Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-20-11)

Posted on | August 20, 2011 | No Comments

MMA Today: Fox Sports jumps into UFC
StandardNet
By Bob Emanuel Jr. Zuffa LLC, the owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, announced a seven-year deal with FOX Sports Media Group on Thursday to bring its brand of mixed martial artsto a variety of FOX networks. The deal will allow FOX to …
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Friends, family gather to remember MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins
Vancouver Sun
By Dave Deibert, Postmedia News August 19, 2011 10:03 PM Hundreds of loved ones – friends, family, those from the mixed–martial–arts world where he became famous – came together Friday in London, Ont. to share laughter and tears at the funeral of …
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Will UFC on Fox Boost Female Demographic?
Yahoo! Sports
How did you get interested in mixed martial arts? “I started following MMA in the late 1990’s. My friends in medical school (they were mostly guys) had just started doing jiu jitsu and they were really into it. My then-boyfriend LOVED UFC. …
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Yahoo! Sports

MMA to return to Brazilian roots for UFC 134
Yahoo! Sports
Sports 3 hours, 12 minutes ago There are many who consider Brazil the birthplace ofmixed martial arts, but on Aug. 27, when UFC returns to the country after a 13-year absence with a show at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, it will be presenting …
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Fox and mixed martial arts in agreement
Kansas City Star
Just Fox adding mixed martial arts‘ Ultimate Fighting Championship to its broadcast lineup. There will be four live shows a year on Fox, and a UFC reality series that includes live shows on FX. In addition, Fox’s Fuel network will offer UFC programming …
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Tompkins helped get Winnipegger’s career off the ground
Toronto Sun
By Kirk Penton ,Winnipeg Sun Shawn Tompkins, a renowned mixed martial arts trainer, died in southern Ontario last weekend at age 37, reportedly because of a heart attack. Shawn Tompkins didn’t just play a role in getting Krzysztof Soszynski to where he …
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Ben Fowlkes: What’s next for Spike after UFC-Fox contract
SI.com
The UFC’s seven-year contract with Fox networks will likely have broad aftereffects on the future of mixed martial arts. One paragraph. Three sentences. That’s how Spike TV bid farewell to the UFC after six lucrative years for both. …
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MMA fighter Michael Whitehead to make no-contest plea in sexual assault case
Las Vegas Sun
By Dave Toplikar (contact) Heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter Michael “Iron Mike” Whitehead reached an agreement today with Clark County prosecutors to make a no-contest Alford plea for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a woman about a year …
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Student dies after blow from MMA champ — RT
By RT
A Moscow student who was severely injured in a street fight with MMA Lightweight Champion, Rasul Mirzaev, has died in one of the capital’s hospitals.
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