Monday, May 28, 2007
NO HOLDS BARRED: John Perretti on Rampage-Liddell 2, and UFC and Extreme Fighting, Old and New
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman once again speaks with a true pioneer and legend in mixed martial arts, and an old friend: John Perretti.
We discuss this past Saturday's TKO victory by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in his rematch with Chuck Liddell at UFC 71; John's role in the development of the basic structure of MMA in introducing rounds and weight classes and helping design the gloves used in the sport; some lessons from the early days of Extreme Fighting and UFC; his views on technique and conditioning in MMA today; and a hint of what his immediate plans are.
For those new to the sport, John Perretti was one of the founders and the matchmaker of Battlecade Extreme Fighting, which ran from 1995 to 1997, and put on some classic shows. After that, he became the matchmaker for the UFC until January 2001.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player. (Please note that if one of these sites has a technical problem, please use another one.) You can also listen to it through this blog and my MySpace page, also by pressing the play button on the player. (And if the player does not display the latest episode, please go directly here or here or here.)
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S. and to check your local listings for dates and times. You can also catch the IFL's newest show, "IFL Battleground", every Monday night on MyNetworkTV. An encore presentation will run each Saturday night. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule.
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Labels: boxing, Chuck Liddell, Eddie Goldman, Extreme Fighting, Ian Carpenter, John Perretti, mixed martial arts, MMA, No Holds Barred, pay-per-view, Quinton Jackson, Rampage, UFC, UFC 71, wrestling
Sunday, May 27, 2007
SecondsOut Radio: Paulie Malignaggi, Shannon Briggs-Sultan Ibragimov Preview
On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman begins by previewing the fight between the colorful and controversial WBO heavyweight champ, Brooklyn's Shannon Briggs (48-4-1, 42 KOs), and Russia's Sultan Ibragimov (20-0-1, 17 KOs), a 2000 Olympic silver medalist. This title bout will take place Saturday, June 2, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and be shown on pay-per-view TV.
We next speak with another colorful Brooklyn fighter, Paulie Malignaggi (22-1, 5 KOs). He will be fighting the IBF junior welterweight champ Lovemore N'dou (45-8-1, 30 KOs) in a title fight Saturday, June 16, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and on HBO in the U.S. We spoke with Paulie by phone about what to expect in this fight, what he learned from his sole loss last year to Miguel Cotto, and whom he would like to fight after N'dou.
It is free to listen to SecondsOut Radio, but you must register to gain access to it. Just click here, and listen, learn, and enjoy.
Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Paulie Malignaggi, SecondsOut, SecondsOut Radio, Shannon Briggs, Sultan Ibragimov
Friday, May 25, 2007
Eddie Goldman and Aaron Braunstein On "Joey Reynolds Show"
The segment featuring myself, radio and boxing personality Aaron Braunstein, and Chuck de Caro on the May 25, 2007, edition of the nationally-syndicated "Joey Reynolds Show" can be heard here.
In a wide-ranging and sometimes wild discussion, we talked about boxing, mixed martial arts, media, technology, Paris Hilton, the Tel Aviv Hilton, Gretchen Wilson, and more. (Audio used with permission from the show.)
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is heard on over 80 radio stations. This talk show airs live beginning at midnight and runs to 5 AM ET, on WOR 710 AM in New York.
You can also listen to the "Joey Reynolds Show" online. For more information on the show's webcast, go to http://www.wor710.com/.
For more information on the "Joey Reynolds Show," go to http://wor710.com/pages/46370.php?contentType=4&contentId=157588.
For more information on Myra Chanin, who works with the show, and also about Joey and the show, go to http://motherwonderful.com/.
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In a wide-ranging and sometimes wild discussion, we talked about boxing, mixed martial arts, media, technology, Paris Hilton, the Tel Aviv Hilton, Gretchen Wilson, and more. (Audio used with permission from the show.)
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is heard on over 80 radio stations. This talk show airs live beginning at midnight and runs to 5 AM ET, on WOR 710 AM in New York.
You can also listen to the "Joey Reynolds Show" online. For more information on the show's webcast, go to http://www.wor710.com/.
For more information on the "Joey Reynolds Show," go to http://wor710.com/pages/46370.php?contentType=4&contentId=157588.
For more information on Myra Chanin, who works with the show, and also about Joey and the show, go to http://motherwonderful.com/.
Labels: Aaron Braunstein, boxing, Eddie Goldman, Joey Reynolds, mixed martial arts
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Eddie Goldman and Aaron Braunstein On "Joey Reynolds Show" Thursday Night/Friday Morning
There will be another fun-filled discussion of boxing (and possibly mixed martial arts) on the nationally-syndicated "Joey Reynolds Show" Thursday night/Friday morning, May 24/25.
The guests will be radio personality Aaron Braunstein and myself.
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is heard on over 80 radio stations. This talk show airs live beginning at midnight and runs to 5 AM ET, on WOR 710 AM in New York. We are presently scheduled to come on towards the end of the show.
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is heard on over 80 radio stations. This talk show airs live beginning at midnight EDT and runs to 5 AM EDT, on WOR 710 AM in New York. We are presently scheduled to come on towards the end of the show.
You can also listen to the "Joey Reynolds Show" online. For more information on the show's webcast, go to http://www.wor710.com/.
For more information on the "Joey Reynolds Show," go to http://wor710.com/pages/46370.php?contentType=4&contentId=157588.
For more information on Myra Chanin, who works with the show, and also about Joey and the show, go to http://motherwonderful.com/.
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The guests will be radio personality Aaron Braunstein and myself.
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is heard on over 80 radio stations. This talk show airs live beginning at midnight and runs to 5 AM ET, on WOR 710 AM in New York. We are presently scheduled to come on towards the end of the show.
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is heard on over 80 radio stations. This talk show airs live beginning at midnight EDT and runs to 5 AM EDT, on WOR 710 AM in New York. We are presently scheduled to come on towards the end of the show.
You can also listen to the "Joey Reynolds Show" online. For more information on the show's webcast, go to http://www.wor710.com/.
For more information on the "Joey Reynolds Show," go to http://wor710.com/pages/46370.php?contentType=4&contentId=157588.
For more information on Myra Chanin, who works with the show, and also about Joey and the show, go to http://motherwonderful.com/.
Labels: Aaron Braunstein, boxing, Eddie Goldman, Joey Reynolds, mixed martial arts
NO HOLDS BARRED: Mark Taffet, Jacqui Snow and Pay-Per-View (Remix)
This entire show is the same as the one released yesterday, but thanks go to Marc Snow for cleaning up some of the audio problems with our interview with Jacqui Snow. Here is the info again, with a new link on Podomatic:
NO HOLDS BARRED: Is the Pay-Per-View TV Business Model Dead? Mark Taffet and Jacqui Snow
NO HOLDS BARRED on PodOmatic
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman discusses the future of the most important business model and source of revenue currently used in combat sports like boxing and mixed martial arts: pay-per-view television.
Some might question whether this business model is in any real danger at present. UFC toppled the all-time annual pay-per-view TV revenue record by reportedly bringing in more than $200 million in 2006, while the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight, held May 5, 2007, shattered all records for a single pay-per-view TV event in the U.S. by getting 2.15 million buys and $120 million in revenue.
We first speak about pay-per-view with Mark Taffet, senior vice president of sports operations and pay-per-view for HBO Sports, which distributed De La Hoya-Mayweather. We also got his comment on a possible HBO-UFC deal.
We next have a lengthy discussion with a critic of pay-per-view TV, boxing writer Jacqui Snow. She has her own web site and also serves as the moderator of the MySpace boxing group. She discusses the numerous problems with this model, including the growth of numerous web sites which stream these pay-per-views for free. Such sites, several of which she names, may be doing so in violation of copyright restrictions. However, similar to how the original Napster changed how music was distributed, these sites may also force a radical change in the business model of the combat sports.
She has written, "once the genie's out of the bottle, there's no forcing it back," and explains that point in depth. We also discuss how the Internet is actually saving boxing.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player. (Please note that if one of these sites has a technical problem, please use another one.) You can also listen to it through this blog and my MySpace page, also by pressing the play button on the player. (And if the player does not display the latest episode, please go directly here or here or here.)
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S. and to check your local listings for dates and times. You can also catch the IFL's newest show, "IFL Battleground", every Monday night on MyNetworkTV. An encore presentation will run each Saturday night. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule.
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
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NO HOLDS BARRED: Is the Pay-Per-View TV Business Model Dead? Mark Taffet and Jacqui Snow
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman discusses the future of the most important business model and source of revenue currently used in combat sports like boxing and mixed martial arts: pay-per-view television.
Some might question whether this business model is in any real danger at present. UFC toppled the all-time annual pay-per-view TV revenue record by reportedly bringing in more than $200 million in 2006, while the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight, held May 5, 2007, shattered all records for a single pay-per-view TV event in the U.S. by getting 2.15 million buys and $120 million in revenue.
We first speak about pay-per-view with Mark Taffet, senior vice president of sports operations and pay-per-view for HBO Sports, which distributed De La Hoya-Mayweather. We also got his comment on a possible HBO-UFC deal.
We next have a lengthy discussion with a critic of pay-per-view TV, boxing writer Jacqui Snow. She has her own web site and also serves as the moderator of the MySpace boxing group. She discusses the numerous problems with this model, including the growth of numerous web sites which stream these pay-per-views for free. Such sites, several of which she names, may be doing so in violation of copyright restrictions. However, similar to how the original Napster changed how music was distributed, these sites may also force a radical change in the business model of the combat sports.
She has written, "once the genie's out of the bottle, there's no forcing it back," and explains that point in depth. We also discuss how the Internet is actually saving boxing.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player. (Please note that if one of these sites has a technical problem, please use another one.) You can also listen to it through this blog and my MySpace page, also by pressing the play button on the player. (And if the player does not display the latest episode, please go directly here or here or here.)
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S. and to check your local listings for dates and times. You can also catch the IFL's newest show, "IFL Battleground", every Monday night on MyNetworkTV. An encore presentation will run each Saturday night. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule.
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, HBO, Ian Carpenter, Jacqui Snow, Mark Taffet, mixed martial arts, MMA, No Holds Barred, pay-per-view, wrestling
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
NO HOLDS BARRED: Is the Pay-Per-View TV Business Model Dead? Mark Taffet and Jacqui Snow
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman discusses the future of the most important business model and source of revenue currently used in combat sports like boxing and mixed martial arts: pay-per-view television.
Some might question whether this business model is in any real danger at present. UFC toppled the all-time annual pay-per-view TV revenue record by reportedly bringing in more than $200 million in 2006, while the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight, held May 5, 2007, shattered all records for a single pay-per-view TV event in the U.S. by getting 2.15 million buys and $120 million in revenue.
We first speak about pay-per-view with Mark Taffet, senior vice president of sports operations and pay-per-view for HBO Sports, which distributed De La Hoya-Mayweather. We also got his comment on a possible HBO-UFC deal.
We next have a lengthy discussion with a critic of pay-per-view TV, boxing writer Jacqui Snow. She has her own web site and also serves as the moderator of the MySpace boxing group. She discusses the numerous problems with this model, including the growth of numerous web sites which stream these pay-per-views for free. Such sites, several of which she names, may be doing so in violation of copyright restrictions. However, similar to how the original Napster changed how music was distributed, these sites may also force a radical change in the business model of the combat sports.
She has written, "once the genie's out of the bottle, there's no forcing it back," and explains that point in depth. We also discuss how the Internet is actually saving boxing.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player. (Please note that if one of these sites has a technical problem, please use another one.) You can also listen to it through this blog and my MySpace page, also by pressing the play button on the player. (And if the player does not display the latest episode, please go directly here or here or here.)
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S. and to check your local listings for dates and times. You can also catch the IFL's newest show, "IFL Battleground", every Monday night on MyNetworkTV. An encore presentation will run each Saturday night. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule.
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, HBO, Ian Carpenter, Jacqui Snow, Mark Taffet, mixed martial arts, MMA, No Holds Barred, pay-per-view, wrestling
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
SecondsOut Radio: Duddy, Keitt, McLoughlin, Quillin, Olszewski, Taylor-Spinks Controversy
SecondsOut Radio: John Duddy, Harry Keitt, Eddie McLoughlin, Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin, Eileen Olszewski, Taylor-Spinks Controversy
SecondsOut Radio with Eddie Goldman
On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman begins by diving headlong into the controversy over the scoring of this past Saturday's middleweight title fight at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, between the champion Jermain Taylor (27-0-1, 17 KOs) and Cory Spinks (36-4, 11 KOs), who is the IBF 154-pound champion. While this tedious fight may have been dreadful to watch, Taylor won by a split decision. Many observers, however, believe that Spinks, despite being the lighter-hitting fighter, was more active, quicker, and better defensively than Taylor, and actually deserved the verdict.
This past Friday night, May 18, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, middleweight "Ireland's" John Duddy upped his record to 20-0 (15) by taking a clear-cut ten-round unanimous decision over journeyman Dupre Strickland (18-2-1, 7 KOs). In doing so, however, Duddy did not provide the electric performance which he has given his growing number of fans in numerous previous fights. He won, but there were few fireworks.
Right after the fight, we spoke with both John Duddy and his trainer Harry Keitt to get their evaluations of this outing. We also spoke with promoter Eddie McLoughlin of Irish Ropes, which put on this card, about how he thought the event as a whole turned out. And we spoke with two of boxing's rising stars who each scored victories on the undercard, middleweight Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (12-0, 11 KOs) and junior bantamweight Eileen Olszewski (3-0, 0 KOs), about their fights and what lies ahead for them.
It is free to listen to SecondsOut Radio, but you must register to gain access to it. Just click here, and listen, learn, and enjoy.
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On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman begins by diving headlong into the controversy over the scoring of this past Saturday's middleweight title fight at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, between the champion Jermain Taylor (27-0-1, 17 KOs) and Cory Spinks (36-4, 11 KOs), who is the IBF 154-pound champion. While this tedious fight may have been dreadful to watch, Taylor won by a split decision. Many observers, however, believe that Spinks, despite being the lighter-hitting fighter, was more active, quicker, and better defensively than Taylor, and actually deserved the verdict.
This past Friday night, May 18, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, middleweight "Ireland's" John Duddy upped his record to 20-0 (15) by taking a clear-cut ten-round unanimous decision over journeyman Dupre Strickland (18-2-1, 7 KOs). In doing so, however, Duddy did not provide the electric performance which he has given his growing number of fans in numerous previous fights. He won, but there were few fireworks.
Right after the fight, we spoke with both John Duddy and his trainer Harry Keitt to get their evaluations of this outing. We also spoke with promoter Eddie McLoughlin of Irish Ropes, which put on this card, about how he thought the event as a whole turned out. And we spoke with two of boxing's rising stars who each scored victories on the undercard, middleweight Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (12-0, 11 KOs) and junior bantamweight Eileen Olszewski (3-0, 0 KOs), about their fights and what lies ahead for them.
It is free to listen to SecondsOut Radio, but you must register to gain access to it. Just click here, and listen, learn, and enjoy.
Monday, May 14, 2007
NO HOLDS BARRED: Wallid Ismail and the Mixed Martial Arts World League (MMAWL)
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with mixed martial arts and jiu-jitsu legend Wallid Ismail.
Wallid is the driving force behind the newly-formed Mixed Martial Arts World League (MMAWL). This organization has recently begun offering webcasts of many MMA fight events from around the world put on by various promoters. Using the latest technology from the Internet TV provider wavelit.com, these shows are being offered both as pay-per-views and for free.
The next live pay-per-view webcast will be the Gracie Fighting Championships MMA event, which will be held this coming Saturday, May 19, at the Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Among those headlining that card will be ADCC and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza and 2007 ADCC champion Damian Maia.
We spoke with the always-outspoken and colorful Wallid about all these topics and how he sees the MMAWL developing.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player. (Please note that if one of these sites has a technical problem, please use another one.) You can also listen to it through this blog and my MySpace page, also by pressing the play button on the player. (And if the player does not display the latest episode, please go directly here or here or here.)
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S. and to check your local listings for dates and times. You can also catch the IFL's newest show, "IFL Battleground", every Monday on MyNetworkTV from 8-10 PM. An encore presentation will run each Saturday night from 8-10 PM. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule.
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, GFC, Gracie Fighting Championships, Ian Carpenter, mixed martial arts, Mixed Martial Arts World League, MMA, MMAWL, No Holds Barred, Wallid Ismail, wavelit, wrestling
Sunday, May 13, 2007
SecondsOut Radio: John Duddy
On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman speaks with unbeaten middleweight "Ireland's" John Duddy (19-0, 15 KOs). The popular and exciting Duddy will fight Dupre Strickland (18-1-1, 7 KOs) Friday night, May 18, at the Beacon Theater on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York.
We spoke with him about this fight, why he has amassed such a large following, his upcoming plans, and where he thinks he stands in his quest to win a major world title.
Also on this show, we comment on the untimely passing of Diego Corrales this past week; this coming Saturday's doubleheader featuring middleweight champion Jermain Taylor against 154-pound champion Cory Spinks and the expected middleweight shootout between Kelly Pavlik and Edison Miranda; the controversy surrounding this past Friday's lightweight bout between Jose Miguel Cotto and Prawet Singwangcha; and more about the "boxing is dead" crowd.
It is free to listen to SecondsOut Radio, but you must register to gain access to it. Just click here, and listen, learn, and enjoy.
World Boxing Cares Goes to the New York Foundling Youth Project in Harlem
WBC's World Boxing Cares goes to the New York Foundling Youth Project in Harlem on March 8, 2007. Join Jose Sulaiman, Martha Byrne, Chuck Williams, Jill Diamond, David Selwyn, Terry Gourjan, Eddie Goldman, and champions Iran Barkley, Melissa Hernandez, Belinda Laracuente, Suszannah Warner, and Jorge Teron on this visit. Change a child's life -- give them a moment of your time.
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007
NO HOLDS BARRED: Richard Pound of WADA and the Battle Against Doping
On this special edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman focuses on the battle against doping in the combat sports.
We spoke with the most powerful person in that battle, Richard Pound, the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), about doping in mixed martial arts. We also hear his opening remarks on a recent media conference call summarizing recent developments and advances in this battle, including the growing number of countries signing the UNESCO treaty against doping in sports.
We comment upon a new report from two British doctors which documents that marijuana "contributes to the onset of psychotic symptoms."
We also discuss the apparent rampant usage of dope in MMA, the significance of the lack of any anti-doping measures at both UFC 69 and 70, and the use on the April 21 Cage Rage MMA show in London of a fighter currently under suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for doping.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click here or here and just press the play button on the player. (Please note that if one of these sites has a technical problem, please use another one.) You can also listen to it through this blog and my MySpace page, also by pressing the play button on the player. (And if the player does not display the latest episode, please go directly here or here.)
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S. and to check your local listings for dates and times. You can also catch the IFL's newest show, "IFL Battleground", every Monday on MyNetworkTV from 8-10 PM. An encore presentation will run each Saturday night from 8-10 PM. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule.
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Ian Carpenter, IFL, mixed martial arts, MMA, No Holds Barred, Richard Pound, WADA, World Anti-Doping Agency, wrestling
Sunday, May 06, 2007
SecondsOut Radio: Thomas Hauser on De La Hoya-Mayweather
On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman speaks at length with the award-winning writer Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com about the May 5 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya. He covered this fight, won by Mayweather by a split decision, from ringside in Las Vegas. We discuss the fight itself, the atmosphere in the MGM Grand where it was held, what it meant and didn't mean for boxing, what the future holds for both Mayweather and De La Hoya as well as boxing itself, the business aspects of this event, the boxing business and technology, the boxing media, and more.
It is free to listen to SecondsOut Radio, but you must register to gain access to it. Just click here, and listen, learn, and enjoy.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
NO HOLDS BARRED Media Quadrupleheader This Week: De La Hoya-Mayweather Preview, Lana Stefanac, Kid Peligro on ADCC Championships, Gerald Harris
A very busy week in the combat sports means an even busier week for the NO HOLDS BARRED media. We have four shows up this week focusing on a wide range of events and personalities.
On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, we have a preview of what will undoubtedly be the biggest fight of the year, the May 5 showdown in Las Vegas between the WBC 154-pound champion, Oscar De La Hoya, and Floyd Mayweather Jr., widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing today. It is free to listen to SecondsOut Radio, but you must register to gain access to it. Just click here, SecondsOut Radio.
We also have three editions of NO HOLDS BARRED this week, all, as always, free.
We spoke with Lana Stefanac, a world, Pan American, and U.S. national champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and 3-0 in mixed martial arts, who is competing in the women's heavyweight division, May 5 and 6, at the 2007 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. To listen to this show, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player.
We spoke with Kid Peligro, senior editor of the ADCC News and the worldwide advisor to the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC), about the 2007 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships. To listen to this show, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player.
And we spoke with wrestler-turned-mixed martial arts fighter, Gerald Harris. To listen to this show, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player.
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S. and to check your local listings for dates and times. You can also catch the IFL's newest show, "IFL Battleground", every Monday on MyNetworkTV from 8-10 PM. An encore presentation will run each Saturday night from 8-10 PM. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule.
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
NO HOLDS BARRED: Gerald Harris
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, the third this week, host Eddie Goldman speaks with wrestler-turned-mixed martial arts fighter, Gerald Harris. A father, a high school teacher, a sometime comedian, and a former Div. I college wrestling standout at Cleveland State, he is now focusing on MMA. He tells us all about it, and more, on this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click here or here or here and just press the play button on the player. (Please note that if one of these sites has a technical problem, please use another one.) You can also listen to it through this blog and my MySpace page, also by pressing the play button on the player. (And if the player does not display the latest episode, please go directly here or here or here.)
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