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We specialize in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Entertainment. Interviews, live pre-fight, pre-event radio broadcasts. Some of our many guests include Renzo Gracie, Pat Miletich, Randy Couture, Tara LaRosa, Ken Shamrock, Brad Blackburn, Roy “Big Country” Nelson, the Miller Brothers, etc.
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Below is a playlist of our latest shows. It keeps growing and evolving, just like the sport does, just like we do:
BENJI RADACH SAYS HE’S LIKELY FIGHTING VITOR BELFORT
BAD BRAD BLACKBURN checks in with a UFC update
Joe & Ted give thanks on the pre-Thanksgiving show for friends like Bad Brad Blackburn.
ELITEXC: HEAT - Kimbo lost (not to Shamrock)
Kimbo lost.
But it was not to Ken Shamrock. In a bizarre turn of events, Shamrock had to relinquish his spot in the main event due to a cut sustained earlier in the day, and Seth Petruzelli stepped in from his spot in a preliminary light-heavyweight bout.
UFC: BRAD BLACKBURN REVEALS HIS NEXT FIGHT
Also: LC DAVIS in his first interview since Affliction signing
Listen To The Show - Brad Blackburn and LC Davis as Guests
“Bad” Brad Blackburn announced his upcoming UFC fight exclusively on The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted (www.JoeTed.com), and it’s going to be an intriguing matchup.
EXCLUSIVE: UFC’S “BAD” BRAD BLACKBURN ANNOUNCES NEXT FIGHT ON THE RNC
Also: LC DAVIS IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE SIGNING WITH AFFLICTION
Listen To The Show - Brad Blackburn and LC Davis as Guests
“Bad” Brad Blackburn announced his upcoming UFC fight exclusively on The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted (www.JoeTed.com), and it’s going to be an intriguing matchup.
Bad Brad will be joining Joe & Ted in the co-host seat as the guys converge on South Florida for the EliteXC on CBS card, featuring Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock, Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobald, Andrei Arlovski vs. Roy “Big Country” Nelson, and Benji Radach vs. Ninja Rua.
This coverage with Joe & Ted’s unique angle is something you get only from The Rear Naked Choke radio show!
Also on the show, featherweight LC Davis gave his first interview since landing a three-fight deal with Affliction. LC is a friend of the show and a real up-and-comer in MMA. He is one of the most exciting fighters out there. He also talked about potential opponents with Joe & Ted.
Email us with suggestions, comments or thoughts at TheRNC@JoeTed.com.
Elite XC Heat Card - Fight of the Night? Cast Your Vote!
- Kimbo Slice v Ken Shamrock (29%, 2 Votes)
- Gina Carano v Kelly Kobald (29%, 2 Votes)
- Andrei Arlovski v Roy Nelson (29%, 2 Votes)
- Benji Radach v Ninja Rua (14%, 1 Votes)
- Jake Shields v Paul Daley (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 7
Loading ...Affliction/Golden Boy Promotions partner to hold hybrid MMA/boxing events
Drum roll please …
Affliction MMA recently “postponed” its encore pay-per-view (PPV) event “Day of Reckoning” — originally scheduled for October 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada — because the promotion had a big announcement to make tonight about the company’s future.
And Vice President Tom Atencio had curious fans buzzing when he revealed that the announcement would be made during the big lightweight professional boxing title fight between Joel Casamayor and Juan Manuel Marquez, which will air on HBO pay-per-view (PPV) live from “Sin City” at 10 p.m. ET.
So what’s all the fuss about?
Affliction has forged a partnership with Golden Boy Promotions — the monster boxing promotional company led by superstar Oscar De La Hoya — to co-promote future events that will feature mixed martial arts and boxing matches, according to ESPN.com.
Here’s a snip:
“Golden Boy and Affliction will partner 50-50 on at least four pay-per-view shows next year that will include boxing matches and MMA fights on the same card. Smaller promoters have paired the two sports on cards, but never at the top level.”
It’s a relationship that was first discussed before Affliction even staged its first-ever event on July 19; therefore, it doesn’t come as too much of a surprise that Golden Boy Promotions is once again back on the MMA radar.
Of course, Affliction also has an existing deal with multimillionaire Donald Trump, meaning that the upstart promotion has added another powerful partner to help it succeed.
And the fearsome threesome will get its first crack at the big time when it trots out the biggest star on the roster, WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko, to anchor the MMA portion of the card now set for the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on January 17.
No opponent for Emelianenko is known at this time.
This card will not air on HBO, which would have been an industry coup — it is set to air on normal PPV. However, it’s certainly possible that the new format and partnership could likely lead to something down the road.
Stay tuned for more details.
ROY “BIG COUNTRY” NELSON of Affliction
JUSTIN EILERS of EliteXC
It’s a heavyweight show on The RNC!
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Roy “Big Country” Nelson and Justin Eilers headline The RNC’s Heavyweight Show for Tuesday, August 26.
Roy will be fighting Paul Buentello on Oct. 11 in the Affliction show. It will be his first fight since leaving as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the IFL.
For more on Roy, check out www.BigCountry.tv.
Justin recently lost his EliteXC heavyweight title match to Antonio “Big Foot” Silva, who later was suspended a year for failing a drug test for steroids.
Without the performance enhancement of his opponent, would Justin Eilers be the first heavyweight champion of EliteXC?
JUMP ON THE TRAIN and listen to find out for yourself!
“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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