Tuesday, November 24, 2009
No Holds Barred: Roxanne Modafferi
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with one of the most interesting mixed martial arts fighters in the world, Roxanne Modafferi.
Born in Delaware and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with a major in Japanese language and literature and a minor in linguistics, Roxanne Modafferi now lives in Japan where she teaches English. She is also an active professional mixed martial arts fighter, competing in many events both in Japan and the U.S. Fighting primarily at 135 pounds, she has an impressive record of 13-5. She recently signed to fight with Strikeforce in the U.S., and made her debut November 7. Affable and articulate, she is sometimes called "the happy warrior".
In a lengthy phone interview, we spoke with Roxanne Modafferi about a wide variety of topics. We discussed her educational background and work in Japan as a translator and teacher. We reviewed her two fights with Marloes Coenen, against whom she is 1-1, including her loss on November 7 by submission, where she went up in weight. We discussed why she became a martial artist and fighter, why she is living and working in Japan, her love of Japan, her entire fighting career, her difficulty in getting fights, her writings on many subjects, what life is like both for her and in general in Japan, how women are treated in Japan, the role of women fighters in mixed martial arts, why she boiled a turkey for the Japanese Labor Thanksgiving Day on November 23, and much more.
You can play or download No Holds Barred here. You can also download No Holds Barred here. If one link does not work, please try another. The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The No Holds Barred theme song is called "The Heist", by Ian Carpenter.
Make sure to visit the official boxing forum for No Holds Barred, the MySpace Boxing Forum.
No Holds Barred is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
American Top Team. Whether you're a beginner or a champion, train with the champions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, boxing, wrestling, grappling, and mixed martial arts at American Top Team. Check out their web site at http://americantopteam.com/.
GRACIEMAG, the most reliable source of information on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. GRACIEMAG represents Jiu-Jitsu philosophy and features news, profiles, history, photos, videos, and tips and secrets of the mother of all martial arts. Published since 1996 in Brazil, GRACIEMAG: The Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle, is in both English and Portuguese, and is also online at GRACIEMAG.com.
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Born in Delaware and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with a major in Japanese language and literature and a minor in linguistics, Roxanne Modafferi now lives in Japan where she teaches English. She is also an active professional mixed martial arts fighter, competing in many events both in Japan and the U.S. Fighting primarily at 135 pounds, she has an impressive record of 13-5. She recently signed to fight with Strikeforce in the U.S., and made her debut November 7. Affable and articulate, she is sometimes called "the happy warrior".
In a lengthy phone interview, we spoke with Roxanne Modafferi about a wide variety of topics. We discussed her educational background and work in Japan as a translator and teacher. We reviewed her two fights with Marloes Coenen, against whom she is 1-1, including her loss on November 7 by submission, where she went up in weight. We discussed why she became a martial artist and fighter, why she is living and working in Japan, her love of Japan, her entire fighting career, her difficulty in getting fights, her writings on many subjects, what life is like both for her and in general in Japan, how women are treated in Japan, the role of women fighters in mixed martial arts, why she boiled a turkey for the Japanese Labor Thanksgiving Day on November 23, and much more.
You can play or download No Holds Barred here. You can also download No Holds Barred here. If one link does not work, please try another. The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The No Holds Barred theme song is called "The Heist", by Ian Carpenter.
Make sure to visit the official boxing forum for No Holds Barred, the MySpace Boxing Forum.
No Holds Barred is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
American Top Team. Whether you're a beginner or a champion, train with the champions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, boxing, wrestling, grappling, and mixed martial arts at American Top Team. Check out their web site at http://americantopteam.com/.
GRACIEMAG, the most reliable source of information on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. GRACIEMAG represents Jiu-Jitsu philosophy and features news, profiles, history, photos, videos, and tips and secrets of the mother of all martial arts. Published since 1996 in Brazil, GRACIEMAG: The Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle, is in both English and Portuguese, and is also online at GRACIEMAG.com.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
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