The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted

Sean Sherk, a.k.a. The Muscle Shark, and new WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown made their respective RNC debuts with Joe & Ted. Hear Sherk’s first comments on the resignation of California State Athletic Commission executive director Armando Garcia, who controversially suspended for Sherk steroids. 

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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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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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