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The On Demand Replay of Pro MMA’s interviews with the UFC’s Ricardo Almeida and Dream’s Joe Warren is available now and ready for our listeners.
Jesse Holland of MMA Mania joined Pep in the Opening Round to talk Kyle Maynard, Chuck Liddell’s retirement, Anderson Silva and more.
World Class grappler and the upcoming addition to the UFC’s Welterweight division, Ricardo “Big Dog” Almeida, will be coming by to talk about the move to 170, his win over Matt Horwich at Fight Night 18 and more. Then we’ll visit with world champion wrestler and MMA newcomer Joe Warren from Team Quest. Joe beat former WEC Champ Chase Beebe in the first round of the Dream 7 Featherweight Grand Prix and now gets ready to take on one of the world’s best, Kid Yamamoto, in the next round of the tournament.
The On Demand Replay of Pro MMA’s interview with Strikeforce Middleweight KO artist Scott Smith is available now and ready for our listeners.
Neil Davidson of The Canadian Press joined Pep in the Opening Round to breakdown this past weekend’s UFC 97 and the suprising main event that saw Anderson Silva retain his middleweight title in his first decision victory since coming to the UFC. Neil also updated us on the future of MMA in Canada.
Fast becoming one of the most exciting fighters in mixed martial arts, UFC and Elite XC veteran Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith joins Pro MMA to talk about his stunning come-from-behind knockout of Benji Radach at Strikeforce’s debut card on Showtime. Scott will also talk about his masseuse, Tom Atencio, and where he thought his career would be after the demise of Elite XC.
In the Opening Round, Neil Davidson, General Sports Editor and MMA journalist at The Canadian Press will join Pep to breakdown UFC 97. The stacked card is the UFC’s second trip into Canada after a mega-successful event at Centre Bell when GSP reclaimed the welterweight title by defeating Matt Serra at UFC 83.
The On Demand Replay of Pro MMA’s interviews with UFC Lightweight Cole Miller and WEC Bantamweight title contender Joseph Benavidez are available now and ready for our listeners.
Jesse Holland of MMA Mania joined Pep in the Opening Round to breakdown this past weekend’s Strikeforce debut on Showtime and to breakdown this weekend’s upcoming UFC 97 card where the main event will see Anderson Silva defend his Middleweight title against Thales Leites.
UFC Lightweight Cole Miller makes his first appearance on the show after his recent domination of the very controversial Junie Browning. Cole will rap about the fight, his TUF 5 experience and training at ATT. And coming back for another appearance on Pro MMA is WEC Bantamweight title contender Joseph Benavidez to rap about the biggest win of his career over tough veteran Jeff Curran at WEC 40.
In the Opening Round we’ll break down this weekend’s Strikeforce debut card on Showtime and preview UFC 97 where Anderson Silva will defend his middleweight strap against Thales Leites and Chuck Liddell will try to get back on a winning track against Shogun Rua.
UFC Fight Night 18, the Dana White/Loretta Hunt controversy, the debut of TUF Season 9, WEC 40 and this weekend’s Strikeforce all got the expert roundtable treatment on this week’s Pro MMA Radio. Pep was joined by Jesse Holland of MMA Mania and Percy Crawford of FightHype to break it all down and witness the show’s first crowning of “Jackass of the Year”, and it’s a surprise.
In the final segment, ESPN’s MMA Live host, Jon Anik, joined Pep to talk about the new Bellator Fighting Championships and what we can expect going forward. Jon is joined by Jason Chambers to form the English speaking broadcast team for Bellator which will be airing weekly cards for the next 12 weeks at Bellator.com.
Feast or famine? We went from no major fight cards for a month to what may be the busiest two week stretch in MMA in a long time. Pep will be joined this week by MMA Mania’s Jesse Holland and FightHype’s Percy Crawford to break down UFC FIght Night 18, TUF Season 9, WEC 40, the Bellator Fighting Championships and the upcoming Strikeforce debut on Showtime. Get current and informed with the experts this Monday at 6PM PST, 9PM EST!
