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“BAD” BRAD BLACKBURN on his UFC debut! (Part 1)
PLUS: Joe & Ted on UFC vs. Affliction
AUDIO BLOG: The Kitch on EliteXC
"Bad" Brad Blackburn joins Joe & Ted after his successful UFC debut! Kitch gives an EliteXC audio blog. [49:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Bad Brad Blackburn
“Bad” Brad Blackburn joins Joe & Ted to talk about his successful debut in the UFC, and adds some insider info about his injured hands.
Joe & Ted talked about the payout differences between the UFC “Silva vs. Irvin” on Spike vs. Affliction “Banned”, and what it means for MMA’s future.
The Kitch, a.k.a. James Kitcher, finished it off with an audio blog on his upcoming coverage of the EliteXC CBS show in Stockton, CA.
Of course, we’re working on improvements and surprises. Tell us what you think with an email to TheRNC@joeted.com or just post a comment on this page. Did you like the idea of The Kitch’s audio blog? Hate it?
THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING
The Olympics are coming (8/8/08) and one of our good pals, Clarissa Chun, is going to be representin’ the USA in wrestling at 105.5 pounds. If you want to personally support her efforts, go to her site, www.clarissachun.com and buy one of her cool T-shirts for $20 or just donate something.
To support USA Wrestling, go to www.fuelthedream.com. We have a lot of pals pushing (and pulling and doing takedowns and pins) for the gold in Beijing (we call it “The Zhing”)!
Look out for another one of our buddies, Tim Hughes, to be covering boxing. You know Tim as the MMA ring voice doing IFL, Sportfight and HDNet Fights, among others. You also know him from being a frequent guest and co-host of The Rear Naked Choke!
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REPORT: IFL TO BE SOLD TO UFC
AFFLICTION: BANNED’S MATT LINDLAND TALKS RAMPAGE
The RNC’s Joe & Ted on the HUGE MMA weekend
There are numerous reports out there that the IFL is being sold to the UFC/Zuffa. Joe will post his take soon.
This week on The RNC:
Matt “The Law” Lindland talked about the Rampage Jackson arrest and his Affliction fight with Fabio Negao, plus his future with the promotion. Matt was fast-and-loose, poking fun at his opponents’ name and making light of Rampage’s legal troubles in his own unique way. The Law certainly did not seem fazed with his fight so close.
Matt "The Law" Lindland, Affliction and UFC Fight Night roundtable and predictions on The Rear Naked Choke! [61:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadJoe & Ted spent the early part of the show talking about the HUGE weekend in MMA, with Affliction’s pay-per-view taking on the UFC’s Spike card. They covered the topics, went over much of the cards and even made some predictions at the end of the show.
The other highlights:
Ted talked about his experience acquiring one of the brand-new iPhones.
Joe talked about Anderson Silva’s no-risk fight with James Irvin, and the brilliance of the UFC brass in putting together the Fight Night card to battle the competition.
The guys will be watching the fights on both cards involving all the former IFL stars, including Bad Brad Blackburn & Rory Markham, who both have co-hosted The RNC!
BAD BRAD BLACKBURN: HIS UFC DEBUT IS COMING
BUT FIRST, HE JOINS THE RNC!
Brad Blackburn made his first appearance on The Rear Naked Choke since signing a multi-fight deal with the UFC!
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Brad’s UFC debut is July 19 against James Giboo, on the Spike TV card the same night as Affliction Banned.
Joe flew solo on this one, but Brad was nice enough to essentially do the entire show with Ted sidelined. Joe & Brad went very in-depth on all of the issues surrounding the IFL’s pending demise and his being part of the first wave of fighters from the promotion to be gobbled up by Dana White and Co.
There was plenty of talk for the hardcore MMA fans on this one, which is a bit of a change from the normal lighthearted format.
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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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MILETICH FIGHTING SYSTEMS LOVE-IN SHOW:
With Rory Markham and “Cizzle” LC Davis!
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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
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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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ANALYSIS: Xtreme Couture’s low blow on IFL
EXCLUSIVE: Bad Brad vs. Delson Heleno
Roy “Big Country” Nelson defends belt
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Bad Brad Blackburn gave The Rear Naked Choke and exclusive announcement - what a way to follow IFL heavyweight champ Roy Nelson - and there was controversy about Xtreme Couture and the IFL uncovered on Monday’s show on www.joeted.com.
Bad Brad revealed on the air to Joe & Ted and The RNC nation that he will be fighting again in the IFL, with his next match to be against Delson Heleno of Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu on April 4 at the Meadowlands in NJ.
Brad was his usual self, making easy conversation and keeping Joe & Ted in stitches with his endearing sarcasm. Because his announcement was breaking news, the guys did not reveal Blackburn was even coming on the show until they brought him on the air.
By the time the show was finishing, he was running out the door to practice his jiu jitsu!
Maybe he should train with “Big Country”, whose game has no weakness right now.
Coming off his dominating knockout of Fabiano Scherner in the IFL’s 2008 opener Feb. 29, Roy was in top form in his showdown with Joe & Ted.
Roy gave a quick recap of his fight, then offered fans of The RNC a free T-shirt at his web site, www.bigcountry.tv.
But it is Roy’s insights into the business and political sides of MMA that set him apart. The discussion turned to the issue in the IFL in which Xtreme Couture abruptly switched its camp name to Team Tompkins due to the ongoing legal battle between Randy Couture and Zuffa, which operates the UFC.
Just two days before the IFL card was to take place, the Xtreme Couture camp entity asked the IFL to let it out of the naming commitment, which the promotion did, scrambling immediately in an obvious show of good faith. Within minutes of the request, the name Xtreme Couture was wiped clean of the www.IFL.tv site and all references were adjusted to read “Team Tompkins”.
Because Shawn Tompkins has fronted the core group of fighters associated with Xtreme Couture (the Anacondas), it was a logical and simple solution to make the name adjustment to Team Tompkins.
That should have been the end of the story.
What was not an issue at the time was that the fighters on the card representing Xtreme Couture/Team Tompkins were, with the exception of 145-pounder Dennis Davis, not regular training members in the Las Vegas-based establishment.
However, when Santino DeFranco and Lew Polley, members of American Top Team, were submission losers in the Feb. 29 card, it seemed to suddenly become a point of contention that the pair were not affiliated with Xtreme Couture, which contends it was forced by the IFL to have DeFranco and Polley fight under its banner.
Here is the camp’s statement, taken from the Xtreme Couture blog. Note the date of March 1, the day after the IFL card was contested:
Statement on Team Name Change from Xtreme Couture to Team Tompkins
March 1, 2008 ·
Yesterday our lawyers appeared in Judge Togliatti’s Las Vegas courtroom to address the previously continued preliminary injunction hearing. After many hours of argument, the judge agreed to fashion a remedy (without any admission or waiver or affect on any date and event other than the February 29th IFL event) based upon what Randy Couture had already advised the court he was doing and /or more than willing to do (and had already taken steps to do): (i) That he had not planned to attend the February 29th IFL event in Las Vegas; (ii) that, given the foregoing, he was not cornering at the IFL event on the 29th; and (iii) that the team name “Xtreme Couture” would not be used in the February 29th event (for the reasons discussed below). We don’t believe that anyone with full-knowledge of the facts could consider this a victory. In fact, it is a non-event.
However, the background story is a little more interesting. Simply put, the IFL was attempting to use the ”Xtreme Couture” name without properly representing the gym by using its own fighters.
On January 8 we submitted a list of seven (7) fighters to the IFL that would be available to fight in the IFL event from the Xtreme Couture gym. The fighters were: Dennis Davis 145lbs (16-8), Jay White Heavyweight (2-5), Phil Friedman Heavyweight (1-0), Eric Uresk 155lbs (2-3), Josh Haynes 185lbs (8-8), Johnny Hendricks 170lbs (3-0), and Karina Taylor 135lbs (0-1).
The IFL informed us that Dennis Davis would be booked to fight a prelim bout against Ian Loveland and that none of our other fighters would be utilized. According to the IFL none of our fighters were a proper matchup for Mario Sperry’s team of Brazilian fighters. The IFL intended to field a team of Benji Radach (who due to injury was replaced by Josh Haynes), Santino DeFranco and Lew Polley. Radach had been a member of Shawn Tompkins’ Anacondas team, while DeFranco and Polley are from American Top Team.
Lew Polley and Santino DeFranco are tremendous athletes and excellent fighters. However, they are members of American Top Team not Xtreme Couture. American Top Team is a great squad and by all means seem to be deserving of having their own team in the IFL. We have 35 athletes that train in our Las Vegas gym and proudly wear the Xtreme Couture patch on their shorts during fights. Yet the IFL decided to field a team called “Xtreme Couture” without putting any Xtreme Couture athletes on the team. The Patriots didn’t show up in the Super Bowl with a bunch of players from the Packers. Why would the Xtreme Couture name be put on the line and not be represented by Xtreme Couture fighters.
It is because of this that the team name was changed to ”Team Tompkins”.
The IFL may have been misguided in putting fighters under another camp’s banner, but this did not seem to be an issue until all of a sudden DeFranco and Polley were victims of first-round submissions.
The IFL has been doing the same thing since its inception and no one made an issue of it.
For instance, Jake Ellenberger, who had an impressive win over Pat Healy on the Feb. 29 card, is a member of Matt Lindland’s Team Quest. But Ellenberger fought in the IFL Team Finals in September for Pat Miletich’s Silverbacks when Rory Markham was injured.
Miletich had another Team Quest fighter, Gerald Harris (a member of the cast of The Ultimate Fighter 7, incidentally), join his Silverbacks for the team semifinals against Tompkins’ Anacondas, and he was knocked out by Radach.
Radach originally was supposed to fight under the Xtreme Couture banner for the card in question Feb. 29, but because he broke bones in his neck during training was replaced by Josh Haynes. Although Radach has trained in Florida with American Top Team for years, no one seemed to have a problem with the star being associated with the Anacondas, Xtreme Couture or Team Tompkins.
While valid, the timing of the Xtreme Couture statement seems curious at best, sour grapes at worst. There had been plenty of time for them to step in and either ask for the name association to be removed or demand the IFL utilize true members of the camp for all events in which it was participating.
It was a subpar move by an otherwise top-flight outfit with some of the most respected people in the business.
On The Rear Naked Choke, both Nelson and Blackburn assessed the situation and added special insight. Give it a listen and comment through the site or via email at TheRNC@joeted.com.
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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!
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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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