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Posted on | June 3, 2011 | No Comments

Finally a challenge for GSP as Diaz gets title shot: Fan reaction
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network 9 hours, 26 minutes ago When George St-Pierre easily defeated Jake Shields at UFC 129, there was only one fight left that mixed martial arts fans wanted to see him in. We all wanted to see St-Pierre battle Strikeforce Welterweight …
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52 Things I Love About MMA: Anthony Pettis And A Striking Renaissance
SB Nation
By Jonathan Snowden Few in mixed martial arts dare to be different. UFC rising star Anthony Pettis did – and when it mattered most, in the final minute, of the final round, of the most important fight of his life. Jun 2, 2011 – For more than 24 minutes …
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UFC 3 Puts Pride In Its Work
Kotaku
Owen Good —Pride Fighting Championship rules—these would be ones permitting head stomps and soccer kicks to the noggin—are among a set of features for the officially announced UFC 3 that will expand on the leading mixed martial arts simulation title …
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Nude Photo Leaked, Tito Ortiz Claims He’s Hacked
AceShowbiz
After a full-frontal naked photo of himself came out through his Twitter page, the mixed martial arts fighter tweets, ‘Sorry! day goes on. Don’t like don’t look.’ Mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz has fallen victim to hacker. On Thursday, May 2, …
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MMA Analysis: Lessons Learned from “Rampage” Jackson v. Matt Hamill
Opposing Views
There’s no doubt that he won the fight, but did he do enough to get the hardcore MMAfan or more importantly the casual fight fan pumped up to see him go out and challenge Jon Jones for the 205 lb. strap? Did he convince people that he’s going to bring …
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Strikeforce Mixed Martial Arts Show
nwitimes.com
LAS VEGAS | Strikeforce will try to fill the major-promotion mixed martial arts void in the Chicago area with a July 30 visit. The Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s largest MMA promotion, hasn’t been to Chicago since its first visit in …
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Pat Miletich to Receive First MMA Award From National Wrestling Hall of Fame
Bloody Elbow
by KJ Gould on Jun 2, 2011 9:01 AM EDT in MMA News Back in March on Cageside Seats I reported the story of Pat Miletich being chosen as the first ever recipient of the George Tragos Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in …
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Small martial arts schools exempted from tougher state regulations meant for …
Herald & Review
Small martial arts schools will be spared new regulations for at least the next decade if the governor signs a bill the Lebanon Republican supported that exempts them from the same regulations as big-ticket mixed martial arts tournaments. …
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Chris Lytle’s MMA Project Wins 50k Grant from Pepsi
Bleacher Report
Lytle, an Indiana native, provides free mixed martial arts classes to inner city youth as well as Army veterans, free of charge. Utilizing the power of social media and the internet, Lytle leveraged his notoriety and public presence to achieve the …
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