No Holds Barred: Tyron Woodley, Mikkel Kessler, Andre Ward

Wednesday, 02 December 2009

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman previews the
big weekend of mixed martial arts and boxing to be televised live in
the U.S. on Showtime.

We once again spoke with the unbeaten mixed martial arts fighter and
two-time All-American wrestler and Big 12 wrestling champion from the
University of Missouri, Tyron Woodley (http://www.tyronwoodley.com).
He fights veteran Rudy Bears this Friday night, November 20, on a
Strikeforce Challengers mixed martial arts card from Memorial Hall in
Kansas City, Kansas. We discussed what he expects in this fight, why
he feels his striking is now even better than his grappling, and more.
We also discussed the Strikeforce debut on the undercard of his former
teammate at the University of Missouri and current training partner,
All-American Michael Chandler.

We also preview the much-anticipated fight between WBA super
middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler of Denmark (42-1, 32 KOs) and the
undefeated Andre Ward of Oakland, California (20-0, 13 KOs). This
fight takes place this Saturday, November 21, at the Oracle Arena in
Oakland, California. This is their first fight in the first stage of
bouts in the historic Super Six World Boxing Classic super
middleweight tournament. We spoke with both Mikkel Kessler and Andre
Ward on two media conference calls. They told us what to expect in
their fights, how their styles match up, what effect this unique
tournament format will or will not have on how they approach this
fight, and more.

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