HDNet’s “Fighting Words with Mike Straka” to feature Greg Jackson
MMA coach Greg Jackson is the featured guest on “Fighting Words with Mike Straka,” this Friday, September 3 at 8:30 p.m. ET on HDNet, Your Home for MMA.
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Stephan Bonnar featured on this week’s episode of “Fighting Words with Mike Straka” on HDNet
Bonnar says he’s sick of hearing Forrest Griffin’s name
Friday, August 27 at 8:30 p.m. ET exclusively on HDNet
DALLAS (August 26, 2010) Stephan Bonnar will always be remembered for his epic battle with Forrest Griffin on the live finale of the first season of the Ultimate Fighter. The fight launched the sport of MMA [...]
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Jon Jones on Fighting Words with Mike Straka *VIDEO*
On HDNet’s “Fighting Words with Mike Straka” this week, UFC light heavyweight Jon “Bones” Jones talks about his meteoric rise to fame, his pivotal fights and what the future may hold.
Aug 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Fighting Words with UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar
UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar was on this week’s episode of “500 Questions with Mike Straka”, otherwise known as “Fighting Words with Mike Straka”.
Jul 24, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
Fighting Words with Ken Shamrock *VIDEO*
Ken Shamrock was on this week’s episode of “Fighting Words with Mike Straka” on HDNet and talked about his view on the legality of steroids in MMA and admits to his own steroid use.
Jul 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Fighting Words with Matt Serra *VIDEO*
On this past week’s “Fighting Words with Mike Straka” on HDNet, Straka visits former UFC welterweight champion and TUF 4 winner Matt Serra at his Long Island Jiu-Jitsu Academy.
Jun 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Fighting Words with Big John McCarthy *VIDEO*
Mike Straka’s new HDNet television show entitled “Fighting Words” had legendary MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy on as a guest this past week*. ”Big” John takes us back to the early days of the UFC and sets the record straight on why he ended up as a referee instead of a fighter inside the Octagon [...]
May 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Jon Jones talks about lethal elbows, injuring Brandon Vera, and training with Greg Jackson *VIDEO*
Mike Straka, representing FIGHT! Magazine caught up with Jon “Bones” Jones prior to “UFC 111: St. Pierre vs. Hardy” in Newark, N.J. to talk about a number of topics, including his vicious elbows that injured Brandon Vera at “UFC on Versus 1″.
He said he doesn’t take pride in injuring his opponents, knowing they have bills [...]
Mar 27, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
A candid Dana White is the debut guest on HDNet’s new original MMA series “Fighting Words with Mike Straka”
“There was a time when I thought it was over,” White tells Straka in the program’s debut episode – Friday, March 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET
DALLAS (March 24, 2010) This Friday, March 26, HDNet will debut its latest original series, “Fighting Words with Mike Straka,” and UFC President Dana White is set to be the [...]
Mar 25, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Dan Henderson tells “Inside MMA” that his bout against Jake Shields will be “a challenge”
Mike Straka and Donovan Craig join Dan Henderson on the “Inside MMA” panel TOMORROW NIGHT at a SPECIAL TIME- Friday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m. ET
DALLAS (March 18, 2010)
WHAT: On tomorrow night’s episode of HDNet’s “Inside MMA,” former PRIDE Welterweight champion and current Strikeforce fighter Dan Henderson will join the panel to discuss his upcoming [...]
Mar 18, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
HDNet to debut new original MMA series “Fighting Words with Mike Straka”
Network to launch this first-of-its-kind MMA series with Dana White as the premiere guest – Friday, March 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET
DALLAS (March 9, 2010) HDNet announced today that it will add the new, original series “Fighting Words with Mike Straka,” to its Friday night lineup. The 30-minute one-on-one weekly interview program will feature revealing [...]
Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Meet the “Witch Doctor” – the UFC fighters’ secret weapon
If you have been around the MMA scene for awhile, chances are you have heard Dana White or a few select fighters talk about “The Witch Doctor”. Well, his real name is Steve Friend and he is one interesting cat. FOX Fight Game’s Mike Straka talks with The Doctor about how he met White for [...]
Matt Serra UFC 109 video blog – day 3
In his third video blog leading up to UFC 109, Matt “The Terror” Serra takes fans along on media day. However, first we have to pick up coach Ray Longo at his house. Longo takes us on a mini-tour of the house and introduces us to some great Italian Americans including Rocky Balboa. Then it’s [...]
Jan 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Matt Serra discusses upcoming UFC 109 fight against Frank Trigg
Mr. Matt “The Terror” Serra, along with his coach Ray Longo, join Mike Straka on FOX Fight Game. Straka informs Serra and the viewing audience that he wears lifts in his shoes. Because Serra is a rather short fellow, Straka is willing to share his lift source with the former UFC welterweight champ.
Serra said he [...]
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Lorenzo Fertitta discusses Flash sale – Frankie Edgar confirmed for B.J. Penn
Lorenzo Fertitta discusses his role in the global expansion of the UFC and how bringing Abu-Dhabi’s Flash Entertainment on board will help this cause dramatically. He also squashes the rumor that Renzo Gracie helped facilitate the deal.
Another interesting detail revealed is Flash will now own more UFC equity than Dana White. They will own 10% [...]
Jan 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Flava Flav and MC Hammer love the UFC
UFC gets old school with Flava Flav and MC Hammer. Props to Mike Straka for attempting to correlate the UFC to MC Hammer’s career.
Apparently, Hammer is part owner in Cash4Gold, a company that sponsored Rashad Evans at UFC 108, and he says we will be seeing him at a lot more events in the future.
Here’s [...]
Dana White’s TUF talk on FOX Fight Game
UFC President Dana White talks Kimbo Slice, Anderson Silva, and The Ultimate Fighter season 10. In his first and possibly only fight on the Spike TV reality series, Kimbo will face “Big Country” Roy Nelson tonight to see which heavyweight moves one step closer to becoming The Ultimate Fighter.
More Kimbo talk in Part 2 [...]
Sep 30, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
