Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-11-11)

Posted on | August 11, 2011 | No Comments

MMA News: Hamill Retires, Fedor Doesn’t; Couture Returns
Opposing Views
By Sports Nickel on Aug 10, 2011 After 14 fights and six years in the sport, Matt Hamill is retiring from mixed martial arts. Hamill announced his decision on his website, MattHamill.com. “Today is a sad day for me. After six years and 13 fights in the …
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Opposing Views

UFC is coming to Washington’s Verizon Center in October
Washington Post (blog)
UFC is the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion company. Easton, 27, said the popularity of the sport, in which two fighters face off in an octagon cage, is growing in the Washington area. Still, he’s hoping a UFC event will encourage a larger …
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MMA: Should Mainstream MMA Start Showing Respect to Tachi Palace Fights?
Bleacher Report
Every two-to-four months, the standard hustle-and-bustle of the UFC’s fight weeks usually includes something that a marginal portion of the MMA has taken note of: a supershow-caliber event by the Tachi Palace Fights promotion at the Tachi Palace in …
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// The 411 MMA Top 10: Fedor Emelianenko Fights
411mania.com
He is the most decorated heavyweight mixed martial artist of all time, with unforgettable wins over Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Mark Coleman, just to name a few — What will reign atop the rest in his story book of combat …
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At the Art of War MMA, the ultimate workout
The Register-Guard
By Rob Moseley People have come from near and far to train in mixed martial arts at a downtown Eugene gym. Art of War MMA on West Seventh Avenue opened in January 2010 and since then has hosted everything from local residents looking for new fitness …
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MMA: The 10 Most Controversial Moments in Mixed Martial Arts History
Bleacher Report
Even though mixed martial arts is a relatively young sport, its had its share of controversy in its short lifetime. There have been several moments in the sport in which certain actions were done, or certain words were said that just struck a cord with …
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Showtime for Rousey
Glendale News Press
By Grant Gordon, grant.gordon@latimes.com GLENDALE — In front of a cable audience and a live Las Vegas crowd, former two-time United States Olympian Ronda Rousey will make her big-timemixed–martial–arts debut with plenty of hype to live up to and …
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UFC vs. WWE: 10 Things Dana White Could Learn from Vince McMahon
Bleacher Report
UFC President Dana White has been quoted countless times as saying that he essentially does not care one bit about women’s mixed martial arts and doesn’t believe that it is something that can be a money-maker. Strikeforce began testing that theory when …
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Jake Shields Wanted to Fight Jon Fitch, But Happy to Take Jake Ellenberger
Yahoo! Sports
Jake Shields is, without a doubt, a top contender in the UFC and a world-class competitor in all of mixed martial arts. With stature like that, it’s reasonable to think he’d want to fight top competition in the welterweight division. …
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Yahoo! Sports

Blogs

Japan MMA Floundering, Maximo Blanco Excited to Make Big Splash in …
By Andrew Gladstone
Japan MMA Floundering, Maximo Blanco Excited to Make Big Splash in U.S. Debut at Strikeforce. Posted on August 10, 2011 by Andrew Gladstone. Maximo Blanco. Former Pancrase lightweight champion and Sengoku star Maximo Blanco (8-2-1) is a …
MMAWeekly.com

How’s Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the …
By Anton Tabuena
Anton Tabuena of BloodyElbow.com compiles the week’s most interesting bits from the MMA and UFC twitter world. This week features Jon Jones, Marloes Coenen, Dennis Hallman and more.
Bloody Elbow

Web

UFC Flyweight divsion likely early 2012 – MMA News
In late 2010, UFC President Dana White said that Flyweights (125)were coming to UFC sooner than you think. “Eventually we will do 125lbs,” White said.
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The 4 Best Mixed Martial Arts Podcasts You Should Be Listening To
Mixed Martial Arts (or MMA) is considered by many to be the fastest growing sport on the planet. There are MMA gyms springing up in every city and town …
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