Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-23-11)

Posted on | July 23, 2011 | No Comments

Hard-working Voelker plugs away at side gig
Yahoo! Sports
I put in 50, 60 hours a week (at my job) and that limits what I can do. “If I can keep this up, maybe I can put myself into position to take my shot at it.” Kevin Iole covers boxing and mixed martial arts for Yahoo! Sports. Follow him on Twitter. …
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Comic-Con 2011: Soderbergh goes ‘Haywire’ for MMA
Los Angeles Times
“Haywire,” the new film from Steven Soderbergh, casts mixed martial arts star Gina Carano as a take-charge woman who’s not afraid of a fight — just as Carano wasn’t afraid to perform her own stunts. Carano, whom Soderbergh discovered on a random …
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British promoter signs Nate Marquardt
USA Today
The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts has added Marquardt to its roster, the UK promotion announced today. The Ultimate Fighting Championship released Marquardt last month after he failed to get medical clearance for a June 26 main event in …
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Sonnen is back and as mouthy as ever
Yahoo! Sports
Sports 12 hours, 10 minutes ago Chael Sonnen was a guy who took a decade to become an “overnight sensation” in mixed martial arts. But almost as soon as his unexpected star turn came, his world started crumbling down. Sonnen, 34, had been around the …
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Fedor Emelianenko and the Stereotypical Stubbornness Behind Russia’s Greatest …
Bloody Elbow
by Leland Roling on Jul 22, 2011 3:01 PM EDT in Strikeforce Analysis In a little over one week, PRIDE’s greatest champion and one of mixed martial arts‘ greatest of all-time fighters, Fedor Emelianenko, will step into the cage at the Sears Centre in …
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Couture Fight Findings: Calgary Commission Misses Point in Backing Official
The Province (blog)
Doing so would satisfy those who believe he has no business officiating mixed martial arts events – a population I’ma part of – and give the CCSC footing in their support of Mr. Koivisto moving forward. Here’s the twist… the sad, unfortunate, …
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Arlington-based arena kicks off 11th MMA fight card tonight
Fort Worth Star Telegram
What: 10 MMA bouts, including the main event featuring bantamweight champ Steve Peterson vs. Alex Russ Have more to add? News tip? Tell us By Tobias Xavier Lopez It’s a block party, a mixed martial arts bazaar and most importantly a consistent home for …
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Fort Worth Star Telegram

MMA style fighting comes to Fort Hood in Army Championships
KCEN-TV
The army’s top Mixed Martial Arts or MMA fighters are competing in the 2011 Army Combatives Championships. On the mat, it’s 10 grueling minutes of grappling, kicking, and hitting, but these 410 competitors aren’t professional fighters. …
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MMA’s Kenny Florian: What Does the Future Hold?
Bleacher Report
While he’s been able to have a solid Mixed Martial Arts career and has some impressive wins over the likes of Takanori Gomi and Roger Huerta—and an impressive submission victory over Clay Guida—he has come up short in two title fights against Sean …
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Bleacher Report

UFC Hall of Fame: 25 Future Inductees
Bleacher Report
Belfort has had a storied mixed martial arts career and at one point manage to capture a UFC championship. It’s clear that the promotion still thinks very highly of Vitor, as they granted him a middleweight title shot earlier this year, despite him not …
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