Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-31-11)

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Anderson Silva Continues To Amaze At UFC 134
Yardbarker
Anderson Silva once again showed the world that he deserves to be the best-mixed martial artsfighter of all time. This guy is unreal, and has yet again taken out another worthy opponent. It has been 5 years since the world has seen Anderson Silva in …
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Lionsgate Wants You to Get Warrior’s Oscar Ball Rolling
Movieline
Other early reviews are impressive across the board, with many supporters placing the story of two estranged brothers’ (and their estranged father’s) ascent to mixed martial arts supremacy in the canon of emotional, ready-made fighting classics like …
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Local MMA fighters fare well at first-ever Brush event
Brush News Tribune
By Katie Collins For the Brush News-Tribune Chris Pelton wins his first MMA debut with a knockout just 1 minute and 20 seconds into the first round. (Katie Collins/For the Brush News-Tribune) Saturday night proved more than alright for fighting, …
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Jake Shields’ Father, Manager and Mentor Passes Away
Bloody Elbow
His tutelage continued for ten years until Jake crossed over to mixed martial arts. After nine fights in their home state of California and one in Hawaii, Jake got the opportunity that would end up launching his career. The offer was to face Japanese …
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About 1.3 million tune into UFC 134 prelims
USA Today
Mixed martial arts core demographics of men ages 18-to-34 and 18-to-49 generated 1.23 and 1.02 ratings. Spike’s broadcast led all cable programs on Saturday for men 18-to-49. Because of the hurricane, Spike will replay the UFC 134 prelims on Thursday …
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Conroe’s Rocky Long to defend featherweight MMA title
Your Houston News
Rocky Long takes on Chas Skelly in a featherweight MMA bout at Legends Sports Complex in Spring on Saturday. Rocky Long of Conroe defends his featherweight title against Chas Skelly on Saturday at a mixed martial arts show at Legends Sports Complex, …
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ProElite Results: Arlovski, Grove, Penn Capture Victory In Promotional Debut
MMA Nation
The event — held at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii — featured ten bouts, and a startling nine finishes, to firmly reestablish the promotion as a viable outlet for mixed martial artsexcitement. Despite the show’s namesake, …
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Daniel Cormier Has Message for Wrestling’s Critics: ‘Learn Takedown Defense’
MMAFighting.com
Cormier, one of the most decorated college and amateur wrestlers ever to break into mixed martial arts, has found himself smack-dab in the middle of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix against Antonio Silva in the semifinals. …
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RIP Chris “Big Poppa” Schnake: 1974 – 2011
MMAWeekly
It’s been a tough time of late for the mixed martial arts community, which has seen several of its family members pass away. Esteemed trainer Shawn Tompkins, and the manager of Jake Shields, his father Jack, just recently passed away. …
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Griffin out 180 days; complete UFC 134 suspensions – MMA News
For events outside of North America, there is no commission with direct jurisdiction to regulate. Zuffa has implemented a strict system using some of the most …
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