Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-24-11)

Posted on | November 24, 2011 | No Comments

MMA notes: Sonnen to face Munoz
London Free Press
By DAVE HILSON, QMI Agency Brazil’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Anderson Silva celebrates after defeating Japan’s Yushin Okami during the UFC Rio, a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) competition in Rio de Janeiro August 27, 2011. …
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MMA NEWS: KSW 17 – REVENGE PREVIEW, 11/26/11 Written by Don (The Don of MMA …
Sports Chat Place
The Atlas Arena plays host to a big night of mixed martial arts action as KSW 17- Revenge is set to take place in Lodz, Poland. KSW is one of the top Eastern EuropeanMixed Martial Arts organizations and has featured some of the top fighters from all …
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Sports Chat Place

Tough love: MMA couple fights together, stays together
Yakima Herald-Republic
Bryan Caraway and Miesha Tate practice a series of moves during a training session at the Yakima Mixed Martial Arts gym in Yakima on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2011. (SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic) As teenagers, respectively, in Goldendale and Tacoma, …
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Yakima Herald-Republic

Half-Korean mixed martial artist proud of heritage
Yonhap News
24 (Yonhap) — Ben Henderson, a US mixed martial artist born to a Korean-American mother and an African-American father, speaks only little Korean. But that hasn’t stopped him from tattooing Korean characters onto his lithe, yet chiseled frame: his own …
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Up next for Hendo? Whatever time allows
ESPN (blog)
It’s taken him nearly 15 years and 40 fights, but Dan Henderson has finally reached a perfect place in mixed martial arts — one where he can do almost anything he wants. After watching him edge Mauricio Rua in their five-round masterpiece on Saturday …
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ESPN (blog)

Vila hopes to cap age-defying run at Bellator 59
USA Today
A few years later Vila was training other athletes in Michigan, including future UFC champion Rashad Evans, who convinced Vila to try mixed martial arts. That plan was delayed by a prison stint stemming from a 2004 case after the car he was driving …
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USA Today

Jabbawockeez added to World MMA Awards lineup; voting closes Friday
MMAjunkie.com
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Nov 23, 2011 at 8:30 am ET With Chael Sonnen handling hosting duties, it’s probably fitting that Anderson Silva’s favorite prop providers will open the 2011 World MMA Awards. “Fighters Only,” which organizes the awards, …
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MMAjunkie.com

Bellator Plans to Broadcast MMA Reality Series in 2013
Bleacher Report
After seven successful years televising the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Spike TV will continue as a mixed martial arts staple, as it will begin broadcasting fights with the tournament-format promotion, Bellator Fighting Championship. …
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Bleacher Report

Overeem: Vegas state of mind
Yahoo! Sports
Sports 12 hours, 27 minutes ago Every major mixed martial arts fighter is here in Las Vegas or at least trains in Vegas some of the time. But I’m always either the first one or the last one on the boat, and now I have committed myself 100 percent to …
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Yahoo! Sports

Poll results: How many UFC events did you watch in the past four weeks?
MMAjunkie.com
But in this modern age of mixed martial arts, when some MMA pundits claim “over-saturation” of the sport, how many of the UFC’s four events did you actually watch? In our latest MMAjunkie.com/”Inside MMA” poll, we asked readers to share their viewing…
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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 twitterworld. This week features M-1 Global asking for Cain Velasquez vs. Fedor Emelianenko, Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva 2, and …
Bloody Elbow

TUF 14 Finale: ‘Mayhem’ Miller promises to finish what … – MMA Mania
By Jesse Holland
Jason Miller believes Michael Bisping will fight scared at the TUF 14 Finale and vows to finish him in the first round.
MMAmania.com