The Rear Naked Choke, Featuring Joe & Ted

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Listen! Randy Couture sits down with Joe & Ted at the IFL GP Semifinals

To cap off the three-show extravaganza from the IFL World Grand Prix semifinals outside of Chicago, Randy Couture sat down with Joe & Ted for the Rear Naked Choke.

Here to corner Xtreme Couture member Jay Hieron of the LA Anacondas, Couture talked about his fighter, the team concept of the IFL and his muddled future as a fighter. The heavyweight champion then helped mentor Hieron to a unanimous decision victory over Donnie Liles, setting up Couture for another IFL appearance at the World Grand Prix finals Dec. 29 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.

Couture’s presence did not overshadow the Rear Naked Choke debut of NY Pitbulls coach Renzo Gracie. Renzo was his usual jovial self, talking about philosophy, the world of MMA and just about everything else. He gave his assessment of some of the fights, as Joe & Ted gave their predictions throughout the show.

For the second straight day, Carlos Newton sat in, although this time Ted was there to witness it. He admitted he was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, although did not seem passionate about it. Oh yeah, and he talked about the fights, too!

Tim Hughes, the IFL’s ring announcer, helped kick off the show, and Joe & Ted then got to have Gareb Shamus, one of the league’s co-founders, on for the first time. Later, SoCal Condors coach Marco Ruas gave the guys some time, and IFL fighter liaison Shannon Knapp sat in. She was the league’s first-ever employee.

Bad Brad Blackburn co-hosted the Friday show with Ted not having arrived. John Gunderson respond to Newton’s prediction earlier in the show of a Waggney Fabiano victory. Gunderson was not pleased (as you can hear at the show’s opening).

Reese Andy led it off (he did Ted’s part in the intro), and Hieron joined in while Gunderson was around.

On the Thursday show, Joe welcomed the very unique Matt Horwich. The only way to describe Matt is, well, there is no way to describe him. You just have to listen.

Later, Antoine Jaoude taught Joe the correct way to pronounce his name. The least interesting thing about Jaoude is that he is a top-rated heavyweight MMA fighter. Born in Brazil, he met Ruas and did Vale Tudo from the age of 15. Later living in war-torn Lebanon, he learned many hard lessons that helped make him an Olympic wrestler. He still aspires to bring Brazil its first Olympic wrestling medal.

Oh, and did we mention he speaks five languages?

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