Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-12-11)

Posted on | May 11, 2011 | No Comments

USADA Chief Official Criticizes Drug Testing Policies in MMA
Bloody Elbow
by Mike Fagan on May 11, 2011 3:00 PM EDT in UFC News Ask UFC President Dana White about steroids and PEDs, and he is quick to repeat the refrain about MMA being the only sport drug tested by the government. The argument is typical promoterspeak, …
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UFC, Spike TV at the Heart of Bellator’s Future in MMA
Bloody Elbow
As MMAPayout.com’s Jose Mendoza points out, we are seeing a new trend as networks fight over sports content: Although some may wonder what the correlation is between this deal and MMA, you don’t have to search too long to realize that there is a …
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Mixed Martial Arts: UFC 131
ESPN (blog)
By Mike Whitman/Sherdog.com Sherdog.com on Wednesday confirmed that the UFC’s request for the cageside judging aide has been approved by the Vancouver Athletic Commission. “Anything we can do to give the judges another tool is great,” Marc Ratner, …
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Martinez’s absence felt by Couture
ESPN (blog)
Throughout his illustrious mixed martial arts career, former UFC heavyweight/light heavyweight champion Randy Couture has been nothing short of professional. He never gloated after a victory, nor offered an excuse following a defeat. …
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ESPN (blog)

Baker beats cancer, wins fight, gets girl
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
US MMA expert Dave Meltzer says a lot of fighters have said that mixed martial artssaved their lives. For Bryan Baker it’s not a cliché. Bryan Baker has faced five fights in the last year, four while under heavy medication to battle leukemia, …
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Yahoo! Eurosport UK

The Heat hopes to bring the hurt to JLC
London Free Press
If the Heat lives up to his own billing, the first professional mixed martial arts card in London is in for one hell of a main event. “Hey, I’m in Hollywood, man,” Pariysan said. “If the phone goes quiet, it’s because I had to put it down because I see …
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Top 10 Middleweights: Intrigue Grows at 185
MMAFighting.com
We haven’t updated our rankings of the Top 10 middleweights in mixed martial arts in quite some time because, frankly, Anderson Silva has made it a boring division. That’s not to say Silva is boring: When he’s on his game, he’s as exciting as any …
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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 the UFC Fighter Summit, Chan Sung Jung vs Mark Hominick, the octagon girls, and more.
Bloody Elbow – http://www.bloodyelbow.com/

MMA Lawsuit — You JACKED My Brother’s Remains!! | TMZ.com
By TMZ Staff
The heads of the MMA clothing company TapouT have been accused of STEALING the cremated remains of their fallen co-founder … and illegally giving away…
Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment… – http://www.tmz.com/