On this week’s two-part edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman previews three mixed martial arts shows taking place this Saturday, June 3. In the first part of our show, we speak wih controversial heavyweight fighter Wes Sims. He has a rematch with Daniel Gracie in a super fight on the International Fight League (IFL) show Saturday at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ. We also speak with Joey “Knockdown” Brown, who takes on Vadim Kulchitskiy at the Mixed Fighting Championship 7 (MFC) show, also Saturday, and at Boardwalk Hall, also in Atlantic City, NJ. In the second part of the show, we speak with veteran fight announcer and manager Jeff Weller, who is now a mixed martial arts promoter. His show, called Extreme Wars X2, takes place Saturday at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California. We also discuss the overall state of mixed martial arts.

On this week’s special two-part edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman talks with Rico Chiapparelli about the Professional Submission League, Gary Abbott about USA Wrestling’s World Team Trials, and Dr. Flip Homansky and Dr. Margaret Goodman about the Combat Sports Center for Safety and Research.

On this week’s special two-part edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman talks with Rico Chiapparelli about the Professional Submission League, Gary Abbott about USA Wrestling’s World Team Trials, and Dr. Flip Homansky and Dr. Margaret Goodman about the Combat Sports Center for Safety and Research.

On this week’s edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman discusses this past Saturday’s debut show of the International Fight League (IFL) with Renzo Gracie, coach of the Pitbulls; super fight victor Jens Pulver; Maurice Smith, coach of the victorious Tiger Sharks; Larry Hazzard Sr., commissioner of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board; and Leon Tabbs, veteran cut man for the IFL, UFC, and Bernard Hopkins. Plus, we offer our own commentary on this show about what IFL did right and where they need to make improvements.