Archive for the ‘Interview’ Category

MMARated.com: “I Will Eat Ninja Sushi For Dinner”

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I was going to write some nice little intro on how Phil Baroni is gearing up for his fight against Murilo "Ninja" Rua on CBS but I think it would be wise to just get into our interview. Let me just quickly say that I have never conducted an interview ...

MMARATED.COM: An Inside Look At WAMMA

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

(FULL DISCLOSURE: I HAVE RECENTLY ACCEPTED A POSITION AS ONE OF THE POLLSTERS ON WAMMA’S RANKING COMMITTEE.) The World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts was founded in November 2007. But, really now, what are they all about? What are they trying to accomplish? Many MMA fans have asked these questions in the ...

MMARated.com: Heath Herring Wants Another Crack At Minotauro

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

It's a great time to be a heavyweight in the UFC as that particular division is as wide open as ever. Randy Couture? Gone. Tim Sylvia? Gone. Mirko Cro Cop? Gone. Andrei Arlovski? Maybe gone. Fedor Emelianenko? No Chance. Josh Barnett? You must be kidding.So, that pretty much leaves champion ...

MMARated.com: Catching Up On Some MMA Storylines

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

MMARated Radio featured an interview with one of the best writers on the MMA beat, Sam Caplan of fiveouncesofpain.com and CBSSports.com. Caplan and I discussed a whole host of MMA topics ranging from YAMMA Pit Fighting's debut show this weekend to Fedor's future:* Is there any reason to watch YAMMA? * ...

MMARated.com: Chris Horodecki V. 2.0

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The mark of a true fighter (and champion for that matter) is how they respond to adversity. All's well when the wins are piling up but once that fighter suffers his first devastating loss just how will he respond? That's the question that looms over the Chris Horodecki-Nate Lamotte fight ...

MMARated.com: Meet One Of MMA’s Mosted Wanted Fighters

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Jim Miller last fought on March 7th. Since then, he was rumored to be fighting on last night's Ultimate Fight Night show against Marcus Aurelio while also rumored to be making his International Fight League debut. Obviously, the IFL won out as Miller will be fighting on tomorrow night's card ...

MMARated.com: Cung Le Reflects On Saturday Night

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

You'll have to forgive Cung Le if he sounds a little tired during our interview. It's tough being the new king of San Jose especially after earning that moniker following a grueling three round war against the likes of Frank Shamrock. Le impressed the entire MMA world this past Saturday ...

MMARated.com: From The Skating Ramp To The Cage

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Never heard of Mike Budnik? Well, obviously you aren't a fan of inline skating and don't have an eye for up-and-coming MMA talent. The former pro skater and X games veteran recently made the jump to MMA and, boy, was that a good decision as he is currently 6-0 and ...

Rampage Jackson Makes Me Work Hard

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is probably being pulled in 800 different directions nowadays. He is arguably the most marketable MMA fighter around and he is also about to star on the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV (season premiere is on 4/2 @ 10 pm). Nevertheless, he was kind ...

Around The World Of Boxing With Large

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Been out of the boxing loop lately? Don't fear because Large and I seemingly covered it all this week. First, we talked a little Mayweather-WWE. Large watched this week's episode of RAW so I was curious as to what he thought about the product considering this was the first time he ...