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Gideon Ray Is The Replacement Fighter

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 ...

Jared Rollins Doesn’t Want To Eat Breakfast With George Sotiropoulos Anymore

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 ...

The State of Pro Wrestling

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Last week, I apologized for this kind of lame title but it's actually starting to grow on me and since our "state of boxing" disucssion with Larz from No Mas garnered so much interest we reached out to Bryan Alvarez, editor of the acclaimed Figure Four Weekly newsletter and the ...

Will Kimbo Slice Be The First Ever Boxing & MMA Heavyweight Champ?

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Elite XC held a press conference yesterday to hype their next 11/10 show "Renegade." Gary Shaw and his team deserve some credit for this one because the card is pretty stacked. Some of the main fights to look out for are Nick Diaz vs. KJ Noons for the new 160 ...

The IFL’s Brent Beauparlant Is No One’s Stepping Stone

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

A look at HDNet's Inside MMA rankings shows the IFL's Benji Radach (16-3-0, 1 NC) slotted as the tenth best Middleweight in the world. No surprises there as 2007 has been very kind to the Washington state native. Radach has won all four of his IFL fights this year and ...

Will Jay Larkin help land the IFL on HBO?

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Jay Larkin has been the President and COO of the International Fight League for only a month but he certainly is no rookie when it comes to the fight game. Larkin spent over 20 years at Showtime starting off as a junior publicist and ending as an executive producer. While ...

This Week’s Probables

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

At the start of every week we'll let you know what we're working on and which interviews you can expect to hear on jarrypark.com. Below is a list of interviewees we have already confirmed. Something tells me this is going to be a great week. IFL fighter, member of the Toronto ...

The IFL’s Judgement Day

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Next Saturday (11/3) is without a doubt the biggest night in the short two-year history of the International Fight League. The league will be holding its first-ever Grand Prix event with the semifinals emanating from the Sears Centre outside of Chicago, IL and the finals on 12/29 from the Mohegan ...

The Press Conference Wars

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Somewhere Vince McMahon must be smiling. First, Randy Couture announces he'll be holding a press conference to discuss his resignation from the UFC. A couple of days later, coincidentally or not, the UFC decides to hold a press conference to announce their new TV deal with Spike beginning 30 minutes ...

“I’m tired of swimming up stream…something needs to change.”

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Meanwhile, here are some of the highlights from Couture's presser that was shown live HDNet and proelite.com were: "I've had issues with Zuffa and the company since they bought it in 2001...It's the little things that make athletes feel appreciated that weren't done...weren't being done from my perspective that were ...