Saturday, May 30, 2009
No Holds Barred: Todd Hester of Gladiator Magazine on Art of War 12
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents the third in our series of shows reviewing the historic Art of War 12 mixed martial arts card, which we covered live from Beijing, China, Saturday, May 23, 2009.
Todd Hester, the veteran mixed martial arts and grappling journalist, who first trained with the Gracies over 20 years ago, and covered the first UFC live, was also in Beijing for Art of War 12. He is now the editor and publisher of Gladiator Magazine, as well as a correspondent on this show and an old friend and colleague.
We had a chance to speak with him at length while we were in Beijing. We began with an interesting discussion about our observations about China as a society, refuting some common misconceptions held primarily in the West about it. We then reviewed the Art of War 12 card, discussed star fighters Wu Hao Tian and Rolles Gracie, analyzed the potential for the Art of War Fighting Championship to become as popular and successful as the Pride Fighting Championships were in their heyday, and much more.
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Labels: Andy Pi, Art of War, Beijing, BJJ, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, China, Eddie Goldman, Gladiator Magazine, Konrad Pi, mixed martial arts, MMA, No Holds Barred, Rolles Gracie, Todd Hester, UAE, Wu Hao Tian
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Good show.
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I started a blog that can be found at armed.vox.com. I added a link to your page.
My aim is to write at least one article per day on the mma media, the threat of zuffa, and so on.
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Good show.
I started a blog that can be found at armed.vox.com. I added a link to your page.
My aim is to write at least one article per day on the mma media, the threat of zuffa, and so on.
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