Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-21-11)

Posted on | July 21, 2011 | No Comments

Marloes Coenen on Tate: ‘She’s overestimating herself’
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY Dutch fighter Marloes Coenen views her next bout as a step for the future of women in mixed martial arts. “We can prove that we’re really good fighters and we have a large audience,” says Coenen, champion of Strikeforce’s…
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USA Today

UFC brings Ortiz on top in Philadelphia return
USA Today
Not even the arena’s normal tenants, the 76ers and Flyers, have rocked 20000 fans in recent years like UFC shook them in Pennsylvania’s first major mixed martial arts card. Almost out of a job two months ago, Tito Ortiz’s convincing victory on the last …
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Second-place Bellator ponders future
Yahoo! Sports
Sports 8 hours, 34 minutes ago With Strikeforce swallowed by the industry-leading Zuffa and the collapse of Japanese mixed martial arts business, the Bellator Fighting Championships has become the sport’s de facto No. 2 organization in MMA. …
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2 Filipino URCC champions featured in biggest MMA event in Asia
Manila Bulletin
By ANTON TABUENA, Contributor SINGAPORE – Filipino Mixed Martial Arts champion, and Asian Games Wushu Medalist, Eduard Folayang will be headlining ONE Fighting Championship on September 3. The URCC and Martial Combat champion from Baguio City has won …
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UFC Concussion Study: Inadequate Results Will Kill the Sport of MMA
Examiner.com
And that’s what we’re here to talk about today—concussions, and the impact that head injuries could possibly have on our favourite sports such as football and mixed martial arts in the very near future. “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind …
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Memphian Hall using mixed martial arts bout to pay tribute to men in blue
Memphis Commercial Appeal
By Bryan Brasher Memphian Brian “The Law” Hall woke up this morning a little more than 48 hours away from his mixed martial arts amateur fight against James London on Saturday night at FedExForum. In this situation, he’d always be a little anxious. …
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How’s Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the 3rd Week of July
Bloody Elbow
by Anton Tabuena on Jul 20, 2011 12:03 PM EDT in MMA Quotes “WM back in the muthaf*ckin house!!!!!! F*Ck JAIL! Sh*t’s whack! I’m skinny/fat/pale! Need a tune-up! Can’t wait to train monday! …Thanks to all of you who stood by me sending …
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Diaz beats former MLB player Byrnes at Lake Tahoe area triathlon
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
By Steve Cofield Nick Diaz is about as unconventional as it gets in mixed martial arts. That includes training year round for triathlons in between all of his time at the gym. Diaz is prepping for the biggest fight of his career, Georges St-Pierre at …
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MMA NEWS: LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 PREVIEW, 7/22/11
Sports Chat Place
Legacy Fighting Championship is a Texas based promotion dedicated to delivering high quality mixed martial arts events on the amateur and professional levels. Friday’s event will feature ten fights in all with six of them comprising the HDNet televised …
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Blogs

Liz Carmouche’s MMA Journey: From Semper Fi To Strikeforce …
By Luke Thomas
Strikeforce’s Liz Carmouche talks to Luke Thomas of MMA Nation on 106.7 The Fan about findingMMA, facing Sarah Kaufmann and life after the Marines.
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Liz Carmouche – Bringing Some Girlrilla Warfare | Strikeforce
By Thomas Gerbasi
But two years ago, she found mixed martial arts. Two years after that, she became one of the top contenders in the ultra-competitive 135-pound weight class. It’s been a stunning turn of events for the 27-year old, who faces former …
Strikeforce

Got Wrestling? Brazen Boxing & MMA and the UFC do! – Brazen Boxing …
By Jessica Richman
On the importance of wrestling in MMA, Sean Smith of the Bleacher Report recently wrote, “As has been well documented, wrestling has proven to be one of the best bases for success in MMA.” This article by Smith discusses the 10 most …
Brazen Boxing & MMA | Philadelphia…

Web

MMA Gloves & MMA Handwraps | The MMA Zone: Martial Arts Blog
MMA Gloves are one of the most critical pieces of MMA gear during a fight as well as while you are training. Just like boxing gloves MMA gloves have been …
www.themmazone.net/Martial…/mma-gloves-mma-handwraps…