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Respect is Earned

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Phil Migliarese and Tara Larosa will be judging the tryout portion of Respect is Earned‘s American Cage Warrior event on July 30. Larosa and Migliarese will join Jens Pulver, Donald The Cowboy Cerrone and Mario Yamasaki.
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American Cage Warriors is a project from Respect is Earned and can be best described as “American Cage Fighter Idol”. The show, which is a two day event with tryouts on July 30 and fights the next night, is being filmed as a pilot for an undisclosed television station. And unlike American Fighter Philadelphia’s “TV Show pilot” from last winter, RIE is actually planning on filming the show, and having fights.

The basic idea, as its been described to me, is that amateur fighters will try out in front of judges on Friday. They’ll compete in grappling and sparring, and be judged on their ground, stand-up and all around game. The top fighters from each weight class will be immediately booked into a 4 man tournament for the next night. The winner of each division will be awarded a $500 signing bonus on a multi-fight pro contract with Respect is Earned.

Earlier today I got the news that Jens Pulver will be at this show. The last time we saw Jens, he was going out on his shield, like a warrior, in a first round submission loss to Javier Vasquez. Pulver, who’s a UFC, WEC and Pride veteran will be at the show as a judge.

RIE’s matchmaker, Justin Adams called Jens an ambassador for the sport, saying “he’s one of the classiest guys in the game, and you saw how much he loves this sport in that WEC 47 post-fight press conference. We’re excited to have him involved in our show.”

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Jon Price at RIE: Philly Biker Brawl in October

It might be Tapout’s motto, but David Holland really is bad for the sport. Holland, who presides over mixed martial arts in Virginia is, in my opinion, the definition of inept. We are now over a month out from the last professional event in Holland’s jurisdiction, and we’re still talking about this idiot’s idiotic ways. Dan Miragliotta was on Luke Thomas‘ radio show the other night to discuss the gong show down there. Here is promoter Jon Price’s response to a statement released by Holland (which as Miragliotta said, looks like it was written by a 3 year old – lol). Before we get into Jon’s letter, let me say that after discussing the events surrounding last month’s Respect is Earned show with people who were in attendance, reading statements from people like Ben Saunders and Dave Holland, I have to say that I believe Jon Price’s account. Dave Holland’s statement reads to me like someone who knows the jig is up, and is looking to throw blame anywhere but at themselves.

Remember, David. Every time you point a finger at someone, your pointing three back at yourself. I’m giving you The Finger, but that’s a whole different thing.
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I had the opportunity to discuss the situation in Virginia with NJSACB Counsel Nick Lembo. Two of Nick’s referees, Dan Mirgliotta and Kevin Mulhall were contracted to work the recent Respect is Earned show that ended in controversy surrounding handwrapping and scoring irregularities.

Nick, the recent RIE show in Virginia has opened the state up again for scrutiny. Two of your referees, Dan Mirgliatta and Kevin Mullhall were there covering it. What have you heard about this show?

Kevin refused to referee after doing the first two bouts after a conversation with Mr. Holland, and Dan
is not comfortable working there again.

The first issue that came out was the scoring irregularities, which seems to be the signature stroke of a professional MMA show in Virginia. In your experience, if gloves are taped and corners are designated, are there any circumstances where a judge could incorrectly score a bout because he has the fighters confused?

Besides all the things you mentioned, I would suggest simply paying attention to the introductions of the fighters.
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