Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-3-11)

Posted on | July 3, 2011 | No Comments

Original face of UFC back in big way
ESPN
Being a big fight weekend in the perceived fight capital of the world, plenty of familiar faces in themixed martial arts world were in Las Vegas for the event. Here’s what some of them said immediately following Ortiz’s upset win: Brandon Vera, …
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Cruz, Leben defeat legendary foes at UFC 132
USA Today
In the opening seconds of their fight, Silva tried erupting with one of the flurries that established him as the premier brawler in mixed martial arts during his peak in Pride Fighting Championships years ago. But Leben blocked most of those punches …
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USA Today

Local amateur MMA league names title belt after Randy Couture
Las Vegas Sun
Couture, 47, who’s widely regarded as a mixed martial arts pioneer, said he wanted to step away from fighting on his own terms. This is one champion who’ll be sorely missed. By Allison Duck (contact) The Tuff-N-Uff amateur mixed martial arts league …
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Raiders fullback has ‘Better Dayz’ in martial arts
San Francisco Chronicle
Thanks in part to his mixed martial arts training, Reece emerged from a five-man competition at training camp last year and ran away with the starting fullback job. He scored four touchdowns, including a 73-yard catch-and-run against Denver on Dec. 19. …
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Silva and Leben have opposite outlooks on fighting
Montreal Gazette
He feels he’s in a better place and uncovered his true passion when he moved to Hawaii four years ago to run a gym — teaching mixed martial arts. Leben speaks more proudly about helping a group of high school kids lose 50 pounds and becoming …
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Minn. mixed–martial–arts fighter Rogers accused of assaulting wife, is charged …
The Republic
A telephone number for Rogers couldn’t immediately be found Saturday. Rogers is a 6-foot-4, 270-pound heavyweight fighter. The St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/kVcee1 ) says he became well-known in 2008 for winning the first mixed–martial–arts …
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MMA Fighter Brett Rogers Posts Bail, Released From Dakota County Jail
Patch.com
By Allison Wickler | Email the author | 9:54am Mixed Martial Arts fighter Brett Rogers has been released from Dakota County Jail after he posted bond on $100000 bail, jail records show. Rogers is charged with third-degree assault, domestic assault by …
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Local gym looks to promote MMA
MyFox Wausau
Today, he runs a the Rising Son mixed martial arts gym in Wausau, in order to promote the sport he loves. “Not everybody plays basketball, hockey, that kind of stuff and some people just naturally love martial arts, so just kind of giving that exposure …
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Nebraska City police officer accused of assaulting man outside mixed martial …
The Republic
A Nebraska City police officer has been charged in the assault of a man outside a mixed martial arts event. The Nebraska City News-Press reports charges were filed Friday against 34-year-old Dean Scheideler, who was working as a security guard at the …
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Blogs

Dagestan fighters bound for MMA glory — RT
By RT
In the Russia’s southern Republic of Dagestan, where wrestling and boxing are paramount, it was only natural for MMA to flourish.
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Minn. Mixed–Martial–Arts Fighter Charged In Attack « CBS Minnesota
By Jonathon Sharp
A heavyweight mixed-martials-arts fighter from Apple Valley has been charged with assaulting his wife.
CBS Minnesota

Web

Assembly committee KO’s mixed martial arts | Democrat and …
A bill to legalize professional mixed martial arts competitions in New York failed to navigate its way out of committee and to the Assembly floor for a …
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