http://ourmedia.org/user/57277 Recently published media items from Ourmedia.org en http://ourmedia.org/node/369026 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Jay Larkin, the newly appointed acting CEO of the International Fight League (IFL).In a lengthy discussion in his New York office, we talk about why he believes that the IFL is here to stay, how IFL differs from UFC, their plans for televising IFL events, and much more. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:59:02 -0800 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/368382 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Tedd Williams, the owner and founder of Gladiator Challenge, one of the oldest mixed martial arts companies in the U.S.We discuss the history and origins of Gladiator Challenge as well as its development and plans for the future. We also discuss its two year-ending major shows coming up. Gladiator Challenge will hold a fight card Saturday, December 1, at the Thornton Sports Arena in Thornton, Calif., near Sacramento. One week later, on Saturday, December 8, another big show will be held at the Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:21:04 -0800 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/361599 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with freestyle wrestler Mo Lawal, a member of the US national team. Mo Lawal is an athlete who embodies the totality of the combat sports. He resides and trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, and is a 2008 Olympic hopeful. He is also an avid boxing fan, has trained in boxing, and is friends with numerous boxers. After his wrestling career is over, he plans to become a professional mixed martial arts fighter.He will also be wrestling at the prestigious Alexander Medved International in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 19-21, at 96 kg/211.5 lbs.In a lengthy discussion, we talked about his training regimen at the Olympic Training Center; the recent 2007 world wrestling championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, which he attended; some of the burning controversies in international wrestling; his prospects for making the Olympic team in 2008; the Medved tournament; major boxing cards coming up; ties between wrestlers and boxers at the Olympic Training Center; what his specific plans are for entering mixed martial arts; and more. Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:51:07 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/351240 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman begins by discussing the venture of a new entrant into the world of mixed martial arts, the HDNet Fights series being initiated by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. Their first scheduled show is Saturday, October 13, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.We first offer some advice for this new enterprise about how to position it as a sport and not a spectacle. We also spoke with Mark Cuban on a media teleconference call to get his thoughts on his new role as both a promoter and a broadcaster of mixed martial arts.The main event on that show will feature the return to MMA action by Erik Paulson for the first time in seven years. He will face another veteran, Jeff Ford, who has been a kickboxing champion and a heavyweight pro boxer as well as a mixed martial arts fighter. We also spoke with both fighters on this media teleconference call.Also, we provide a glimpse at what should be a stellar, action-packed, and important final four months of 2007 for the sport of boxing. This schedule is absolutely loaded with intriguing, major fights, including: Jermain Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik (Sept. 29), Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera 2 (Oct. 6), Oleg Maskaev vs. Samuel Peter (also Oct. 6), Juan Diaz vs. Julio Diaz (Oct. 13), Sultan Ibragimov vs. Evander Holyfield, (also Oct. 13), Chris Byrd vs. Alexander Povetkin (Oct. 27), Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler (Nov. 3), Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Rocky Juarez (also Nov. 3), Miguel Cotto vs. Shane Mosley (Nov. 10), Jean-Marc Mormeck vs. David Haye (also Nov. 10), Joan Guzman vs. Humberto Soto (Nov. 17), Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton (Dec. 8), and more.We discuss what we are calling "Boxing's Fall Feast" in a segment which was originally on SecondsOut Radio. Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:21:31 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/350340 On this special edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, the second this week, host Eddie Goldman speaks with a very busy Gary Abbott, Director of Communications and Special Projects for USA Wrestling.Gary has just returned from the first World Grappling Championships, which were held September 9 in Antalya, Turkey, as part of the World Wrestling Games. This was the first time that FILA, the international wrestling federation and which is part of the International Olympic Committee, has sponsored a world championships in grappling.At that event, grapplers from the US swept the gold medals in all nine weights in both the men's and women's divisions. Among those winning gold medals are several athletes who are prominent in the mixed martial arts, including Jeff Monson and Tara LaRosa.Next up for the sport of wrestling are the 2007 World Championships of Wrestling. This event takes place September 17-23 at the Heydar Aliyev Sport and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. Competition will take place in men's and women's freestyle wrestling, and Greco-Roman wrestling. This year's world championships are a qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.We spoke with Gary about the World Grappling Championships, what this event meant to the combat sports, and the performance of the American team. We next previewed the 2007 World Championships of Wrestling, discussing what to expect from the American wrestlers and pointing out whom to watch closely on the world level.USA Wrestling's web site, TheMat.com, has a special section devoted to the 2007 World Championships of Wrestling.The web site of the World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) will also provide live and on-demand video coverage of the 2007 World Championships of Wrestling. Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:51:38 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/349587 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with mixed martial arts fight manager Phyllis Lee, who is known as the First Lady of NHB (no-holds-barred fighting, now known as mixed martial arts).We discuss the September 1 Art of War 3 card, held in Dallas, Texas, and shown on pay-per-view television. Three fighters on that card are managed by Phyllis: Ron Waterman, Lana Stefanac, and Thomas Schulte. We also touch on UFC 75 and discuss the direction mixed martial arts and its media ought to take. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:46:34 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/344920 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman continues our preview of the Art of War 3 mixed martial arts show. This event will be held this Saturday, September 1, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, and shown live on pay-per-view television.We speak with former UFC heavyweight contender and current IFA heavyweight champion Pedro Rizzo, who defends his title against Jeff Monson in the main event at Art of War 3.We also speak with CJ Comu, the chairman and CEO of SUN Sports & Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Art of War, about the business and media aspects of this event. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:42:26 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/342743 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, the third this week, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Kid Peligro, a senior editor at the ADCC News and also our correspondent on NO HOLDS BARRED.The subject is the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, which is organized by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. This event will be held Thursday, August 23, through Sunday, August 26, at the Pyramid on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, in Long Beach, CA. Over 1700 competitors have already registered to compete.This event, better known simply as the Mundial, is being held for the first time in the US. It will feature the best in the world in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which is the key foundation of mixed martial arts.Kid explains the significance of this prestigious event and lets us know what to expect and who to watch, especially in the various weight classes of the black belt division. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:22:36 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/342737 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, the second this week, host Eddie Goldman speaks with L. Jon Wertheim, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated.The May 28, 2007, edition of Sports Illustrated featured a groundbreaking and positive cover story on mixed martial arts and UFC, written by Jon, called "The New Main Event".In a lengthy interview, we discuss this story, mixed martial arts and UFC in general, what his plans are for covering mixed martial arts, and where this sport and its organizations may be headed. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:58:54 -0800 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/341700 On this special edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Dr. Margaret Goodman, a neurologist and former chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, about the scandal which may become boxing's equivalent of Watergate. (This was the first part of a two-part interview, which first appeared this past week on SecondsOut Radio. The second part, about steroids and other issues in mixed martial arts, appeared last week on NO HOLDS BARRED.)On July 30, The New York Times ran an investigative report entitled "In Boxing's Underbelly, a Blind Eye to Fighters' Health" (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/sports/othersports/30boxing.html) by John Eligon and Duff Wilson. The piece documented numerous cases where boxers had been given questionable medical clearance to fight, and even had fraudulent medical forms submitted on their behalf to various state athletic commissions for supposed medical examinations of them. Several of these fighters later died as a result of injuries suffered in those fights.We discuss with Dr. Goodman this scandal in depth and the failure of so many state athletic commissions in the US to take proper and reasonable measures to look after the safety and well-being of the fighters, as well as what must be done both in the short-term and the long-term to protect fighters. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:44:37 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/340351 On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, the second this week, host Eddie Goldman speaks with one of the hardest-working men in the combat sports, Jeff "The Snowman" Monson, a member of American Top Team and a two-time ADCC champion.This Friday, August 17, Jeff will face former USWF (Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation) fighter Chris Guillen for the newly-created Global Fighting Championships heavyweight title on their mixed martial arts show at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.Just two weeks later, on Saturday, September 1, Jeff will face former UFC heavyweight contender Pedro Rizzo for the IFA heavyweight title in the main event of the Art of War 3 mixed martial arts show at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, and on pay-per-view television.Then, just about a week later on September 9, Jeff will hit the mats as part of USA Wrestling's U.S. Grappling World Team, which will compete at the first Grappling World Championships at the World Wrestling Games, hosted by FILA, the international wrestling federation, in Antalya, Turkey. The World Wrestling Games also features sombo, beach wrestling, and pankration.We spoke at length with the peripatetic "Snowman" about his career, his prospects for winning three titles in two sports in a span of four weeks, and the relation between wrestling and both grappling and mixed martial arts. We also discussed some of Jeff's controversial political views, and how he sees their relation to the combat sports. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:08:11 -0700 Eddie Goldman http://ourmedia.org/node/338719 On this week's special edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Dr. Margaret Goodman, a neurologist and former chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.In the wake of the latest round of dope cheats being caught in the mixed martial arts, we discuss what fighters, promoters, and athletic commissions must do to combat this scourge. We discuss what a national athletic commission in the US could do for mixed martial arts. Dr. Goodman also outlines the medical reasons why toxic drugs such as steroids are so dangerous to the health of fighters. We discuss what the role of the combat sports media should be.This discussion was the latter part of an interview with Dr. Goodman, the first part of which was on SecondsOut Radio where we discussed a brewing scandal in boxing, which she characterized as boxing's Watergate. That scandal involves a recent report in The New York Times, which documented numerous cases where boxers had been given questionable medical clearance to fight, and even had fraudulent medical forms submitted on their behalf to various state athletic commissions for supposed medical examinations of them. Several of these fighters later died because of injuries suffered in those fights. Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:12:57 -0800 Eddie Goldman