Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-27-11)
UFC Plans to Shatter Attendance Records with 100000-Plus Next Year in Brazil Yahoo! Sports With the UFC’s return to Brazil in full swing for this weekend’s UFC 134 event in Rio de Janeiro, plans are already in the works for a show that will shatter all previous mixed martial arts attendance records worldwide. “We did a 14000-seat […]
FEATHERWEIGHT FIGHTER FELIPE ARANTES IS PREPARED TO REALIZE HIS DREAM AT UFC® 134
Team Palooka sponsoring competitor for Facebook bout Every fighter growing has one goal in their sporting life: to make it to the UFC®. Regardless of whom they fight and where, that is the dream that drives them. Brazilian featherweight Felipe “Sarantejo” Arantes (13-3-0-2) is no different. And at UFC® 134 this weekend, not only […]
Kendall Grove Looks to Avenge Himself Against Joe Riggs
Every fighter loses fights. It’s inevitable. In fact, most combat sports veterans will tell you losses are necessary to develop because you learn more from your defeats than from your wins. At this weekend’s Pro Elite event, which will be streamed live on Sherdog.com, two longtime veterans looking to rebound and rebuild their careers will […]
2nd-Generation Hawaiian Fighter Raquel Pa’aluhi Keeping it in the Family
As mixed martial arts gets closer and closer to its twentieth year of existence as an official sport, fans are starting to see second-generation competitors pop up on local and national fight cards. Hawaii is no different in that regard. The Pa’aluhi name is well-known and well-respected throughout the Islands, as the patriarch of the […]
Boxing Links (8-22-11)
Q&A: The return (again) of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Los Angeles Times And when Mayweather steps into the boxing ring Sept. 17 against WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, he will have gone 16 months since his last fight, a lopsided win over Shane Mosley. This downtime could take a deeper toll because Mayweather, 34, … See all stories on […]
The Delgado Sisters are Oklahoma City University wrestlers who detained a driver after a car accident in Oklahoma City
Wrestling Sisters Brittany and Brienna chased down a suspected hit-and-run driver last Saturday and used wrestling to hold him until police arrived. Brittany Delgado and her sister are very proficient wrestlers who know about tackling, they also played football in high school. Brittany told us that they performed several moves with the goal to stop your opponent. Brittany […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-18-11)
MMA notes: UFC headed to Fox OCRegister ***Irvine’s Giva Santana, who is one of the most prolific submission specialists in MMA, signed with Bellator Fighting Championships, the fast-rising organization announced on Tuesday. Santana, a third degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a … See all stories on this topic » […]
Boxing Links (8-17-11)
British kick-boxing champion dies in Sydney fight Telegraph.co.uk A British Thai kick-boxing champion has died during a fight in Sydney, prompting calls for tighter regulation of the sport. By Bonnie Malkin, Sydney Mark Fowler, 35, collapsed in front of spectators after fighting five rounds on Saturday night and … See all stories on this topic » […]
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