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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!

Oh yeah – and from this: “CAN YOU FEEL IT?!!!“

FEEDBACK

We want your feedback and suggestions about the show, MMA, or pretty much anything else. We also want Ted to tell people how to listen to the show through your iPhone while you’re in your car or wherever you are. If you have done it or know how to do it, then tell us about your experience. Tell us how you listen to the show and what you love or despise about it. TheRNC@joeted.com. We’re pushing the emailing a lot now.

We also are trying to figure out why those using Internet Explorer load www.joeted.com and have it come up halfway down the page to one of the videos. Sorry about that.

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Dan Miller stunned the establishment Friday night at Mohegan Sun with his belt-winning kneebar of IFL middleweight champion Ryan McGivern.

On May 19, Dan and his brother, Jim, welcomed Joe, Ted and The Rear Naked Choke crew to AMA Fight Club in Whippany, NJ for an in-person show! To hear Dan’s initial appearance on the show, Dec. 3, 2007, click the second player below.

 

 Dan & Jim Miller, Comin' atcha LIVE from AMA Fight Club in Whippany, NJ!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Dan Miller's first appearance on The RNC, Dec. 3, 2007: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The 185-pound IFL championship belt Dan secured was sitting right there on the table the whole show, which featured a recap of the Mohegan Sun card from May 16, the history of the Miller brothers, the MMA scene, family squabbles, the IFL, contracts, and much more.

Don’t worry, we also made Dan talk AGAIN about “The Guillotine From Hell” from his first IFL fight!

It got ugly when Jim revealed the dirty tricks of wrestling and Ted busted out the Oil Can Boyd reference.

If you missed it live, you can download this or any show to your iTunes by clicking the iTunes widget on www.joeted.com, and there also is an RSS feed available among the ways to keep on top of The Choke.

We also are feverishly working to get the VIDEO archive of live shows available through our partners at IFL.TV – feel free to check out the video player and do not wait for word from us. IT’S OK!

THOUGHTS FROM MOHEGAN

We once again were treated in a top-notch manner by the IFL and its staff, especially Jerry Milani, Greg DeSanctis and Katie Eskin. Katie has been instrumental in getting the video livestream running on IFL.TV. As we work out the kinks, the product will continue to improve (and believe us, we’re working tirelessly on it).

As usual, Debbie Rizzo killed as producer. James “The Kitch” Kitcher did well remote producing and keeping up joeted.com from The Land of Urijah Faber. Marty Lang gave us a taste of his professional film making by manning the video.

The guest list from the three on-site Mohegan Sun event-related shows:

Bad Brad Blackburn (co-hosted in Ted’s spot 5/14), Joey Guel, Carlos Hernandez, Zac George, Ryan “The Lion” Schultz, Roy “Big Country” Nelson, John Franchi, Nick Calandrino, Mike Massenzio, Kurt Otto, Tim Hughes, Jay Larkin, Chael Sonnen and, last but not least, Mike Ciesnolevicz.

After the fights finished, the crew hung out at the casino. Ted and Marty chilled with Big Country, and Joe and Debbie caught up with them after a nice chat-up with the Team Quest guys, including Ryan The Lion, Chael, Aaron Stark and Matt Lindland, who eagerly exposed his right nipple.

Bad Brad, renowned MMA photographer Tracy Lee, and Kurt Otto caught up with the crew when Royce Gracie showed up!

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 After Hours Party Shenannigans w/CrossFit AllisonNYC: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well into the middle of the night after the IFL had completed its event, there was another competition just across the Meadowlands. And JoeTed.com was there! Breaking into video a little differently than expected, check out the video clip below of CrossFit legend AllisonNYC doing pullups to try and win a bet. You might also see some other familiar faces from The RNC!

On April 7, we returned to the regular schedule with a look back at the recent IFL event:

“Bad” Brad Blackburn joined The RNC to talk about his amazing comeback knockout of Delson Heleno, the potential for an IFL welterweight title fight and his Behind the Scenes with Joe & Ted video. Brad also digs the first-ever video produced on JoeTed.com and gave some of the background to its making!

Starting off the show was James “The Kitch” Kitcher, who runs JoeTed.com and sometimes a co-host and contributor, not to mention a CrossFitter and personal trainer. The Kitch recently was hanging in Sacramento with Matt “Suave” Horwich and Urijah “The California Kid” Faber, and gave the update on how it all shook down. The Kitch also riffed about the star of the JoeTed video (it’s just below), CrossFit AllisonNYC!

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 John Gunderson and Mark Miller on The RNC! [68:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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 Riz & The Kitch vs The Doodlebops in Vegas [51:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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.

Download Riz, Kitch and The RNC battle 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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