Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-10-11)

Posted on | September 10, 2011 | No Comments

Strikeforce puts best foot forward
USA Today
After days of chatter about former champions Alistair Overeem and Nick Diaz, the mixed martial arts world will end the week with a Strikeforce event featuring most of the promotion’s top remaining assets. The lineup includes three top-10 fighters and …
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USA Today

Mixed martial arts elbows its way to Hollywood
USA Today
The hybrid of boxing, wrestling and martial arts moves from home video to the big screen Friday with Warrior, a drama starring Nick Nolte as the estranged father of MMA athletes. And last month, Fox Sports announced a seven-year deal with leading MMA …
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‘Warrior’ lends heart and style to mixed martial arts fighting
Detroit Free Press
Trailer: Warrior: Two estranged brothers, both forging paths as MMA fighters, find themselves on a collision course to face off in the ring. BY ROGER MOORE One brother’s a teacher who struggles to keep home and family together in hard economic times. …
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MMA notes: Diaz KOs himself
OCRegister
“Japan has played a huge role in helping get the sport of mixed martial arts to where it is today,” White said. “stars such as (Quinton) ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, (Antonio Rodrigo) ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ (Filipovic) all made …
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Newport News MMA fighter battles testicular cancer head-on
Daily Press
Allen, a Newport News resident and amateur mixed martial arts fighter, has testicular cancer. He is 28 and determined not only to beat the disease but also to help others in the process. “My dad is a cancer survivor of 23 years,” Allen says. …
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Daily Press

Takedown Entertainment Signs Agreement With Absolute Action MMA
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Sep 09, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Takedown Entertainment Inc. (www.takedownentertainment.com ) /quotes/zigman/603284 TKDN +4.21% , an authority in the business of mixed martial arts, is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of …
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Exploring Warrior and MMA with Kurt Angle
Deadbolt
by Troy Rogers Wrestling great Kurt Angle steps into the Mixed Martial Arts world of Warrior, which hits theaters on Friday, September 9. In Warrior, Kurt Angle plays Russian MMA fighter Koba, who was inspired by real life Russian MMA heavyweight,…
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Deadbolt

Ex-fighter, actor Joe Son gets life in prison
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY One of the memorable figures from the early days of mixed martial arts has been sentenced to life in prison for torturing a woman 21 years ago. Joe Son, who appeared in two events of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1994, …
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Mixed martial arts hits the silver screen with ‘Warrior’
Cherry Hill Courier Post
“That same concept has been done over and over,” says Brad Daddis, a former professional MMAfighter, “and it always wins.” The MMA drama depicts two blue-collar brothers (played by Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton) from humble Pittsburgh beginnings who end …
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Blogs

‘Warrior’, as Reviewed by Real-Life MMA Fighter Nick Newell …
By bgoldstein
Unknowingly, his brother Brendan Conlon (Joel Edgerton), a retired MMA fighter with a failed stint in the UFC, is now a high school physics teach who spent all of his money on strippers and cocaine. Did I say strippers and cocaine? I meant he …
Cagepotato

MMA notes: Diaz KOs himself – Keep Punching – Things to do in OC …
By CARLOS ARIAS
“Japan has played a huge role in helping get the sport of mixed martial arts to where it is today,” White said. “stars such as (Quinton) ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, (Antonio Rodrigo) ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ (Filipovic) …
Keep Punching

Warrior Review: The Best MMA Movie Ever, But Don’t Let That Scare …
By Stephen Douglas (CRM!)
If this weren’t a sports movie, the subject matter would be total Oscar-bait.
The Big Lead

Strikeforce weigh in results LIVE from Cincinnati for ‘Barnett vs …
By Jesse Holland
Strikeforce weigh in results LIVE from Cincinnati for ‘Barnett vs Kharitonov’
MMAmania.com