Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-25-11)

Posted on | May 25, 2011 | No Comments

Debunking Bob Reilly’s Main Arguments Against Sanctioning MMA in New York
Bleacher Report
New York State Assemblyman Bob Reilly has been fighting the bad fight for years, and rarely passing up the opportunity to hate on the sport of mixed martial arts in a public interview. Most interviewers simply ask him a question (eg Why, Bob? …
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Bleacher Report

More than a Marine
Sherdog.com
by Tristen Critchfield (tcritchfield@sherdog.com) ALBUQUERQUE, NM — At first, Brian Stann was reluctant to talk about his time in the Marine Corps, but as he began his mixed martial arts career by pummeling overmatched foes in the WEC, it seemed that …
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UFC 130 Fight Card: The MMA Ten Point Must Problem
Bleacher Report
After watching MMA as a dedicated fan for six years now, a pattern has emerged time and time again that frustrates both the fighters and the fans. A series of bad decisions by judges have finally left me fed up with the ten point must system in mixed …
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Bleacher Report

UFC: Maryland grad Zach Davis a contestant on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’
Washington Post
By Steve Yanda, Those who compete in mixed martial arts say that 50 percent of the sport is how skilled a fighter is; the other 50 percent is how many seats a fighter can fill. The good ones — the marketable ones — have compelling stories. …
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NY Senate Passes MMA Legalization, Awaits Body Slam From Assembly
Gothamist
The Republican-controlled state senate has approved the legalization and regulation ofMixed Martial Arts (or MMA, if you don’t like them fancy $5 words) and the bill is now off to the Democrat-dominated Assembly, where in the past it has died at the …
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Gothamist

MMA Analysis: Strikeforce Folding into UFC, GSP v. Nick Diaz
Opposing Views
The New York state senate has voted to pass a bill that will sanction mixed martial arts in the state. The bill, 1707-A, passed by a 42-18 vote. However, it will now move on to the State Assembly, considered a much tougher audience for MMA. …
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Opposing Views

London loses MMA July event to Windsor
London Free Press
By morris dalla costa The London Free Press Mixed Martial Arts fans in London and area will get a chance to see some top local talent fight on July 16, but they’ll have to go to Windsor to see it. Local promoter Brian Mortimer and partner, …
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NY Senate Again Approves Mixed Martial Arts
Long Island Press
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN,AP on May 24th, 2011 Cain Velasquez, right, lands a left to the face of Brock Lesnar during a UFC mixed martial arts match in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Velasquez won by TKO in the first round. …
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Bellator ends Season 4 with 2nd-best audience to date
USA Today
Bellator 45 produced household ratings of 0.4 and 0.33 among men ages 18-to-34 and 18-to-49, the core demographic audiences for mixed martial arts. Those numbers remain small compared to estimates for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s live shows and …
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Kong reigns supreme at BAMMA 6
Mirror.co.uk
It was billed as the toughest test of Tom “Kong” Watson’s 18-fight professional mixed martial arts career. And Watson passed that test with flying colours, dominating the former EliteXC Middleweight World Champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua on his way to a …
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Blogs

New York Senate Votes To Legalize Mixed Martial Arts
By The Huffington Post News Editors
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) â€” The New York Senate voted again Monday to legalize professional mixed martial arts, though its prospects remain uncertain in the Assembly, where legislation similar to a bill that died quietly last year is pending …
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MTV’s New Backwoods MMA Show | The Big Lead
By Stephen Douglas (CRM!)
Starting next year, MTV will air a new reality show about mixed martial arts fighters in rural Louisiana. While my main concern is that MTV won’t be able to.
The Big Lead – http://thebiglead.com/

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Daily Kos: Martial Arts and MMA (videos)
In came mixed martial arts and the iconic Gracie family. Has anyone seen UFC 1? Although most of those fighters would get slaughtered today, it is arguably …
www.dailykos.com/story/…/-Martial-Arts-and-MMA-(videos)