MMA: Mixed martial arts

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Back in October 2007 I reviewed my first ever mixed martial arts book, Clyde Gentry’s No Holds Barred. The book really opened my eyes up to the history of this great sport, and how it had developed since that November night in 1993 when the UFC held their first ever show. I gave the book a rave rev...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Art Davie, a co-founder of the UFC who is now the CEO of XARM. XARM is a new, hybrid combat sport, which combines kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, and arm wrestling. While some of the commentaries on XARM have been quite superficial, in...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague Jason Bryant of Wrestling 411. Jason is co-host with Kyle Klingman of the Wrestling 411 Internet radio show and a major contributor to all aspects of their web site. In a lengthy interview, we discuss what is goi...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman wraps up 2008 and introduces 2009 by speaking with our colleague and correspondent Charles Farrell. We ring in the new year by wringing the necks of those ruining the action in the ring. Our lengthy and hot conversation includes what is r...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the recent deaths of mixed martial arts fighters Justin Eilers and Justin Levens, and what this might possibly reflect about that sport. We also raise some major criticisms of the Sengoku 7 mixed martial arts ca...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with one of the most well-rounded masters in grappling, Teimoc Johnston-Ono. Teimoc's numerous accomplishments include being a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic judo team, serving as head judo coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Cen...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Ana Bollocks, a member of the 2008 Women's Flat Track Derby Association national champion Gotham Girls Roller Derby. Ana is a blocker for the Queens of Pain, which also won the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league championship...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts fighter Frank Shamrock. Frank has just revamped his web site, FrankShamrock.com, and added numerous user-friendly, social networking features, where one can sign up for free as a member. W...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses an important development in the combat sports: the revival and resurgence of numerous important events in various styles of grappling. As has been reported on the ADCC News, not only are plans moving forward for the 2009 Abu...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with some comments on the new college wrestling season, and the important development of the formation of the College Wrestling Network, a joint effort of several wrestling media outlets designed to expand the coverage of co...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Ricardo Lois, co-host of Boxing Confidential Radio. The main subject is the controversial fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, which will take place Saturday, December 6, in Las Vegas, and will be shown in the...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by discussing the important role of women in the combat sports and the need for them to have equal opportunity with men. In the main interview segment on this show, we speak with actress, model, and performer Amber Lee Ettinger. Sh...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the controversy around the November 15 mixed martial arts fight between Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture at UFC 91. We go to the No Holds Barred e-mail bag for an insightful analysis by a listener about how this figh...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with journalist, photographer, and web designer Matthew Kaplowitz. He is also a correspondent for this show. Matthew recently visited Japan, and we spoke to him about that trip. We discussed the Sengoku 5 and Dream 6 mixed martia...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Chica Loca, the marketing chair for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). She is also a skater with the Sacred City Derby Girls of Sacramento, California. This show is part of our continuing coverage of the excit...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States. Discussed are both the significance of this for the combat sports of boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts, and, o...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts matchmaker John Perretti. In a lengthy interview, we discuss his recent trip to Japan where he watched a sumo tournament, wrestling and grappling and mixed martial arts, the art of matchma...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Turi Altavilla, a vice president of EliteXC until the very recent demise of that mixed martial arts company. Turi also was formerly a vice president of the Pride Fighting Championships. In a lengthy interview, we get a rare,...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman continues our discussions about the fastest-growing sport in America, roller derby, and the dumbest sport in America, mixed martial arts, and their interrelationship. This past Saturday, October 25, the Gotham Girls Roller Derby...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the devolution of mixed martial arts into becoming one of the dumbest, if not the dumbest, sports in America. Among the issues raised in this no holds barred commentary are how this sport was once a brilliant laboratory and sc...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents our final preview of the fight taking place this coming Saturday, October 18, between Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) and Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs). The undefeated Pavlik, still the middleweight champion, will step up to...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts promoter, matchmaker, and commentator, John Perretti. In another lengthy interview, we discuss one of the biggest scandals in U.S. mixed martial arts history, the controversy revolving a...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague and correspondent, Todd Hester, who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Gladiator Magazine. The tables are turned, however, as Todd conducts an in-depth interview with Eddie about Eddie's background...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with three-time U.S. national freestyle wrestling champion and now mixed martial arts fighter, King Mo Lawal. Mo made his successful fighting debut this past Sunday, September 28, defeating veteran Travis Wiuff in the first ro...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by reviewing the new documentary film "JC Chavez", which focuses on the life and career of the legendary Mexican boxer and icon, Julio Cesar Chavez. After a 25-year professional career which included numerous world champions...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman takes on the world, and discusses the world of combat sports, around the world. Among the many international topics broached in this no holds barred presentation are: the latest news in the case of Swedish Olympic wrestler Ara Abraham...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman is joined by Steve Nelson, founder of the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation (USWF) of Amarillo, Texas, to talk about the passing of mixed martial arts and wrestling champion Evan Tanner. Evan Tanner, a native of Amarillo who was livi...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by discussing why the new deal for Golden Boy Promotions and Affliction Clothing to run joint boxing-mixed martial arts cards on pay-per-view television is a long shot at best, and what it means for both boxing and mixed martia...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by noting the untimely passing of mixed martial arts fighter Evan Tanner. We also discuss the rescheduling of the Affliction mixed martial arts card and what this says about their marketing, advertising, and pay-per-view str...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman is joined by our correspondent, the award-winning boxing writer Charles Farrell. Eddie and Charles are also the editors of The Boxing Standard. In a lengthy, candid, and animated discussion about fights this past weekend and those sc...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins the first part of this show by commenting on the return of Randy Couture to the UFC and how this is a major setback for the battle for the rights of fighters in the mixed martial arts. We also discuss the further devolution of the UFC,...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts promoter, matchmaker, and commentator, John Perretti. For the past several years, John Perretti has been involved in attempting to launch a new, professional combat sport. It will be base...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Steve Nelson, who fought in and ran the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation (USWF) in the 1990's in Amarillo, Texas. This organization, which was one of the most successful local promotions of its time, held fights under wh...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the controversy regarding Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian, who had his bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games stripped by FILA, the international wrestling federation. In the second period of the 84k...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Wade Schalles, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion, a champion or All-American in folkstyle, freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling and in sombo and judo, and a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame....

By Eddie Goldman 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 p...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents a dialectical look at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which begin Friday, August 8. We examine the various aspects of the Olympics, including the contradiction between, on the one hand, the rampant commercialism and corrup...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, we focus on discussing the article "Punch Drunk Love. How boxing explains John McCain" by Michael Crowley in The New Republic, which quotes me extensively about McCain's obsessive campaign against mixed martial arts in the 1990's. We also discuss the si...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman focuses on the appointment of longtime boxing judge Melvina Lathan as head of the New York State Athletic Commission. We start with a commentary on the significance of this appointment, and what it means for the sports of boxing and mix...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses with our colleague Kid Peligro, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a senior editor of theADCC News, and a correspondent for our show, the origins and history of the renowned Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championsh...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by explaining, once again, how the pay-per-view business model of many boxing and mixed martial arts companies is flawed due to numerous factors, including the growth of streaming on peer-to-peer networks, the declining ec...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague Todd Hester, who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Gladiator Magazine. Todd is someone who has been immersed in the combat sports for many years. He started training with the Gracies in the late 1980's, c...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague Kid Peligro, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a senior editor of the ADCC News, and a correspondent on our show. In a lengthy and candid interview, we discuss numerous topics, including the victory by Xande R...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the discussion we had on the most recent edition of this show with the award-winning boxing writer and author, Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com, about his views on UFC and the mixed martial arts. While we obviousl...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the award-winning boxing writer and author, Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com, about his views on UFC and mixed martial arts. In a lengthy discussion, Thomas Hauser explains why he does not like mixed martial arts, why he fin...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic wrestling team, who will compete this August at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. They were in New York last week for a media tour, which included promoting the Fuel the Dream program to assist fam...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with another commentary on the poor level of striking in the mixed martial arts, especially as compared even to mid-level boxing, and the even worse reporting and analysis by many in the so-called MMA "media" regarding variou...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with a highly-charged commentary on what has been happening with the attempt to legalize mixed martial arts in New York State, how both the mixed martial arts and mainstream media have once again offered distorted accounts of...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the recent exposure of what goes on behind the scenes of UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter" show by cast member and fighter Mike Dolce. Here, once again, the true, anti-social nature of that show is laid bare. Next, we re...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman reviews the CBS and EliteXC Saturday Night Fights card, which took place Saturday, May 31, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and was shown live in the U.S. on CBS. We continue our discussion of the Pygmalion-like story of Kim...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman previews the "Affliction Banned" mixed martial arts card, which will be held Saturday, July 19, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and shown in the U.S. on pay-per-view. At a New York news conference this past Thursday, we spoke...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman focuses on several key issues regarding the state of mixed martial arts. Among the many topics discussed are the new Affliction promotion and the numerous challenges they are facing, the troubled pay-per-view model, and the recent a...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman begins by reviewing the mixed martial arts fight between Cung Le and Frank Shamrock held this past Saturday night, March 29, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Cung Le won that fight by TKO at the end of the third round after one of his ki...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Dr. Margaret Goodman, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Dr. Goodman, a neurologist who is also the former chief ringside physician for the Nevada commission, has just written a...

By Eddie Goldman On this special two-part edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our long-time colleague and friend, the Japanese journalist Tadashi Tanaka, who is the top mixed martial arts and puroresu (Japanese pro wrestling) journalist in the world. Tadashi is the journalist wh...