Strikeforce Results With Josh Gross, Manny Pacquiao to Showtime PPV With Steve Kim on MMA Nation
by Luke Thomas on Jan 31, 2011 6:00 PM EST
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While waiting for one of the best overall UFC cards in quite some time (hint: UFC 126), we decided to talk about some of the other news in combat sports. Our two guests this week were Josh Gross from ESPN.com and Steve Kim from MaxBoxing.com. Gross helped us recap the results from Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg and Kim explained Manny Pacquiao's move from HBO PPV to Showtime PPV.
We opened the show with talk of Nick Diaz's fight with Evangelista Cyborg Santos (and why Cyborg is probably the best bar fighter ever), Herschel Walker's participation in MMA and whether Nick Diaz is ranked too highly:
Then came some listener calls. Specifically and unexpectedly, Dave Ross, local DC sportscaster for Fox 5 News, called the show and praised Herschel Walker. He also discussed boxing's Bradley vs. Alexander fight and much more:
We then caught up with ESPN.com's Josh Gross. Gross graded the overall Strikeforce show, praised the performance of Roger Gracie, was generally positive about Herschel Walker's participation, argued Robbie Lawler can still develop his skills and thinks Nick Diaz will be in trouble against Paul Daley if the Stockton native fights the Brit how he fought Santos that evening:
We switched gears a little and had Steve Kim from MaxBoxing.com on the show. Steve explained his beef with promoter Gary Shaw, why Manny Pacquiao left HBO for Showtime, what's wrong with HBO and if the sweet science will ever return to network television:
We finally took a few more listener calls. Folks appeared to be more defensive of Nick Diaz's ability, were positive of the Strikeforce show overall and appeared to not be as pleased as others about the inclusion of Herschel Walker:
Last, but certainly not least, Othello and I wrapped the show talking about our impending trip to New Jersey to cover the first stage of Strikeforce's heavyweight Grand Prix:
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Pacquiao to Showtime/CBS
Is great for the sport of Boxing. Showing the undercards, maybe, on CBS before the televised event; i.e. UFC Prelims on SpikeTV/IonTV.
HBO will be clamoring to make bigger fights to kill some of Showtime’s luster. At the same time, HBO will pay top dollar to keep future top dollar fights on their network.
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by Ryan Tical on Jan 31, 2011 7:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Podcast!
I love listening to Luke’s radio show. Why isn’t this available as a podcast? It would take little additional effort, and it would have a ton of listeners.
We can download the mp3 files individually, but we can’t subscribe. I’m scratching my head.
I gotta say, Luke, when Fightlinker is making material more accessible than you are, you’ve got issues.
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by Derek Suboticki on Jan 31, 2011 7:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
dude
You don’t understand. It’s not me or the station. I’m not legally allowed to do anything else.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 31, 2011 8:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
if nick diaz wants more money
shouldnt he fight jason miller? i want to see that one.
from birth to death, its just like this.
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