Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-30-11)

Posted on | June 30, 2011 | No Comments

Tito Ortiz: ‘I’m fighting for my life’
USA Today
I’ve made a huge mark in this sport of mixed martial arts. I’ve done everything under the sun. To be one of the guys who’d done the first of a lot of things: Be the first main-event in Las Vegas; be the first fighter in California; one of the longest …
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MMA Fight Pit Announces Debut
Sherdog.com
Meanwhile, mixed martial arts has been on the outside looking in, holding its events in casinos and various smaller venues throughout the state. On Aug. 13 that changes, as MMA makes its debut at The Pit with MMA Fight Pit: “Genesis,” a fledgling …
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Thompson to promote MMA event in Hawaii in August
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
By Billy Hull TJay Thompson, who successfully ran mixed martial arts events in Hawaii for more than a decade, is bringing the sport back to the islands. Thompson is Vice President of Fight Operations for ProElite Fighting, which will hold its first MMA …
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As UFC 132 looms, age not a factor for 36-year-old Aaron Simpson
MMAjunkie.com
As Simpson (8-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) – who meets Brad Tavares (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC 132 event – today told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com), he’s got plenty of competitive years ahead of him. “I don’t think my age if a factor anymore,” …
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Promoter Says Kimbo Slice Has a Mean Streak That America Hasn’t Seen Since …
Yahoo! Sports
After making his name in street fight videos that gained millions of views on YouTube, Slice took a shot at mixed martial arts with varied results. Following his exit from the UFC last year, Slice took some time off to spend with family, film a movie, …
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Marquardt contrite after flunking drug test
Toronto Sun
The fight is technically a mixed martial arts bout, but it won’t fall under the widely accepted “unified rules”. The most notable change is that following a takedown, the fight will be stood up after 30 seconds. The fight will also consist of eight, …
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Storm the Gates: Base mixed martial arts team knocks out the competition
Camp Lejeune Globe
Two years later, Team ONE, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s mixed martial arts team, is one of the most popular and quickest growing varsity sports offered on base, skyrocketing in popularity much like MMA did a few years ago. …
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Ultimate Fighting KO’d Again in Assembly Committee
WGRZ-TV
By JON CAMPBELL ALBANY — Despite a heavy end-of-session lobbying push from the world’s largest mixed–martial arts promoter, the fighting sport again found itself on the losing end of a battle with its toughest opponent to date: the state Assembly. …
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The 5 Toughest Chins In MMA
Inside Fights
Join me as I take a look at the best chins in the history of mixed martial arts. At UFC 131, Shane Carwin proved to the MMA world that he is one of the toughest heavyweights the UFC has to offer. Not only did he take a ridiculous amount of punishment …
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Inside Fights

Referee Dan Miragliotta’s underground events led to UFC on Versus 4’s big call
MMAjunkie.com
But he didn’t, and Kongo went on to deliver one of the most amazing come-from-behind wins in recent MMA history. “Before, it was reaction to me,” Miragliotta today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “As soon as I saw somebody knocked down or who I …
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MMAjunkie.com

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 twitter world. This week features Chael Sonnen vs Antonio Silva, Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson, and a lot more.
Bloody Elbow

Web

Gallery: Total Mayhem Mixed Martial Arts – Standard-Examiner
Total Mayhem Mixed Martial Arts · Real Salt Lake vs. Toronto FC, June 25, 2011 · South Weber boy overcomes disorder to play baseball …
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