Rear Naked Choke LATEST: Lesnar is UFC champ & Joe has a pit in his stomach

Welcome To The Rear Naked ChokeLATEST: Lesnar is UFC champ & Joe has a pit in his stomach
In this latest installment of the Rear Naked Choke – Joe flies solo and pontificates about what Lesnar’s win means for MMA.

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Kim Rose & Debi Purcell on The Rear Naked Choke

The Female Fighters Theme continues on the RNC with Kim Rose and Debi Purcell (also of FighterGirls.com) joining Joe and Ted. Absolutely great show. Kim was fantastic and offered tons of insight and then just when you think there is going to be a let down — Debi Purcell comes on and is just AWESOME. [...]

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The Catchup

Coldplay’s Viva la Vida.
Sounds like a U2 song, no? Brian Eno makes that much of a difference. Thing is, I think it would be an even better U2 song than a Coldplay song. Whatever. Just had to get that off my chest.
Kimbo Slice & EliteXC

I’m still seething about that EliteXC debacle and the Shaw voodoo [...]

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IFL.TV & The Rear Naked Choke – EliteXC Bas Rutten Crossover

If you go to IFL.tv right now and open up their video player – you will get to see Joe and Ted streaming LIVE and interviewing Bas Rutten and get to hear Bas dishing about Kimbo Slice and all the surrounding controversy about his EliteXC fight against James Thompson.
That’s right – the RNC is broadcasting [...]

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Joshua Robinson is a gold plated moron

This guy is a gold plated moron.
Did he even watch the same fight(s)? The Lawler / Smith fight was a dull affair? Kimbo stole the show?
Are you kidding me?
Compare that piece to this one

BTW – the WEC had it all over the EliteXC this weekend, no? Yeah.

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EliteXC Sux0rs NOT L337XC

Just finished watching the EliteXC event in Newark, NJ via tape delay.
What a crappy job all around on the biggest friggen stage for MMA.
Rappers?
Cheesy dancers?
O M G
Aside from that crap that made me think of ooohhh, The Running Man…
Gina Carano being allowed to fight after not making weight? Sketchy. I love her but you gotta [...]

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Hey are you a fighter?

Flashback — I’m with Riz. We’re at The Orleans in Vegas covering the IFL event there. We’re broadcasting, podcasting and doodlebop battling. On fight night, we’re on our way to the arena and in the elevator we get a guy who looks at me and goes — “Good Luck Tonight!”
We nod and smile, say thanks [...]

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The Rear Naked Choke – On Video!

The Rear Naked Choke has broken into new territory!
LIVE VIDEO
You can catch the RNC premier this evening:

IFL.TV

5:30PM EST
“Ringside” at Mohegan Sun
Once you get to the IFL Video Player, wait for the adverts to finish and then click on the LIve Events button or the What’s New button. Click The Rear Naked Choke logo and you’re [...]

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Matt “Suave” Horwich Stops By — I hook him up.

We’ve had Matt Horwich on the Rear Naked Choke a few times — and when Riz found out Suave was going to be traveling south from Portland towards San Jose and / or LA to do some training, Riz suggested to Matt that he stop by and hang out with me for a bit in [...]

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Matt Horwich, Urijah Faber, CrossFit, AllisonNYC: All in One Post

Hey there.
I’ve been a busy beaver as of late.
For those of you intently following the inner workings of Kitch Land – allow me to provide you with the executive summary.
On the Personal Training Front: I’ve got one client, 2x a week so far and will probably soon have 2 more. I’m working on a website [...]

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