Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-12-11)

Posted on | November 12, 2011 | No Comments

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Tucson Citizen
11, 2011, under Mixed Martial Arts, Uncategorized Saturday will be the main stream roll out ofMMA on network television. If you have ever wondered what all the hype about MMA and UFC is, you may want to tune in Saturday evening. …
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Todd Stanford’s MMA column: Future of MMA starts Saturday
Danville News
Believe it or not, I’m about to start a column about mixed martial arts by quoting that pipsqueak provocateur Ferris Bueller. It was Bueller, the 80s movie icon who took a very publicized day off, who famously told his audience that “Life moves pretty …
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Two local men win mixed martial arts competition
Beckley Register-Herald
By Kara Van Pelt Register-Herald Reporter Two students from West Virginia Mixed Martial Arts in Beckley won their respective weight class competition at Ruckus In The Cage, a MMA competition held Nov. 5, in Abingdon, Va. Steve Scott, 29, of Grandview …
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USA TODAY Sports Media Group Acquires Leading Mixed–martial Arts Outlet …
MarketWatch (press release)
11, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — USA TODAY Sports Media Group announced today the acquisition of leading mixed–martial arts site, MMAjunkie.com and its related editorial assets across all platforms, including its daily radio show. …
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Mixed martial arts makes network debut
Marketplace
Mixed Martial Arts has been gaining audience share for a while now. It debuts in a primetime network slot on Fox, Saturday night. Eve Troeh: Sure, boxers punch each other, but with veritable pillows on their wrists compared to mixed martial arts, …
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Marketplace

B.J. Penn declines Cesar Gracie’s camp-uniting offer, will fight again when …
MMAmania.com
After the beatdown, the distraught Hawaiian declared his retirement to the mixed martial arts(MMA) world after 10 years of competing. Speaking to Pedro Carrasco of BJPenn.com, the former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion opened up about his …
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Check Out This Cool MMA Mini Documentary ‘3’ From MTV UK
Cagepotato
More exposure for mixed martial arts is always a good thing, so when we saw this awesome mini MMA documentary “3″ that MTV UK is promoting, we figured we’d pass it along so The Potato Nation could check it out and help spread the word. …
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Bellator 57 moves start time up 2 hours
USA Today
Although UFC will be streaming preliminary fights online, Bellator will have the TV airwaves to itself for mixed martial arts in the early evening on Saturday. The show from Rama, Ontario features a pair of Season 5 tourney finals: Douglas Lima vs. …
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Blogs

What the mainstream thinks of MMA | Fightlinker – UFC, Strikeforce …
By fightlinker
MMA Fighting takes to the streets of Hollywood to find out what the normies think about our little world of triangle chokes and armbars, to hilarious results.
Fightlinker – UFC, Strikeforce,…

The American Spectator : Beyond Thunderdome
By Bill Zeiser
While this nascent version of MMA was probably pleasing to philosophically pure libertarians, it was unsustainable. Longtime boxing fan Senator John McCain referred to it as “human cockfighting” and it was effectively banned in most states …
The American Spectator

Gannett Blog: USAT Sports Media buys mixed–martial arts site
By Jim
Once more beefing up its portfolio, USA Today’s Sports Media Group said it had bought MMAjunkie, which it called one of the leading mixed–martial arts websites. The deal includes related editorial assets and its daily radio show, the division …
Gannett Blog

Web

RealClearSports – Mixed Martial Arts Finally Goes Mainstream
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport (vaguely reminiscent of scenes from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) which blends elements of more …
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