Mixed Martial Arts Links (1-29-12)

Posted on | January 29, 2012 | No Comments

MMA In The Unviersity City
West Virginia MetroNews
Morgantown’s first ever official Mixed Martial Arts event featured some of the top fighters representing West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and alumni of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. This included 6 preliminary bouts and 5 featured bouts that …
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Michael Bisping Giving UFC Fans the Bird Helps MMA
Bleacher Report
According to 5 th Round, immediately after Bisping greeted the booing fans at the weigh-ins with a pair of middle fingers, Alden Halpern, the CEO of clothing company MMA ELITE, took to Twitter to voice his disapproval by permanently banning Bisping …
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Bleacher Report

Boxing vs. MMA: “No Rage for the Cage”
FightSaga
Apologies are due to the overly sensitive MMA defenders…sort of. It’s a high fenced geometrical shape and it comes complete with a door. That is called a cage. Eight sides are more than four sides, but one sport does not trump the other.
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MMA fighting returns to county
St. Augustine Record
By From staff The most recent mixed martial arts amateur event concluded Saturday night at the St. Johns County Fairgrounds. Among the night’s winners was heavyweight Tim Russell, who defeated Zachary Alexander by split decision.
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Fight Path: MTV ‘Caged’ KO launched firefighter Quentin Henry’s pro-MMA career
MMAjunkie.com
He was on one of his many long, continuous shifts that break up his mixed–martial–arts training at the gym his father owns (and grew, in part, to help his son’s burgeoning career) and other odd jobs to support his young family. He gained some attention …
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Gambling and MMA still face hurdles in New York
Examiner.com
New York does not have Mixed Martial Arts and it is illegal to stage a Mixed Martial Artspromotion in the state. But the landscape may be changing soon according to Assemblyman Gary Pretlow with the retirement of Assemblyman Joel Miller during this …
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UFC on FOX 2 fight card: George Roop vs. Cub Swanson prediction, preview and …
MMAmania.com
The Jackson Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)-trained fighter, Swanson, hopes to put on a winning performance on FOX, as his first go around at UFC on Fox 1 against Ricardo Lamas was unsuccessful, losing via submission in the second round.
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UFC on FOX 2 fight card: Charles Oliveira vs Eric Wisely preview and breakdown
MMAmania.com
When he was signed by Zuffa in 2010, he boasted a pristine (12-0) professional mixed martial arts(MMA) record. He was garnering tons of hype and it was well deserved. But, everything started to fall apart on Dec. 11, 2010, when “Do Bronx” found …
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UFC on FOX 2 fight card: Joey Beltran vs Lavar Johnson prediction, preview and …
MMAmania.com
“Big” hopes to get a fresh start in the UFC, but “The Mexicutioner” will meet him at the door with a not so friendly reception into the world’s pre-eminent mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. Follow me after the jump for a complete breakdown of the …
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Blogs

MMA Today: Davis aims to prevent Evans title bout
By mpiper
Phil Davis and Rashad Evans joined four other mixed–martial–artists recently on a conference call promoting Saturday’s.
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FRRE: EVANS vs DAVIS FIGHT VIDEO – BISPING vs SONNEN …
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ONE FC Fighter Peter Davis, the Malaysian Model Turned Mixed …
Peter Davis was an obvious addition to the ONE Fighting Championship roster because not only is he one of the best fighters in Malaysia but he is also a …
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Ronda Rousey: GSP is bad for the sport – MMA News
(3:45 mark) I think it is about finishing your opponent. It’s about entertainment. It’s not the Olympics. It’s not about just coming home and bringing a medal, and …
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