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ADRENALINE RUSH:Rory Markham, Mark Miller & Bart Palaszewski
All are fighting on the Adrenaline MMA card June 14
SOMBER NEWS: IFL CANCELS 8/15 EVENT
Rory Markham, Mark Miller & Bart(imus) Palaszewski join The RNC before their fights on the June 14 Adrenaline MMA card! [87:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadRory Markham, Mark Miller and Bart Palaszewski talked about their upcoming appearances in the Adrenaline MMA card at the Sears Center outside of Chicago on June 14 on the latest installment of The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted.
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Bart kicked off things by singing the theme from The Wonder Pets cartoon. No joke. A talented artist inside the ring and cage, Bartimus also proved to be a top-flight crooner of childrens’ songs. Yes, he also talked about his upcoming fight with Adrenaline MMA and is looking to rebound off a three-fight losing streak.
This is a big step for Bart after 12 straight fights in the IFL. Bart, Mark and Rory all were thankful that the IFL gave them an opportunity to fight with Adrenaline MMA - that was before the news that the promotion has canceled the August 15 event.
Mark was not willing to venture out into singing the Wonder Pets song, but said Bart had recently introduced him to the popular cartoon. Rather than sing, Mark immediately declared his favorite Wonder Pet, but you’re going to have to check out the show to find out who it is. We cant give away everything right here, but we will at least tell you that the guys introduced him to The Backyardigans!
Rory gave his take on the news in MMA the past couple of weeks, with Gina Carano and Thiago Alves missing weight and then winning their respective fights, and Scott Smith getting stopped by Robbie Lawler’s errant finger-poke to the eye at the NJ EliteXC event.
A long-time teammate and friend of Matt Hughes and Lawler, Rory not only revealed the late change to his Adrenaline opponent, but also did The Choke Out in one of Ted’s best efforts yet on our favorite segment!
All three show guests have been on The RNC before and were nice enough to come back mere days before their fights. Everyone (not just Rory) was asked to “weigh in” about the recent missed weigh-ins (it’s always best to get the fighters’ take compared to the media’s outlook).
IFL CANCELS AUGUST 15 EVENT On Tuesday afternoon, the day after the latest installment of The RNC, the IFL announced the cancellation of its August 15 show at the Izod Center in New Jersey.
Unless an investor comes in to infuse money and/or buy the IFL, unless other promotions strike a deal to co-promote, things are bleak. Boss Jay Larkin made that very clear on a conference call with reporters.
There is another round of layoffs within the staff, allowing the company to operate for as long as possible in the hopes that some deal can be made to breathe life into the IFL.
Should it not come to fruition, the IFL likely will file for bankruptcy, thus marking the official end.
Of course, this news is particularly hard on The RNC crew, which has intricately worked with the tremendous IFL staff for quite some time. If it was not for the opportunity and cooperation afford us by the IFL, we would not even have a show to bring you.
With the help of key people in the IFL, most notably Jerry Milani, we were able to forge into MMA. Others who deserve special kudos are Greg DeSanctis, Katie Eskin, Josh Anderson, Joe Favorito, Shannon Knapp and Kurt Otto. Please count this as a sincere and heart-felt thanks.
It is a sad and difficult week for MMA. The IFL has been a serious promotion with many innovative ideas and creative people willing to put themselves on the line. Although not perfect, they succeeded (and may again down the road) in putting together consistently excellent and exciting fight cards, top-to-bottom. The focus always was on the quality of the fights and fighters.
Ask just about anyone who paid to go to an IFL show and they’ll respond that the fights were very entertaining and the matchups were of high quality.
Down the line, these are the aspects that will carry the day for a successful MMA promotion. But it’s apparently not enough right now. It remains to be seen which promotion will push the competition over the top to actually compete with the UFC and create a shift in the dynamic of MMA.
Let’s face it: Right now, the UFC still does not have real competition because it is able to dictate. That will be the thing that has to change before the MMA market really opens up. WHAT’S NEXT? The RNC will forge ahead. We recently made the adjustment to broaden our horizons in our MMA coverage, bringing our unique approach with us. While we hope things change and the IFL rebounds to become the next Apple, we’ll keep getting bigger and better.
And we’re always looking for your input. TELL US WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE SHOW! As you read this, Producer Debbie is working on the next show. No one is confirmed yet, but let’s just say that we’re looking a lot more at the athletes in Women’s MMA! FULL MOUNT - STAY ON TOP JUMP ON THE TRAIN! - GET SOME REAR NAKED LOVE and sign up for our Rear Naked Choke Update to get alerts about live-event shows, special subscriber content, breaking news, guest-list updates and more. Sign up now! The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted is the best MMA entertainment outside of the ring and the cage! Watch/listen here every Monday at 9:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 PT for the best of MMA!
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BAS RUTTEN on KIMBO SLICE to Joe & Ted:
“HE WAS LUCKY THE REF DIDN’T STOP THE FIGHT”
+Also: The RNC covers all the promotions from here on out!
BAS RUTTEN talked about his protege, KIMBO SLICE, on The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted.
“He was lucky the ref did not stop the fight,” Bas told Joe & Ted in the candid and animated interview.
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Bas was referring to the end of the second round, when Kimbo was being grounded-and-pounded by James Thompson. Regarding the result of the fight, Bas said he felt that considering Kimbo’s minimal professional experience and training, he thought it was a good result.
This was a ground-breaking show for The Rear Naked Choke, as Joe & Ted used this show as the jumping-off point for their expanded coverage of all MMA promotions. Of course, this remains the No. 1 place for IFL news - but now fans of other MMA promotions can look forward to hearing about the backgrounds of their favorite fighters, trainers and personalities.
This show featured Joe & Ted talking about the WEC card, which included the featherweight bout between “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and “Lil Evil” Jens Pulver, and the remainder of the EliteXC card that was televised on CBS.
There was a great debate about Gina Carano, who was impressive in pounding Kaitlin Young but for the fourth time in six career MMA fights weighed in over the limit. The crew is diligently working to get Gina on the show. Did you know that Ted sat next to her dad, Glen Carano, at the EliteXC event? Ted went as a fan, Joe stayed back and criticized the CBS coverage along with Producer Debbie.
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BAD BRAD - WITH A BANG!
RINGSIDE LIVE AT THE MEADOWLANDS IFL
RING GIRLS, BIG(GEST) LOSERS AND FIGHTERS!
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With Joe & Ted & The RNC crew looking on at ringside the Meadowlands April 4, Bad Brad Blackburn came through with a bang.
Bad Brad was in trouble after losing the first two rounds to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu master Delson Heleno and he needed a knockout in the third round to win.
He got it.
RESULTS:
Jay Hieron defends welterweight belt over Mark Miller, TKO 2:10 Round 1
Wagnney Fabiano defends featherweight belt over Shad Lierley, KO :30 Round 1
Vladimir Matyushenko defends light heavyweight belt over Jamal Patterson, TKO 3:20 Round 2
Brad Blackburn defeats Delson Heleno via KO at 1:50 Round 3.
Alex Schoenauer defeats Brendan Barrett at light heavyweight via split decision
LC Davis defeats Rafael Dias at featherweight via knockout (leg kick) at 3:56 Round 3
Chris Horodecki defeats Nate Lamotte at lightweight via unanimous decision.
Jim Miller defeats Bart Palaszewski at lightweight via unanimous decision.
Emyr Bussade defeats Jesse Lennox via tapout due to submission on kneebar at 1:25 Round 2.
Carmelo Marrero vs. Mike Ciesnolevicz ruled no contest due to accidental headbbut cut on Marrero at 1:37 Round 1.
What you might not know is that The Rear Naked Choke video squad was behind the scenes with Bad Brad from the time he got off the plane! To watch the inside story behind one of the greatest in-fight comebacks in IFL history, keep track of www.joeted.com and listen to The RNC.
Prior to settling in for the fights, Joe & Ted had Ring Girls and Big(gest) Losers. Oh yeah, and fighters, too!
Ring Girl Lauren Urso, who was one of the winners of the IFL/NY Post Ring Girl contest, was the first guest and got things (and Ted) heated up in a hurry.
The massive Conan Silveira from American Top Team talked about coming from Brazil to Miami and gave some good intel on his fighters.
Jim Germanakos from The Biggest Loser stepped in. Jim is a big MMA fan and knows a thing or two about dropping weight and getting into shape. His brother, Bill, won the title after 17 weeks on the ranch. Jim stayed for six weeks and Bill for the entire 17.
Then it got to the fighters, with Deividas Taurosevicius and Mike Massenzio, both of whom will be fighting on the IFL’s May 16 card at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.
Deividas’ wrist injury kept him from fighting in the Meadowlands but he has been cleared to battle for the lightweight title against Ryan “The Lion” Schultz. Deividas is from Lithuania and recounted his professional athletic start as a rugby player.
Massenzio, who will be making his IFL debut at Mohegan Sun, capped it off by talking about his amazing New Jersey high school wrestling career and his current role as a high school coach and MMA fighter. He was 142-13 in high school and is now 10-1 in MMA!
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MILETICH FIGHTING SYSTEMS LOVE-IN SHOW:
With Rory Markham and “Cizzle” LC Davis!
Listen to The Miletich Love In! Catch LC Davis’ First Appearance on The RNC!
Rory Markham and LC Davis join Joe & Ted on a special episode - the Miletich Fighting Systems Love-In Show (MFSLIS).
Pat Miletich was slated to be on but could not make it, and Rory was a little late, so the guys had to carry it for a while.
But once they got started, it was on fire! ON FIRE!
Rory was spectacular, even though he talked about how the flu wreaked havoc with his insides.
LC kept it going and also got line of the night (hear it right at the beginning of the show). LC also starred in the “Unnamed Name That Segment” with Ted!
HISTORY
LC was on with Waggney Fabiano. He rocked it. Listen to it here:
LC’s first appearance is the benchmark for the live stream and chat. His peeps were out in droves and helped shatter RNC participation records. We know a lot of you are going to want to listen live and establish a new record.
Rory’s past appearances remain some of our most consistently downloaded shows. The bar is set high this time, as his pals Mike C. and Bartimus were off the charts on the previous show. Did you know Rory once hosted the show (in its previous incarnation as The RON Show)? Well, he did. Czech it out right here:
Rory once co-hosted the show - Rory Markham Hosts The Ron Show The Rear Naked Choke
As always, we kicked it off 9:30 Eastern, 8:30 Central, 7:30 Mountain, 6:30 Pacific, and 2:30 am Tuesday GMT for those of you in Europe!
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY SPECIAL:
Mike C. & Bartimus gang up on Ben Rothwell & his peanut butter!
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Mike Ciesnolevicz & Bart(imus) Palaszewski joined Joe & Ted on a very special St. Patrick’s Day special of The Rear Naked Choke!
Mike C. and Bart both are fun-loving guys who are not afraid to throw a prank or two out there. Hear them talk about some of their best exploits.
It turned into a recap of the all-time best material in which Ben Rothwell was the target. There was plenty of talk about Ben and peanut butter. It’s likePunk’d meets the Jamie Kennedy Experiment meets MMA!
Mike C. carried subjects from Playboy to reality TV to the presence of Bryan Vetell at Miletich Fighting Systems.
Bart broke the news that his opponent, Deividus Taurosevicius, is injured and will not be able to compete. At show time no opponent was named.
Bart did “Name That Segment” and attempted to name it “20 Questions” - there actually were 16 this time!
There is some strong language in this one, so be careful around the kiddies or at work!!!
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The Gunderson Gurgle
Mark Miller’s Nicknames
Plus: GeoCaching and Strat-O-Matic Baseball?
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We’re Marching through March - the best month in the history of The Rear Naked Choke.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND SPREADING THE WORD! PLEASE KEEP IT UP!
Last week, big-time RNC fan and IFL lightweight John Gunderson joined the guys and discussed his injury status and the impending surgery on his knee that will keep him sidelined for at least a half-year.
Guns is now forced to cater full-time to soccer moms at LA Boxing. Hear him explain why, and hear how he almost escaped Ryan Schulz’s guillotine choke using a gurgling trick he learned from Bas Rutten, along with what he thinks about the whole Couture/Fedor controversy.Besides being Ted’s new passion, do you know what Geo Caching is? Ted fills us in about this growing niche activity in the first of two middle segments.
In the second segment, we are reminded how much Ted hates Riz’s music and ponders how they ever, ever became friends. Kitch wonders the same thing all the time. Riz is nothing if not persuasive. After calling out Kitch on the air about not knowing who Peter Murphy & Bauhaus are while they were battling the Doodlebops in Vegas, Kitch actually went out onto iTunes and bought the latest Bauhaus album, entitled “Go Away White”. He reports, “I actually like it, despite myself.”
Of course, big-time fan that he is, Joe did not even know about the album. Pfft. One up for The Kitch.
Other topics include Joe’s obsession with Strat-O-Matic baseball and how he managed to win a big ass trophy that his wife HATES.
Finally, producer Debbie, fed up with Joe talking about Strat, got Mark Miller on the line. Mark talked about the solid base of fighters at Midwest Combat, his stunning knockout of Josh Neer and his total indifference to ring girls. Find out why a machine gunner works at a gym, too.
Plus - Ted introduced a new segment with Mark. We need your help naming it!!! Drop us a line at TheRNC@joeted.com or shoot us a myspace.
Also, get your ass out to the theater and see our buddy Sean Faris’ movie, Never Back Down. And then come back and listen to his last appearance on The RNC!
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NOTE: Kitch orginally wrote this post and Riz edited it.
IFL World Grand Prix Semi Finals Card
In our next show on October 22nd, we’ll look at the upcoming IFL World Grand Prix Semifinals! Here’s the fight card we’ll be discussing:
IFL World Grand Prix Semi-Finals
Saturday, Nov. 3
Sears Centre in Chicago, Ill.
Lightweight
Wagnney Fabiano vs. John Gunderson
Chris Horodecki vs. Bart Palaszewski
Welterweight
Delson Heleno vs. Brad Blackburn
Patrick Healy vs. Jay Hieron
Middleweight
Benji Radach vs. Brent Beauparlant
Matt Horwich vs. Brian Foster
Light Heavyweight
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alex Schoenauer
Heavyweight
Roy Nelson vs. Reese Andy
Antoine Jaoude vs. Bryan Vetell
Just about all of these guys have been on the show so you can always catch up with past shows here.
And, as always, we welcome your participation in the live show.
BAGEL MAN GUSMAO WINS IFL TITLE WITH KO
He received his nickname on The RON Show, Featuring Joe & Ted, and now Andre “The Bagel Man” Gusmao has his name etched in MMA lore.
Gusmao’s first-round knockout of Mike Ciesnolevicz gave the New York Pitbulls a 3-2 win over the Quad Cities Silverbacks in the Team Finals of the International Fight League.
Before the event, Joe & Ted welcomed four top guests: Bryan Vetell of the Pitbulls, Portland Wolfpack coach Matt Lindland, LA Anacondas 185-pounder Benji Radach, and Nevada Lions lightweight John Gunderson.
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Joe & Ted were in and around the super bowl of MMA - THE IFL TEAM FINALS - in Hollywood, Fla., for three days in the middle of September!
On 9/18, Rory Markham of the Quad Cities Silverbacks joined Joe & a late-arriving Ted as a co-host for the full hour. On 9/19, Seattle Tiger Sharks coach Maurice “Mo” Smith and IFL.TV editor Ben Fowlkes were with Joe & Ted from the start of the show, and just a few minutes in, IFL Commissioner and Co-Founder Kurt Otto made a surprise visit!
Later, Chris “The Polish Hammer” Horodecki gave his insight to the IFL Finals. Listen for his prediction of what he thought would happen when the Silverbacks met the Pitbulls!
More important, listen to the 9/20 show and hear Ted get every single match of the championship correct! That’s right - the novice went a perfect 5-0, on the record.
Markham had a broken hand and did not fight for the Silverbacks in Thursday’s Team Final. So he agreed to a much more difficult assignment: Getting behind the mic for co-hosting duties of The RON Show, Featuring Joe & Ted: Mundane Family Entertainment (With a Rear Naked Choke).
Markham was a guest on the show July 2, in one of the preview shows for the IFL Team Semifinals. A month later, he stopped the LA Anacondas’ Chris Clements in the first round and helped the Silverbacks advance to the Team Finals, in which they failed to defend their crown.
His teammate, Bart (Bartimus) Palaszewski joined Joe & Ted on Sept. 10, ahead of his unsuccessful Team Finals match with the Pitbulls Deividus Taurosevicius at 155 pounds.
On that show was the Pitbulls’ unbeaten 205-pounder, Gusmao, who knocked out Rory’s long-time roommate, Ciesnolevicz (Mike C), at 53 seconds of the first round to give the Pitbulls the championship of the IFL.
Smith’s Tiger Sharks narrowly missed out on the playoff chase. He was in town to support one of his fighters (or “players” as Ted likes to call them); “Bad” Brad Blackburn, who joined Joe & Ted on Sept. 3, battled Travis Cox to a controversial no-contest in a preliminary bout.
While Smith was not getting Bad Brad ready, he took some time to trade jabs and kicks with Joe & Ted! Fowlkes sat in to add some flavor and give an assessment of the undercard. Everyone talked about OJ, and then Otto walked in.
Of course, Joe & Ted capped it off Thursday the 20th from ringside at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with their third live show in as many days!
Ya know when Mike & Mike or Mike & the Mad Dog take their show to the Super Bowl, and you never knew who was going to join them as a guest because there are just so many people around? This was the same thing.
This is the place to get something extra out of the IFL. The show is not focused so much on the nuts, bolts and technical issues of the fighters, but geared more toward the entertaining aspect of the great and interesting people involved in MMA. Jump on the train!
Listen here for the best of the IFL!
Joe & Ted give you the best of the International Fight League (IFL) right here!
They started September, the month in which the IFL’s team champion will be crowned, by having on “Bad” Brad Blackburn, who will be fighting on the card Sept. 20, prior to the championship match between the Quad Cities Silverbacks and New York Pitbulls. The assistant coach of the Silverbacks, Steve Rusk, also gave his assessments 17 days before the championship throwdown.
Do not forget to stay tuned and find out what our favorite ring girl, Emily Miller, has been up to!
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The focus of the show has been the IFL for more than six months. Let’s take time to see how Joe & Ted took an idea and turned it into the hottest show on the web.
From December until March, the show was in the experimental phase, being put together in a live test environment. When Emily joined the show as a guest one March evening, the show took a turn and the focus immediately shifted to the personalities and storylines of the IFL.
There is no other place this side of “Battleground” that can boast this guest list (in order of appearance):
Emily “Ring Girl” Miller
Ken Yasuda (Tokyo Sabres coach)
Ben Fowlkes (IFL.tv Senior Editor)
Gideon Ray (Toronto Dragons)
Ring Girl Lori
IFL Commissioner Kurt Otto
Brian O’Shea (MMAMadness.com marketing)
Rory Markham (Quad Cities Silverbacks)
Mike Ciesnolevicz (Quad Cities Silverbacks)
Jay Hieron (LA Anacondas)
Vladimir Matyushenko (Tokyo Sabres)
Erik Owings (NY Pitbulls)
Jamal Patterson (NY Pitbulls)
Alex Schoenauer (LA Anacondas)
Shawn Tompkins (LA Anacondas coach)
Wayne Cole (Tokyo Sabres)
Igor Zinoviev (Chicago Red Bears coach)
Chris Horodecki (LA Anacondas)
Jeff Hamlin (MMAMadness.com writer)
Vince Waddell (MMAMAdness.com czar)
Pramit Mohapatra (MMAMadness.com managing editor)
Benji Radach (LA Anacondas)
Drew Archer (IFL operations manager)
Brad Blackburn (Seatle TigerSharks)
Steve Rusk (Quad Cities Silverbacks assistant coach)
Andre Gusmao (NY Pitbulls)
Bart Palaszewski (Quad Cities Silverbacks)
Maurice Smith (Seattle Tiger Sharks coach)
Bryan Vetell (NY Pitbulls)
Matt Lindland (Portland Wolfpack)
John Gunderson (Nevada Lions)
Brent Beauparlant (Toronto Dragons)
Joe & Ted also have done live shows from Chicago and the Meadowlands before IFL events, and will be doing shows from the sites of the Team Finals the week of Sept. 20, from the Grand Prix Semifinals the week of Nov. 3, and from the Grand Prix finals the week of Dec. 29.
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