Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-5-11)

Posted on | May 5, 2011 | No Comments

State’s top mixed martial arts light heavyweights set to battle
Detroit Free Press
Special to the Free Press BY MIKE BRUDENELL What: MMA cage fighting event, “MAYhem at the Palace.” Who: Shamir Garcia (13-2), Westland, vs. Lee Trombley (7-2), Ann Arbor, for the Michigan light heavyweight title; plus 14 support bouts. …
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Monthly Review: Good, Bad and Ugly for the UFC and MMA in April
Bleacher Report
Photo: Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images The fast-moving mixed martial arts world offers fighters, fans and media no shortage of talking points every month. Like every other major sport, there’s plenty for the optimists and cynics to take away. …
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Bleacher Report

Donald Brashear slated to make MMA debut against Martin Trempe in June
The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Former NHL enforcer Donald Brashear will step into the cage against Martin Trempe at Ringside MMA 11 in Quebec City. A news conference about the June 4 mixed martial arts card is slated for Thursday in Quebec City. The 39-year-old Brashear …
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Seagal Says He’s Working with Machida on More Unseen Techniques
Sherdog.com
Seagal cited his own martial arts experience when describing how the kick developed. In particular, he said he’d learned what was effective by fighting. “Before people called it ‘mixed martial arts,’ we were mixed martial artists,” Seagal added. …
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Doerksen to fight on MMA card in Mississauga in June
TSN
TORONTO — Former UFC fighters Joe (El Dirte) Doerksen and Thierry (The African Assassin) Sokoudjou will be showcased in separate bouts on a mixed martial arts card at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont., on June 10. Also slated to take part in the …
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Georges St. Pierre vs Nick Diaz or Why Styles Make Fights and Not Skill Sets
Head Kick Legend
by Neil Manich on May 4, 2011 5:24 PM EDT Georges St. Pierre, for all of his faults, has the single most complete skill set in all of mixed martial arts. There is simply not a hole in his game. He has the best wrestling in the division, has submitted …
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MMA News: May’s Pound for Pound Rankings
Sports Chat Place
He defeated a legend, he won the UFC light heavyweight title, and he earned the respect of his fellow fighters and MMA fans around the world. If that wasn’t enough, he accomplished all of this at the age of 23. Jones has been the talk of the MMA world …
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THOMAS COLUMN: Local MMA event coming to PAL
Fall River Herald News
“This is the first time professional mixed martial arts has come to Fall River.” said AFO President Pete Dilorenzo, “The PAL Hall has been a fantastic venue for Golden Gloves boxing and wrestling over the years and it will work just as well for MMA. …
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Supremacy MMA Offers Unique Take On Video Game Mixed Martial Arts
Inside Fights
by Will Cooling – May 4, 2011 | Email the author Supremacy MMA is slated for release 10, June 2011, on Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. The unique fighter takes MMA out of …
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Blogs

How’s Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the …
By Anton Tabuena
Anton Tabuena of BloodyElbow.com compiles the week’s most interesting bits from the MMA and UFC twitter world. This week features Kenny Florian vs. Rampage Jackson, Michael Bisping, Arianny Celeste, Brittney Palmer, and more!
Bloody Elbow – http://www.bloodyelbow.com/

Web

The Grumpy Sociologist: Mixed Martial Arts Salaries: A Look at …
In short, to collect data for this project, the available information was gathered from MMA websites for each fighter’s publicly stated earned income from …
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