The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted

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The fallout from Riz, Kitch and The RNC getting beat down by the Doodlebops.

Geno the Driver from the IFL joins the guys to lament about the defeat, plus he gives his expertise on “The Notebook” - this is the chick flick version of The RNC, so if you want the wife or girlfriend to become a fan, this would be the show to have them hear!

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Riz, Kitch & The Rear Naked Choke battled the Doodlebops in Vegas.

They lost.

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It’s The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Riz & Kitch for this episode.

Kitch joins Joe, a.k.a. Riz, for a show as the guys descend upon Vegas a couple of days before the IFL’s season opener. They go over the news of the day and the fighter and coach sightings, plus they reveal the latest on Xtreme Couture, Team Tompkins and the relationship with the IFL.

Later in the show, Kitch talks about CrossFit workout regimen.

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It’s time for Vegas.

The Rear Naked Choke will be there to give you all the special insight into the IFL season-opening event at The Orleans on Leap Day!  Listen live for shows on Wednesday, Feb. 27, Thursday, Feb. 28 and, of course, for the ringside live stream before the throwdown on Friday, Feb. 29.

As always, the guest list will be fluid.  Because of the time difference in Vegas, we’ll not be on our usual Eastern time schedule, but we’ll at least try to keep it close for the live participants.  If you have the chance to log on while the show is live, jump into the interactive chat room and enjoy an extra-special show experience.

You can always catch the shows at your convenience, because they’re available for listening or downloading 24/7.  There is an interative show player right here on the www.joeted.com site or you can go to the Talkshoe page.  Do not forget at add us to your myspace and give us top-friends love!

HISTORY LESSON 

The last time we went onsite, it was at Mohegan Sun in Conn. for the last IFL event.  This is how the guest lists from those shows panned out:

First night: We had Roy “Big Country” Nelson and Antoine Jaoude, who were two days from squaring off for the IFL heavyweight belt, in addition to Benji Radach, who was readying to fight Matt Horwich for the middleweight title.

Second day/night: For the first time, we streamed live from the weigh-in, showing our great versatility.  At the weigh-in, we sat down with Ken Shamrock, Ian “The Machine” Freeman, and Pat Miletich!  Not content with one show, we did another one later from the hotel, and had the IFL’s famed ring announcer, Tim Hughes, co-host with Joe & Ted and had an incredible sit-down with Shawn Tompkins and IFL co-founder Kurt Otto.  Yes, this guest list was all in the same day.  Not a misprint.

Fight night: Streaming live from ringside, Kurt Otto could not resist coming on again, this time with a different posture - to talk about the card and take Joe & Ted’s predictions (Joe finally beat Ted!).  Then Carlos Newton sat down before Randy Couture came in, made a huge crowd gather ’round, and made his second appearance on The RNC!

WHAT TO EXPECT

Expect Joe & Ted to be prepared to take on whomever is ready to sit down with them.  A lot is being worked on behind the scenes.  There is a new movie coming out called “Never Back Down, starring Sean Faris, who is expected to be around the event.  We’ll see if Sean will sit down.  What about Elisabeth Nuesser from FightChix?  Then there are the usual suspects - your favorites.  And we’ll always find some new wrinkle to make it exciting. 

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 Pat Healy and Ian Loveland joined Joe & Ted on Tuesday for The Rear Naked Choke.  Everyone learned something.

 Pat is an identical twin.  Our crack producer, Debbie Rizzo, did her research and noticed that the previous week’s guest, Jake Ellenberger, is also a twin and happens to be Pat’s opponent for the IFL welterweight fight Feb. 29 at the Orleans in Las Vegas!  So there was the whole twin angle when the guys got Pat on the line. 

Right at the beginning of the show, Pat talks about how he sees himself and his brother, Ryan, who is also a fighter.  Listen to the whole thing for more than just that little five-second clip! 

The thing about Ryan Healy is that, well, he is a teammate of Jake’s at Team Quest!  Who does Pat say Ryan will be rooting for???  LISTEN AND FIND OUT!

Ian Loveland is known as The Barn Owl, and for once Joe & Ted did not pester a guest about his nickname.  They did pester him about fighting Dennis “The Piranha” Davis, a former teacher and mentor. 

Then they talked about fishing.  WHOA!

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Sure, the RNC is jacked up about heading out to Vegas to kick off the start of re-vamped IFL season (you can see the scheduled episodes here ), but the regularly scheduled Monday night show continues!

Note: Due to Presidents’ Day, the next show will be Tuesday, Feb. 19.  Can you say “Bad Brad” anyone?

Here’s the recap of the latest installation of the RNC:

Jake Ellenberger got a new nickname (Ted was full of suggestions) and Lew Polley gave out his pre-fight culinary plans when the pair joined Joe & Ted on The Rear Naked Choke.

Jake is preparing in Omaha to fight Pat Healy in the welterweight battle Feb. 29 in Las Vegas. Joe has predicted this will be fight of the night.

Lew is gaining a lot of experience and will be taking on Alexandre Ferreira the same night at the Orleans in the 205-pound class.

 Both men have very strong wrestling backgrounds, which turned into a bit of a theme for this show.  Jake has a twin brother, while Lew has an affection for Pedialyte and sushi.  Betcha didn’t know THAT!

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For those who checked it out, Joe guaranteed the Giants were going to pull off the stunning upset of the Patriots in the Super Bowl.  OK, he got the score wrong, but who cares?  Best Super Bowl ever, and the Eli Manning scramble/David Tyree catch off the helmet immediately goes down as the single-greatest play in Super Bowl history and Giants lore.  GO GIANTS!

Back to the IFL on Monday night, the guests on The Rear Naked Choke were Ryan McGivern and Dennis “The Piranha” Davis, both of whom will be fighting on the IFL’s Feb. 29th card at the Orleans in Las Vegas.  See how the IFL bills our show and others’. 

Ryan, who competes for Miletich Fighting Systems (MFS), has been thrust into the middleweight title bout against Matt “Suave” Horwich because our friend, American hero Tim Kennedy, has been called to duty for the U.S. Army.  Tim is an Army Ranger.  We wish him safety and are thankful he and others in the military and their families make the sacrifice to keep peace.  Read his open letter - he said he should be back fighting later this year, which is great news!

Ryan’s last fight was  a stunningly dominant knockout of Fabio Leopoldo at the IFL Team Finals in Florida back in September.  Although he is taking this title fight on four weeks’ notice, Ryan is known as perhaps the top-conditioned athlete of the rugged Miletich camp.  We’re not talking about the best person at your local gym here, we’re talking about the top conditioned guy at the factory.  He’s always in fighting shape.

The RNC found out what Ryan likes to do when he is not training.  And listen right at the beginning to learn the nickname Pat Miletich has bestowed upon him.  Maybe Tim Hughes will use it when he introduces Ryan in Las Vegas! 

Dennis is fighting at featherweight against Ian Loveland.  While this fight is listed as a preliminary bout, those in the know realize it is shaping up to be one of the most exciting matchups on the loaded card.

Dennis, who is with Xtreme Couture, mentored Ian, who is with Team Quest.  Did Dennis teach him everything he knows?  How do you build up animosity for someone you worked hard to develop?  Hear Dennis’ take on the RNC, and then to enhance your knowledge, check out Ben Fowlkes’ article on the IFL site, and also Ben’s previous story that gives the view from Ian’s side.  You should also check out Ben’s blog.  We have had Ben on the show a few times, but not for a while. 

Find out all about it on The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted!  We’re streaming live Monday night at 9:30 Eastern, 8:30 Central, 7:30 Mountain and 6:30 Pacific (also, Tuesday at 02:30 GMT for those outside of North America). 

BIG NEWS

We’re goin’ to Vegas, baby!  That’s right, The RNC will be there in Vegas to get you ready for the IFL event on the 29th!  We’ll do the usual drill - (heavy Brooklyn accent) “A couple two, tree shows” before fight night, loaded with great MMA guests!  Then, of course, the ringside live stream right before the throwdown!  Being in MMA hotbead Las Vegas, the pressure will be greater than ever to bring you the best of the IFL.  This is where you find out how it all works, people.

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