Archive for November, 2007
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Yeah, that's right - we've been around a month and have already decided to create our own award ceremonies. We begin with The First Annual Jarry Park MMA Awards (catchy title, eh?)...
What a year it's been in the world of Mixed-Martial-Arts. Huge upsets, great fights, dream match-ups, contract disputes...definitely one ...
Posted in Awards, Interview, MMA | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Bas Rutten is no spring chicken. The former UFC Heavyweight champion and three-time King of Pancrase has been arould the world of Mixed-Martial-Arts longer than most. So it made perfect sense when I first heard that Rutten (aka El Guapo) would be training Kimbo Slice as he enters the world ...
Posted in Bas Rutten, Elite XC, Interview, Kimbo Slice, MMA | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Who knew that putting up a Kimbo Slice video would illicit such excitement. I received more mail about that video than any interview posted on this site thus far.
That said, I am working diligently in getting an exclusive interview with Kimbo before his Elite XC debut this Saturday night but ...
Posted in Bas Rutten, Kimbo Slice, MMA | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Bored by the soap opera-like product being churned out by the like of World Wrestling Entertainment and/or TNA Wrestling? Well, you need to check out Ring of Honor pronto. A throwback wrestling promotion if there ever was one, ROH continues to produce the best matches of the year and are ...
Posted in Cary Silkin, Interview, Ring of Honor, Wrestling | No Comments »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Jake Shields has fought, and defeated, some of the best MMA fighters in the world. He holds victories over the likes of Carlos Condit, Yushin Okami, Hayato Sakurai and Jeremy Jackson. It's a wonder his name doesn't come up more often when discussing the top Welterweights. That's all starting to ...
Posted in Elite XC, Interview, Jake Shields, MMA | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
This Saturday is a huge night for combat sports enthusiasts. Not only will HBO PPV be televising the highly-anticipated Miguel Cotto vs. Shane Mosley bout but Showtime will also offer up a great Elite XC card for the MMA lover in all of us.
Elite XC is less than a year ...
Posted in Elite XC, Interview, MMA, Sam Caplan | 9 Comments »
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Here's what's in store for us at jarrypark.com this week. We're working on much more but this is what we can confirm, thus far:
MMA journalist, Sam Caplan, he of fiveouncesofpain.com, cbssportsline.com and proelite.com, will stop by to break down this Saturday's Elite XC: Renegade event. Should be interesting to hear ...
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
What a year its been for IFL Middleweight fighter Benji Radach. After suffering a devastating jaw injury in a loss to Chris Leben in 2004, Radach disappeared from the world of MMA for almost three years. Then, just nine months ago, he reappeared in the International Fight League and proceeded ...
Posted in Benji Radach, IFL, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The IFL's Gideon Ray is no stranger to fighting on short notice. As a member of the UFC, he accepted to fight David Loiseau when Joe Riggs backed out just days prior to their fight and also fought Mike Swick on four days notice.
Fast forward to the present...Welterweight fighter Brad Blackburn pulls out ...
Posted in Gideon Ray, IFL, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter was, by far, my favorite of this particular season. Finally, we had two dynamic characters butting heads in the form of Jared Rollins and George Sotiropoulos. Throw in the fact that we got a glimpse of what Matt Hughes is like when he ...
Posted in Interview, Jared Rollins, MMA, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC | 1 Comment »
