Mixed Martial Arts Links (12-2-11)

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Boxing’s Vic Darchinyan targets MMA
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY One of the best bantamweights in boxing wants to test his mettle inmixed martial arts. “I will do MMA,” Vic Darchinyan told Showtime days before Saturday’s title bout with Anselmo Moreno, the World Boxing Association’s …
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MMA Awards photos: Hometown heroes win amid glitz, brawn at Palms
Las Vegas Sun
Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson at the 2011 Fighters Only World Mixed Martial ArtsAwards red carpet at the Palms on Nov. 30, 2011. By Robin Leach (contact) It was a night in which the bravado and brawn of MMA male stars were overpowered by the knockout …
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Las Vegas Sun

MMA Expo Toronto Dec 3-4
Pro MMA Now
TORONTO – NOVEMBER 28, 2011 – MMA Expo returns to the GTA December 3-4 at the International Centre, Mississauga for its seventh year with what promises to be another high-energy event featuring martial arts tournaments, MMA exhibits and some of the …
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MTV’s ‘Caged’ focuses on amateur fighters
USA Today
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY An upcoming documentary series from MTV will follow a trio of aspiring fighters on mixed martial arts‘ amateur circuit. The first episode of Caged will Jan. 9 on MTV, the network said Thursday. The program revolves around …
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MMA fighter sentenced for assaulting wife in Minn.
Crookston Daily Times
By Anonymous Mixed martial arts fighter Brett Charles Rogers has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for assaulting his wife in their Minnesota home. Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom says the 30-year-old Rogers also was placed on three years …
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Cochranites mix it up in MMA training
Cochrane Times Post
Photo by Mark Prior – Caius Farquhar drills a fast cross punch while Barry McAllister holds the pads during a Muay Thai drill in MMA training at the Total Martial Arts Centre, Timmins, ON. Martial arts have been around for centuries. …
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Loretta Hunt: As The Ultimate Fighter ends run on Spike TV, a look back its …
SI.com
The Ultimate Fighter, with its befitting acronym, will forever mark a turning point for mixed martial arts worldwide. The reality TV show’s launch on Spike TV in January 2005 sparked an interest inMMA in the US, outside of the small but dedicated …
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History in the Making: Jason Miller travels across the Pacific and submit …
MMAmania.com
A perfect combination of showman and fighter, the former Strikeforce middleweight title challenger is a welcome and colorful change from the usual “I respect him, it’s going to be a good fight”-type blandness that is the norm in mixed martial arts …
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Civic pride: Writer says Nick Diaz should nab ‘Stocktonian of the Year’ award
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
The Stockton mixed martial arts fighter has none of those. What he has is talent and presence and – if he can keep (or get) that head of his on his shoulders – the potential to be a Stockton athletic rallying cry, ala Dallas Braden. …
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Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Beatdown II at the Dow Center in Saginaw this Friday
Examiner.com
This Friday, December 2, Donofrio MMA will return to the beautifully remodeled 5000-seat Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan, for Beatdown II another night of full-contact mixed martial arts. The 145-lbmain event will feature agile, …
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Blogs

MMA Origins: Exploring Fight Sport’s Ancient Roots – Bloody Elbow
By T.P. Grant
An article examining the history of combat sports to see how MMA has evolved from the days of ancient Greece.
Bloody Elbow

The Stag Party: The Current State of MMA in Asia – Gals Guide To …
By The Midge
MMA in Asia- it happens. I know that the blogosphere stateside enjoys a good ole fashioned Chicken Little stance on things, however, as much as the media fights it- Mixed Martial Arts in Asia is far from dead. In fact, Asian MMA is in a …
Gals Guide To MMA

Mixed Martial Arts fight between Feodor Emelianenko (R) and Jeff – RT
By RT
MMA legend, Fedor Emelianenko, says he is likely to get his chance for a rematch with Brazilian fighter Fabricio Werdum.
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Vic Darchinyan Seriously Considers Move to Mixed Martial Arts …
By Scott Christ
Vic Darchinyan might be nuts enough to give mixed martial arts a serious go at age 35. Bad Left Hook has more.
Bad Left Hook

Mixed martial arts (MMA) yoga. ~ Christine Schaefer | elephant journal
By Recovering Yogi
My biggest fear, however, was not being able to identify myself as a “yogi,” marked by logging insane hours at the studio and practicing the same 26 poses that no doubt melted my hips.
elephant journal

Web

MMA fighter sentenced in attack on wife | kare11.com
Mixed martial arts fighter accused of hitting, strangling wife. HASTINGS, Minn. – A mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter was sentenced to 60 days in jail for an attack …
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