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Podcast: Pat Healy, Bryan Caraway, Greg Jackson
By: Sherdog.com Staff
TJ De Santis and Jeff Sherwood returned to the Sherdog Radio Network Monday for another edition of “Beatdown.” Joining them were UFC 159 luminaries Pat Healy, Bryan Caraway, and Jon Jones’ coach, Greg Jackson.
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The Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., played host to a bizarre night of mixed martial arts action. Healy opened the night on pay-per-view with an upset submission victory over hometown favorite Jim Miller. The former Strikeforce number one contender joined De Santis and Sherwood to talk about his return to the UFC seven years after his Octagon debut. Healy recounts the excitement leading up to the bout, if he felt this was a return or his true debut in the UFC, and what it took to dispatch Miller.
Caraway stepped up to face Johnny Bedford on short notice. “The Ultimate Fighter” alum chats about his decision to take the fight, what it was like facing a friend and former training partner, and what it’s like fighting in the shadow of his girlfriend, fellow UFC fighter Miesha Tate.
Jones was victorious over Chael Sonnen in dominant fashion in the main event of UFC 159. Coach Greg Jackson shares his experience being in the corner of the UFC light heavyweight champion. Jackson discusses the mindset of Jones entering the fight, the game plan, and the grotesque injury to Jones’ foot, which left his toe mangled.
De Santis and Sherwood also took listener calls, emails, and tweets. The guys also take a look at officiating coming out of the UFC 159 event and what can be done to deal with eye injuries more efficiently. Listen to “Beatdown” here
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Jim Miller UFC 159 Pre-Fight Interview
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Jim Miller locks horns with Strikeforce import Pat Healy on April 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The AMA Fight Club product talks about his upcoming UFC 159 bout in an interview with UFC.com.
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What Pat Healy Would Do Differently If He Could Start Over
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Pat Healy, on “Beatdown,” discussing the losses on his record and its effect on fans’ perception of him:
“My record’s not the best. I had a lot of fights early in my career that I shouldn’t have took and I took on short notice, but you’ve got to understand, I was poor. Literally poor for five or six years of my life. I don’t think many people can relate to that. They don’t know what that feels like, to not be able to afford to eat good, to be struggling to put food on the table. I don’t think people know what that’s like. I don’t see people relating to that. That’s the reality of my situation. … In a perfect world, I wish I could go back when I was younger and be like, ‘Hey man, this is going to affect you the rest of your life. Maybe you shouldn’t take this fight on two weeks’ notice when you haven’t really been training.’ But I didn’t have any guidance. I just had a dude who, you could call him my manager, I guess, at the time. He would just throw me any fight that came to him. I was always stepping up on short notice. I really love to fight and to be in there, but you see guys nowadays being a lot smarter. They win four or five fights and they’re in a big show or they’ve got great buzz about them. It really pays to do it intelligently.”
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Podcast: Pat Healy
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Jeff Sherwood and TJ De Santis were back on the Sherdog Radio Network on Wednesday for another episode of “Beatdown.”
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Joining the show were Strikeforce lightweight Pat Healy, who discussed his upcoming title fight against Gilbert Melendez, and King of the Cage executive Chris Cordeiro, who talked about his promotion’s new broadcast deal with MAVTV.
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Podcast: Kampmann, Thomson, Healy, 'Uncle Creepy'
Jeff Sherwood and TJ De Santis returned to The Sherdog Radio Network Wednesday for the latest edition of "The Savage Dog Show." Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann discussed his upcoming fight with Thiago Alves at UFC on FX 2 on March 3rd. Also, Josh Thomson spent time discussing the finer elements of yogurt and interview questioning, and his upcoming fight with KJ Noons.
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Jon Luther and Jared Koll talked mixed martial arts action on the latest installment of "Beatdown." Joining them were Strikeforce lightweight Pat Healy and UFC flyweight "Uncle Creepy," Ian McCall.
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Team Quest in China Blog, Part 6
Pat Healy, Coach Xhao Xuejun and Brad Hannah at Xian Sports University. | Photo: Liu Xiao Ming
Team Quest coaches Pat Healy and Brad Hannah are currently holding a training camp for fighters from various Chinese teams at Xian Sports University in Shaanxi Province. One such fighter is Wenbo Liu, a light heavyweight who makes his Legend Fighting Championship debut against New Zealander Sam Brown on Oct. 30.
Over the next six weeks, Healy and Liu will blog their experiences for Sherdog.com. Today’s post comes from Pat Healy.
It is the middle of the third week of the training camp at Xian Sports University. Intensity has picked in training for both sanda and MMA. I’ve been going to the sanda practices in the morning and running an MMA practice in the afternoon with Team Quest teammate Brad Hannah. The morning sanda training alternates between technique and sparring one day, and conditioning and pad work the next. Read more -
Team Quest in China Blog, Part 5
Wenbo Liu works up a sweat at Xian Sports University. | Photo: Liu Xiao Ming
Team Quest coaches Pat Healy and Brad Hannah are currently holding a six-week training camp for fighters from various Chinese teams at Xian Sports University in Shaanxi Province. One such fighter is Wenbo Liu, a light heavyweight who makes his Legend Fighting Championship debut against New Zealander Sam Brown on Oct. 30.
Over the course of the six weeks, Healy and Liu will blog their experiences for Sherdog.com. Today’s post comes from Liu.
Yesterday, we gave our new coaches a real introduction to China.
Oct. 1 is China’s National Day, the celebration of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. We decided to take Brad and Pat out for some traditional Uyghur food (from the province of Xinjiang) and some Chinese baijiu (white wine that resembles vodka, but is much stronger). Read more -
Team Quest in China Blog, Part 3
Pat Healy observes fighters at Xian Sports University. | Photo: Liu Xiao Ming
Team Quest coaches Pat Healy and Brad Hannah are currently holding a training camp for fighters from various Chinese teams at Xian Sports University in Shaanxi Province. One such fighter is Wenbo Liu, a light heavyweight who makes his Legend Fighting Championship debut against New Zealander Sam Brown on Oct. 30.
Over the next six weeks, Healy and Liu will blog their experiences for Sherdog.com. Today’s post comes from Pat Healy.
It’s the fourth day of the training camp here at the Xian Sports University. I’ve now been in China for a week and a half, since the trip started for me in Hong Kong last week. I had a great time there but Hong Kong is pretty westernized, so it didn’t really feel like I was in a different country. Many people there speak English and you can get any type of western food.
While I was in Hong Kong, I did a small seminar at a gym called Grips with my teammate from Team Quest, Brad Hannah, for a charity organized by Legend FC. It was a great experience and a nice ease-in for the training camp. They have a good black belt from Brazil who instructs there, which I think is very rare, so there was a high level of BJJ. Wrestling isn’t popular out here -- most people think of pro-wrestling when you mention it -- so that’s what I focused on. Read more -
Radio: Mousasi, Healy
By: TJ De Santis
Live radio was in full effect Wednesday on The Sherdog Radio Network with new episodes of "Beatdown" and "The Savage Dog Show."
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After nearly a month away from The SRN Greg Savage returned for another edition of "The Savage Dog Show." Along with co-host Jeff Sherwood the two men discussed the latest topics in mixed martial arts. Including the fight announcement of Alistair Overeem facing Brock Lesnar. Greg and Jeff also spoke to Pat Healy. The Team Quest product is set to face Maximo Blanco Saturday night in the Strikeforce cage.
Jon Luther and I were also back for another edition of "Beatdown." Joining us was former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi. The Dutch based Armenian will return to Strikeforce on December 17th to take on an un-named opponent. "The Dreamcatcher" talks about his return state-side, the landscape of mixed martial arts, and his goals going forward. Luther and I also talk about the announcement that Carlos Condit will be replacing Nick Diaz in a welterweight title match against champion Georges St. Pierre.
Check out the show and our archives by clicking here.
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Healy on Strikeforce Debut
Pat Healy discussed his unanimous decision triumph of Bryan Travers on Friday at Strikeforce Challengers 8.
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