Archive for January, 2008

Steve Mazzagatti Continues To Lay Down The Law

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Referee Steve Mazzagatti (left) is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable faces in mixed martial arts. He's worked some of the best fights in MMA history and is currently giving Don Frye a run for his money in the most famous moustache in MMA department. So, naturally, we had to ...

Gray Maynard Looks To Bully Dennis Siver At UFN 12

Monday, January 21st, 2008

We're just a couple of days away from UFC Fight Night 12 and if this one's half as good as UFC 80 then, well, it will be great! And you know what? Top to bottom this card (on paper) looks like it should be better. It's a safe bet that ...

Will Yuri Foreman Make The Switch To MMA?

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Yesterday was certainly a great day for MMA and boxing fans. Some get all emotional about which sport is better but not me. I just like it when one event airs in the afternoon and the other in the evening. And based on my expectations prior to each event, I ...

Saturday In The Park: Japanese Bug Fights II

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

If you're a loyal visitor to The Park you might have noticed some subtle changes around these parts. First, we now present a daily combat sports interview instead of bunching them up on any given day. The reason for this is we like to give our listeners at least 24 ...

Anthony Johnson Gets Ready To Rumble

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Anthony "Rumble" Johnson is responsible for one of the best knockouts of 2007. His disposal of Chad Reiner in just 13 seconds at Ultimate Fight Night 10 in June was as solid a UFC debut a fighter can hope for. At UFC 76, it appeared as though the 23-year-old Johnson ...

Get Ready For A Whole Lot Of Frank Shamrock

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

MMA legend Frank Shamrock granted The Park his first interview since the announcement that he will be facing Cung Le on March 29th in a Strikeforce/Elite XC copromotion. Among the topics touched on were: * Why he chose to fight Le after once saying he had no interest in fighting ...

April Can’t Come Soon Enough For Tommy Speer

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

The Park goes a little country today as we welcome TUF 6 finalist, Tommy Speer, for a talk on all things, well, Tommy Speer. Topics discussed included: * His upcoming fight against Anthony Johnson at Ultimate Fight Night 13 on April 2, 2008 in Denver, CO * His thoughts on Johnson * How ...

Justin McCully Got Next

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Check out my latest Fight Network column about Justin McCully here. UFC Heavyweight contender Justin McCully stopped by The Park today to discuss a whole host of MMA/wrestling topics. Some of the issues we talked about included: * How he missed a chance to fight Cheick Kongo * Why he deserves ...

The Angle Diaries: TNA In Japan, IFL, Brock Lesnar & More

Monday, January 14th, 2008

It's time for another edition of "The Angle Diaries" starring, you guessed it, TNA Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle. This week we cover: * TNA's New Japan Tokyo Dome show * His bout against Yuji Nagata * More on his relationship, or lack thereof, with the IFL * His thoughts on Ken Shamrock * Why ...

Five Years Too Late?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) faces Felix "Tito" Trinidad (42-2, 35 KOs) next Saturday at Madison Square Garden (true). The boxing world is buzzing over this showdown between two legends of the ring (not really). Fans are willing to pay $5,000 to seat ringside for this bout (I would love to ...