Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-3-11)

Posted on | November 3, 2011 | No Comments

Bellator deal could reshape MMA landscape
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
US MMA expert Dave Meltzer says that Viacom’s investment in Bellator could have long-term implications for the industry. Television giant Viacom’s recent purchase of a majority interest in the tournament Bellator Fighting Championships shows that for …
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Yahoo! Eurosport UK

Munoz, Leben lead UFC’s lone UK foray in 2011
USA Today
His last two victories came against highly accomplished judoka Yoshihiro Akiyama and two-time All-American wrestler Aaron Simpson, one of Munoz’s close friends in mixed martial arts. Despite their relationship, Munoz fought Simpson almost a year ago, …
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USA Today

MMA Top 10 Welterweights: Nick Diaz Belongs at No. 2
MMAFighting.com
2 fighter in mixed martial arts at 170 pounds. So as we rank the Top 10 welterweights in MMA, GSP stays on top with Diaz on his heels. Find out how we rate the rest of the division below. 1. Georges St. Pierre (1): St. Pierre has really never been …
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Rashad Evans: Donald Cerrone’s growth in MMA is ‘ridiculous’
MMAmania.com
Donald Cerrone is riding one of the hottest streaks in mixed martial arts (MMA) today, winning four straight in the UFC’s stacked lightweight division. Perhaps even more impressive is that “Cowboy” has done it all in a span of only eight months. …
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MMA NEWS: UNIVERSAL REALITY COMBAT CHAMPIONSHIP – URRC 20 PREVIEW, 11/5/11
Sports Chat Place
Philippine Based URRC Emerging as a Top Asian MMA Promotion November 2002 saw the debut of a full-fledged mixed martial arts tournament in the Philippines with the Universal Reality Combat Championship opening its doors to 5000 fans. …
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Mixed martial arts isn’t just for men
WPSD Local 6
From there, her passion spread to mixed martial arts fighting, and trainers Shull and Michael Shucraft were there to push her along. “They kind of treated me like one of the guys, and just threw me in there and didn’t treat me any different because I …
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Penn flip-flops on retirement
Toronto Sun
Following his loss to Nick Diaz at UFC 137, BJ Penn announced he would retire from mixed martial arts. Now, however, talk of his retirements seems to be a bit premature after his Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach, Alana Goes, came out and said Penn would …
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MMA NEWS: SUPERIOR CAGE COMBAT- SCC 3 PREVIEW, 11/4/11
Sports Chat Place
… bout featuring experienced veteran Alonzo Martinez taking on Brazilian Porifirio Alves, Jr. If the third installment of SCC is anything like the first two, the crowd at the Orleans Arena should be in for a fine night of mixed martial arts action. …
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Young Oglala Sioux Boys Already Mixed Martial Arts Champions
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The boys are early masters of martial arts who train in MMA, wrestling, judo, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. “We’ve already traveled to many states, places like Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Illinois, and New Jersey, to fight the best kids in the country and …
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Indian Country Today Media Network.com

UFC’s BJ Penn, Cro Cop And Brandon Vera: Missed Opportunities And Unfulfilled …
MMA Nation
For fans, mixed martial arts (MMA) is an escape. After another grueling week of under achievement and humiliation in our pathetic little personal and professional lives, we round up our buddies, grab a few six packs and sit our fat selves in our seats …
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MMA Nation

Blogs

How’s Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the …
By Anton Tabuena
Anton Tabuena of BloodyElbow.com compiles the week’s most interesting bits from the MMA and UFC twitter world. This week is the Halloween 2011 special.
Bloody Elbow

Web

Dead Serious MMA Amateurs Results (Official)
MixedMartialArts.com is the only certified database of MMA fight records granted by the Association Of Boxing Commission in North America.
www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=stats…eid…

Mixed Martial Arts Coach Trains UFC Champ Using the Latest MMA …
The current UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz, is trained by Doug Balzarini, who used the principles gained in the Certified Mixed Martial Arts …
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