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SPORTS TV VETERAN JAY GLAZER JOINS BELLATOR BROADCAST TEAM
DEBUT SET FOR Bellator 192 ACEST Sâmbătă, JAN. 20 - LIVE PE REȚEAUA PARAMOUNT
LOS ANGELES – Bellator announced today that sports television mainstay Jay Glazer will join the Bellator broadcast team. Beginning with Bellator 192, Glazer will host the broadcast desk as Bellator kicks off 2018 on Paramount Network (fostă Spike) Sâmbătă, Jan. 20 la 9 p.m. ȘI.
Glazer joins reporter Jenn Brown, play-by-play men Mike Goldberg și Mauro Ranallo, as well as color commentators “Big” John McCarthy șiChael Sonnen. In addition to his broadcasting duties, Glazer will also appear in upcoming original content produced by Bellator’s digital team.
“I’m excited to welcome Jay Glazer to the Bellator family,” Bellator President Scott Coker said. “Jay’s knowledge and experience in sports television speaks for itself and he will be a great addition to our incredible broadcast team. As Bellator moves to Paramount Network, I look forward to having him involved with some of the biggest fights of the year.”
“I have always had a tremendous passion for MMA, where the relationships you develop are unlike any other sport, said Glazer. “And I am very fortunate to be able to continue these relationships with an incredible organization like Bellator. I’ve been friends with Scott for many years, and am ecstatic that he brought me into the Bellator family.”
A trailblazer in the sports media world who broke onto the scene as an NFL reporter for the New York Post, Glazer went on to serve as the NFL Insider for CBS Sports in 1999, and later joined Fox Sports where Jay is currently in his 14lea year as the NFL Insider on their award-winning NFL studio show, Fox NFL Duminică. În 2007, Jay was named Sports Illustrated’s “Media Person of the Year.” Glazer also became one of the first mainstream media members to cover MMA when he hosted Pride Fighting Championships on FSN.
Jay is also set to begin shooting his fourth season on the HBO comedy hit Ballers, where he has a recurring role.
A longtime athlete and martial artist, Glazer owns the high profile Unbreakable Performance Center in West Hollywood, where the gym has become the home to many elite athletes, actors, musicians and business people, including Demi Lovato, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Pratt, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
Jay also started the first MMA-training program for professional athletes with hundreds of athletes having utilized his training program. In just the last few years, Jay and his team have trained All Pros Von Miller, Aaron Rodgers, Odell Beckham, Bobby Wagner and Andrew Whitworth.
În plus,, Glazer began a new foundation in 2015 called Merging Vets & Players, which works to match up former combat veterans and former professional athletes in order to help each other through the transition into their new lives away from the playing field and away from the battlefield. Learn more about MVP at www.vetsandplayers.org.
Glazer is represented by The Montag Group and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Bellator and Paramount Network open 2018 with a bang when Bellator 192 emanates from The Forum in LA on Sâmbătă, Jan. 20. The event features a welterweight world title fight between current champ Douglas Lima and number one contender Rory MacDonald, while “Rampage” Jackson meets Chael Sonnen in the opening round of 2018’s Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix.
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FROM THE SHORES OF SEBAGO LAKE TO THE MMA CAGE, HARD-WORK IS A WAY OF LIFE FOR KAM ARNOLD
Lewiston, Maine (Ianuarie 16, 2018) – Kam Arnold might be the ultimate Maine mixed martial artist from central casting.
Blue-collar sensibilities shaped his young life. He grew up in a small community where young boys often had to conjure up their own forms of entertainment. And yes, sometimes that meant fighting solely for the sake of fighting.
“I have two older brothers, and friends who were around all the time that are like brothers. We pretty much adopted them, știi?” Arnold said. “And any time you have that situation, there are fights going on in the yard all the time. I remember one time seeing my brothers rolling around on the stairs in the house, and of course I just had to jump in and get involved in that.”
Arnold, care se transformă 25 this month, is more structured but no less passionate today about exercising his grit, guile and strength in such physical encounters.
Veteran of one, quick knockout win in the New England Fights cage, Arnold returns for another dose on Sâmbătă, Februarie 3 at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. He will confront Kyle Kenney in an amateur bantamweight bout at “NEF 32: Super Sâmbătă."
Fighting under the Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) umbrella, Arnold made a dramatic first impression, dispatching Glenn Kasabian în 1 minute, 54 secunde.
“Glenn’s a tough dude. E un războinic. He’s a great guy outside the cage. Am o mulțime de respect pentru el. He wanted to stand up with me. It’s one of things where I just flipped the switch,” Arnold recalled. “He’s pretty rangy, pretty tall. I went in there wanting to let him know he was in for a battle, and fortunately it turned out in my favor. I was the better fighter that night.”
Arnold admittedly was disappointed that the result wasn’t enough to earn the 2017 “NEF Rookie of the Year” acordare. He vows not to leave any doubt about his potential in the local hexagon when he takes on Kenney, an opponent about whom he knows precious little.
"Da, I was pretty bummed, but I know everybody else busts their ass just like I do,” Arnold said. “I have high expectations for myself, and I want to make a statement with this fight.”
A native of Casco, on the shores of Maine’s Sebago Lake, Arnold describes a hard-knocks upbringing that clashed with the bucolic, tourist-trap surroundings.
Arnold’s family had close ties to a motorcycle club, although he is reluctant to discuss its impact on his life other than to agree that it enhanced his fighting spirit.
“They’re all genuine people. I will say that. I have an awful lot of people supporting me in this. I would be nothing without them. My father and mother are the two toughest people I know,” Arnold said. “As a kid growing up, I had to be tough. That’s just the way it was. I just come from a blue-collar family. I don’t really want to get into all the details of it, but I just had to be tough. It made me what I am today.”
In addition to grappling with his older siblings and their friends, Arnold unfortunately was a victim of circumstances that are all too prominent in today’s schoolyards and playgrounds.
“I was a very small kid for my age,” he explained. “I got bullied a lot in school and had to find a way to manage that. Din păcate, I got into a lot of fights because I had to defend myself.”
Arnold learned many of those self-defense techniques through his passion for combat sports.
He fell in love with professional wrestling, MMA, and especially boxing, although “there weren’t many options to pursue boxing in small-town Maine,” el a spus.
While attending Oxford Hills and Lake Region high schools, Arnold briefly took up high school wrestling. It was not until adulthood that he found his way to Lewiston’s CMBJJ, one of the hub facilities that has helped build NEF’s talent base over the past six years.
“Of course there’s a part of me that wishes I had started this earlier, when I was 18 sau 19, like a lot of guys,” said Arnold, care se transformă 25 this month. “But I’m thankful for where I’m at now, and for Matt Peterson and NEF for giving this opportunity to show what I can do.”
Boxing and stand-up skills proved Arnold’s bread-and-butter in his debut. He hopes the Kenney fight will give him a chance to exhibit the wider array of lessons he has learned from his training partners.
Arnold credits former NEF amateur flyweight champion Dustin Veinott with the bulk of his development.
“I feel like I have the best coaching staff in the state,” Arnold said. “I haven’t really had the opportunity to travel around and cross-train, but I have so much faith in the guys at my own gym.
“Dustin Veinott has been crucial. I feel like with his knowledge I can go anywhere I want to in this sport. And when you combine that with Jesse Erickson, Travis Wells, Matt Denning, the sky is the limit. They’ve put their belief in me, and I want to show them I’ve earned it.”
When asked for a prediction about the February fight, Arnold somewhat channeled Clubber Lang’s reply of “pain” from Rocky III.
“Look for some blood,” Arnold said. “It’s coming. I can’t wait to put on a show.”
The opening bell Februarie 3 este setat pentru 7 p.m. Biletele sunt disponibile la www.TheColisee.com sau prin apelarea la box-office207.783.2009 ext. 525.
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CAMPIONUL MONDIAL SUPER MEDIU MĂRIMEA UNIFICATĂ CLARESSA SHIELDS DOMINĂ TORI NELSON ÎN EVENIMENTUL PRINCIPAL AL SHOBOX: NOUA GENERAȚIE DE VINERI ÎN SHOWTIME® DE LA CASINOUL DE STURNING STONE RESORT
Shohjahon Ergashev strălucește în timp ce Jesse Hernandez îl învârte pe Ernesto Garza în Bouts
Prinde Replay Luni La 10 p.m. ȘI/PT La SHOWTIME EXTREME
Faceți clic pe AICI Pentru a descărca Fotografii; Credit Stephanie Trapp / SHOWTIME
VERONA, N.Y.. (Jan. 13, 2018) - Campioana mondială unificată pentru femei cu greutate medie superioară, Claressa Shields, a dominat-o pe Tori Nelson, neînvinsă anterior, pe drumul către o decizie unanimă de 10 runde în principalul eveniment al ShoBox: Noua generatie Vineri pe SHOWTIME de la Turning Stone Resort Casino.
Scuturi controlate de la deschidere până la închiderea clopotului, măturând 100-90 pe toate cele trei scorecards ale judecătorilor în prima luptă la distanță de 10 runde din carieră. The 2012 și 2016 Medalistul de aur olimpic la depășit pe Nelson 225-81 cu pumnul ei total, 186-70 în împușcături de puteri, și conectat la a 44 procent de clip cu fotografiile ei de putere comparativ cu doar 20 procent pentru Nelson.
„Am aterizat la fiecare lovitură pe care am crezut că este posibil să o aterizez,A spus Shields. „Era dură, ea nu a fost un pushover. S-a luptat bine. ”
Scuturi avansate la 5-0 cu două eliminări în ceea ce era probabil lupta ei finală în divizia super-mijlocie. Tânăra în vârstă de 22 de ani are acum viziunea pusă pe divizia de greutate mijlocie, unde va viza în cele din urmă campioana mondială a femeilor de greutate medie neînvinsă și unificată Christina Hammer, care era inel Vineri în Verona.
„Trebuie să cobor și să văd ce simt (în primul rând),A spus Shields. „Cred că aș putea să fac 160 uşor, Voi fi mai mare și mai puternică decât orice fată.
„Hammer vrea doar să se aplice. Cred că e destul de speriată să fiu sinceră. Este mai îngrijorată de mine decât de mine. O să dau cu fundul lui Hammer. Oamenii cred că Hammer este mai priceput decât mine, așa că abia aștept să-i arăt că nu este ”.
Ciocan, care se așteaptă să lupte într-o luptă co-prezentată pe următoarea carte Shields, a fost intervievat de analistul SHOWTIME Steve Farhood și și-a exprimat entuziasmul de a-i face SUA. debutează și în cele din urmă se confruntă cu campioana americană.
„Este o combinație excelentă, eu și ea, pe aceeași carte,A spus Hammer. „Abia aștept să le arăt fanilor cine este Christina Hammer. Aceasta va fi cea mai bună luptă vreodată. Acesta va fi schimbătorul de joc pentru boxul feminin. Este timpul nostru să strălucim.
„Sunt campion mondial de mult timp și am mai multă experiență. Am acoperire mai lungă, Sunt inalt, Am o treabă bună la picioare și o tehnică mai bună decât ea. Simt energia, și abia aștept să lupt împotriva ei. ”
Fostul campion mondial Nelson (17-1-3, 2 KO) a devenit al 173-lea luptător neînvins care a suferit prima lor pierdere profesională ShoBox: Noua generatie.
„Nu sunt fericit pentru că nu am câștigat, dar în afară de asta am crezut că am executat destul de bine,”A spus Nelson, în vârstă de 41 de ani. „I-am dat o luptă mai bună decât se aștepta.
„Fără lipsă de respect față de Claressa, ea nu are o putere mare. Are o viteză mare și te copleșește cu o mulțime de pumni. Mișcarea mea a respins-o așa cum știam, dar știind că este campioana, Trebuia să mai împing puțin. ”
In ShoBox co-caracteristica, Jesse Hernandez l-a învins pe Ernesto Garza cu o decizie divizată într-o luptă plină de acțiuni care a fost marcată 95-94 Hernandez, 95-93 Garza, 97-93 Hernandez.
După o primă rundă apropiată, Garza l-a îmbrăcat pe Hernandez cu o mână stângă în nas în momentele de încheiere din a doua rundă. Hernandez și-a revenit, iar în timp ce rundele de mijloc au prezentat o acțiune extraordinară înainte și înapoi, Aparent, Hernandez nu a avut probleme să meargă pe Garza, căruia i se pare că nu are nici o putere reală. Garza (9-3, 5 KO) a găsit un al doilea vânt și a părut că a preluat runda a opta și a noua până când Hernandez a răcnet înapoi într-un excelent 10lea și runda finală care a prezentat 178 totalul pumni.
Hernandez (11-1, 7 KO) aterizat 50 procent din puterile sale de putere și conectat 40 procent din pumnii lui comparativ cu doar 28 procent pentru Garza, cu toate acestea a aruncat doar 719 pumni totale comparativ cu mai mult de 1,000 de Garza.
„Cred că ar fi trebuit să fie o decizie unanimă,A spus Hernandez. „Am fost întotdeauna un starter lent și simt că am pierdut primele două runde, mai ales cu knockdown-ul. Dar am câștigat aproape fiecare rundă după aceea, Poate am pierdut trei runde.
„Nu sunt complet mulțumit de performanța mea. Trebuie să-mi controlez distanța și raza de acțiune puțin mai bine. Trebuie să mă întorc la sala de sport și să lucrez la aceste lucruri. Înainte să vină vara, sper să mă mai lupt și sper să fie pe SHOWTIME.
„Îi acord Garza foarte mult pentru că am intrat în ring și m-am doborât. A stat acolo acolo 10 runde chiar și după ce l-am prins cu câteva fotografii bune. A reușit să reziste la acele lovituri, dar toate cele spuse, I still think it should have been a unanimous decision.”
Garza countered that sentiment.
“I thought it was a bogus decision,” Garza said. “I don’t understand that last judge’s card. I was happy with everything that I did. I executed well and did everything I needed to do to win the fight.
“I’m really disappointed with the outcome. I felt that I won. Pentru mine, I won a majority of the rounds and I knocked him down. I know knocking your opponent down usually leads to you winning the fight.”
Undefeated Uzbekistan power-puncher Shohjahon Ergashev handed Sonny Fredrickson the first loss of his career with an impressive third round TKO in the opening bout of the ShoBox emisiune de televiziune.
The win over the top-10 ranked Fredrickson extended Ergashev’s perfect record to 12-0 cu 12 knockout.
The 26-year-old pressed the action from the beginning, negating Fredrickson’s five-inch reach advantage with a steady diet of well-timed, crisp punches. Ergashev landed a wide left to the head that stumbled Fredrickson in the opening minute of the third and continued to tee-off as his opponent wobbled against the ropes With Fredrickson (18-1, 12 KO) unable to defend himself and eating a series of brutal lefts, referee Benjy Esteves stepped in to stop the bout at 1:58 a treia.
All of Ergashev’s 61 connects in the bout were power shots, and he connected on 77 percent of his power punches in the third and final round.
“The ref saved him,” Ergashev said. “If he let him stay on his feet any longer I would have knocked him out. He couldn’t handle my power.
“At this stage of my career, I am in the best shape of my life and the best I have felt. This is my time right now, especially because I am training with Rick (Phillips) și (Javan) Zahăr (Hill Steward). That’s what leads to all of my knockout power.
“I’m ready for whatever comes next. I’m ready for more fights in the U.S., and I want to keep getting more exposure to show off my skills. I’m ready to fight anybody in America.”
Fredrickson, who became the 172 fighter to suffer his professional loss on the prospect developmental series, suffered a jaw injury in the bout and was unavailable for comment.
Vineri tripleheader will replay on Luni, Jan. 15 la 10 p.m. ȘI/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME and will be available on SHOWTIME on DEMAND® and SHOWTIME ANYTIME®.
Barry Tompkins called the ShoBox acțiune din ring cu Steve Farhood și fostul campion mondial Raul Marquez servind ca analiști experți. The executive producer was Gordon Hall with Rich Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.
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