Mixed Martial Arts Links (10-12-11)

Posted on | October 12, 2011 | No Comments

Edgar squarely in P4P discussion
ESPN (blog)
By Franklin McNeil Ed Mulholland for ESPN.com With a fourth-round TKO of Gray Maynard, Frankie Edgar sits among the best mixed martial artists. Just about everymixed martial arts pound-for-pound discussion begins with UFC middleweight champion …
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ESPN (blog)

MMA unleashed
Oman Tribune
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is becoming a popular combat sport which incorporates various different fighting styles including Muay Thai, kickboxing, boxing, karate, wrestling, judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, amongst others. The core elements of MMA include …
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Jens Pulver embraces ‘Supremacy MMA‘
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY As he watches his Supremacy MMA video-game character fight a grappler on TV, Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver admits that the atmosphere and details of the product have little to do with reality.. “I get more of a kick out of watching…
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USA Today

Port Orchard’s Jonathan Moore fights for MMA bantamweight title on Saturday
Kitsap Sun
By Kitsap Sun staff (STEVE ZUGSCHWERDT/SPECIAL TO THE KITSAP SUN) Jonathan Moore, right, works with his trainer Bob Lawrence at the Full Circle Fight Club in preparation for Saturday’s Rumble at the Ridge MMA bantamweight title bout. …
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MMA fighters ‘shocked’ by Pedersen’s admitted killings
KATU
Friends of David “Joey” Pedersen in mixed martial arts circles said he seemed like a good person, and they never would have seen his alleged killing spree coming. Pedersen fought Scott Baker in July at the “Rumble in the Roseland 58”, and lost. …
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MMA: Brother of Strikeforce Fighter Gets Arrested for Being a Superhero
Bleacher Report
Not only does Fodor dress up in a mask and black muscle body suit with yellow stripes, he also carries around mace to supplement his mixed martial arts abilities; simple fighting techniques alone won’t be able to subdue all criminals, after all. Yes. …
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Kingsburg MMA fighter vying for NorCal title
Kingsburg Recorder
The Kingsburg mixed martial arts fighter will enter the ring Oct. 22 at Sierra Sport & Racquet Club in Fresno to vie for the title of Northern California cruiserweight champion. As Central Valley regional champion in the cruiserweight division (205 to …
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Mixed martial artist fights gender stereotypes
Boston Herald
By Christina Hickman / New Bedford Standard-Times WESTPORT — Soon-to-be professional mixed martial arts competitor Tisha Rodrigues fights gender stereotypes while, well, actually fighting. And now she will be spreading her story nationwide. …
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Spike TV hires VP of sports and multi-platform programming; touts “extensive …
MMATorch
Spike plans on continuing to be a home of live mixed martial arts events, and the press release states that their “extensive” plans for airing that content will be announced in the near future. It’s seen as an inevitability that Bellator Fighting …
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Joe Son, Early UFC Fighter & Austin Powers Villian, Suspect in Homicide
MMAFighting.com
By Mike Chiappetta Joe Son, an early mixed martial arts fighter who later had a memorable acting role in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, has been identified as a suspect in a death being investigated as a homicide at the Wasco State …
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Blogs

The Argument Overlooked: Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, and Children …
By Staff
By: William Holmes “For me, the martial arts is a search for something inside. It’s not just a physical discipline.” -Brandon Lee.
BoxingInsider.com

Web

Badass MMA shirt alert | Fightlinker – UFC, Strikeforce, and Mixed …
It’s pretty rare to find MMA clothing that’s not an affront to fashion or humanity in general, so I just had to throw out some props to Nakama’s ‘fall line’ of t-shirts for …
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