UFC fans, we have a great show for you. It came live with Joe Rizzo of Examiner.com and Hector Castro of the Ground and Pound from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.
First Guest: Rory Markham is fighting at UFC 111 both talked about his upcoming fight with Nate Diaz. Rory has not fought in a year, when he lost to Dan Hardy, but he revealed that a he had a partially collapsed lung during the fight, the result of a weight cut. Rory is perhaps the most well-spoken fighter out there. He has been a friend of the show since it’s inception, and has even sat in the co-host chair, something he talked about revisiting in the near future around UFC 111, which is local to Rear Naked Choke Radio in Newark, NJ.
Second Guest: Zak Jensen, a TUF 10 castmember, just had his first fight since the show and talked about his victory and his hair (he lost a bet with Joe). Zak also used to co-host with Joe. He did a popular TUF 10 recap during the running of the reality series and has a friend on the new cast. There also was some talk about Brendan Schaub, who was supposed to be a guest on this appearance but will instead be on an upcoming show, and Zak handicapped the fight between Kimbo Slice and Matt Mitrione, both of whom he knows from being in the TUF house.
UFC fans, we have a great show for you. It comes live with Joe Rizzo of Examiner.com and Hector Castro of the Ground and Pound from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.
Rory Markham is fighting at UFC 111 and Brendan Schaub has a match at UFC on Versus 1, and both will talk about their upcoming fights. Schaub’s TUF 10 castmate, Zak Jensen, just had his first fight since the show and will talk about his victory and his hair (he lost a bet with Joe).
Dominick Cruz, Paul Bradley and Danny Martinez joined Newark Examiner MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Hector Castro on Rear Naked Choke Radio from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.
Cruz is taking on Brian Bowles for the bantamweight title at WEC 47 on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio and will give the inside talk about the fight. We dug even deeper into the matchup with Cruz’s good friend Martinez. Listen in to find out where Martinez has been living the past few weeks.
Bradley is taking on Luke Rockhold on Feb. 26 at Strikeforce Challengers 6 in a battle of huge prospects. He is another in a long line of Minnesotans (even though he is really from Iowa) to join RNC Radio. Bradley gives a riveting account of the inspiration he takes from the story of his coach, Greg Nelson of Minnesota Mixed Martial Arts.
Strikeforce star Sarah Kaufman and Topps guru Jeremy Fullerton joined Newark Examiner MMA writer Joe Rizzo and guest co-host Hector Castro on Rear Naked Choke Radio from LA Boxing in Paramus, NJ.
Kaufman gave one of her final interviews before beating Takeyo Hashi for the Strikeforce 135-pound belt in San Jose. She was getting her hair braided during the interview, but still took time. Sarah has been a friend of the show since before she hit the big time!
Jeremy is Topps’ product manager that covers the UFC. He talked about the latest release and gave the details from an exciting new contest that you have to hear about. You could win a UFC dream trip!
Joe Rizzo caught up with rising young star Andy Main at AMA Fight Club in Whippany, NJ proir to his fight at Ring of Combat on Feb. 19 in Atlantic City.