Mixed Martial Arts Links (10-15-11)

Posted on | October 15, 2011 | No Comments

MMA Today: Bryan Baker’s big opponents include leukemia
ScrippsNews
By BOB EMANUEL Jr., Scripps Howard News Service Most young mixed–martial–arts athletes experience their evolution in the sport in their mid-20s. Bellator Fighting Championships middleweight Bryan Baker is no different from most in many respects. …
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On This Day in MMA History in 2006: Anderson Silva Became the UFC MW Champ and …
Cagepotato
Five years ago today, a fighter who was relatively unknown at the time outside of hardcore fans who followed Japanese and British MMA, stepped into the UFC Octagon for the second time and emerged less than three minutes later as the promotion’s …
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Cleveland MMA took one on the nose in Maynard KO
Plain Dealer
Cleveland mixed martial arts took one on the chin last weekend when lightweight champion Frankie Edgar scored a fourth-round technical knockout over St. Edward High School alum Gray Maynard at UFC 136 in Houston. “He hit me on the button. …
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Plain Dealer

Dana White Calls Canada the “Mecca for Mixed Martial Arts”
Sports Radio Interviews
The President of the UFC, Dana White, has always talked about how much love he has for mixed martial arts in Canada. Just eight months ago, he brought UFC 129 to Toronto for the first time ever. After a record breaking showing in Toronto, …
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Sports Radio Interviews

Latest UFC/MMA news and notes from around the web for the week of October 8, 2011
MMAmania.com
by Brian Hemminger on Oct 14, 2011 6:01 AM EDT in UFC News Welcome, Maniacs, to the weekly series where we help you catch up on some of the original reporting done by other sites in the vastMMA landscape. Like Frank Mir and Roy Nelson pictured above, …
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Former MMA fighter suspected of murder
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
But it was at UFC 4 on December 16, 1994, show in Tulsa, Okla., where Son had his role in one of the most infamous moments in early mixed martial arts history, as he fought Keith Hackney. During the fight, Son clamped a guillotine choke on Hackney, …
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Yahoo! Eurosport UK

The Five Worst Referees in MMA Today
Bleacher Report
Other than fighting in the cage, having the occupation of refereeing a bout may be one of the hardest jobs in mixed martial arts. Like in any other sport, a good referee is almost invisible during a fight, only interjecting themselves when the need …
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Bleacher Report

Mixed Martial Arts news, rumors, results and opinions
MMAGoss
Former ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ season 2 contestant and Strikeforce veteran, Mike Whitehead, will return to the cage October 22 fighting in Rage in the Cage 156 and taking on Jojo Thompson. Whitehead is probably best known in recent months for several …
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Fighters make weight for Bellator card
ESPN
Schlemenko (41-7) has knocked out 25 of his opponents. He puts a four-fight wins streak on the line against Rogers. Franklin McNeil covers mixed martial arts and boxing for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Franklin_McNeil.
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