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On June 3, 2009, Affliction and M-1 Global held a press conference at Trump Towers to promote their upcoming show on August 1, Affliction: Trilogy. Speakers included Tom Atencio, Mark Cuban, Donald Trump, Renato Sobral, Gegard Mousasi, Joost Raimond, Josh Barnett, Vadim Finkelstein and Fedor Emelianeko. For more MMA awesomeness, head to thefightnerd.com!
The Fight Nerd heads to Vegas to meet Robert Drysdale, one of the top BJJ competitors in the world and grappling instructor to some of the top fighters including Randy Couture and Frank Mir. He talks about growing up in Brazil, his matches in Abu Dhabi and his beliefs on teaching. For more MMA awesomeness head to thefightnerd.com!
The Fight Nerd heads to the HERE Theater in Soho, NYC, to watch the rehearsal for a unique martial arts stage show called "Soul Samurai!"For more MMA insanity head to thefightnerd.com!
Pete "Drago" Sell shows us how to use the head and arm choke he used to defeat Phil Baroni at his UFC debut.For more ways to choke people out, head to thefightnerd.com
Pete "Drago" Sell goes into the cage at the Longo International Martial Arts Academy in Long Island, New York to discuss his background in martial arts, his time on two different seasons of The Ultimate Fighter, his upcoming fight and his best impersonation of Dolph Lundgren.
A visit to the On The Mat Fight Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada with Scott Bieri and Scott Nelson.
On February 11, 2009, Irish Ropes Promotions held a presser to announce Erin Go Brawl 2, their second annual boxing festival at Madison Square Garden. Speakers included Andy Lee, Wayne McCullough, Emmanuel Steward and Sadam Ali.For more combat sports news and mayhem head to thefightnerd.com
UFC veteran and TUF Alumni Luke Cummo show us an elbow strike set up from the clinch that he learned during his time on TUF 2.For more MMA schtuff, check out thefightnerd.com!
The Fight Nerd gets a quick interview with Joe and Dan Lauzon, moments after Dan had pummeled Justin Hammerstrom at WCF 5. Also included is the Bros. demonstrating the superman punch!