On this week’s edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with super heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter Ron “H2OMan” Waterman.

In one of the main fights on the July 22 card of the World Fighting Alliance (WFA) (http://www.wfa.tv/) at the Forum in Los Angeles and on pay-per-view, Ron takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. This fight is a rematch, as last August Ron won a unanimous decision over Ricco in a bout in the World Extreme Cagefighting organization.

Ron also has a web site, with lots more information, at http://ronwaterman.com/.

NO HOLDS BARRED host and producer Eddie Goldman also comments on some recent trends, both positive and negative, in both the mixed martial arts and much of the media which claims to cover it.

The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.

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Phyllis’s Stable – Top, left to right: Lana Stefanac, Shane Carwin, Phyllis Lee, Ron Waterman
Bottom, left to right: Carlos Condit, Thomas Schulte
Photo by Rob Monroe

On this week’s edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with one of the true pioneers in the sport once known as no-holds-barred fighting (NHB) and now known as mixed martial arts, Phyllis Lee.

For years, Phyllis has been called the First Lady of NHB. She was involved in the earliest days of two of the major original mixed martial arts companies, Japan’s Pancrase and UFC, and still actively manages fighters all over the world in the seasoned promotions such as Pancrase as well as the newest groups, like the World Fighting Alliance on whose July 22 show in Los Angeles her fighter Ron Waterman takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez.

In a wide-ranging discussion, we talk about the past and the present of this sport, about what shows and happenings in Japan, California, Montreal, Indiana, Texas, Colorado, and Hawaii, and even about both pro and amateur wrestling. And she also explains why she, a grandmother from the Toledo, Ohio, area, has such a passion for the combat sports.

On this week’s edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with six of the coaches in the International Fight League (IFL): Bas Rutten, Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton, Renzo Gracie, Matt Lindland, and Maurice Smith. We caught up with them, mixed martial arts legends and champion fighters all, right after the IFL’s show Sat., June 3, at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ. We spoke with them about their roles in the IFL, both outside and possibly inside the ring, as well as their assessments of the state of mixed martial arts. The results of the IFL June 3 show have been posted on the Combat Sports News at KingoftheCage.com at http://www.keepersofthecage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1358 as well as the IFL’s web page at http://ifl.tv/.