Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-12-11)

Posted on | September 12, 2011 | No Comments

One Man’s View: Fast-Track Pitfalls
Sherdog.com
File Photo: Sherdog.com Matchmaking in mixed martial arts is an often-overlooked science, but it plays a key role in developing a fighter. How a fighter’s management negotiates the bouts offered to him by a promotion is indicative of the intended path …
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Strikeforce GP final pits old hand vs. novice
USA Today
His catch-wrestling style calls for a more direct approach to submissions than the Brazilian jiu-jitsu used by most mixed martial arts, and he was brutally effective with it on Saturday. After ducking under a Kharitonov punch and latching on with a …
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USA Today

The fighter
Diamondback Online
He did it in 2004’s feel-good hockey flick Miracle and does it again with Warrior, a dysfunctional family drama set in the world of mixed martial arts. While the film may try a little too hard to tug at our heartstrings to be a completely successful …
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Column: My ‘Ultimate’ dilemma
UConn Daily Campus
This past weekend, “Warrior,” a new sports movie starring Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte premiered and the sport around which the plot hinges is mixed martial arts, or MMA. This has got me thinking, not so much about the movie, but about MMA as a sport. …
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Erica Goitia: Story of an MMA Model Boss Set To Take over the World
Bleacher Report
Goitia is the owner and founder of Uppercut Models, a fast-rising modeling agency that was created based off Goitia’s love for the sport of mixed martial arts. Here is her story. “I used to work in advertising for a company called Petrol, …
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Bleacher Report

Josh Barnett: Secretly the Best Heavyweight in the World?
Bleacher Report
Catch wrestling, which is similar to jiu jitsu, is a much more brutal art. In catch wrestling, when you see a submission opportunity, you go for it. Not only does Barnett show off his catch wrestling skills in mixed martial arts, but he also enters …
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Bleacher Report

Lanny Poffo Wants Greg Valentine In An MMA Fight
Wrestling Inc.
Lanny Poffo, the brother of the late superstar wrestler, posted a video on YouTube challenged the 60-year-old to a mixed martial arts match on December 30 in Gatineau. The wrestler formerly known as The Genius says he will throw cash he received from …
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Kurt Pellegrino, Point Boro fighter, to return for Atlantic City fight
Asbury Park Press
On Saturday’s card, Lestor Caslow, who trains at Pellegrino’s MMA school in Belmar, won via TKO over Binky Jones. On the main card, Chris Lozano, Ben Saunders, Luis Santos and Douglas Lima won their quarterfinal bouts in the Bellator welterweight …
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History in the Making: Alan Belcher welcomes Yoshihiro Akiyama to the Octagon …
MMAmania.com
He was training full-time and earned his keep as a fighter for the biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization in the world, the UFC. One year ago, he was preparing to take on Demian Maia in what would be his first headlining bout. …
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