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Thiago Alves joined Rear Naked Choke Radio for the first time.  Joe Rizzo was live cageside from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ. First he talked to Thiago, then he made the big announcement. You’ll have to listen to find out what it was.

Alves is 16-6, but had won seven straight fights before falling to Georges St-Pierre for the welterweight title at UFC 100 in July.  Alves takes on Jon Fitch at UFC 111 in Newark on March 27, looking to avenge his loss to him from 2006.  The fight originally was scheduled for UFC 107.

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UFC fans, we have a great show for you. It came live with Joe Rizzo of Examiner.com and Hector Castro of the Ground and Pound from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.

First Guest: Rory Markham is fighting at UFC 111 both talked about his upcoming fight with Nate Diaz. Rory has not fought in a year, when he lost to Dan Hardy, but he revealed that a he had a partially collapsed lung during the fight, the result of a weight cut.

Second Guest: Zak Jensen, a TUF 10 castmember, just had his first fight since the show and talked about his victory and his hair (he lost a bet with Joe). Zak also used to co-host with Joe. He did a popular TUF 10 recap during the running of the reality series and has a friend on the new cast.

Strikeforce star Sarah Kaufman and Topps guru Jeremy Fullerton joined Newark Examiner MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Hector Castro on Rear Naked Choke Radio from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.

Joe Rizzo caught up with rising young star Andy Main at AMA Fight Club in Whippany, NJ prior to his fight at Ring of Combat on Feb. 19 in Atlantic City.

Joe Rizzo caught up with rising young star Andy Main at AMA Fight Club in Whippany, NJ prior to his fight at Ring of Combat on Feb. 19 in Atlantic City.

Dominick Cruz, Paul Bradley and Danny Martinez joined Newark Examiner MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Hector Castro on Rear Naked Choke Radio from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.

UFC 111 fighter Jake Ellenberger and outspoken top-ranked Tara LaRosa joined Examiner.com MMA writer Joe Rizzo on Rear Naked Choke Radio.

Due to heavy snow in the Northeast, the show did not originate from the usual location at LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ, but an audio stream is available for listeners. You can always catch the show here, if the live version does not match your time schedule.

Duke Roufus joined Cameron Gidari and Hector Castro on The Free Roll. There also was talk about the UFC 109 card.

LISTEN HERE: The Free Roll

Rear Naked Choke Radio and the Ground and Pound show have learned than Aaron Simpson and Chris Leben are set for UFC 114 in Las Vegas in May.

The shows also reported today that John Gunderson is taking on Paul Taylor at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi in April.

LISTEN HERE: UFC 112 and UFC 114 breaking news

Name a fighter that has pulled off a twister submission in an MMA event.  Shayna Baszler has done it.   TWICE.

The Queen of Spades is back on Rear Naked Choke Radio with Examiner.com MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Darren Goodall of Team Renzo Gracie to talk about her second twister, accomplished over the weekend at the FCF 135-pound tournament quarterfinals.  While most MMA fans had their eyes on S