Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-23-11)

Posted on | September 23, 2011 | No Comments

UFC 135 matches old vs. new in mixed martial arts
Denver Post
By The Denver Post Both main-event bouts Saturday at UFC 135 in Denvera pay-per- view show that likely will be one of the most-watched mixed martial arts events of the year — pit established veterans against up-and-coming stars. …
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Ex-champ Hughes undecided on UFC future
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY DENVER — Matt Hughes will take everything in his mixed martial arts career on a fight-by-fight basis from here on out. “I’m getting old enough to where the bones are little achy in the morning, my joints, so we’ll just see …
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USA Today

Owners of Lincoln martial arts clubs speak out about cage-fighting boys
This is Lincolnshire
Now city clubs want to dispel the view that Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and other martial arts disciplines for youngsters are dangerous activities. Jez Hall, owner of Satori Martial Arts, based at Total Fitness, Kingsley Road, Lincoln, said: “I’ve seen …
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ONLINE: MMA Q&A with Strikeforce’s Lorenz Larkin
UNLV The Rebel Yell
The Ultimate Fighting Championships’ (UFC) expansion in the mixed martial arts (MMA) world took another step forward this year when they absorbed Strikeforce, the second-largest MMA worldwide promotion. Besides their major cards and fighters, …
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CM Punk: “Triple H Just Doesn’t Get Mixed Martial Arts”
The Province (blog)
Listening to him on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Monday, I found yet another reason to love this guy. If you’ll recall, Punk’s boss/pseudo-boss Triple H came out a week or ten days ago saying that the UFC needed to evolve, that it wasn’t …
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Jessica ‘Evil’ Eye could give you a black one
Plain Dealer
By Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer John Kuntz, The Plain DealerTwenty-five-year-old Jessica “Evil” Eye, right, a native of Parma, is under contract with Bellator Fighting Championships as an amateur mixed martial arts fighter. “I want to …
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Plain Dealer

Supremacy MMA Now Available
We Got This Covered
Step into the octagon and deliver punishing blows with Supremacy MMA. The high-action, fist-pounding mixed martial arts game is now available in North America. It will enter European territory tomorrow. Supremacy MMA is touted as being the most brutal …
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Age Only a Number
Sherdog.com
However, at age 40, the two-time freestyle wrestling world champion finds himself in a unique position: still young in his mixed martial arts career but one of the oldest fighters on the Bellator Fighting Championships roster. Even at his advanced age, …
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Sherdog.com

Ventura’s Ferguson drops to lightweight for UFC 135
Ventura County Star
Ferguson trained for the fight at both Knuckleheadz and the Academy mixed martial arts gym in Minnesota, one of the country’s elite MMA facilities. “Training’s intense,” he said. “Going back and forth between Minnesota and here. I train hard, man. …
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Report: ‘Kimbo Slice’ To Fight ‘Dada 5000’ In January
MMA Nation
While the bout has no actual impact on the legitimate mixed martial arts scene, it does create an rather fascinating narrative to follow from a human interest perspective. Both fighters have roots nestled in internet infamy, with YouTube videos …
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MMA Nation

Blogs

Programming alert: DREAM 17 airs LIVE on HDNet early Sat. at 3:00 …
By Kevin Haggerty
Programming Alert: DREAM 17, LIVE on HDNet, early Sat. at 3:00 a.m. ET.
MMAmania.com

The return of KIDFIGHTS! | Fightlinker – UFC, Strikeforce, and Mixed …
By fightlinker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7fCtYTUAf8Imagine my shock this morning as I check the MSNBC (I am a pinko after all) to make sure the world hasn’t gone to hell in a handbasket and I findMMA on there! No, not rave reviews for the …
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