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Tuesday, Jan 6
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Art Davie of XARM
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Art Davie, a co-founder of the UFC who is now the CEO of XARM. XARM is a new, hybrid combat sport, which combines kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, and arm wrestling. While some of the commentaries on XARM have been quite superficial, in...
Sunday, Jan 4
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Jason Bryant of Wrestling 411 on College Wrestling
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague Jason Bryant of Wrestling 411. Jason is co-host with Kyle Klingman of the Wrestling 411 Internet radio show and a major contributor to all aspects of their web site. In a lengthy interview, we discuss what is goi...
Wednesday, Dec 31
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Charles Farrell on Boxing 2008 and 2009
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman wraps up 2008 and introduces 2009 by speaking with our colleague and correspondent Charles Farrell. We ring in the new year by wringing the necks of those ruining the action in the ring. Our lengthy and hot conversation includes what is r...
Saturday, Dec 27
Podcast: No Holds Barred: King Mo Lawal Prepares for Sengoku 7
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the recent deaths of mixed martial arts fighters Justin Eilers and Justin Levens, and what this might possibly reflect about that sport. We also raise some major criticisms of the Sengoku 7 mixed martial arts ca...
Thursday, Dec 25
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Teimoc Johnston-Ono and the Grappling Arts
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with one of the most well-rounded masters in grappling, Teimoc Johnston-Ono. Teimoc's numerous accomplishments include being a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic judo team, serving as head judo coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Cen...
Friday, Dec 19
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Ana Bollocks of Gotham Girls Roller Derby
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Ana Bollocks, a member of the 2008 Women's Flat Track Derby Association national champion Gotham Girls Roller Derby. Ana is a blocker for the Queens of Pain, which also won the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league championship...
Monday, Dec 15
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Frank Shamrock
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts fighter Frank Shamrock. Frank has just revamped his web site, FrankShamrock.com, and added numerous user-friendly, social networking features, where one can sign up for free as a member. W...
Friday, Dec 12
Podcast: No Holds Barred: The Grappling Revival
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses an important development in the combat sports: the revival and resurgence of numerous important events in various styles of grappling. As has been reported on the ADCC News, not only are plans moving forward for the 2009 Abu...
Saturday, Dec 6
Podcast: No Holds Barred: John Perretti on the Devolution of Mixed Martial Arts
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with some comments on the new college wrestling season, and the important development of the formation of the College Wrestling Network, a joint effort of several wrestling media outlets designed to expand the coverage of co...
Tuesday, Dec 2
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Ricardo Lois Previews De La Hoya-Pacquiao
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Ricardo Lois, co-host of Boxing Confidential Radio. The main subject is the controversial fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, which will take place Saturday, December 6, in Las Vegas, and will be shown in the...
Friday, Nov 28
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Amber Lee Ettinger aka Obama Girl
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by discussing the important role of women in the combat sports and the need for them to have equal opportunity with men. In the main interview segment on this show, we speak with actress, model, and performer Amber Lee Ettinger. Sh...
Monday, Nov 24
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Todd Hester of Gladiator Magazine Names Eddie Goldman Conscience of the Combat Sports
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the controversy around the November 15 mixed martial arts fight between Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture at UFC 91. We go to the No Holds Barred e-mail bag for an insightful analysis by a listener about how this figh...
Wednesday, Nov 12
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Matthew Kaplowitz Goes to Japan
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with journalist, photographer, and web designer Matthew Kaplowitz. He is also a correspondent for this show. Matthew recently visited Japan, and we spoke to him about that trip. We discussed the Sengoku 5 and Dream 6 mixed martia...
Sunday, Nov 9
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Chica Loca of WFTDA on Roller Derby National Championship, The Northwest Knockdown
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Chica Loca, the marketing chair for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). She is also a skater with the Sacred City Derby Girls of Sacramento, California. This show is part of our continuing coverage of the excit...
Wednesday, Nov 5
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Obama and King Mo Win
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States. Discussed are both the significance of this for the combat sports of boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts, and, o...
Monday, Nov 3
Podcast: No Holds Barred: John Perretti on Sumo, Striking, Matchmaking, and More
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts matchmaker John Perretti. In a lengthy interview, we discuss his recent trip to Japan where he watched a sumo tournament, wrestling and grappling and mixed martial arts, the art of matchma...
Saturday, Nov 1
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Turi Altavilla on Demise of EliteXC
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Turi Altavilla, a vice president of EliteXC until the very recent demise of that mixed martial arts company. Turi also was formerly a vice president of the Pride Fighting Championships. In a lengthy interview, we get a rare,...
Tuesday, Oct 28
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Haulin Cass of Gotham Girls Roller Derby, NHB Mailbag on Dumb MMA
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman continues our discussions about the fastest-growing sport in America, roller derby, and the dumbest sport in America, mixed martial arts, and their interrelationship. This past Saturday, October 25, the Gotham Girls Roller Derby...
Friday, Oct 24
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Has Mixed Martial Arts Become the Dumbest Sport in America?
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the devolution of mixed martial arts into becoming one of the dumbest, if not the dumbest, sports in America. Among the issues raised in this no holds barred commentary are how this sport was once a brilliant laboratory and sc...
Wednesday, Oct 15
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Kelly Pavlik, Bernard Hopkins, Bob Arum, Melvina Lathan, Jack Loew, Naazim Richardson
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents our final preview of the fight taking place this coming Saturday, October 18, between Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) and Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs). The undefeated Pavlik, still the middleweight champion, will step up to...
Friday, Oct 10
Podcast: No Holds Barred: John Perretti on EliteXC Kimbo-Petruzelli Controversy, Striking and Grappling in MMA, and More
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts promoter, matchmaker, and commentator, John Perretti. In another lengthy interview, we discuss one of the biggest scandals in U.S. mixed martial arts history, the controversy revolving a...
Tuesday, Oct 7
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Todd Hester Interviews Eddie Goldman
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague and correspondent, Todd Hester, who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Gladiator Magazine. The tables are turned, however, as Todd conducts an in-depth interview with Eddie about Eddie's background...
Thursday, Oct 2
Podcast: No Holds Barred: King Mo Lawal
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with three-time U.S. national freestyle wrestling champion and now mixed martial arts fighter, King Mo Lawal. Mo made his successful fighting debut this past Sunday, September 28, defeating veteran Travis Wiuff in the first ro...
Tuesday, Sep 30
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Julio Cesar Chavez Film, Jake Shields-Paul Daley, Yogi's Bar Closing
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by reviewing the new documentary film "JC Chavez", which focuses on the life and career of the legendary Mexican boxer and icon, Julio Cesar Chavez. After a 25-year professional career which included numerous world champions...
Tuesday, Sep 23
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Vulgarization of MMA, Ara Abrahamian News, Mosley-Mayorga, Kimbo-Shamrock
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman takes on the world, and discusses the world of combat sports, around the world. Among the many international topics broached in this no holds barred presentation are: the latest news in the case of Swedish Olympic wrestler Ara Abraham...
Thursday, Sep 18
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Evan Tanner Tribute with Steve Nelson
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman is joined by Steve Nelson, founder of the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation (USWF) of Amarillo, Texas, to talk about the passing of mixed martial arts and wrestling champion Evan Tanner. Evan Tanner, a native of Amarillo who was livi...
Tuesday, Sep 16
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Golden Boy-Affliction Deal, Ginger Snap of Gotham Girls Roller Derby
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by discussing why the new deal for Golden Boy Promotions and Affliction Clothing to run joint boxing-mixed martial arts cards on pay-per-view television is a long shot at best, and what it means for both boxing and mixed martia...
Thursday, Sep 11
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Jeff Monson and the Future of Grappling
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by noting the untimely passing of mixed martial arts fighter Evan Tanner. We also discuss the rescheduling of the Affliction mixed martial arts card and what this says about their marketing, advertising, and pay-per-view str...
Monday, Sep 8
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Charles Farrell on Boxing This Week, UFC, and More
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman is joined by our correspondent, the award-winning boxing writer Charles Farrell. Eddie and Charles are also the editors of The Boxing Standard. In a lengthy, candid, and animated discussion about fights this past weekend and those sc...
Thursday, Sep 4
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Henry Cejudo, Randi Miller, Couture-UFC Mess
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins the first part of this show by commenting on the return of Randy Couture to the UFC and how this is a major setback for the battle for the rights of fighters in the mixed martial arts. We also discuss the further devolution of the UFC,...
Monday, Sep 1
Podcast: No Holds Barred: John Perretti and His New Sport
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary mixed martial arts promoter, matchmaker, and commentator, John Perretti. For the past several years, John Perretti has been involved in attempting to launch a new, professional combat sport. It will be base...
Thursday, Aug 28
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Steve Nelson and the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Steve Nelson, who fought in and ran the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation (USWF) in the 1990's in Amarillo, Texas. This organization, which was one of the most successful local promotions of its time, held fights under wh...
Monday, Aug 25
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Why Ara Abrahamian Was Correct
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the controversy regarding Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian, who had his bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games stripped by FILA, the international wrestling federation. In the second period of the 84k...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Wade Schalles on Wrestling at 2008 Olympics
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Wade Schalles, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion, a champion or All-American in folkstyle, freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling and in sombo and judo, and a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame....
Friday, Aug 8
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Olympic Wrestling Preview with Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Gary Abbott, Director of Communications and Special Projects of USA Wrestling, who is in Beijing, China, for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. In a lengthy discussion, we preview the wrestling competition which will take p...
Monday, Aug 4
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Eddie Goldman on the Contradictions of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents a dialectical look at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which begin Friday, August 8. We examine the various aspects of the Olympics, including the contradiction between, on the one hand, the rampant commercialism and corrup...
Wednesday, Jul 30
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Eddie Goldman on John McCain, MMA, and Boxing
On this edition of No Holds Barred, we focus on discussing the article "Punch Drunk Love. How boxing explains John McCain" by Michael Crowley in The New Republic, which quotes me extensively about McCain's obsessive campaign against mixed martial arts in the 1990's. We also discuss the si...
Friday, Jul 25
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Melvina Lathan, Gov. David Paterson, Larry Hazzard, Randy Gordon
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman focuses on the appointment of longtime boxing judge Melvina Lathan as head of the New York State Athletic Commission. We start with a commentary on the significance of this appointment, and what it means for the sports of boxing and mix...
Saturday, Jul 19
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Kid Peligro on Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championship, Matthew Kaplowitz on Affliction
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses with our colleague Kid Peligro, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a senior editor of theADCC News, and a correspondent for our show, the origins and history of the renowned Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championsh...
Tuesday, Jul 15
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Pay-Per-View Follies, Thomas Hauser on HBO and Boxing
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by explaining, once again, how the pay-per-view business model of many boxing and mixed martial arts companies is flawed due to numerous factors, including the growth of streaming on peer-to-peer networks, the declining ec...
Friday, Jul 11
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Todd Hester on the Soul of Mixed Martial Arts
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague Todd Hester, who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Gladiator Magazine. Todd is someone who has been immersed in the combat sports for many years. He started training with the Gracies in the late 1980's, c...
Monday, Jul 7
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Kid Peligro on the Mundials, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Grappling, and Mixed Martial Arts
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our colleague Kid Peligro, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a senior editor of the ADCC News, and a correspondent on our show. In a lengthy and candid interview, we discuss numerous topics, including the victory by Xande R...
Friday, Jul 4
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Ricardo Torres, Kendall Holt, Bob Arum, Nick Lembo, ABC Meeting and MMA
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the discussion we had on the most recent edition of this show with the award-winning boxing writer and author, Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com, about his views on UFC and the mixed martial arts. While we obviousl...
Monday, Jun 30
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Thomas Hauser on UFC and MMA
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the award-winning boxing writer and author, Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com, about his views on UFC and mixed martial arts. In a lengthy discussion, Thomas Hauser explains why he does not like mixed martial arts, why he fin...
Monday, Jun 23
Podcast: No Holds Barred: 2008 U.S. Olympic Wrestlers VanDusen, Dantzler, Mango, Hrovat, Miller, Bernard, Mocco, Byers, Wheeler, Cormier, Chun
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic wrestling team, who will compete this August at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. They were in New York last week for a media tour, which included promoting the Fuel the Dream program to assist fam...
Friday, Jun 20
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Mike Chapman of Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum, Tom Atencio of Affliction
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with another commentary on the poor level of striking in the mixed martial arts, especially as compared even to mid-level boxing, and the even worse reporting and analysis by many in the so-called MMA "media" regarding variou...
Monday, Jun 16
Podcast: No Holds Barred: MMA in New York, Grappling in MMA, EliteXC, Dream, Holm-Sanders, Daniel Cormier and Olympic Wrestling Trials
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with a highly-charged commentary on what has been happening with the attempt to legalize mixed martial arts in New York State, how both the mixed martial arts and mainstream media have once again offered distorted accounts of...
Wednesday, Jun 11
Podcast: No Holds Barred: KJ Noons, Yves Edwards, Muhsin Corbbrey, Mary Jo Sanders, Holly Holm, Jay Larkin
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting again on the growth of the sport of roller derby in the U.S. This Saturday, June 14, EliteXC has another major televised mixed martial arts show. This one will be shown on Showtime in the U.S. and be held in the Blaisdell Ar...
Monday, Jun 9
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Mo Lawal, Marcie Van Dusen, T.C. Dantzler, Ginger Snap, Beatrix Slaughter
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the recent exposure of what goes on behind the scenes of UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter" show by cast member and fighter Mike Dolce. Here, once again, the true, anti-social nature of that show is laid bare. Next, we re...
Tuesday, Jun 3
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Mark Coleman, Joey Villasenor, Brett Rogers, EliteXC Review
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman reviews the CBS and EliteXC Saturday Night Fights card, which took place Saturday, May 31, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and was shown live in the U.S. on CBS. We continue our discussion of the Pygmalion-like story of Kim...
Saturday, May 24
Podcast: No Holds Barred: Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo, Matt Lindland, Fabio "Negao" Nascimento, Ben Rothwell, Affliction Banned
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman previews the "Affliction Banned" mixed martial arts card, which will be held Saturday, July 19, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and shown in the U.S. on pay-per-view. At a New York news conference this past Thursday, we spoke...
Saturday, May 10
Podcast: No Holds Barred: State of MMA, Affliction, IFL
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman focuses on several key issues regarding the state of mixed martial arts. Among the many topics discussed are the new Affliction promotion and the numerous challenges they are facing, the troubled pay-per-view model, and the recent a...
Sunday, Mar 30
Podcast: NO HOLDS BARRED: Renzo Gracie, Matt Serra, Wagnney Fabiano, Shamrock-Le Review, IFL Preview
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman begins by reviewing the mixed martial arts fight between Cung Le and Frank Shamrock held this past Saturday night, March 29, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Cung Le won that fight by TKO at the end of the third round after one of his ki...
Friday, Jun 15
Podcast: NO HOLDS BARRED: Dr. Margaret Goodman on Tommy Morrison, Doping in Boxing and MMA, and Solutions
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Dr. Margaret Goodman, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Dr. Goodman, a neurologist who is also the former chief ringside physician for the Nevada commission, has just written a...
Sunday, Mar 25
Podcast: NO HOLDS BARRED: Tadashi Tanaka on Pride, the Yakuza Scandal, the Expected Sale of Pride, and MMA in Japan -- Part Two
On this special two-part edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our long-time colleague and friend, the Japanese journalist Tadashi Tanaka, who is the top mixed martial arts and puroresu (Japanese pro wrestling) journalist in the world. Tadashi is the journalist wh...
