Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-20-11)

Posted on | July 20, 2011 | No Comments

Asia takes on the best in mixed martial arts
AFP
When Bae Myung Ho raised the Legend Fighting Championship welterweight title belt last Saturday night he showed it briefly to his fans and then the South Korean mixed martial artist went straight for the television cameras. …
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AFP

Overeem’s Grand Prix exit may sound death knell for Strikeforce
SI.com
AP Before his behemoth organization’s parent company bought out the next biggest (though far, far smaller) mixed martial arts promotion back in March, the acerbic UFC president was known to refer to Strikeforce as “Strikefarce. …
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Jones, ‘Rampage’ stay low-key for UFC 135
USA Today
Always a mixed martial arts fan from his days of watching the bouts with his roommates, and needing to make some extra cash, Jones decided to pursue that path. In March, Jones (13-1) became the youngest champion in UFC history. …
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USA Today

MMA: 8 Possibly Great Fights Shot Down Due to Injury
Bleacher Report
Only a little more than half way through the year and injury has seemingly swept through the entire sport of mixed martial arts, derailing contender bouts, halting fan favorites, suspending title fights and even denying long awaited rematches. …
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Bleacher Report

In Case You Missed It: MMA and Boxing’s Fifteen Best Fights of 2011
Bloody Elbow
by Brent Brookhouse on Jul 19, 2011 3:50 PM EDT in MMA Analysis While watching the amazing fight between Pawel Wolak vs. Delvin Rodriguez over the weekend I thought about how tremendous this year has been for me as a fight fan. …
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TV landscape about to change
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Greenburg was no mixed martial arts fan, though it was Zuffa who walked away from a potential deal in 2007, not HBO, because it didn’t want to cede control of production. But HBO is only in around 30 million homes, while a network like Spike is in more …
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Yahoo! Eurosport UK

Dan Henderson’s Best Fights, A Top Five List
SB Nation
It was a prehistoric period for mixed martial arts (MMA), but several notable fighters such as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Alistair Overeem, Renato Sobral, Renzo Gracie, Maurice Smith, Gilbert Yvel and Dave Menne were all in the running. …
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SB Nation

“MMA: All Nut-shot Edition” Feat. Kenny Florian and JZ Cavalcante
Inside Fights
by Shawn M. Smith – July 19, 2011 | Email the author A fan of mixed martial arts since Royce Gracie still rocked a gi, SMS is one of the founding members of Inside Pulse and serves as the Chief Marketing Officer on the Executive Board. …
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Health Insurance for MMA Fighters
aroundtheoctagon
In spite of all the other reasons for training and fighting in Mixed Martial Arts events, Tim McTee, President of MCTEE Enterprises, dba Imperial Fighting Alliance in Charlotte, North Carolina just provided ammy and pro MMA fighters with another …
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Blogs

Check out Brazen Boxing & MMA’s brand new YouTube channel …
By Jessica Richman
Brazen Boxing & MMA | Philadelphia Training Center for Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts & Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Contact Us. 45 N. 3rd Street, 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106. 215-995-0215. Contact Us Online · Check Out Our Affiliates …
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New study could give details on combat sports brain damage …
By fightlinker
MMA fans like to point and laugh at all the brain damaged boxers out there who’s cerebellums have been turned to mush from too many blows to the head (or is that just me?). But we don’t really know whether MMA is really that much better …
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Web

Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Weigh In for the City of Dreams …
Legend 5 – Weigh In – Bae (left) MacSwain (right).jpg (Bae Myung Ho (left) and Rod MacSwain (right) face off ahead of City of Dreams exclusively presents …
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