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Podcast: MMA Sunday School
By: Jared Koll
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Scott Holmes and Rodney Dean were back Sunday for another edition of 'MMA Sunday School' on The Sherdog Radio Network.
The duo touched on the latest news and notes surrounding their lives, and threw in some mixed martial arts talking points for good measure.
Do yourself a favor and tune in. Your mother would approve
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Sherdog Vault Photo of the Day
By: Chris Nelson
Five years ago today, Jason Miller took a unanimous decision over Hiromitsu Miura at WEC 27. “Mayhem” wouldn’t fight for Zuffa again until December 2011. (Photo by Dave Mandel, 2007.05.12)
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Arias: One-on-One with Frank Mir
By: Carlos Arias (The Orange County Register)
Frank Mir was supposed to face Cain Velasquez in a matchup of former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholders at UFC 146 on May 26 in Las Vegas. However, he got the opportunity to fight current UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in the main event of UFC 146 when Alistair Overeem tested positive for elevated testosterone levels and was suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mir took a timeout from his training to talk about his game plan for dos Santos, Overeem’s suspension and his future plans.
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Podcast: 'King' Mo Lawal
By: Jared Koll
Jack Encarnacao and Jared Koll were back Friday for another edition of 'Beatdown' on The Sherdog Radio Network.
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Joining them was Muhammed Lawal to discuss his recent co-promotional deal with Bellator Fighting Championships and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Yes, 'King' will be fighting in both the squared-circle of professional wrestling and the edgeless octagon (if you will) of Bellator.
And Mo already has the name of his finishing move picked, and a possible rival, too. Want to know more? Then listen in.
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Bjorn Rebney: What Bellator Can Offer Fighters Like Lombard, Alvarez Could Change Soon
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, on “The Savage Dog Show,” discussing Bellator’s ability to retain its fighters and compete for new talent as well:
“Look, if a tremendous fighter becomes available in another organization and has the opportunity to solicit offers from Bellator, Viacom, Spike, we may look at that fighter and make a tremendous offer, and the UFC would have the opportunity to match that offer. It just boils down to numbers and it boils down to business models in terms of where business models are. If we were a couple of years into the future in Bellator vis-à-vis the Spike alliance was doing large-scale pay-per-views, the ability to monetize a Hector Lombard deal or what we could offer in that deal might be quite different and it might have a much different result, but right now we’re not doing pay-per-view.
“Everything we’re doing is live and free. As we launch on Spike, whether it’s the reality show or the shoulder programming or the live events we’re doing, it’s going to be live on Spike and it’s going to be free. All you’ve got to do is turn on your TV set and watch it. With that kind of ability to monetize content, it’s going to have an effect on what we offer and what we match in terms of other deals. That may change in the very near future, and/or we may look at a deal with [Eddie Alvarez] or with any other fighter that we’ve got under contract and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to pay X for this guy now. We want to keep him for this reason or that reason.’ It’s really on a fighter-by-fighter basis.
“The other thing we have going for us, which is spectacular right now, is that the Pat Currans, the Eduardo Dantas’s, the Michael Chandlers and many of the other guys that are champions in our organization have got long-term deals with us and are going to be able to benefit from Spike and from the reality show and from that epic machine that is Spike network in terms of reaching and connecting with MMA fans. The future looks bright.”
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Sherdog Vault Photo of the Day
By: Chris Nelson
Melvin Manhoef turns 36 years old today. Here he is demonstrating his crane kick technique before Dream 6. (Photo by Daniel Herbertson, 2008.09.22)
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Josh Barnett Gets a Crash Course in Stunt Fighting
Strikeforce fighter Josh Barnett takes a break from preparing for his next bout to take a crash course in stunt fighting from Hollywood fight choreographer Ernie Reyes.
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Podcast: Beatdown, Live from Tachi Palace Fights 13
By: Jared Koll
Jeff Sherwood, Jordan Breen and TJ De Santis were back Thursday, live from Tachi Palace Fights 13- Unfinished Business, for another edition of 'Beatdown' on the Sherdog Radio Network.
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Main event fighters Joe Soto and Chad George stopped by to discuss their upcoming bout and answer the crew's questions.
Also, other fighters filled in the guest chair and talked about their impending fights Thursday night. Ian Loveland, Alexander Crispim, Art Arciniega, Darrell Montague
Additional guest included Ian Loveland, Alexander Crispim, Art Arciniega, Darrell Montague
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Straus Claims ‘Mental Edge’ Over Sandro at Bellator 68
By: Brian Knapp
Daniel Straus will lock horns with Marlon Sandro in the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 6 featherweight tournament final at Bellator 68 on Friday in Atlantic City, N.J. The Ohioan believes he has a mental edge over Sandro, who already lost to reigning 145-pound champion Pat Curran. The Straus-Sandro winner will earn a shot at the featherweight titleholder:
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“To be honest, I’m not even thinking about the title shot right now. I don’t even know if that day will come. Every day is a gift out here. All I know is that I have to beat Marlon Sandro next, and that’s all I’m thinking about right now. Marlon is looking to get to Pat Curran so bad right now. I know he’s really focused on fighting Pat because he has that head kick knockout over him, but I’m not even thinking about Pat right now. The only thing I’m thinking about is beating Marlon Sandro and winning this tournament. Then I’ll think about beating Pat. That’s why I feel like I have the mental edge over Marlon in this fight.” -
Sherdog Vault Photo of the Day
By: Chris Nelson
A bloody Georgi Karakhanyan celebrates after winning the Tachi Palace Fights featherweight title. (Photo by Dave Mandel, 2011.12.02)
Watch Tachi Palace Fights 13 tonight, live and free on Sherdog.com: http://bit.ly/HIqGd5
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