Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-6-11)

Posted on | September 7, 2011 | 1 Comment

UFC sees heavy end to year: Lesnar-Overeem for title shot
USA Today
Between mixed martial arts and kickboxing, Overeem had 24 fights from 2007 through 2010. But he has fought only once this year, so he opted to face Lesnar rather than sit around for the Velasquez-Dos Santos winner. Overeem becomes the second …
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USA Today

Rating: PG-13, Drama
AHN | All Headline News
On paper, it’s about mixed martial arts. But you needn’t have any interest in the sport to enjoy the film and there’s nothing mixed about it. Familiar, certainly, and maybe even predictable. But executed like a well-timed punch — or kick — to the …
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Supremacy MMA Shane Del Rosario and The Glass Slipper Trailer
YouTube
505 Games and Kung Fu Factory today announced that GameStop customers who pre-order a copy of the no holds barred mixed martial arts fighter Supremacy MMA™ will receive both the exclusive playable level “The Glass Slipper” and the chance to expand …
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Top five middleweights in MMA: Fan’s take
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network 10 hours, 54 minutes ago The middleweight division is home to the greatestMMA fighter of our time. Even though it isn’t necessarily the deepest weight-class in MMA, the middleweight division definitely has its share of stars and …
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GSP defers to Silva in MMA’s pound-for-pound debate 0
Toronto Sun
However, you didn’t have arm-wrestle St. Pierre to get him to offer his opinion on a rather controversial topic in mixed martial arts these days, the question of who’s the best pound-for-pound fighter. For years, GSP was considered by a great many to …
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Ranking MMA’s Top 10 Middleweights Outside of Zuffa Banner
Bleacher Report
As we continue down the weight chart ranking the best the world of mixed martial arts has to offer, outside of the control of Zuffa, we begin to see a more international trend. Globalization has long been a goal of Zuffa, but in reality, …
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Bleacher Report

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA): Does God Support ‘Jungle Fighting’?
Christian Post
By Andrea Marcela Madambashi | Christian Post Correspondent The Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competition taking place in Brazil has generated debate as to whether a sport that aims to “crush” an opponent is anti-Christian in nature. …
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History in the Making: The UFC bookends its ‘Dark Ages’ period with trips to Japan
MMAmania.com
In its heyday, mixed martial arts (MMA) was big business in Japan. Pride Fighting Championships (Pride) was packing stadiums full of 40, 50, or even 60000 people on a regular basis. Big crowds, huge arenas, and larger-than-life fighters were the norm …
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“Big” John McCarthy Discusses His New Book
Heavy.com
“Every sport has a very rich history, and mixed martial arts will be 18-years-old in November in America, but some day when we look back 40, 50 years from now, MMA will be 68-years-old and I’m here now in this time, and part of the reason I became a …
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Blogs

Strikeforce grand prix semifinals fight card: Muhammed Lawal vs …
By Brian Hemminger
MMAmania’s Brian Hemminger breaks down the upcoming light heavyweight tilt between former Strikeforce champion “King Mo” Lawal and the terrific submission expert Roger Gracie. Will wrestling or jiu-jitsu prevail?
MMAmania.com

Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-6-11)

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