Wednesday, August 24, 2011
No Holds Barred: Bloodstain Lane, Stephen Koepfer, Chris Thomas, Ivy Supersonic on New Film, Warrior
On this audio edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman continues getting reaction from the combat sports world to the new, ground-breaking, mixed martial arts-themed dramatic film, "Warrior".
At a New York preview of the film last Thursday, we spoke with the popular combat sports vlogger Bloodstain Lane, Stephen Koepfer of New York Combat Sambo and the American Sambo Association, veteran MMA and combat sports journalist Chris Thomas, and New York designer and combat sports buff Ivy Supersonic. As with the first set of interviews we did after a preview of this film in April, all were very positive about it.
"Warrior", which will be released on September 9, is a riveting drama focusing on the quest of two estranged brothers to win a Grand Prix MMA tournament. It stars Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, and Nick Nolte. In its previews, it has deservedly received enthusiastic praise, both from general movie observers and those in the MMA community alike. Many are already predicting that the film and those involved with it will receive numerous awards.
"Warrior" is a must-see film and the first major work of art about a sport often associated with blood and vulgarity, sometimes deservedly so, and sometimes not.
(This edition of No Holds Barred includes some explicit language.)
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
No Holds Barred: Chris Thomas and Bob Carson Review Strikeforce Nashville
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleagues and correspondents Chris Thomas and Bob Carson about the April 17 Strikeforce mixed martial arts card held in Nashville, Tennessee, and shown live in the U.S. on CBS. Bob Carson is also the host of Carson's Corner.
We spoke right after the telecast concluded. We discuss the breakout performance by "King" Mo Lawal, who decisioned Gegard Mousasi to capture the Strikeforce light heavyweight belt. We analyze the dominating performance by Gilbert Melendez over Shinya Aoki to retain his Strikeforce lightweight belt. We examine the upset victory by Jake Shields over mixed martial arts veteran Dan Henderson to retain his Strikeforce middleweight belt. We discuss the disgraceful riot which took place in the cage immediately following the Shields-Henderson fight, and what both Strikeforce and the Tennessee Athletic Commission must do in response. And we evaluate what this all means for Strikeforce and the state of mixed martial arts.
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