No Holds Barred: Matthew Kaplowitz of Fight Nerd Radio

Sunday, 26 July 2009

No Holds Barred: Matthew Kaplowitz of Fight Nerd Radio

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our correspondent Matthew Kaplowitz of Fight Nerd Radio (http:// thefightnerd.podomatic.com/), a new mixed martial arts podcast.

With just its third episode in production, Matthew Kaplowitz is creating a formula for his show which combines interviews, fight reports and discussion, analysis of the broader scene in mixed martial arts, and, of course, steady doses of nerdy humor.

We had a chance to sit down to talk with him both for his show, which you will hear on Fight Nerd Radio, and our show.

On No Holds Barred, we focused the most on the rise of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which just completed their first season of 12 shows. Matthew covered two of their cards live, and gave his impression of how these shows came off in person, as well as discussing what Bellator needs to do to parlay the success of their first season into making their promotion even stronger than it is now.

You can play or download No Holds Barred at http://nhbnews.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-06-29T23_56_03-07_00.

You can also download No Holds Barred at http://www.mediafire.com/?l5wdrluvcwi.

If one link does not work, please try another. The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.

The No Holds Barred theme song is called "The Heist", by Ian Carpenter (http://iancarpenter.com/).

Make sure to visit the official boxing forum for No Holds Barred, the MySpace Boxing Forum, at http://groups.myspace.com/boxing.

No Holds Barred is free to listen to and is sponsored by:

Gladiator Magazine (http://gladmag.com/), for in-depth coverage of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submission grappling, and MMA, as well as lifestyle articles on surfing, cars, movies, and more. Gladiator Magazine is available at any major bookstore and online at BJJMart.com

(http://bjjmart.com) or Jiu Jitsu Pro Gear (http:// jiujitsuprogear.com/).

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FightBeat.com (http://fightbeat.com/), for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.

Thanks, Eddie Goldman

http://eddiegoldman.com