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Matsek, Perry, Schwab, Branch, Randall, Strayer on This Weeks Takedown Radio

Posted on | December 27, 2011 | No Comments

Fight Now USA Presents Takedown Wrestling from the Brute studios in Des Moines, Iowa at 1460 KXNO. Takedown Wrestling is brought to you by Kemin Agrifoods!
Happy New Years Wrestling Fans– The Midlands Classic takes place this week. Join us there or listen on TheMat.com!
This Saturday it’s Takedown Wrestling Radio. Join Scott Casber and Brad Johnson with the Takedown Wrestling Headline News this Saturday from 9 to 11 AM CST/ 10 AM to 12 Noon Eastern.  Our guests include:
9:01                    Mark Matsek- Head Coach of Augsburg
9:20                    Mark Perry- Assist. Head Coach Illinois
9:40                    Doug Schwab- Head Coach University of Northern Iowa
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10:01                  Mark Branch- Head Coach of the Wyoming Cowboys
10:20                  Greg Randall- Head Coach Boise State Broncos
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Xmas Joy For Stankovic & Arik In Serbia

Posted on | December 27, 2011 | No Comments

On Christmas eve in Belgrade, Serbia two new WBF Champions were crowned as local hero Nenad Stankovic took home the International Cruiserweight title and Uensal Arik from Germany lifted the International Super Middleweight title.

Stankovic beat Germanys Jonathan Pasi by third round technical knockout and won his tenth consecutive bout to improve his record to 14-12-1 (10), while Pasi dropped to 22-24-2 (8).

German International Champion Uensal Arik stopped veteran countryman Turgay Uzun in two rounds, and is now 8-1 (8) in the professional ranks. Uzun fell to 37-19-2 (24).

The show was promoted by Zoran Andjic, and is the last WBF event of 2011. Next up will be January 7 in Magdeburg, Germany where International Light Heavyweight champion Denis Simcic defends against Tomas Adamek from the Czech Republic.

The World Boxing Federation wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

www.worldboxingfederation.net

Lesnar vs Overeem Live This Friday, Plus Discounts At UFC Store

Posted on | December 27, 2011 | No Comments

Lesnar and Overeem Collide Live This Friday Night
It doesn’t get any bigger than this – UFC 141 live at 10pm ET / 7pm PT this Friday night on Pay-Per-View and UFC.TV! In Vegas for New Year’s? Tickets still available!

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Use promo code SAVE20 – exclusions apply. Visit ufcstore.com for details

UFC 141 Lesnar vs Overeem on Pay-Per-View – Fri. December 30 – Las Vegas, NV
Strikeforce: Rockhold vs Jardine on Showtime – Sat. January 7 – Las Vegas, NV

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 
mmavalor.com/…/five-things-we-asked-santa-clause-to-bring-…

Boxing Link (12-26-11)

Posted on | December 26, 2011 | No Comments

The holiday known throughout the world as “Boxing Day” left all the links we usually place here whittled down to one:

 

The state of boxing in 2012, Part 2
Yahoo! Sports
Sports Dec 25, 2:13 pm EST Boxing begins the new year with some ominous signs. Its top fighter, Floyd Mayweather Jr., will spend the first three months in a Las Vegas jail cell and will turn 35 while he’s incarcerated. Manny Pacquiao, the sport’s 
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Wrestling Links (12-26-11)

Posted on | December 26, 2011 | No Comments

Norton wrestling stands alone in the Tri-Valley League
Taunton Daily Gazette
Norton wrestler Brett Gallagher pins a Holliston wrestler during last week’s match at Holliston High School. By KEVIN R. LABOUNTY This is the type of season that the Norton High wrestling program has been building towards since its inception in 2005. 
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Wrestling up a Healthy Crash Diet
Patch.com
But last week, he started wrestling for his high school team. I’m not a big fan of contact sports and find wrestling brutal to watch. But the coach is a smart and sensible guy, and the kids on the team look out for each other in ways I haven’t seen in 
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Former GHS wrestlers set to cross paths at Big Ten dual
Gilroy Dispatch
by Josh Weaver Sports Editor Not long ago, Hunter Collins and Jesse Delgado were two pieces to the most successful Gilroy High wrestling season to date. Four years later, the pair of GHS graduates, each with decorated careers as Mustangs – including 
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Holland wrestler Jordan Reid puts on healthy weight with chocolate milk
HollandSentinel.com
By LEE LAMBERTS Nikolas Leal is a defending state champion with the Holland High wrestlingteam while Jordan Reid is a first-time member of that same varsity team. There’s also the contrast that Leal stands 5-7 and wrestles at 130 pounds; 
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Local wrestlers Begley and Chapman to get tryout with national company
Poughkeepsie Journal
Pro wrestlers and Arlington High School grads Vik Dalishus (Rob Begley, left) and Hale Collins (Dale Chapman), shown here as tag team partners, will receive a tryout with Impact Wrestling on Friday at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. 
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SPORTS: Wrestling teams showing star power
Peninsula Daily
By Brad LaBrie CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SAID that there was no star power in wrestling this year on the North Olympic Peninsula because there are no returning top-three state competitors. But conventional wisdom has been taken down and is close to being 
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Top wrestlers have date at Clash
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The week ahead, stuffed full of holiday basketball, hockey and wrestling tournaments, offers plenty of tasty matchups for the high school sports fan. Perhaps the week’s biggest tournament is The Clash Wrestling Duals on Friday and Saturday in Rochester 
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Pequannock Wrestling Team back to its usual winning ways after 51-12 victory 
NorthJersey.com
BY NICK TEODORO After falling to Seton Hall Prep in their season opening match the Pequannock Wrestling Team came focused and ready to get back on the winning track and they did by defeating Butler 51-12 on Wednesday, Dec. 21. 
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NorthJersey.com
Book tells history of Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament
Radio Iowa
“Reach for the Stars: The Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament” includes 620 pages of stories, facts and photos from the event’s 90 year history. Author Dan McCool says he conducted over 160 interviews for the book and one of highlights involves 
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Blogs
iOwnTheWorld.com » Blog Archive » Michelle’s Wrestling Name
By IOTW Reports
 Droppings · Videos · Store · 5 & Dime · Home » Home » Michelle’s Wrestling Name. » News. Michelle’s Wrestling Name · Home – by IOTW Reports – December 26, 2011 – 01:30 America/New_York – Be first to Comment! From November 2009 
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Why To enjoy Online Wrestling Games? – Logo
By cgm0ri3
The world of wrestling has become one of the most fascinating and popular entertainment games among people around the world. Surprisingly enough, the gaming industry too has introduced variouswrestling games that bring along fantastic 
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THE RETURN OF BJ FLORES PLUS CORY SPINKS – SECHEW POWELL ELIMINATION BOUT ON JANUARY 28TH IN SPRINGFIELD, MO

Posted on | December 26, 2011 | No Comments

BJ Flores

SPRINGFIELD, MO (DECEMBER 26, 2011)–Tom Morris and FM promotions is glad to team up with Danger boy events/BJ Flores and Don King Productions for two important fights on January 28th. This event will take place at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield Missouri and is starting to turn into a very entertaining night of fighting. Five professional boxing matches as well as two professional MMA matches will make this a can’t miss event for the people in Springfield, Missouri. #3 WBO world rated Cruiserweight BJ Flores will headline in the main event and Cory Spinks and Sechew Powell face off in an important IBF Jr. Middleweight eliminator fight. Flores is starting to put Springfield, Missouri on the map as far as boxing goes, and he is building an increasingly large fan base in the Springfield area. Flores sold out the last event at the O’Reily Events Center and looks to do the same thing again at the Shrine Mosque on January 28th.

Five- time world champion Cory “Next Generation” Spinks will take on former title challenger and #4 IBF World rated Sechew “Iron Horse” Powell in a pivotal fight for both fighters in their respective careers. The winner will face Cornelius Bundrage for the IBF world title on the next fight and Don King has ensured that this fight will in fact take place on the BJ Flores card on January 28th. Spinks is hoping to fight for his 6th world title with a win over the very talented Powell.

WBO #3 World rated and NABO and NABA US champion as well as WBC Continental Americas champion BJ Flores, is in heavy training for his North American championship fight on January 28th. Flores will also be fighting for the recently vacated NABF title that was given up by Nigerian World Rated Lateef Kayode in place of facing the Flores. This will be Flores third North American title fight in the last 6 months and is starting to turn some heads with the large crowds that have showed up for his July and October fights. The world rated Flores has kept a very active schedule and his recent signing with iconic promoter Don King has seem to put a bounce in his step.

Flores says, “It is an honor to have two fighters like Cory and Sechew fight on my card on January 28th in Springfield, Missouri. When I got the call from Don yesterday he told me it was a done deal. I have grown up fighting with both of these guys and have followed their careers and this is sure to be a great addition to the card and a very exciting fight for the people in Springfield, Missouri. The fans in Missouri are very energetic and I couldn’t think of a better place to stage this important elimination fight!” Flores goes on to say “I will be fighting for the third time in six months and I’m just doing what I love to do. We have offered this fight to top American contenders Andres Taylor 21-1, Aaron Williams 21-3, James Cermack 17-2, Jeremiah Graziano 15-0 and Ed Perry 18-4. We hope to have an opponent nailed down by the end of the week.”

When asked if Flores was disappointed in Lateef Kayode vacating the NABF title instead of facing him Flores said, “I understand boxing is a business. My attitude has changed. I want to fight often and the best opponents possible. After my loss to Danny Green I immediately wanted to fight a big name guy in the states. I wanted Kayode and he refused to fight me. I won the NABO interim title and instead of facing me he vacated the NABO title and I became full champion. When I moved into the #1 spot by the NABF and President Joe Dwyer informed Team Kayode that he had to face me next they said “we appreciate the opportunity but we will be vacating the title. So, I’m used to it. I’m just glad Mr. King has gotten behind this big event and is helping us promote and make it big!! Don is coming back and so am I!!”

One thing for sure is that the fans of Springfield, Missouri are in for a real treat on January 28th. The fight will be held at the historic Shrine Mosque and tix can be purchased at the Box office or on Metrotix. 1-800-293- 5949 for tickets.

Mixed Martial Arts Links (12-26-11)

Posted on | December 26, 2011 | No Comments

Mixed martial arts aficionado dies following training session
Chicago Sun-Times
BY TINA SFONDELES Staff Reporter/tsfondeles@suntimes.com December 25, 2011 6:28PM MMAfighter Salvador Flamenco. Flamenco, a Bucktown resident, died in Vancouver at the age of 38 as a result of injuries suffered in training. 
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The Best MMA Writing of 2011: Tony Loiseleur on the Shooto Tax Scandal
Bloody Elbow
by David Castillo on Dec 25, 2011 7:02 PM EST in MMA Editorial For neophytes, the world of Shooto is wholly unfamiliar. But for hardcore fans Shooto was, for a time, practically a religion. With a logo reminiscent of the old Mortal Kombat games, 
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How mixed martial arts conquered boxing and Hollywood
The National
Today’s boxers, however, have been overshadowed by a new heavyweight sport –mixed martial arts (MMA). A controversial fringe sport during the 1990s, it gained popularity in the new century, thanks largely to its most popular organisation, 
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The National
The Best MMA Writing of 2011: Ben Fowlkes on the Poignant Journey of Daniel 
Bloody Elbow
by David Castillo on Dec 25, 2011 6:03 PM EST in MMA Editorial As Kathryn Schulz weaves a seemingly mundane story about her tattoo into a lecture on the psychology of regret, she concludes with the single most important truth about regret itself 
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Talking Business: Martial arts studio moves into expanded location
Longview Daily News
Larson is opening East West MMA, a mixed martial arts studio, at 1228 14th Ave. in Longview next to his Academy of Kung Fu and in the building that housed a state-run liquor store for four decades. Larson said he invested $40000 to renovate the 
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Warrior stars say MMA is no more brutal than rugby
The National
We’re talking not boxing but mixed martial arts (MMA), a full-on contact sport that blends a host of traditional fighting techniques, from wrestling to ju-jitsu. Put that with two of the most exciting actors of their generation, British-born Tom Hardy 
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The National
MMA Link Club: Donald Cerrone, GSP, Nick Diaz, Wanderlei Silva and More
Bleacher Report
In MMA, unpredictability is a constant variable that truly makes it one of the most exciting sports out there. Sometimes, it’s not even the underdog, but rather the fighter that most thought had zero chance at all to win, let alone survive the fight. 
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Bleacher Report

 

Blogs
UFC 141 fight card: Nam Phan vs Jim Hettes preview  – MMA Mania
By Brian Hemminger
MMAmania’s Brian Hemminger breaks down Saturday night’s UFC 141 main card featherweight fight between Nam Phan and Jim Hettes. What does each talented 145-pounder need to do to score a victory? Find out inside.
MMAmania.com
 

 

Writer annoyed that Jon Jones got snubbed in AP voting, why 
By Steve Cofield
He penned a piece this week to express his anger that Jon Jones, the clear choice for king of theMMA world in 2011, got zero respect from those voting for the AP’s 2011 Male Athlete of the Year award. [Related: Cagewriter’s wish list: MMA 
Cagewriter – UFC – Yahoo! Sports

 

 

2011 The Year in MMA: The Death of the K-1 Grand Prix – Bloody 
By Fraser Coffeen
Our 2011 Year in MMA series looks at the big stories and how we will remember 2011. Today, a look at the death of K-1 and the absence of the 2011 K-1 World Grand Prix.
Bloody Elbow

 

 

The Best Of MMA Nation On The Round Up – MMA Nation
By Nate Wilcox
If you’re online on this slow holiday looking for MMA stories to read, search no more. Here’s a handy one stop guide to the best work of MMA Nation from 2011. Consider those hours killed. Our most…
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