Mixed Martial Arts Links (12-31-11)

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Brock Lesnar retires from MMA after 1st-round loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141
Washington Post
LAS VEGAS — Brock Lesnar retired from mixed martial arts after Alistair Overeem stopped him with one vicious kick to the body at 2:26 of the first round in their heavyweight bout at UFC 141 on Friday night. Lesnar is the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view …
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Johny Hendricks Knocks Out Jon Fitch: Fan’s Reaction
Yahoo! Sports
Hopefully, he can capitalize on the victory and move on to bigger and better things in his mixed martial arts career. Derek Ciapala has been following MMA since the days when Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought in the octagon. …
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12 MMA Fighters You Would NOT Want to Date Your Sister
Bleacher Report
The mixed martial arts world is filled with noble fighters who have become great ambassadors for the sport. Guys like Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell and Matt Hughes have left behind legacies while leaving behind a relatively squeaky clean demeanor. …
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Bleacher Report

Locals try hand at Mixed Martial Arts
News Chief
Students, from left, Antonio Cornish, Ryan Rivers, John Burns and Keiton Jones watch a demonstration during a mixed martial arts class at Central Florida MMA & Fitness in Winter Haven. Tuesday December 06, 2011. By BILL KEMP Editor’s note: This is Part …
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2012 World MMA Lightweight Scouting Report – #9 – Jordan Rinaldi
Bloody Elbow
The Carolinas aren’t known for producing top-tier mixed martial arts talent at a blistering pace. Over the years, fighters such as UFC veteran Rodney Wallace, Strikeforce veteran Tim Kennedy, and women’s 135 lb. fighter Tara Larosa have emerged from …
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Emelianenko enters Ishii New Year brawl as favorite
RT
Being considered the Baddest Man on the Planet for a decade and then falling from the throne ofmixed martial arts, Fedor Emelianenko has been through it all. His career was at its peak in 2003 when he won the heavyweight title he would never lose in …
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More A-Rod/Torrie Media, DDP/MMA, JCW This Sat, Upcoming CHIKARA Events
Wrestling Inc.
Crossfire Media Group announced that it will represent Diamond Dallas Page’s workout brand, DDPYoga, in the mixed martial arts world. CMG will provide public and media relations services for DDPYoga in order to expand its exposure into the MMA world. …
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Wrestling Inc.

UFC 141 Fight Card: Efrain Escudero looks for a triumphant return to UFC …
MMAmania.com
2010 when the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion cut him after failing (badly) to make weight, then losing to Charles Oliveira via a third-round rear-naked choke at UFC Fight Night 22 in Austin, Texas. Since that point, Escudero has gone 5-1 for other …
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UFC 141 Fight Card: Ross Pearson makes featherweight debut against Junior Assuncao
MMAmania.com
Often times, a fighter will dip down as a last ditch effort to resurrect/refresh a struggling mixed martial arts (MMA) career that never really got off the ground. That is not the case, however, for Sunderland, England’s own Ross Pearson. …
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Ryan Gosling jets out with Eva Mendes wearing same T-shirt he worked out in …
Daily Mail
By Jade Watkins Over the last few days he has been spotted two days in a row going to his Mixed Martial Arts class and then getting changed in his car. But the 31-year-old actor may have taken his regime a little too far today, by wearing the same …
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Daily Mail

Blogs

Ryan Gosling Makes A HAWT Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
This week, Ryan was spotted making his way out of a Mixed Martial Arts studio here in LA in various states of sweaty undress and, naturally, he’s been photographed in the process. Now, it’s unclear if Ryan is merely MMA training for fun or if …
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Jon Fitch Doesn’t Think MMA Should Be ‘Dumbed Down’ To Make …
Jon Fitch has taken a ton of heat over the years for his fighting style and inability to finish fights. Rather than take it as constructive criticism though,
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Barefoot Ryan Gosling: MMA Class in Hollywood! | Ryan Gosling …
A barefoot Ryan Gosling walks out of a mixed martial arts (MMA) class on … Afterward, the 31-year-old Canadian actor went to an MMA store to buy some new …
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