Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-22-11)

Posted on | September 22, 2011 | No Comments

Mixed Martial Arts Class For Preschoolers Causes Controversy
NewsChannel5.com
A local gym is getting attention from all over the country, after a controversial mixed martial artsclass it offers to pre-schoolers was featured on Inside Edition. The owner of Bunny’s Gym considers the controversy an opportunity to educate critics …
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Winnipegger fights way onto MMA reality show
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content Mixed martial arts fighter Roli Delorme, shown in a handout photo, made the trip from Winnipeg to New Jersey to battle for a spot on The Ultimate Fighter reality show.Mixed martial arts fighter Roli Delorme, …
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Area Roundup: Mixed martial arts event to benefit Cal Poly wrestling
San Luis Obispo Tribune
By Tribune staff report A mixed martial arts showcase to benefit the wrestling programs of both Cal Poly and Cal State Bakersfield will be held Oct. 1 at the Madonna Inn Expo Center. Doors for the event open at 4:30 pm, with the first fight scheduled …
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Legendary MMA fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson awaiting big bout in Denver
Denver Post
By Nick Groke MMA legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, above, awaits a big bout Saturday at the Pepsi Center against rising star Jon Jones. (Hyoung Chang | The Denver Post) The man they call Rampage knows his place in this world. His nickname is more than …
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Marcus Davis to make home-state mixed martial arts debut Friday
Bangor Daily News
Davis will fight his first in-state mixed martial arts bout Friday in Portland against Travis “Iron Chin” Coyle. Marcus Davis admits his professional aspirations has changed as his career has evolved through first a boxing career and now as a veteran …
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Bangor Daily News

The fellowship of the ring warriors
Herald Scotland
ANY director thinking of casting Tom Hardy, star of mixed martial arts movie Warrior, should know three things. He can be moody, he’s likely to show up at your door at midnight looking for a bed, and his fiancée has, in his words, “pound for pound a …
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Professional MMA cage fighting comes to Bangkok
CNNGo.com
By James Goyder 22 September, 2011 Mixed martial arts (MMA) — one of the fastest-growing sports on the planet — can now be viewed live in Bangkok thanks to a newly formed promotion called DARE Championship. The MMA organizer held its inaugural event …
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CNNGo.com

WWE News: WWE Interested in MMA Star Gina Carano?
Bleacher Report
In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter (dated September 26th), Dave Meltzer suggests that WWE Films are interested in bringing Mixed Martial Arts sensation Gina Carano for one of their movies. Meltzer mentions that Carano’s name has popped up …
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Bleacher Report

505 Games’ Supremacy MMA(TM) Available Today in North America
MarketWatch (press release)
WOODLAND HILLS, CA, Sep 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Global videogame publisher 505 Games and developer Kung Fu Factory today announced that their brutal, no-holds-barred approach to the mixed martial arts genre, Supremacy MMA(TM), …
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Cover Story Blood Sport Page 1
Salt Lake City Weekly
By Stephen Dark When Mike Stidham announced his plans to revamp his mixed martial arts cable show, The Ultimate Combat Experience, he told the fighters, several of whom were felons, to behave themselves outside of the fight arena. …
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Salt Lake City Weekly

Blogs

Good Will Hunting: MMAmania interview exclusive with UFC 135’s …
By Brian Hemminger
MMAmania’s Brian Hemminger speaks with UFC 135 fighter Ben Rothwell about his upcoming main card fight against Mark Hunt, his reinvention of himself and his trio of coaches that have helped shape him.
MMAmania.com

Tony Savo, Bryan Santee using MMA for betterment of causes …
By Robert G. Reynolds
When they are not making music or trying to help improve the lives of fighters, Tony Savo and Coalition Fight Music are working to bring notice to a problem not known by many with help from fighters outside of the cage.
MMA DIEHARDS