Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-27-11)

Posted on | August 27, 2011 | No Comments

UFC Plans to Shatter Attendance Records with 100000-Plus Next Year in Brazil
Yahoo! Sports
With the UFC’s return to Brazil in full swing for this weekend’s UFC 134 event in Rio de Janeiro, plans are already in the works for a show that will shatter all previous mixed martial arts attendance records worldwide. “We did a 14000-seat arena, …
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Brazilian UFC champ gets fight in Rio: Mixed Martial Arts Insider
Plain Dealer
With a record of 28-4-0 and victories he has made look as easy as anything CAN look in mixed martial arts, the middleweight title holder is exactly that. His eight title defenses are the best in UFC history, and he’s tied with mixed martial arts …
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‘Warrior’ movie and UFC, Fox Octagon deal show MMA is gaining in popularity
newjerseynewsroom.com
BY JERRY MILANI The sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) got a big boost toward mainstream this past Thursday when the UFC and Fox announced a multi-platform deal that will finally bring The Octagon to broadcast television, and will propagate UFC …
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Vajda to defend MMA title
BCLocalNews
By Robert Mangelsdorf – Maple Ridge News Maple Ridge’s Oliver Vajda grew up idolizing martial arts stars like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li. Now, the 19-year-old mixed martial artist is on his own road to martial arts stardom, as he defends his …
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Greatest of All-Time: Anderson Silva or Fedor Emelianenko?
Yahoo! Sports
Despite mixed martial arts‘ relative young age when compared to other major sports, it’s hard not to have the discussion about who is the greatest fighter at this point in the sport’s history. For years, most believed UFC legend Royce Gracie held that …
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Hands On: Supremacy MMA
TheSixthAxis
Generally that sort of practice is frowned upon, so we were reluctant until we realised that this was actually an invite to come and play Supremacy MMA, the brutal looking mixed martial arts game. How could we refuse? I think the first thing to make …
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Canton’s Duell is making his mark in world of mixed martial arts
Canton Repository
In the case of mixed martial arts fighter Nick Duell, nothing could be further from the truth. The Canton native has won six fights in a row using a disciplined, strong, well-rounded style. During that time, Duell captured the NAAFS welterweight …
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THQ and UFC Announce Franchise-First Opportunity for Consumers to Select Cover …
MarketWatch (press release)
“We look forward to seeing if Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre or Cain Velasquez has what it takes to grace the cover of what will be the most invigorating MMA videogame release to date.” “We are excited to let fans choose the cover athlete …
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“ProElite: Arlovski vs. Lopez” Weigh-In Results
5thRound.com
After disappearing from the mixed martial arts landscape for the last couple of years, the company is now under Stratus Media Group’s ownership and will make its return Saturday inside the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. …
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Power Ranking the 25 Best Free Events in UFC History
Bleacher Report
Both showed why mixed martial arts is so compelling, exchanging fists and elbows over three rounds before Koppenhaver eventually stopped his bloodied opponent in the final round. Huerta was all but out in his fight with Guida before he pulled off one …
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MMA champs didn’t kill Moscow student – the pavement did it — RT
By RT
The family of the late Ivan Agafonov agree with the experts, who say the cause of the young man’s death was not a punch from MMA champ Ruslan Mirzaev, but the head trauma he got from falling on the pavement.
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Viva Brazil!: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira takes a licking but keeps on …
By Sergio Hernandez
One more day until UFC 134! Today’s edition of Viva Brazil! takes a look at Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s almost inhuman ability to take punishment and grasp victory from seemingly assured defeat.
MMAmania.com