Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-11-11)

Posted on | May 11, 2011 | No Comments

Fighter summit educates about finances
Yahoo! Sports
The summit included Strikeforce fighters for the first time since the UFC bought the world’s second-largest mixed martial arts promotion in March. The Strikeforce fighters attended sessions on Monday and Tuesday. UFC fighters were broken into two …
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California yanks Chael Sonnen’s license
ESPN
Coupled with questions regarding the veracity of Sonnen’s testimony, Dodd is concerned the 34-year-old fighter is bringing “discredit to the mixed martial arts community,” which is grounds for indefinitely suspending his license. …
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Tuesday’s top picks from the USA TODAY network
USA Today
Product review (Pro MMA Now): Is Georges St. Pierre’s RushFit eight-week home training camp workout routine worth your time and money? • If it ain’t broke… (Pro MMA Now): Why mixed martial arts should not make the change to 3-minute rounds. …
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Gus Johnson to Remain in Boxing and MMA with Showtime Sports
Bad Left Hook
Those hoping that Gus Johnson’s fruitless negotiation to remain with CBS Sports would also eliminate him from boxing and mixed martial arts broadcasts on the network will be disappointed to learn that Johnson will still be calling boxing and MMA for …
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UFC 130: Does Rampage Jackson Have Any Desire to Be Elite In the UFC?
Bleacher Report
Then he seemed to care little about training his fighters and molding them into futuremixed martial arts champions—and that is why he was on the show. He was also there to promote a fight with Rashad Evans that was supposed to take place after TUF in …
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Mark Hominick Says It’s Bittersweet to Get Congratulated After a Loss
MMAFighting.com
On Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, Mark Hominick had a message for fans who were concerned about the softball-sized lump growing out of his forehead by the end of his featherweight title bout against Jose Aldo at UFC 129: it looked worse than it felt …
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‘Warrior’ MMA Movie Starring Tom Hardy Receives Early Critical Acclaim
Bloody Elbow
by KJ Gould on May 10, 2011 9:01 AM EDT in MMA Editorial Not a great deal has been written about Warrior by the MMA press thus far. It’s possible due to past efforts of bringing MMA to the Silver Screen in the form of Never Back Down, Red Belt and to a …
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This Week in World MMA Results: 5/2-5/8
Head Kick Legend
by Tim Burke on May 10, 2011 11:00 AM EDT in MMA Europe: There was some fairly big news out of the World Absolute Fighting Championship: Mayor’s Cup 2011 card in Russia over the weekend. Kevin “The Monster” Randleman (17-16) dominated the first 2:45 of …
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Milwaukee to host UFC this summer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Gary D’Amato of the Journal Sentinel The Ultimate Fighting Championship has helped transformmixed martial arts from a controversial, loosely regulated sport into an entertainment phenomenon featuring huge pay-per-view audiences, impressive ratings …
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MMA: Fighters bring the pain at Palace mixed martial arts show …
AUBURN HILLS — Although it was the thought that counted late Saturday during the Impact Fight League (IFL) mixed martial arts fight card at The Palace of …
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Mixed Martial Arts show set in Ashland – The Herald Dispatch
ASHLAND — Mixed Martial Arts fights are scheduled Saturday in the Ashland National Guard Armory. The Spartan Fighting Championship show begins at 8 p.m..
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