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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Anthony "Rumble" Johnson is responsible for one of the best knockouts of 2007. His disposal of Chad Reiner in just 13 seconds at Ultimate Fight Night 10 in June was as solid a UFC debut a fighter can hope for. At UFC 76, it appeared as though the 23-year-old Johnson ...
Posted in Anthony Johnson, Interview, MMA, UFC | 9 Comments »
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
MMA legend Frank Shamrock granted The Park his first interview since the announcement that he will be facing Cung Le on March 29th in a Strikeforce/Elite XC copromotion. Among the topics touched on were:
* Why he chose to fight Le after once saying he had no interest in fighting ...
Posted in Elite XC, Frank Shamrock, Interview, MMA, Strikeforce | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
The Park goes a little country today as we welcome TUF 6 finalist, Tommy Speer, for a talk on all things, well, Tommy Speer. Topics discussed included:
* His upcoming fight against Anthony Johnson at Ultimate Fight Night 13 on April 2, 2008 in Denver, CO
* His thoughts on Johnson
* How ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Tommy Speer, UFC | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Check out my latest Fight Network column about Justin McCully here.
UFC Heavyweight contender Justin McCully stopped by The Park today to discuss a whole host of MMA/wrestling topics. Some of the issues we talked about included:
* How he missed a chance to fight Cheick Kongo
* Why he deserves ...
Posted in Interview, Justin McCully, MMA, UFC, Wrestling, WWE | 6 Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2008
It's time for another edition of "The Angle Diaries" starring, you guessed it, TNA Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle. This week we cover:
* TNA's New Japan Tokyo Dome show
* His bout against Yuji Nagata
* More on his relationship, or lack thereof, with the IFL
* His thoughts on Ken Shamrock
* Why ...
Posted in Interview, Kurt Angle, MMA, Wrestling | 10 Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) faces Felix "Tito" Trinidad (42-2, 35 KOs) next Saturday at Madison Square Garden (true).
The boxing world is buzzing over this showdown between two legends of the ring (not really).
Fans are willing to pay $5,000 to seat ringside for this bout (I would love to ...
Posted in Boxing, Press Conference, Roy Jones Jr. | No Comments »
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Another week, another visit by our Sweet Scientist, Large of No Mas Online AND now The Sporting News Blog (congrats on the new gig my man). Some of the topics we discuss include:
* The controversy (at least in my eyes) that was Ngoudjo-Malignaggi
* The untimely death of South Korean boxer ...
Posted in Boxing, Herman Ngoudjo, Interview, No Mas | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 11th, 2008
On my last Fight Network Radio appearance, I mentioned that I was anxiously looking forward to Travis Lutter's return to the Octagon. Sure, he messed up by failing to make weight before his title bout against Anderson Silva at UFC 67 but that just makes me want to see him ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Travis Lutter, UFC | No Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Prior to World War II, Jewish boxers were the norm. Believe it or not, some of the sport's brightest stars were Jews. Fighters like Abe Attell, Reuven Goldstein and Maxie Rosenbloom were as good as any and while they did share the same religion, back then, they were known as ...
Posted in Boxing, Dmitriy Salita, Interview | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
For the last hour or so, I've tried to find the history of the ring card girl but to no avail. For most of us (except maybe my 90-year-old great uncle who checks out the site from time-to-time), ring card girls have been a part of the combat sports world ...
Posted in Arianny Celeste, Interview, MMA, UFC | 6 Comments »
