Martial Arts Doc ‘Fightville’ – Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s mixed martial arts (MMA) film ‘Fightville,’ which premiered at this year’s SXSW, has been snatched up by Showtime for television broadcast.
indieWIRE News – http://www.indiewire.com/

Mixed martial arts bill in trouble – Political Capitol …
By Brian Lockhart
Brian Lockhart covers the Connecticut General Assembly in Hartford.
Political Capitol – http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/

Web

Brawl Sports | Mixed Martial Arts and more with Jeremy Botter | a …
Brawl Sports – Mixed Martial Arts and more with Jeremy Botter. … Thanks to SBNation MMA for the .gif. This one is hard to watch. …
blog.chron.com/fighting/

Dream Bantamweight Tournament Pick Em’ | MMA-Japan.com – Japanese …
In celebration of the first event of the year from the folks at Dream, we will be doing a tournament pick em’ for the bantamweight grand prix.
mma-japan.com/index.php?option=com…view…