Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-19-11)

Posted on | May 19, 2011 | No Comments

Walker battling skeptics
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Tobias Xavier Lopez Despite his stature as a former Dallas Cowboys running back, when Walker made the switch to mixed martial arts training he was treated like any other rookie in the gym. So on Saturdays when all the other newbies were wiping down …
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High energy matches hype at weigh-in
London Free Press
The weigh-in Wednesday for MMALIVE 1, the mixed martial arts card Thursday at the John Labatt Centre, had a high level of testosterone, too many people in a too small room, cameras, microphones, entourages, fighters with catchy nicknames, two fighters …
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Jarrad Page latest Patriot to tackle MMA
Boston Herald
Page is one of three NFL players using the lockout-induced break to train full-time in mixed martial arts at the Los Angeles-based MMA Athletics studio, joining Jacksonville Jaguars [team stats] tight end Marcedes Lewis and New Orleans Saints running …
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MMA News 5/18: Chael Sonnen, Nick Diaz, Rampage Jackson, Dos Santos and More
Bleacher Report
Holding a professional record of 6-1-0, Rocha is still relatively young in his mixed martial arts career, but he will certainly want to prove he is a competitor when he is slated to make his Octagon debut in June. Cerrone, a former lightweight …
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Bleacher Report

MMA card set for for Friday at CSUB
Bakersfield Californian
Of note: A celebrity poker tournament will be held tonight at Aviator Casino in Delano starting at 7 pmMMA celebrities Josh Koscheck and Court McGee will be there, and possibly Ken Shamrock, along with retired NFL player and former CSUB wrestler …
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A local MMA fighter buys Chuck Liddell’s gym
New Times SLO
Cruz Gomez found a way to combine his dream of owning his own MMA training gym with his desire to stick close with his teammates. Cruz Gomez’s longtime dream recently turned into reality when he took ownership of San Luis Obispo’s first mixed martial …
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Chael Sonnen’s Indefinite Suspension Upheld, May Prompt Retirement
Yahoo! Sports
The long and winding road of Chael Sonnen’s career just careened down a steep descent of switchbacks on Wednesday, possibly signaling his retirement from mixed martial arts competition. Sonnen, who just recently thought he would be reinstated as a …
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Yahoo! Sports

Manslaughter charge costs MMA fighter
Medicine Hat News
You need JavaScript enabled to view it One of the scheduled fighters for Medicine Hat’s first-evermixed martial arts (MMA) event will not be on the card after all, after a News investigation revealed he is believed to be facing a charge of …
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52 Things I Love About MMA: Lyoto Machida’s MMA For The Intellectual
SB Nation
Before Machida we thought we knew the tools necessary for success in MMA – but like many revolutionaries, Machida has changed the way we think about the sport. May 18, 2011 – Many times a MMA bout is very much like the jousting scene in the amazing HBO …
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SB Nation

Anderson Silva nearly retired from MMA before UFC debut in 2006
MMAmania.com
That’s because “The Spider,” who had suffered a pair of losses under the PRIDE banner, was “discouraged” following a feud with Chute Boxe Academy founder Rudimar Fedrigo and nearly retired from mixed martial arts before signing with Zuffa. …
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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.
Bloody Elbow – http://www.bloodyelbow.com/

Web

Local Mixed Martial Arts community loses a friend – ObserverToday …
The Mixed Martial Arts world and local competitors lost a friend as Mike “Snake” Tome was killed in a motorcycle accident early Friday morning.
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