TWICBS Daily News Round-Up June 30th, 2010

News for June 29th, 2010: Here is the daily link round of what is going on in the world of Combat Sports

UFC 114 Analysis

This Week in Combat Sports May 28th, 2010: Shambala Sports Radio on Blogtalk Radio

Strikeforce: Nashville Analysis

This Week in Combat Sports April 16th, 2010:

Liddell vs Franklin Official for UFC 115

This Week in Combat Sports April 13th, 2010: Shambala Sports Radio on Blogtalk Radio

Silva beats Maia, Leaves fans upset

Does Anderson Silva feel any remorse for his performance? Anderson “The Spider” Silva may have won his Middleweight Championship fight with Demian Maia last night at UFC 112, but he didn’t win any fans over with his antics. Silva, praised by many to be one of the Pound-for-Pound best fighters in the world, landed shots [...]

Interview with Strikeforce Lightweight Champ Gilbert ‘El Nino’ Melendez

Gilbert Melendez will face Shinya Aoki for the SF Lightweight Strap on April 17th. Can I just say this about Gilbert Melendez?  He is a great guy to interview.  I had my little girl running around the house while I was on the phone with Melendez and he was cool with the little interruptions that [...]

Cruiserweights in MMA?

This Week in Combat Sports April 9th, 2010: Shambala Sports Radio on Blogtalk Radio

Strikeforce/M-1 Near New Deal

Strikeforce, M-1 mend fences. Fedor due back in summer. Why did M-1 want a new contract?…M-1 is mad at the media…What? WEC 47: Bowles breaks hand, Cruz new Bantamweight Champ. WEC 47: Torres suffers nasty gash, taps to Benavedes. WEC 47: Pulver taps to Vasquez, ponders retirement. Cung Le wants rematch with Scott Smith. Toby Imada returns to Bellator and more.

UFC vs Strikeforce…Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Why the hate? Can’t we all just get along for the betterment of the sport of MMA?

James Toney Signs with UFC

James Toney Signs with UFC. Strikeforce Challengers Interviews. “Strikeforce: Nashville” on CBS officially announced. Fedor Emelianenko Holding Out. Champ Alistair Overeem confirms May 15 Strikeforce fight with Brett Rogers and much more.

Sambo Wrestling

Ever wanted to know the history of Fedor Emelianenko’s art of choice, Sambo? A buddy of mine has been a practitioner of Sambo for over 15 years. The interview was conducted in August of 2009. Enjoy.

UFC Gym Grand Opening Concord, CA

On January 23rd of 2010 the UFC formally announced to the world that they were going to revolutionize fitness. Integrate all the training techniques that are used by the Mixed Martial Arts pros under one roof for the all to experience. The gym itself is huge and the equipment is top of the line. I had a chance to interview a couple of fighters and a San Francisco 49er legend.

Haitian Tragedy hits MMA

This Week in Combat Sports Jan. 15th, 2010:

Gomi Signs with UFC

Big news coming out of the UFC. Former Pride Lightweight Champion Takanori Gomi has signed with the UFC. Gomi, at one point, was a top 5 lightweight and ruled Pride with an iron fist. Since Pride’s demise, Gomi is 4 and 2 with one of the losses coming to Satoru Kitaoka in Gomi’s bid for the Sengoku Lightweight title.

Holiday News

I thought I would post some of the news that would normally be in my weekly video round-up. The video show will be back on January 8th, 2010. News for you to check out from this past week: