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FIGHT TALK UNLIMITED FEATURING ULTIMATE WOMEN CHALLENGE CREATOR AND CONTESTANT TONIGHT @ 8:00 PM EST

Posted on | June 10, 2010 | No Comments

Fight Talk Unlimited is in full swing tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern as we discuss this weekend’s huge UFC event, and our scheduled guests will give us a glimpse into the world of women fighting in mixed martial arts for a living as well as for respect. “Rabble Rousin'” Rich Bergeron and Tony “The Tornado” Penecale will take everyone through upcoming and past combat sports events, and we may even have a special surprise guest late in the program. (RICH ATTONITO OF THIS SEASON’S ULTIMATE FIGHTER) Get ready for pure, unadulterated fight talk radio! LISTEN LIVE OR AFTER THE SHOW AIRS BY CLICKING HERE!!

Lyle Howry, creator of Ultimate Women Challenge reality show, and female fighter and show contestant Angela Magana will join us tonight to talk about the program and the sport of MMA in general.

Check out the YouTube video below to learn more about tonight’s guests.

LET FREEDOM RING: LUNDY VS. MOLINA

Posted on | June 9, 2010 | No Comments

Posted on | June 9, 2010 | No Comments

JUNE 16 LOS ANGELES HEADLINERS BABALU SOBRAL & ROBBIE LAWLER, STRIKEFORCE CEO SCOTT COKER

MEDIA TELECONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Sobral, Lawler and Coker participated in a national media conference call on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming STRIKEFORCE Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday, June 16, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

Lawler (17-5) will collide with former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight (205 pounds) Champion Sobral (35-8) at a catch weight of 195 pounds in the main event.

Lawler, 6-1-1 with one No Contest in his last eight outings, is coming off a dramatic, come-from-behind 3:33, first-round knockout over highly regarded Melvin Manhoef on Jan. 30, 2010. Sobral’s start will be his first since losing his STRIKEFORCE belt to Gegard Mousasi on Dec. 19, 2009. Prior to the defeat, Sobral had reeled off five consecutive victories.

The first-ever STRIKEFORCE event scheduled for mid-week will take place in the midst of the E3 Expo, the premier trade show for computer and video games. During E3 Expo 2010 at the L.A. Convention Center, EA SPORTS™ will exhibit its highly anticipated title, EA SPORTS MMA, in which STRIKEFORCE is featured as a premier league.

The principal fighters on the June 16 fight card, including Lawler, Sobral, Evangelista Cyborg, Marius Zaromskis and Tim Kennedy, are all featured in the EA Sports MMA title.

What the fighters had to say on Wednesday’s call:

OPENING COMMENTS:

SCOTT COKER: “We’re happy to have the fight between Robbie and Babalu and we’re looking forward to a great fight. That fight is going to have a lot of implications. I think that that fight, the winner, if Babalu wins and looks good, he will be first in line for a matchup against King Mo (Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal). Robbie, if he wins the fight, will be first in line to have a title shot at 185 against (Ronaldo) “Jacare” (Souza). Normally, we don’t put those fights out there, but I just wanted to let everyone know that this fight will have consequences and it will be an interesting show and we’re looking forward to putting it on.”

ROBBIE LAWLER: “Training is going good. I’m down in Arizona for fight camp. I’m just working real hard, working on my skills and looking forward to having a good show.”

BABALU SOBRAL: “I look forward to this fight. It’s going to be in California, my backyard, so it’s going to bring a lot of fans in.”

QUESTIONS:

With all the middleweight tournaments that you are having, could the winners be in a potential tournament?

COKER: “That is still to be determined. It hasn’t been mapped out 100 percent, but we’ll probably have an announcement in the next 10 days or so.”

Babalu could potentially face King Mo, but he’s recently said that he wouldn’t want to fight him because of their relationship. Is that true?

RICHARD WILNER (Babalu’s Manager) “Yes and no. For what it’s worth, if the question is ‘are we looking for a fight with Mo,’ with all do respect, the answer is no because of our relationship with Mo. If that’s the fight on the table because the fans are clamoring for it, then we’ll do what we have to do. If the question is ‘who do we want to fight,’ I could easily answer that question – and the answer is Dan Henderson and Gegard Mousasi.”

As far as Jacare goes, you said Robbie Lawler would face him for the title. Is Jacare absolutely locked to fight for the title next, regardless?

COKER: “This depends on how things shake out with Jake (Shields). If we end up in a situation where we’re looking for a 185-pound champion, I think Jacare would be a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the slot.”

Babalu, how is your training going considering Robbie has such good power?

BABALU: “I’ve been working hard. He’s a great striker and, as everybody knows, I don’t try knocking people out, so I have to defend from that.”

Robbie, how is your submission defense coming?

LAWLER: “Everything is going good. I’ve been training hard, working on all my skills as usual, so everything is going good.”

Babalu, how are you preparing for this fight after almost one year of not fighting?

BABALU: “Well, I took a little time off. I have been going to the gym; I’ve been prepared all along. I was supposed to fight in DREAM, but that go cancelled and STRIKEFORCE offered me this opportunity. I just had to push the training a little bit more. It’s been good training. I’ve had a very, very amazing camp.”

Scott, will the winner of the Fedor-Werdum fight get a shot at (Alistair) Overeem?

COKER: “When the fight is over, should Fedor be victorious, we will definitely be sitting down with M-1 to try to put that fight together.”

Scott, how is this type of event different for STRIKEFORCE?

COKER: “Basically, what happened was E3 was on the books about six months ago and EA Sports was putting out this MMA game. They asked us if we could put together some sort of event. We said, why don’t we do a fight and it will be our first real time in the Los Angeles market with SHOWTIME. We thought this will be a fun opportunity to do something in conjunction with EA Sports as part of the E3 convention. Then we started thinking about what type of card we’d bring there. Would we bring a Challengers card, do we have the available space (for a big card)? There was really a tight, tight grip on a lot of the venues there, so we couldn’t pull a big arena show. We talked to Ken Hershman and thought about doing a hybrid-type of show, and he gave it the green light. It’s kind of a sampling where you’ll have two fights on the undercard, it’s not going to be a fight where we normally have four or fight undercard fights, it’s a little bit later of a start time, but you’ll get to see some of the best and some of the up-and-coming guys who are trying to keep their value up.”

How is the LA market treating you so far?

COKER: “Ticket sales are terrific; I think we’re about 2/3 there (to sell out).”

Robbie, you’ve been knocking a lot of guys out, but your last couple of losses were by submissions. How are you going to approach Babalu, who is a submission specialist?

LAWLER: “Really, I’ve just been doing what I normally do: working on all my skills, striking, grappling, wrestling, just trying to build everything at the same time. (Against Jake Shields) I got caught in a submission, it was tight and I made a mistake. It was an easy mistake to fix and that’s what I’ve been doing. I grapple as much as I do anything else, so I’m not leaving anything behind. I’m working on all my skills.”

Babalu, your last fight in STRIKEFORCE you lost by knockout to Mousasi. What have you done to improve your standup and striking for Robbie?

BABALU: “The only thing that I changed a little bit because Robbie is southpaw is I’ve been training more southpaw then I used to train. That’s the only difference.

“Sometimes it’s good to get your ass kicked, and sometimes it can come back to haunt you. Mentally, I’m more prepared for this. I can’t wait to come back and fight. I’ve improved more, but I can strike too. There’s no secret to my game. I’ve fought everybody under the sun.”

Robbie, can you talk about the difference at fighting at 195 pounds and what your preparation is?

LAWLER: “I’m not too worried about my weight. I decided that I’d just eat whatever I’d want to and not worry about my weight. I tried bulking up, adding more fluids and taking a little more supplements than usual. If I was going to weigh 190, I’ll weigh 190. If I weigh 195, that’s fine. I’m just going to work hard and that’s what I’ve been doing.”

Babalu, what’s the difference in your approach at 195?

BABALU: “I haven’t been 195 since I was, like, 15 years old. For me to make 195, that’s a good opportunity to fight Robbie. He’s a big man and he’s a great challenger.”

Facing a striker after the way you lost last night, what’s your thought?

BABALU: “I lost my last fight, but that wasn’t because I punched in the head. He tripped me and took me down. I was on the ground, it wasn’t because I was weak. I will come back strong from the loss. I want to get back to my winning track.”

Robbie, your last fight was a tremendous and grueling fight. How long does it take for you mentally and physically to get over that fight?

LAWLER: “Physically a little bit longer. Once I got out here to Arizona I started pushing it a little harder, and that’s when I started feeling really good. Mentally, I was ready to go. I’m always mentally there where I believe in myself and I believe I can beat anyone – that’s easy. The physical part is always the part where you need to work hard and get back into shape and that’s what I did.”

How would you rate that victory (over Melvin Manhoef) over your other victories in your career?

LAWLER: “I think it was one of my biggest because everyone knows what kind of striker he is. Everyone said I should have taken him down, which maybe I should have. But to knock him out standing and to beat him on his feet, where he’s supposedly one of the best in the world, felt good.”

Babalu, do you feel any added pressure in this fight because of the extra time off and because a title shot is on the line?

BABALU: “There’s always added pressure. The pressure is always on. The next fight is always the most important fight in your life.”

Robbie, do you think there’s some advantage because he has taken some time off and is coming off of a loss?

LAWLER: “No, I don’t look at that as an advantage. Sometimes, taking time off you come back stronger and you’re able to look at what you need to work on and you’re fresher when you come into the fight. It all depends on the individual and how they train if it’s a benefit. I’m ready to go – that’s all I can control.”

Babalu, what would you say your strengths or advantages are going into this fight?

BABALU: “Normally, I would say my submission skills. But, I don’t know. I don’t think I have any advantages. I’ve just been training really hard and feel comfortable with what I’ve done. I’m just trying to get as mentally and physically prepared as I can to get the job done so I can come back to my house and kiss my family.”

Robbie, what would you say your strengths or advantages are going into this fight?

LAWLER: “I don’t really want to talk about my advantages, but, as far as my strengths are, I’m mentally prepared. I’m ready to go; I’m physically ready to go. I’ve been training real hard. Babalu is a really good opponent; he’s fought everyone it seems at different weights. So he’ll be ready to go and I’ll be ready to go.”

Babalu, how many times ideally would you like to fight each year?

BABALU: “Without injury I can fight every week. But I used to fight 12 times in one year back in the day. Honestly, every four months is perfect. I don’t know if that’s possible, but that’s the dream.”

CLOSING COMMENTS:

COKER: “I’d like to invite everyone down to the event, and if you can’t make it you can always watch it on SHOWTIME. We have a very busy month with SHOWTIME, we have Fedor fighting Fabricio Werdum on the 26th. We’re very excited to host that event; it’s going to be a big show. You know, everyone is talking about Fedor, Fedor, but, let me tell you something, I think people underestimate Fabricio in this fight. He beat Fedor’s brother, he beat Alistair Overeem, who’s our current champion, back in PRIDE, and he just beat (Antonio) Big Foot Silva, who just had a great win over Andrei Arlovski. This guy has fought the best in the world and I think it’s going to be a great fight. Tune into SHOWTIME to watch both fights.”

Tickets are on sale at STAPLES Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) and STRIKEFORCE’S official website (www.strikeforce.com). Tickets will also be sold at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE box office on days when events take place there.

About STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose’s HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE, sanctioned by ISKA, has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts (MMA) series with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.” In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose.

This week TDR LIVE at the 2010 World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa

Posted on | June 9, 2010 | No Comments

Wrestling Fans this week we take the Brute adidas studios on the road to Council Bluffs Iowa for the 2010 World Team Trials. Kemin Agrifoods is proud to present this special broadcast. Who will rise above their college marks and win a spot on the World Team and contest on behalf of Team USA? You should be there at the Mid America Center.

Join Scott Casber, Steve Foster, Ryan Freeman and guests as we bring to you the flavor of this important event.

TDR Radio/Video Program
Show- 9 to 11 AM CST Takedownradio.com, AM 1460 KXNO,
Supertalk 1570, Livesportsvideo.com

Live Event Sessions may be watched on TheMat.com

Friday Session 1 9:00 AM
Session 2 5:00 PM

Saturday Session 3 9:00 AM
Session 4 5:00 PM

Wrestling fans- Episode 61 of TDR TV wrestling news is now on. Check TV Guide for listings.

TDR and TDR TV. Now It’s appointment Radio and TV!
TDR on Internet: You can join us Saturday mornings at Takedownradio.com
TDR on Radio: LIVE Saturday at 9:00 AM CST on 1460 KXNO in Iowa.
Delayed Saturday nights at 7:00 PM Eastern on Supertalk 1570 in Michigan,
TDR TV: Mediacom Cable Systems Channel 22 in 6 Midwestern states.
TDR TV On Internet: Over 30 Different sites now carry your favorite wrestling news show

Thanks to our affiliates, our media partners and friends at Livesportsvideo.com.
Thanks for watching and listening!

LOS ANGELES MEDIA & PUBLIC WORKOUT FEATURING: “BABALU” SOBRAL, TIM KENNEDY, CONOR “HURRICANE” HEUN FOR STRIKEFORCE

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Monday, June 14 at 1 p.m. PT at Krav Maga Training Center in West Los Angeles

WHO: Former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight Champ Renato “Babalu” Sobral

American military hero and up-and-coming middleweight Tim Kennedy

Hollywood’s Conor “Hurricane” Heun

WHAT: The fighters will participate in an open workout just two days before the upcoming STRIKEFORCE Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 16, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

THE WORKOUT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA ARE ENCOURAGED TO INVITE THEIR LISTENERS, VIEWERS & READERS.

Sobral (35-8), the former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight (205 pounds) Champion who hails from Brazil and fights out of Orange County, will collide with exciting knockout artist Robbie Lawler (17-5) at a catch weight of 195 pounds in the main event. The fight will be Sobral’s first since losing his STRIKEFORCE belt to Gegard Mousasi on Dec. 19, 2009. Prior to the defeat, Sobral had reeled off five consecutive victories.

American military hero and San Luis Obispo native Kennedy (11-2) will face the former South African National Wrestling Champion Trevor Prangley (22-5-1) at middleweight (185 pounds) in one of the featured STRIKEFORCE fights at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Kennedy, a former United States Army Special Forces sniper with the 19th Special Forces outfit based in San Antonio, has toured the Middle East multiple times, and earned the Army’s Bronze Medal Star medal for valor under fire. Inside the cage, Kennedy has won three in a row and 11 of his last 12.

Heun (8-3), who fights out of Hollywood, will face former world champion KJ Noons (8-2) of San Diego, Calif., in an excellent lightweight (155 pounds) match.

Tickets are on sale at STAPLES Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) and STRIKEFORCE’S official website (www.strikeforce.com). Tickets will also be sold at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE box office on days when events take place there.

WHEN: Monday, June 14 at 1 p.m. PT

WHERE: Krav Maga Worldwide Training Center, 11400 W. Olympic Blvd., West Los Angeles, Calif., 90064, Phone: (310) 477-9977

Hatton: I’m a big fan of Prizefighter

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Hitman backs event as votes continue to pour in for final place

Ricky Hatton backed Prizefighter as a great way for young boxers to get a foot in the door of the big-time – as D-Day for the public vote for the final fighter to take their spot at Prizefighter Super-Middleweights on June 30 approaches.

The Hitman spoke exclusively to Prizefighter about the success of the series ahead of the 13th outing for the ground-breaking format at York Hall in Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. There’s also a new twist with the eighth fighter to be selected by boxing fans through the official website. So far, over 2,500 votes have been cast at www.prizefighter.co.uk with the final boxer to be confirmed soon.

“It’s an absolutely fantastic event – the mix of underdogs and kids against the fighters having their last shot at glory is sensational stuff,” said Hatton. “It’s only three rounds so tactics go out the window and you have to give it hell for leather, I’m a big, big fan of it.”

Prizefighter has given the perfect start to the careers of Martin Rogan and Sam Sexton, who have fought each other for the Commonwealth title after winning the first and second events respectively, while it gave the kiss of life to Audley Harrison’s career, a man on the brink of a World title fight after winning Prizefighter. Hatton believes that Prizefighter is both ideal grounding for those fresh from the amateurs whilst also giving hardy pros one last shot at glory.

“It’s a major stepping stone for young fighters it’s only three three-minute rounds so the lads who are used to doing shorter distances might even have an advantage over those who are used to longer distances,” said Hatton. “It’s great for a young prospect because he might have to fight a former champion with experience and I love that – I think that’s fantastic, it’s a great idea.”

Tickets for Prizefighter Super Middleweights are available now at £35 (unreserved), £60 (ringside) and £100 (VIP) – call Matchroom Sport on 01277 359900.

Belfast Bound Ian Bailey Looks To Make Up For Prizefighter Disappointment

Posted on | June 9, 2010 | No Comments

Slough’s Ian Bailey is set to face the heavily touted prospect Carl Frampton on the undercard of, the Matchroom Sports promoted, Paul McCloskey’s European Light Welterweight title defense against veteran Italian Giuseppe Lauri at the King’s Hall In Belfast on Friday 11th June.

Those that watched the Sky televised Prizefighter – The Super Bantamweights a couple of weeks ago will remember that Bailey, who was one of the two reserves for the tournament, was the loser of the hastily arranged coin toss to decide who would replace Ricky Owens and face Willie Casey in the final for the £32,000 prize.

Boxing can be a cruel sport, by losing the coin toss Bailey not only missed the chance to kick start his career, by boxing live on TV, but also suffered an immediate net loss of £14,000.

Following his final training session, under the watchful eyes of his co-trainers Johnny Eames and Derek Grainger, at the Ultrachem TKO Gym in Canning Town the diminutive 26 year old spoke of that cruelest of moments, “It would have been a great opportunity to have fought on the Prizefighter show.

I don’t remember much of the coin toss, just seeing the wrong side of the coin. I felt faint, and could have cried after seeing I’d lost the toss. To have come in as the reserve for the final would have been awesome.”

Bailey then spoke of his opponent on the 11th June, “I’ve never seen him fight, I’ve seen a brief clip of him as an amateur. He’s built like me physically short. He likes getting physical, working hooks and body shots. Matthew (Marsh) down here at TKO sparred him, he said he likes to work on the inside so I’ve just got to go on what he said. He’s compact and likes to throw a lot of body shots. Similar to Ben (Murphy) here, maybe a bit neater that that, but not as strong as him.

He won the Irish ABAs, or whatever it’s called, so he’s a good fighter. It’ll be a clash of similar styles, so should be a good exciting fight. I like it when people come and stand in front of me. It’ll be a good old punch up.“

Frampton, and his mentor Barry McGuigan, may think they have an easy opponent, due to Bailey’s misleading 5-4 record, but the plucky Bailey may turn out to be their worse nightmare as Sheffield’s Steve Barnes, another previously highly regarded prospect, will attest.

Ian Bailey vs Carl Frampton will be on the undercard of the Sky Sports Televised Paul McCloskey versus Giuseppe Lauri European Light Welterweight at the King’s Hall In Belfast on Friday 11th June.

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Molitor to Make First Defense of Second Title Reign in the UK

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Two-Time IBF Junior Featherweight Champ Faces Jason Booth July 23rd

TORONTO, ON (Wednesday, June 9, 2010) – Two-time world champion “The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor (32-1, 12 KO’s) loves the United Kingdom. In November of 2006 he captured the IBF Junior Featherweight with a 5th round KO over Michael Hunter, in Hartlepool, and is 3-0 in Great Britain as a professional.

On July 23rd, Molitor returns to the UK to begin his second reign as IBF 122 lb. champion, when he defends his newly recaptured title against British and Commonwealth Super Bantamweight champion Jason Booth (35-5, 15 KO’s).

Molitor’s first trip to England, in September of 2002, saw him dominate Booth’s younger brother Nicky over 12 rounds to capture the Commonwealth Bantamweight title.

Fifteen months later Molitor returned to the UK and continued his British breakfast by trouncing Londoner John Mackay over 8 one-sided rounds.

Orion Sports Management and FTM Sports have teamed up to promote the event, and will announce a host city and venue in the near future.

“Fighting in the UK brings out the best in me. The atmosphere is always electric, and the fans are so passionate,” Molitor said.

“That just makes me even more motivated than ever. I know Booth will leave it all in the ring on July 23rd. He wants my belt, and some revenge for his brother. But I’m not leaving anything to chance. That title is coming back to Canada.”

Not only does Molitor love the UK, but the UK obviously loves him, with the British Board of Boxing Control naming him their 2006 Foreign Fighter of the Year.

And on July 23rd, UK fight fans can further enjoy Molitor’s skills live on Sky-Tv, while Molitor’s Canadian fans can see the fight on TSN.

Allan Tremblay and FTM’s Frank Maloney have enjoyed a long friendship, and are delighted to finally have the opportunity to work together.

“We are looking forward to a great event on July 23. Frank and I are old mates from back in the day, and it is a distinct pleasure to join forces with him on this promotion,” Tremblay said.

“Steve Molitor simply loves fighting in England and will put on a great show for the fans.”

Legendary UK boxing promoter Frank Maloney is equally effusive about all aspects of the match-up.

“Jason’s life has been a roller coaster and if he pulls this off it will complete a remarkable story,” said Maloney.

“Steve has been on top form on previous British trips against Jason’s brother, Nicky and Michael Hunter. This time I am hoping his luck will run out.”

“It is great to work with Allan again. He and his staff are complete professionals, and a pleasure to deal with.”

ABOUT ORION SPORTS MANAGEMENT
Orion Sports Management is an Ontario based promotional company known for staging first class boxing events. Run by former Canadian Airline executive Allan Tremblay, Orion is the force behind Ontario’s biggest match ups, from their launch event at The Air Canada Centre (“The Night Of The Hurricane”) to a series of televised events in the Niagara region featuring “Baby Joe” Mesi, Razor Ruddock, Egerton Marcus, Chad Brisson, and Steve Molitor.

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