Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-17-11)

Posted on | November 17, 2011 | No Comments

UFC Sues New York to End MMA Ban: Fan’s Reaction
Yahoo! Sports
15, Zuffa, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship sued New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman and Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. in hopes of overturning the state law banning mixed martial arts. …
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Boxing, MMA on display this weekend in ‘WFC 7’
Culpeper Star Exponent
Boxing and mixed martial arts come together this weekend as Warrior Fighting Championship invades the Reva Fire Hall Saturday for “WFC 7.” Muay Thai, boxing and MMA have all been part of the WFC’s six previous amateur cards, but founder and promoter …
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Win or lose, Wanderlei Silva wants to keep fighting
USA Today
Facing an iconic fighter such as Silva, who helped popularize Muay Thai striking inmixed martial arts, makes Saturday’s fight particularly notable for Le, who hasn’t fought in UFC before now. “I’m honored to have this opportunity,” Le said. …
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USA Today

Spike TV to premiere ‘MMA Junkie Live’ news-magazine show in 2012
MMAjunkie.com
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Nov 16, 2011 at 12:15 pm ET Spike TV will debut its first-ever primetimemixed–martial–arts news magazine show, “MMA Junkie Live,” in January 2012, it was announced today by Jon Slusser, senior vice president, …
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Pro mixed martial arts action returns to Nashville Saturday, Nov. 19, with GFC 10
Pro MMA Now
Professional mixed martial arts (MMA) returns to Music City this Saturday night, Nov. 19, with another Gameness Fighting Championship event. “GFC 10″ will feature Strikeforce veteran Dustin West as he faces Johnathan Ivey in the main event. …
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Pro MMA Now

Sherdog.com MMA Blog: Wednesday, November 16
Sherdog.com (blog)
The HP Pavilion has a short but storied relationship with mixed martial arts, including the March 2006 debut of Strikeforce, which featured Frank Shamrock’s 21-second knockout against Cesar Gracie, and Fabricio Werdum’s shocking upset of Fedor …
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Official weigh-ins for Caged Apocalypse MMA event at Crowne Plaza Hotel in …
Pro MMA Now
The official weigh-in for Saturday, November 19′s “Caged Apocalypse” professionalmixed martial arts event presented by Donofrio MMA and Impact Fight League (in association with Palace Sports & Entertainment) at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn …
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Pro MMA Now

While UFC Only Teases, Boxing Cheats
Huffington Post
Of course, anybody with even an entry level grasp of mixed martial arts and, indeed, the heavyweights, could have told you that the meeting of Dos Santos and Velasquez was always likely to be short and sharp. Both hit like jackhammers, and are brutes …
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From Beijing podium to cage-fighting: Ronda (Rowdy) Rousey enjoys the journey
Winnipeg Free Press
Mixed martial arts is her sport of preference these days and the American steps into the cage Friday against Canadian Julia Budd in a Strikeforce event in Las Vegas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Charles Dharapak At 17, Ronda (Rowdy) Rousey was the youngest …
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Blogs

Brock Lesnar ‘Death Clutch’ – MMA Mania
By Jesse Holland
Brock Lesnar fans rejoice! His autobiography (co-written by Paul Heyman) is coming to paperback on June 6, 2012.
MMAmania.com

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.
Bloody Elbow

Spike TV to air “MMA Junkie Live” in ’12 : MMAPayout.com: The …
By Jason Cruz
Spike TV announced today that it will unveil a prime time mixed martial arts news magazine show in 2012: “MMA Junkie Live.” Spike TV will partner with the recently acquired MMA Junkie web site for this half hour show starting this January. …
MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA

Yo MMA Raps! | Fightlinker – UFC, Strikeforce, and Mixed Martial …
By fightlinker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9My_ciDzuwI never evolved musically past Spice Girls and Aqua so I don’t get this hip hopping thing the kids are all about nowadays. But this is still pretty cool: a rap battle where every single bar has to …
Fightlinker – UFC, Strikeforce,…