Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-30-11)

Posted on | November 30, 2011 | No Comments

Kaufman or Rousey a matter of sports and business
USA Today
If Strikeforce doles out championship opportunities strictly on accomplishments inmixed martial arts, the choice is easy. Sarah Kaufman has more fights (15) and more victories (14) than all but one Strikeforce fighter in her division. …
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USA Today

Mixed state message on MMA
Evening Observer
In 1997, New York banned mixed martial arts. MMA involves combat that combines a range of more specific combat sports, dominant among them wrestling, boxing, Brazilian jujitsu, and karate. New York is in the minority here. Currently, 45 of 48 of states …
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Impact MMA Brings Pro MMA to the East Bay
Opposing Views
The East Bay is a hot bed for Mixed Martial Arts, home to several top gyms and many current and former champions. Names like Cain Velasquez, Nick Diaz and Gilbert Melendez all train in the greater East Bay and have all fought on the world’s biggest …
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Opposing Views

Mailbag: Best of Spike-era ‘TUF’
Yahoo! Sports
The sport of mixed martial arts grew up on Spike. The UFC has outgrown Spike and will move next year to the Fox networks, providing it with more in-depth coverage and a wider audience than Spike ever could. The bout between Jared Rollins (airborne) and …
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Yahoo! Sports

ASK THE TORCH: Amadi answers reader questions on the 10-point must system in …
MMATorch
As far as I’m concerned, everything needed to properly judge rounds in a mixed martial arts contest is present in the Unified Rules. * A round is to be scored as a 10-8 round when a contestant overwhelmingly dominates by striking or grappling in a …
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MMATorch

‘I had a lot of problems’ — Mixed martial arts helps troubled Hartland grad
Livingston Daily
Tyrone Township resident Cody Cunningham turned to mixed martial arts to help get his life back in order. PHOTO BY BRIAN BEAUPIED/DAILY PRESS & ARGUS / Tyrone Township resident Cody Cunningham turned to By Brian Beaupied 2011 Hartland graduate Cody …
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Source: UFC welterweight bout set
ESPN
He was slated to face former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes in September, but a hand injury forced him to withdraw from the bout. Franklin McNeil covers mixed martial arts for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Franklin_McNeil.
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Blogs

BJ Penn: Manny Pacquiao is my kind of fighter … I’m a … – MMA Mania
By Jesse Holland
Count former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn among the legions of fight fans who are down with boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.
MMAmania.com

Fighter’s Only 2011 MMA Awards: Chael Sonnen, Shawn Tompkins …
By Jason Kelly
Fighter’s Only 2011 MMA Awards: Chael Sonnen, Shawn Tompkins, 2012 and beyond.mmadiehards.com.
MMA DIEHARDS

Bad Boy Presents Bloody Elbow Radio – Episode 103: Rich Attonito …
By Matt Bishop
Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be live to discuss all the latest in MMA. We’ll be joined by UFC welterweight Rich Attonito.
Bloody Elbow

Web

UWF 1 Results – War Machine Bests Roger Huerta for First Win …
PHARR, TX, November 27, 2011 –It was night of exciting MMA action down in the Rio Grande Valley as Ultimate Warrior Fighting(UWF) hosted their premier …
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Impact MMA Brings Pro MMA to the East Bay | MMAValor
The East Bay is a hot bed for Mixed Martial Arts, home to several top gyms and many current and former champions. Names like Cain Velasquez, Nick Diaz and …
mmavalor.com/…/impact-fights-brings-pro-mma-to-the-east-b…