Mixed Martial Arts Links (12-27-11)

Posted on | December 27, 2011 | No Comments

2012 World MMA Featherweight Scouting Report: #5 – Jim Alers
Bloody Elbow
South Florida’s Jim Alers (6-1) isn’t your typical mixed martial arts prospect. He has a plan, one that involves constant improvement both inside and outside of the cage. During the weekdays, the 24-year-old studies full-time at the University of …
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Monday MMA Remix – Unabridged FCFF Feature/Backstory
Statesman Journal (blog)
This was a monumental achievement in mixed martial arts, as well as Oregon history. Since 2002, the FCFF has been putting on some of the best shows in the country, and have only been gaining more momentum these past few years. …
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Martial arts studio helps fire victims
WAVY-TV
(WAVY) – A mixed martial arts studio in Chesapeake is working to help an instructor and his family after the family lost everything in a fire. The Dec. 26 fire was started by the family’s Christmas tree. Virginia Beach Chief Tim Riley said the family …
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Fryia eager to promote MMA to area women
Sault Star
By the sault star Men have dominated Mixed Martial Arts since the sport became very popular in North America in the past decade, and legal in Ontario at the beginning of 2011. But now the “fairer sex” is getting more involved in MMA, says Brent Fryia, …
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MMA’s Future: Why If Boxing Did “Die” It Would Actually Hurt MMA
Bleacher Report
That may not be the exact same thing as MMA, but it means that boxing is used to competition. Some fans hope it will happen. Others hope not, as they are a fan of both. But everyone who is a fan of mixed martial arts should care if boxing goes under, …
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Bleacher Report

Proponents of New York’s underground-MMA scene want regulation, too
MMAjunkie.com
by Steven Marrocco on Dec 26, 2011 at 2:15 pm ET New York’s MMA ban has done little to stop unsanctioned fighting in the Empire State. Young men still gather in secret to test their skills in the most visceral way possible. But that would change if the …
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MMAjunkie.com

Mixed martial arts: Marking a decade of top-notch fighting
Statesman Journal
That’s a decade of putting on some of the best mixed martial arts fights in the world, and they began before mixed martial arts was even a recognized term. One of the founders, as well as match-maker and recognizable announcer for the FCFF, …
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Mixed Martial Arts Training: Hook Punch
Pro MMA Now
Photo courtesy of Strikeforce/Showtime Continuing with our Mixed Martial Arts Training segments, we are going to focus on how to throw a hook. The videos below will show you the proper way to throw a hook as well as some exercises that will make the …
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Tim Sylvia meets Jerome Le Banner in pro wrestling match at ‘DREAM: New Year …
MMAjunkie.com
2011″ event, but there’s a catch: Sylvia and Le Banner won’t meet in an MMA contest but rather a professional wrestling bout. Headlined by a heavyweight matchup between Fedor Emelianenko and Satoshi Ishii, “DREAM: New Year! …
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Blogs

What is Being Done About Consussions in MMA? | MMAWeekly.com
By MMAWeekly.com Staff
But what about mixed martial artists? One of the big selling points of the sports’ proponents is that it is actually much safer than boxing. In mixed martial arts, a fighter gets knocked loopy, unable to defend himself, and the bout is over. In boxing …
MMAWeekly.com

Frank Mir: Alistair Overeem’s cardio is going to ‘suck … – MMA Mania
By Adam Guillen Jr.
Frank Mir gives his thoughts/prediction on the upcoming heavyweight fight between Alistair Overeem and Brock Lensar this Friday (December 30, 2011) ar UFC 141. Mir gives a first-hand account of just exactly what it feels like to be under the …
MMAmania.com

Web

Five things we asked Santa Clause to Bring MMA in 2012 | MMAValor
We caught up with the jolly one just days before the busy day to talk shop and of course who’s been naughty and nice. Try as we did, MMA Valor landed on the …
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