Archive for the ‘Interview’ Category
Monday, November 5th, 2007
This Saturday is a huge night for combat sports enthusiasts. Not only will HBO PPV be televising the highly-anticipated Miguel Cotto vs. Shane Mosley bout but Showtime will also offer up a great Elite XC card for the MMA lover in all of us.
Elite XC is less than a year ...
Posted in Elite XC, Interview, MMA, Sam Caplan | 10 Comments »
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
What a year its been for IFL Middleweight fighter Benji Radach. After suffering a devastating jaw injury in a loss to Chris Leben in 2004, Radach disappeared from the world of MMA for almost three years. Then, just nine months ago, he reappeared in the International Fight League and proceeded ...
Posted in Benji Radach, IFL, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The IFL's Gideon Ray is no stranger to fighting on short notice. As a member of the UFC, he accepted to fight David Loiseau when Joe Riggs backed out just days prior to their fight and also fought Mike Swick on four days notice.
Fast forward to the present...Welterweight fighter Brad Blackburn pulls out ...
Posted in Gideon Ray, IFL, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter was, by far, my favorite of this particular season. Finally, we had two dynamic characters butting heads in the form of Jared Rollins and George Sotiropoulos. Throw in the fact that we got a glimpse of what Matt Hughes is like when he ...
Posted in Interview, Jared Rollins, MMA, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Last week, I apologized for this kind of lame title but it's actually starting to grow on me and since our "state of boxing" disucssion with Larz from No Mas garnered so much interest we reached out to Bryan Alvarez, editor of the acclaimed Figure Four Weekly newsletter and the ...
Posted in Bryan Alvarez, Figure Four Weekly, Interview, Wrestling | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
A look at HDNet's Inside MMA rankings shows the IFL's Benji Radach (16-3-0, 1 NC) slotted as the tenth best Middleweight in the world. No surprises there as 2007 has been very kind to the Washington state native. Radach has won all four of his IFL fights this year and ...
Posted in Brent Beauparlant, IFL, Interview, MMA | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Jay Larkin has been the President and COO of the International Fight League for only a month but he certainly is no rookie when it comes to the fight game. Larkin spent over 20 years at Showtime starting off as a junior publicist and ending as an executive producer. While ...
Posted in IFL, Interview, Jay Larkin, MMA | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Apologies for the lame title but that really is the best way to describe my conversation with Dave Larzelere aka Larz aka Large from No Mas. If you are a boxing enthusiast and haven't checked his site out you're truly missing out. For my money, he's the best boxing writer ...
Posted in Boxing, Interview, No Mas | 11 Comments »
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
What a year its been for Olympic Gold medalist Kurt Angle. First, he leaves World Wrestling Entertainment after a legendary seven-year run. WWE claimed they fired him for repeated drug suspensions; Angle claimed he pulled a fast one on Vince and tricked him into releasing him. Rumors then begin to ...
Posted in IFL, Interview, Kurt Angle, MMA, TNA, UFC, Wrestling | 8 Comments »