Mixed Martial Arts Links (1-4-12)

Posted on | January 4, 2012 | No Comments

Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Taken to Court
Courthouse News Service
By DAVID LEE DALLAS (CN) – Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer Alistair Overeem will have to wait to collect his $385000 fight purse from last Friday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view contest in Las Vegas. Overeem’s former fight team…
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Courthouse News Service

Brock Lesnar one of few MMA athletes to be recognized by non-MMA diehards
SI.com
Mixed martial arts in the local paper? This is a sport that, despite its runaway growth over the past decade, still has a difficult time getting even a nod of acknowledgment from the old-school editors who run big metropolitan dailies, …
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‘King Mo’ Lawal: ‘Strikeforce went through chemotherapy’
USA TODAY
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY Mixed martial arts‘ self-styled monarch likely will get a chance to reclaim his Strikeforce throne with a victory this weekend. “Absolutely,” Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says of a title fight for 205-pounder Muhammed “King Mo”…
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USA TODAY

GUEST EDITORIAL: The MMA Stock Exchange – A Look at the Rising and Falling in…
MMATorch
He may in the future prove himself to be the best pound for pound fighter in the world ofmixed martial arts. Next: Dan Henderson. The exact opposite of Jones, a body fitted perfectly for light heavyweight, and going strong at 41 years old. …
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MMATorch

MMA Regulation: What Needs to Happen to Get the Sport Legalized in New York
Bleacher Report
It is 2012 and yet it is still impossible to see live mixed martial arts in Madison Square Garden. There seems to be some kind of oddity in that. For a long time, MMAhas faced opposition from New York about the legalization of the sport. …
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Bleacher Report

Yahoo! Contributor Network
Yahoo! Sports
champion Miesha Tate, a 14-fight MMA veteran, is ready to make her first title defense since defeating Marloes Coenen via arm-triangle choke on July 30, 2011, but her opponent has yet to be announced. The 25-year-old champ will likely be matched up …
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10 Biggest Influences on Modern MMA
Bleacher Report
However, this doesn’t mean that more recent developments don’t impact modernMMA—they do. But were some of these modern events as important as the older ones? Which developments in MMA history are most responsible for bringing us the product we have …
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Bleacher Report

Mailbag: Hettes is a featherweight fighter to watch
Yahoo! Sports
Hettes’ win showcased what is great about mixed martial arts, as he used just about every technique imaginable. Jim Hettes weighs in for his UFC 141 bout. He had several good judo throws, incorporated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, ground-and-pound, …
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Yahoo! Sports

Gina Carano talks Haywire movie and potential return to MMA (Video)
MMAmania.com
Carano is still passionate about mixed martial arts (MMA) but she does have plenty of opportunities in film. Her plan? “I’d really just like to get on the other side of it,” she said. As for a return to MMA?
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Sports Predictions for 2012: A Fan’s View
Yahoo! Sports
This year in the UFC we saw one of the best heavyweights in mixed martial arts lose to another great heavyweight in Junior Dos Santos. The fight made its debut on Fox Network for the first timely and ended abruptly in just 60 seconds. …
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Blogs

Programming reminder: The ‘Best of PRIDE’ returns … – MMA Mania
By Jesse Holland
Relive the glory days of PRIDE FC — or just stare at Kenda Perez — tonight at 7pm ET on FUEL TV.
MMAmania.com

UFC’s Efforts to Develop Chinese MMA Is a Good Start, But it Won’t …
By Anton Tabuena
UFC sending a few Chinese fighters to train with world class trainers in Vegas is a good start to developing talent in China, but is far from being enough.
Bloody Elbow