Archive for the ‘Interview’ Category
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Several weeks ago we presented our Jarry Park MMA Awards. Those proved to be such a success we then decided to roll out our Jarry Park Boxing Awards. So, it only made sense to end the year off with our Jarry Park Wrestling Award show. To help hand out the ...
Posted in Awards, Interview, John Pollock, Wrestling | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Let us review how rough last weekend was for one Tristan Yunker:
* He does an interview with JarryPark.com and finds out that his opponent at HDNet Fights Reckless Abandon, Pete Spratt, thinks he's talking smack about him when he claims he never was.
* He fails to make weight for his ...
Posted in HDNet Fights, Interview, MMA, Tristan Yunker | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Most wrestling fans will look at the title of this post and think this will be about TNA. Sorry to disappoint but as much as we love some of the personalities in TNA wrestling we would never think of bestowing them with such a compliment. 'WWE light' seems more a ...
Posted in Interview, Ring of Honor, Wrestling | 3 Comments »
Monday, December 24th, 2007
Almost one year ago, UFC Heavyweight fighter, Jake O'Brien, was on top of the MMA world. He had just defeated veteran Heath Herring in Herring's UFC debut at Ultimate Fight Night 8 on Spike TV. Most, if not all, believed Herring would make quick work of the Indianapolis native but ...
Posted in Interview, Jake O'Brien, MMA, UFC | 5 Comments »
Friday, December 21st, 2007
It's official! Jamie Varner (right) will challenge "Razor" Rob McCullough for the WEC Lightweight title at the promotion's next event February 13, 2008. The 23-year-old fighter told The Park he signed his contract for the bout yesterday.
We certainly found it a little weird that the WEC organization didn't mention who ...
Posted in Interview, Jamie Varner, MMA, WEC | 2 Comments »
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Last month, Ali Sonoma (left) announced her departure from the UFC as one of their Octagon Girls. This news saddened many MMA fans so, in the interest of putting a smile on all their little faces, I present The Park's exclusive interview with one Ali Sonoma:
Ariel Helwani: Why did you ...
Posted in Ali Sonoma, Interview, MMA, UFC | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
What do you mean you missed my two appearances on Fight Network Radio yesterday? Oh, you were working. My bad.
No hard feelings, though. Below you can find the audio of it. At the beginning of the show, host Mauro Ranallo, Loretta Hunt and I discussed HDNet Fights: Reckless Abandon (seriously ...
Posted in Interview, The Fight Network | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
I didn't hear any noise from Mark Cuban following this weekend's HDNet Fights event and was very curious as to what he thought about the second show and the future of the promotion. So, I decided to email the man himself. His thoughts are below.
Ariel Helwani: After the first HDNet ...
Posted in HDNet Fights, Interview, Mark Cuban, MMA | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
I caught up with HDNet Fights President, Guy Mezger, to get his thoughts on the Reckless Abandandon show. As most of you know by now, The Park was live and inside the AAC and fairly enjoyed the show but we needed to get the final review from El Presidente himself.
Some ...
Posted in Guy Mezger, HDNet Fights, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 17th, 2007
You remember Mike Sanders, right? Former WCW Commissioner? Leader of The Natural Born Thrillers? Little guy who was great on the mic? Of course you do.
In the dying days of WCW, Sanders was one of the company's bright spots: A homegrown talent being groomed as the leader of WCW's new ...
Posted in Interview, Mike Sanders, Wrestling | 3 Comments »