Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-1-11)

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Ortiz, Wanderlei Silva aim to recapture glory
USA Today
Promoters, matchmakers and his fellow fighters view Silva’s penchant for headhunting with winging hooks, elbows and knees as the closest thing to guaranteed action inmixed martial arts. “I’m excited to fight Wanderlei and I’m a little scared at the …
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USA Today

Tito Ortiz: Defining a Legacy
Sherdog.com
Regardless of what happens, “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” contributed to the archetype of the modern mixed martial artist in many ways, going beyond the basic template of mere fighter and creating the fighter-as-brand. That revamped template is …
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MMA fighter charged with beating wife at Apple Valley home
Minneapolis Star Tribune
A 258-pound mixed–martial arts fighter was charged Thursday with choking his wife and beating her bloody at their Apple Valley home. Brett “Da Grim” Rogers, 30, was charged in Dakota County District Court with three felonies: third-degree assault, …
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The Rear Naked Column: Ultimate Double Standards
411mania.com
Following fourteen fights in the world’s premier Mixed Martial Arts organization, Nate Marquardt UFC’s career came to an abrupt and unceremonious end. After a largely successful run at middleweight where he fought his way to a shot at the sport’s …
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Is TRT Becoming the Default Excuse for Cheating in MMA?
Bleacher Report
In his usual measured, diplomatic style, Penn explained that the recent rash of TRT (Testosterone Replacement Therapy) cases in MMA was, in his educated opinion, “BS”. Amen, brotha (Editor’s note: the author of this article is not BJ Penn’s “brotha” in…
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Bleacher Report

UFC’s Ratner: NY approval process ‘disingenuous’
USA Today
Ratner was speaking to a reporter for Gannett, USA TODAY’s parent company, after an attempt to get mixed martial arts legalized in New York died in a state Assembly committee for a second consecutive year without reaching the chamber floor for a full …
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ProElite resurrected, announces Aug. 27 event in Hawaii
MMAjunkie.com
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jun 30, 2011 at 10:40 am ET ProElite Inc., amixed–martial–arts company that formerly promoted events under the EliteXC banner, is under new ownership and has announced an Aug. 27 event in Hawaii. …
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MMAjunkie.com

UFC 132: Is Dominick Cruz the Next Floyd Mayweather of Mixed Martial Arts?
Bleacher Report
To compare an MMA fighter like Dominick Cruz, a participant in this weekend’s UFC 132 festivities in Las Vegas, to superstar boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. may sound to some like a put-down or an insult, considering the storm of controversy surrounding …
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Bleacher Report

WWE News: Bloomberg TV report – McMahon discusses competition, MMA as a …
Pro Wrestling Torch
Asked if MMA is a competitor, McMahon offered his standard response about not seeing MMA as a competitor, then offered a fallacy-based statement that one is sport and one is entertainment, as if “sport” and “entertainment” are mutually exclusive. …
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Pro Wrestling Torch

Family enjoys spending time together training, watching MMA
The Newark Advocate
Jordan Hartman, left, trains with his mother, Mariah Wingo, on Friday at Premier Martial Arts in Newark. Wingo is a former professional mixed martial arts fighter, and her 5-year-old son is training in MMA. / Matthew Berry/The Advocate NEWARK — Mariah …
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Blogs

Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Charged In Domestic Assault « CBS Minnesota
By Sara Boyd
A 30-year-old mixed martial arts fighter faces several charges after police say he violently attacked his wife Wednesday.
CBS Minnesota

MMA Fighter Brett Rogers Charged With Beating Wife at Apple Valley …
Mixed Martial Arts fighter Brett Charles Rogers allegedly punched his wife in the head multiple times early Wednesday morning.
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Capitol Confidential » Mixed–martial arts KO’d in NY again
By Politics on the Hudson
When it comes to legalizing mixed–martial arts events in New York, the scorecard shows the world’s largest promoter of the fighting sport lost another round. When lawmakers ended the 2011 legislative session, a bill to . …
Capitol Confidential