Fedor Walk-Out Shirt, Legal Fights in RI, WarMachine Does Dallas

Fedor’s walk-out shirt is now on sale at MMA Warehouse so that you can appropriately swing from The Last Emperor’s nuts for his Strikeforce bout against Brett Rogers next weekend.

Via FightTrends.com

Rhode Island legalizes MMA, which means we’ll finally see Peter Griffin vs The Chicken in the cage.

I’m sure you’ve heard Lyoto Machida needs surgery, and won’t be available for the quick-flip to UFC 108.

Jon Warmachine Koppenhaver announced via MySpace page that he is now an “adult actor”.

Friday Night Movie Review

With no local mixed martial arts action this weekend, MMA fans in the area are left with two ways to get their Ultimate Kicking, Punching and Choking fix. Either pull a jumping guard on the first Harry Potter that knocks on your door tomorrow night, or watch a good old fashioned fight flick. So, in an effort to create some content, we’re going to start reviewing some good old fashion guy movies.

We’ll kick this off with a personal favorite of mine.

Best of the Best, released in 1989, was a launching pad for Julia’s little brother Eric Roberts into mediocrity. Eric and Phillip Rhee portrayed Alex Grady and Tommy Lee, members of the USA’s Tae Kwon Do team. Team USA, coached by Darth Vader James Earl Jones, spend most of the movie preparing for an invitational contest against Team South Korea, lead by the lethal right leg of Dae Han. For their part, Team Korea train much like Ivan Drago, pushed to the limits by some vague communist sports machine that has limitless resources, and a desire to make sure someone ends up dead, in training or on the mat. The film reaches its climax as Team USA competes in a team vs team contest in South Korea.

Structured a lot like a Rocky movie, the plucky and precocious US team, which also includes a Cowboy Up’ed Christopher Penn spend their time training in sometimes unconventional ways under the rough and gruff discipline of James Earl Jones. Roberts’ character. Alex Grady is forced to choose TKD or family when his son gets sick, and his best friend Tommy Lee has to face inner demons as he has to fight Dae Han, the man who killed his brother in a very similar tournament during Lee’s childhood.

The fight scenes, build in intensity, quality and blood until the two penultimate fights between Grady and his opponent, and Lee and Dae Han. Needless to say, Alex Grady’s grit and determination leave Team USA in a position to upset the Koreans. The story reaches its climax as Tommy Lee’s past forces him into a difficult decision.

Now, Best of the Best isn’t The Deerhunter. Its not biting social commentary, or even a believable story. Ahmad Rashad doing play by play for a national broadcast of a TKD tournament in Korea? Suspension of belief indeed. But what it is, is a great beer flick. Throw it in when there aren’t any real fights on TV, crack a frosty and enjoy it with the boys.

Joanna Angel in Some Sort of MMA Fight…We Think (NSFW)

That’s porn star Joanna Angel and Jessica Alba after Angel’s first mixed gender celebrity mixed martial arts match.

Angel fought some schmo at EllisMania, put together and promoted by Jason Ellis, who currently hosts a radio show on Faction 28 on the SiriusXM satellite radio network.

As you can see by the following photo, which is posted for information purposes only, Angel and her unknown opponent wore headgear, 16oz boxing gloves and sneakers. But, as one would hope when scantily clad porn stars get in the ring, the fight went to the ground.

Phil Davis DVD Contest: Enter now!

Lionheart Fighters has released an instructional DVD featuring professional mixed martial artist Phil Mr. Wonderful Davis. The DVD, titled On Top of the World has Phil explaining some of the grappling techniques that helped him become a 4 time NCAA wrestling All-American with 116 wins plus a 3-0 record as a professional fighter.

Along with the DVD, you’ll also receive a Lionheart t-shirt. To enter, all you have to do is email mrwonderfulcontest@gawab.com with your name, address and shirt size (small thru XXXL). One entry per person only, please. Entries must be made before November 6th, 11:59 pm. Winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries.

ABC to Begin Accredidation Program for Judges & Referee Programs

Just got the following email from the New Jersey ACB:

At the 2009 ABC meeting the membership passed a motion to begin approving training seminars for Mixed Martial Arts training programs that are seeking ABC approval. Attached is an outline of the minimum course material for an MMA course to be considered for approval by the ABC. All those individuals wanting their MMA training courses approved should submit their course material to:
Nick Lembo
New Jersey State Athletic Control Board
PO Box 180
Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street
Trenton NJ 08625-0180.

The email originated in Missouri and is from Tim Lueckenhoff current president of the Association of Boxing Commissions. The training guidelines, which were included in the email, basically say “You need to know what the hell your doing.” Five years of practical experience minimum, plus a proficiency in all major striking and grappling disciplines.

Warrior Challenge 3 Photos

The multi-talented Brandt DeLorenzo was shooting Warrior Challenge 3. He’s uploading the photos to his MMA photography site at MMAPrints.com. He also runs MMA Opinion. I think I got all of his URL’s in there.

Shogun Highlights from the Baltimore Sun

I want to take a second and publicly apologize to Shogun promoter John Rallo. Despite 1st Mariner not knowing how to handle an event like this, all reports from Baltimore have been overwhelmingly positive.

John, a trainer by trade, promoted an arena show attended by more than 4,000 fans and pulled it off without any glaring issues. I’m sure there are some back stage things he’s thinking about. But from what I’ve heard, it was a top notch event. A true show.