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Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-7-11)

Posted on | July 7, 2011 | No Comments

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Tito Ortiz Exclusive: This Is The Greatest Time Of My Life
SB Nation
By Luke Thomas – MMA Senior Editor From the brink of losing his entire mixed martial arts career, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz defied expectations by defeating and submitting Ryan Bader at UFC 132. In this exclusive interview, 
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SB Nation
MMA event to close part of Yakima Ave. on Saturday
Yakima Herald-Republic
mixed martial arts event is scheduled to block part of Yakima Avenue on Saturday. City planners say they are waiting to approve final aspects of the permit that is required for the street to be closed. The event, dubbed Hits for the Helpless, 
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Chael Sonnen: MMA Bad Boy to Return to Octagon at UFC 136 After Year-Long Hiatus
Bleacher Report
Sports, Sonnen (25-11-1), once the chief bad boy of the mixed martial arts world, will face off Martine veteran and rising middleweight star Brian Stann (11-3) at UFC 136 in Houston on October 8th, 2011. Known for his use of Greco-Roman wrestling as 
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Bleacher Report
Those who know question TRT’s legitimacy
Yahoo! Sports
Conte scoffs at the notion that there is a large percentage of mixed martial artsfighters and boxers who genuinely need testosterone replacement therapy, or TRT, for legitimate medical reasons. He believes they’ve simply discovered a way to increase 
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Yahoo! Sports
Local MMA training gyms have come a long way
Pacific Daily News
Editor’s note: This Column is about mixed martial arts and it will appear on a biweekly basis on Thursdays. A sincere congratulations to one of Guam’s first Brazilian Jiujitsu instructors, Caesar Whitt, who established team Gracie Barra in Saipan and 
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Urijah Faber and BJ Penn weigh in on judging in MMA
MMAmania.com
That, combined with the subjective nature of the criteria currently in place, and there will always — and I mean always — be problems with judging in mixed martial arts competition. The debate usually comes and goes and the whispers for change 
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UFC Legend leads Wrestling, Self Defense and MMA camps in Manassas
Patch.com
He’s been in over 100 MMA matches and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2005. A four time All-American out of Arizona, Dan pioneered wrestling as a base for mixed martial arts and has been competing and training other fighters including UFC 
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Strikeforce Fedor vs. Henderson: What Does A Loss Mean For Fedor Emelianenko?
Bleacher Report
For Fedor, his upcoming fight against current Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Dan Henderson is a true test as to whether “the Last Emperor” should continue competing in mixed martial arts. Coming off of two straight defeats to “Bigfoot” Silva
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Profile: Gavin O’Connor’s ‘Warrior’ ready for box-office fight
The Republic
O’Connor, who made the police drama “Pride and Glory,” rousing hockey story “Miracle” and indie hit “Tumbleweeds,” says reaction at test screenings hasn’t pivoted on knowledge of mixed martial arts, or MMA. “Our highest scores were not only women but 
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Mixed martial arts event cancelled
Shore News Today
The event was slated to include 10 professional mixed martial arts match-ups. “We deeply apologize for any inconvenience and we look forward to a possible postponement date in August,” read a statement on the XtremeCagedFighting.com, the organizers’ 
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Blogs
How’s Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the 
By Anton Tabuena
Here’s the week’s most interesting bits from the MMA and UFC twitter world.
Bloody Elbow

 

Web
Silva at home with Cordeiro at Kings MMA – Mixed Martial Arts Blog 
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — This isn’t the first time Wanderlei Silva knows pain in a cage. Judging by his discomfort, even an Axe Murderer doesn’t.
espn.go.com/blog/mma/post/_/id/2831/wanderlei-silva-qa

 

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