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Here is what influential people in the combat sports are saying about Eddie Goldman and No Holds Barred:
"The conscience of the combat sports." - Todd Hester, publisher and editor-in-chief of Gladiator Magazine
"The best." – Frank Shamrock, legendary MMA fighter
"The best." – Big John McCarthy, legendary MMA referee
"The best show on Internet radio, about MMA, submission wrestling, everything." – Kid Peligro, ADCC News
"Eddie Goldman is my favorite journalist—period. Eddie is the Howard Cosell of the game." – Adisa Banjoko, author of "Lyrical Swords Vol. 1: Hip Hop and Politics in the Mix", and "Lyrical Swords Vol. 2: Westside Rebellion"
"The Internet king." – Don King, the king of boxing promoters
"A great job online. You do the best job. All your writing is beautiful. It's where the old newspapers were." – Joey Reynolds, WOR radio
"You could talk to the next ten fight gamers you meet and not get the same kind of unapologetic depth that you get when you get an Eddie Goldman." – Eugene Robinson, in acclaimed book Fight
"If you want to know about boxing, MMA, and all combat sports, this is the place to be, and it's the only place to be." – Charles Farrell, award-winning boxing writer and musician
"Eddie Goldman, a classic New Yorker whose knowledge of all combat sports is without parallel." – L. Jon Wertheim, in "Blood in the Cage"
"The Dean of Boxing Internet Radio Eddie Goldman." – BoxingConfidential.com
"One of the most respected journalists in MMA." – MMAPayout.com
"The Smithsonian of combat sports." - "The Fight Nerd" Matthew Kaplowitz
Party celebrating Eddie Goldman's Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award from Gladiator Magazine, at Doc Holliday's Bar in New York, March 5, 2009.
Friday, August 08, 2008
No Holds Barred: Olympic Wrestling Preview with Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Gary Abbott, Director of Communications and Special Projects of USA Wrestling, who is in Beijing, China, for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In a lengthy discussion, we preview the wrestling competition which will take place at the 2008 Olympics. We discuss both whom to watch on the American team, and who are the gold medal favorites in the various weights classes and styles.
The wrestling at the 2008 Olympics begins Tuesday, August 12, with three days of Greco-Roman wrestling. Women's freestyle wrestling takes place August 16 and 17. Men's freestyle wrestling takes place August 19-21. Each weight class will start and conclude each day, meaning that there will be gold medal finals each and every day of the wrestling competition. All the wrestling will be held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium on China Agricultural University's East Campus in Beijing.
TheMat.com, the web site of USA Wrestling, has set up an indispensable special event coverage section for the wrestling competition at the 2008 Olympics.
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The No Holds Barred theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
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