Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-1-11)

Posted on | November 1, 2011 | No Comments

UFC Embraces Mexico as a Potential New Market for Mixed Martial Arts
Sacramento Bee
By Marca Pais – Imagen de Mexico MEXICO CITY, Oct. 31, 2011 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –The following is being released today by Marca Pais – Imagen de Mexico: Mixed martial arts (MMA) is the fastest growing sport in the world, and sees incredible …
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Cutman ‘Stitch’ Duran: ‘Cro Cop’ planned retirement even before UFC 137 loss
MMAjunkie.com
by John Morgan on Oct 31, 2011 at 6:00 pm ET After suffering a hard-fought third-round TKO loss to Roy Nelson this past Saturday night, UFC heavyweight contender Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (27-10-2 MMA, 4-6 UFC) announced his retirement from mixed …
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MMAjunkie.com

Fan’s Take: Diaz Proves it Pays Play the Bad Guy in the UFC
Yahoo! Sports
Nick Meyer is a longtime mixed martial arts fan who has watched virtually every UFC event since 2005. Note: This article was written by a Yahoo! contributor. Sign up here to start publishing your own sports content.
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Spike to Air Viacom’s New MMA Shows
Multichannel News
The three-year-old Bellator franchise — which features an elimination tournament format over seven different weight classes, as opposed to individual championship matches like the UFC — gives the network an MMA franchise to replace UFC, which inked a …
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Cro Cop Retires, Ending Successful MMA Career: Fan Reaction
Yahoo! Sports
Though not a completely shocking event, it does come as a less-than-stellar footnote to a remarkable career in Mixed Martial Arts. As for his legacy, Cro Cop will remain a guiding light for those who look to topple the sport the right way. …
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Yahoo! Sports

Dana White: Jose Aldo-Chad Mendes on
ESPN
It’s going to be fireworks.” Mendes beat each of his two UFC opponents (Michihiro Omigawa and Rani Yahya) by unanimous decision, since the promotion merged with WEC in January. Franklin McNeil covers mixed martial arts and boxing for ESPN.com. …
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Hatsu Hioki Hoping to Inspire Fellow Japanese Fighters
5thRound.com
Little did fight fans know, the Japanese star is attempting to revitalize an entire nation’s future in mixed martial arts. With that amount of pressure resting on his 145 pound shoulders, perhaps that explains why the former Shooto standout was less …
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5thRound.com

What I Do: Wade Barden gets his kicks as martial arts instructor
Wisconsin State Journal
I became interested in martial arts when I was 5 years old. I started taking karate lessons when I was 10 and began teaching karate when I was 13. I have a third-degree black belt in karate, third-degreemixed martial arts black belt and a Brazilian …
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Donald Cerrone, Nate Diaz to fight
ESPN
5. After a four-fight stint at welterweight, Diaz returned to lightweight in September against Takanori Gomi. He submitted Gomi in the first round. Franklin McNeil covers mixed martial arts and boxing for ESPN.com. …
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Blogs

‘Warrior’ DVD with Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton | Inside Movies …
By Chris Nashawaty
The rousing, Rocky-esque mixed martial arts drama, Warrior, will be available on DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack on Dec. 20, loaded with extras that EW can reveal exclusively. The PG-13-rated fight flick about a pair of blue-collar brothers (Tom …
Inside Movies

BOOK CLUB: Big John McCarthy – Let’s Get It On | Fightlinker – UFC …
By Matthew Polly
While in exile, Big John followed a time-honored tradition and wrote his memoir with the help of skilled MMA journalist Loretta Hunt, who knows a little about what it’s like to be on Dana’s bad side. The book has something for everyone. …
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Web

Viacom Purchases Bellator And MMA As A Whole Benefits | October
Having a lot of implications for MMA and MMA on television as a whole, we were lucky enough to pick the brain of Sean Malone, editor of Inside The Cage MMA, …
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