Category: Tough Talk

Tough Talk returns with a massive 110-minute edition featuring interviews with “The Fight Professor” Stephen Quadros and TUF8 winner Ryan “Darth” Bader. Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp talk to Ryan about his upcoming fight against Carmelo Marrero, whether TUF8 was edited to make Junie look bad, Thales Leites’ chances against Anderson Silva, being coached by Nogueira and Silva, why he will have no problem going to the ground with Marrero and the origin of his nickname. Then, Stephen Quadros joins the show to talk about auditioning for KISS, jamming with Gene Simmons, his connection to Traci Lords, where the magic between him and Bas came from, working for Pride, who he still keeps in touch with, going to Japan, why Pride cut short several promising careers, Fedor half-mumbling his name, Cage Rage, working with Mauro Ranallo, judging for the UFC, wanting to see Gina Carano back in action, Facebook and much more.

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Tough Talk returns with an interview with Danish UFC fighter Martin
“The Hitman” Kampmann who will be headlining the April 1 Fight Night
against former WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit. Kampmann talks
about his fight against Nate Marquardt and what went wrong there, how
he wasn’t even supposed to be on the show that he had his debut on,
what he thinks of Thales Leites, wanting to put on some more weight,
his title aspirations, doing a quick turn-around to fight in Cologne
on June 13, whether grappling is starting to take a backseat to
stand-up, the Danish fighters’ biggest weakness, MMA in Denmark and
which video games he plays. Then Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp go into
detail on UFC 96 including – but not limited to – men with thick
skulls, bad refereeing, bum knees, nipple tweaks, ball shots, how to
keep your heart on and commentators who like Cream. 73 minutes of
MMAdness.

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Tough Talk returns with a review of last weekend’s WEC event, the
latest drug suspensions and full coverage of the UFC 99 press
conference in Cologne, Germany. Then, the Black Cobra Dewey Cooper
joins Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp to preview UFC 96: Jackson vs.
Jardine and talk about hosting the convention’s grappling fights this
coming may. Find out what Dewey thinks about Shane Carwin’s chances
against Gonzaga and Keith Jardine’s against Rampage. 85 minutes, most
of them English.

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Tough Talk returns this week with coverage of the UFC 95 live event from London, including the weigh-ins, Joe Rogan’s performance, the mini-convention at Gaucho Grill before the event itself and obviously how the fights went and what lies ahead for the people who fought. The show ends with a 15-minute interview with Diego Sanchez which took place right after UFC 95 and the post-show press conference. 74 minutes all-in.

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Tough Talk returns tonight with Strikeforce’s reigning Heavyweight
Champion Alistair Overeem who talks very openly about who he is as a
person, how he got into RINGS, what it was like being chosen as the
guy to fight Chuck, what he took away from the fight and how a rematch
would go, whether he ever thought about quitting MMA and going back to
kickboxing, why he moved up to heavyweight and how his physique
changed, why his stamina is actually better now, his disappointment
with the second Belfort fight, whether the PRIDE pace was healthy,
differences in fighting in the US vs Holland or Japan, the Cro Cop
fight and where the rematch stands, who keeps ducking him, who his
team is currently negotiating with, life in Golden Glory and what
video games he plays. Then Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp break down UFC
95 and the not-so-aptly named Wargods show. 85 minutes of MMA.

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Tough Talk returns tonight with an exclusive interview with UFC top lightweight contender Kenny “KenFlo” Florian. Kenny speaks candidly about his time on The Ultimate Fighter, the amount of respect he has for BJ Penn and GSP, how he himself isn’t all that good and can be beaten, what it would mean to him if BJ Penn decided not to come back, when the fight could be taking place, the two fights that, aside from his title shot, he wants more than any other, the life-changing moment that caused him to go into fighting, Diego’s future in the lightweight division, his favorite fight and fighter of all time, MMA Live on ESPN and what he thinks of Lesnar-Mir 2. Then, Oliver Copp and Mike Sawyer review Ultimate Fight Night 17, UFC 94 and talk about Karo Parisyan’s drug test failure (and who they’d have expected the failure to be). 85 minutes of MMA.

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Tough Talk returns with a look back at what may have been Affliction’s
swan song, Andrei Arlovski’s beard having an out-of-body experience,
Josh Barnett being unable to finish Gilbert Yvel of all people on the
ground, the shots to the balls heard around the world, what the future
holds for Matt Lindland, commentary on the tremendous WEC event
including the douchebag interviewer and what Dana White should do to
him, the fantastic fight between Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone and
what’s next for the California Kid. Then the man formerly known as the
“Disco Inferno”, Glenn Gilberti, joins the show to talk about his
wrestling career, working for TNA as a wrestler and as an agent, the
script that got leaked, his relationship with Dave Meltzer, the most
misunderstood wrestling personality ever and tell some funny Juvie
stories. Finally, he breaks down UFC 94 and tells us exactly why BJ
Penn will be knocking out GSP, how you don’t bet against an unbeaten
fighter and what he thinks of Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture.

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Tough Talk returns with a big review of the UFC 93 weekend, including
the look on Phil Baroni’s face when he saw Oliver Copp at the hotel
(and vice versa), the near-incident at the kebab place in Dublin,
Frank Mir memorial beards, what it’s like playing the upcoming UFC
videogame by THQ, whose butt Dana White kicked twice while playing the
game, the best worst fight of all time, why Mike Sawyer thinks Chuck
vs Shogun is a bad fight, live impressions from the Dublin undercard,
Davis and Lytle needing to get a room, the Rampage vs Jardine fight,
the upcoming F4W Vegas convention and Ti moving to Penthouse. Then
they preview the upcoming Affliction and WEC events and are joined by
Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko who weighs in on his bout against
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on Saturday. 90 minutes of MMA stories and
opinions.

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Tough Talk returns with a special bonus episode with the UFC 93
pre-show press conference and one-on-one sit-down interviews with Rich
Franklin, Mark Coleman and Marcus Davis.

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Tough Talk returns with Jonathan Snowden and Tom “The Tank” Egan and
an all-round crazy show. UFC’s youngest fighter, a true Irish native,
talks about growing up in and around Dublin, training with Ireland’s
foremost fight team, his upcoming fight against John Hathaway at UFC
93 and how he is expecting it to go. Jonathan Snowden, author of the
critically-acclaimed MMA book “Total MMA” then joins the show to talk
about his book, the Yakuza, Dave Meltzer, what had to remain on the
cutting floor, thinking about releasing a second book, the X-rated
version of Lou Thesz’ autobiography “Hooker”, UFC’s international
expansion and the options they have, Gina Carano, Ric Flair’s
retirement, who will be UFC’s biggest star in 2009, Michael Bisping’s
chances against Anderson Silva and how the BJ Penn-GSP fight is going
to go. Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp then turn to UFC 93 and where they
see it going, Coleman’s chances against Shogun, Peter North’s big
party at the Penthouse Club and what you wouldn’t have wanted to touch
there, a former UFC champion getting thrown out of the club after
pulling guard in a fight and a whole lot more. 110 minutes of MMA.

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