Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-7-11)

Posted on | June 8, 2011 | No Comments

MMA: Best Fighters of All Time by Weight Division
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The debate about MMA’s finest ever fighters has, is, and always will provoke discussion among fans. Much of the debate circles around who is the best “pound for pound” fighter of all time. These arguments are interesting and thought provoking, …
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Mixed martial arts: Not just for guys anymore
Vancouver Sun
By Misty Harris, Postmedia News June 7, 2011 When Loretta Hunt began reporting on mixed martial arts fights in 2001, the women’s washroom at events saw all the action of an abstinence convention in Las Vegas. Today, the sport’s veteran female …
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UFC 131 Fight Card: What If Diego Nunes Beats Kenny Florian?
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Mixed Martial Arts is unpredictable to where sometimes the most unfathomable of events can become a reality, but the problem often remains that some people just flat out tend to forget that anything and just about everything can and likely will happen …
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Former WWE Champ Batista Teams with Cesar Gracie to Open MMA Facility in Tampa
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With his hopes of joining Strikeforce apparently dashed, former WWE champion Batista has moved on to other endeavors, specifically opening a mixed martial arts training facility in Tampa, Florida. According to TMZ.com, Batista has teamed up with Cesar …
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Michigan’s Glen Rice Now Cooking Up MMA Fights
Lost Lettermen
But you probably didn’t expect Rice to take his experience in pro sports and apply it to the octagon as a mixed martial arts promoter. “I’ve been a big fan for, wow, this is going back to the (Royce) Gracie days and the Shamrocks,” Rice said. …
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Junior dos Santos: ‘I like being the nice guy’
USA Today
The change in opponents is much different for Shane than it is for you, given that he was supposed to fight a grappler who was in his first UFC fight and hasn’t foughtmixed martial arts at all in a long time. Who do you think would have the easier …
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MMA Bill Makes Progress In New York Assembly, But Hurdles Remain
SB Nation
According to multiple reports, a bill calling for the legalization of mixed martial arts in the state of New York is traveling through the channels of the New York state Assembly. By a vote of 17-3, the bill passed through the Tourism, Parks, Arts, …
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Mayweather-Pacquiao could happen after all
Yahoo! Sports
12. What would that lead to? Why, Mayweather-Pacquiao, on May 5, 2012. Don’t point out all the potential pitfalls lurking that could prevent a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Kevin Iole covers boxing andmixed martial arts for Yahoo! Sports. …
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Donald Brashear and 10 NHL Players That Could Make the Jump to MMA
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The whole fighting controversy always got me wondering: Which NHL players could make the jump to MMA and not get destroyed? Fighting on skates and fighting in a cage are two very different things but some NHLers actually seem like they could make the …
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Mixed martial arts bill moves closer to Assembly floor | Politics …
By Jon Campbell
A bill that would legalized mixed martial arts events in New York moved one step closer to a vote in the Assembly. The Assembly Committee on Tourism, Parks,
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Two down, three to go, nine days left | Fightlinker – UFC …
By fightlinker
More futile news from this year’s push to see MMA regulated in New York: the bill has been approved by the Tourism, Arts, Parks and Sport Development committee. So now we’ve got the state’s Senate and a committee’s approval. …
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