Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-15-11)

Posted on | May 15, 2011 | No Comments

MMA’s Elite 10: The Pound For Pound Best
Bleacher Report
With UFC 129 in the rear-view mirror and no major MMA event for the next two weeks, I thought now would be a good time to look at the MMA pound-for-pound best fighters. Both GSP and Jose Aldo fought hard to make their cases for that No. …
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MMA Top 10 Women’s Pound-for-Pound
MMAFighting.com
These are uncertain times for women’s mixed martial arts. Strikeforce has been the industry leader in female fights, while the UFC has maintained that it has no interest in putting women in the Octagon. So now that the UFC runs Strikeforce, …
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Former NHL Enforcer Donald Brashear Readies for MMA Debut
MMAFighting.com
Now, though, he is getting to strap on some gloves and change his fighting arena from a rink to a cage when he makes his mixed martial arts debut at Ringside MMA 11 on June 4. The 39-year-old will face an opponent yet to be determined in his adopted …
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Chandler wins Bellator lightweight tourney
USA Today
Giedrius Karavackas submitted welterweight Sam Oropeza in the third round with a judo armlock variation not often seen in mixed martial arts. From side control, Karavackas used his legs to trap his opponent’s left arm while cradling his head in a move …
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Local Mixed Martial Arts community loses a friend
Evening Observer
The Mixed Martial Arts world and local competitors lost a friend as Mike “Snake” Tome was killed in a motorcycle accident early Friday morning. Tome was the founder of Knockout Factory and the Seneca Nation Boxing Club. He held numerous MMA events in …
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UFC’s Twitter Policy a Progressive Step Forward Despite Risks
Bloody Elbow
The policy is the first for a mixed martial arts promotion, but in the bigger picture alongside other professional sports — it’s simply a step up the ladder to legitimacy. The second major announcement is a step into new territory for any major sport. …
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Unapologetic Anthony Johnson ready for biggest career test at UFC on Versus 4
MMAjunkie.com
by John Morgan on May 14, 2011 at 9:00 am ET LAS VEGAS – It didn’t take UFC welterweight slugger Anthony Johnson (9-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) long to realize his decision to outwrestle Dan Hardy for a victory wasn’t very popular. The sellout crowd at Seattle’s…
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Official MMA Partner of
MMAjunkie.com
Colosseo Championship Fighting 6 will be sanctioned by the International Combative Sports Association, a commission not affiliated with the widely recognized Association of Boxing Commissions, which endorses the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The…
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Dreaming big
Sportsnet.ca
Wrestling and mixed martial arts allow me to be myself. That is Matt Hamill, by the way, just in case you hadn’t seen me fight before or had never heard the name. I’m a mixed martial artist in the UFC’s light-heavyweight division. I was also born deaf. …
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Cage Fighting Manitoba 2 Play by Play
Top MMA News
Top MMA News was cageside at Cage Fighting Manitoba for the second CFM card. Highlights of the night included Winnipeg’s Academy of Mixed Martial Arts going 3-0 and impressive performances by PFA Lethbridge’s Joe Keesick and the Valhalla MMA’s Adam …
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Union Memo Reveals Its Arguments Against MMA In New York — MMA …
At the UFC 129 post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White stated that the real reasonMMA had yet to be legalized in New York.
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