Full Contact Talk: MMA discussion

Full Contact Talk MMA Discussion Segment Five is the final portion of the debut episode of Full Contact Talk.  This episode continues with Rory Singer, Brian Bowles, Douglas Lima, Chris Stolzman, David Oblas and Frank Bishop discussing local mixed-martial-arts in Georgia. This is another 30-minute dose of fun featuring a special feature known as the “Word Association Sprint” where each panelist has only seconds to respond in three words or less to the host’s MMA subjects. Local music included from The Carbonas.

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Segment Four:

Full Contact Talk MMA Discussion Segment Four features Rory Singer, Brian Bowles, Douglas Lima, Chris Stolzman, David Oblas and Frank Bishop. This is another 30-minute segment where the MMA panelists exclusively discuss UFC 88 coming to Atlanta on September 6. The panelists make fight picks for the main card. A special feature known as “The Great Pound-for-Pound Debate” launches this segment with a discussion of who’s the best pound-for-pound fighter from a list compiled of Fedor Emelianenko, Georges St. Pierre, BJ Penn and Andeson Silva. Local music included from The Go-Devils.

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Segment Three:

The Full Contact Talk panel discuss mixed-martial arts organizations such as the UFC, Affliciton and EliteXC and compare the production quality and financial success of each company. Other subjects of conversation incude Anderson Silva, Fedor Emelianenko and the recent controversies within MMA including Kimbo Slice’s polarization of MMA fans.

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Segment Two:

The Full Contact Talk panel continue discussion on a number of subjects ranging from Forrest Griffin’s recent success in the UFC as well as the positives and negatives of Brock Lesnar’s entrance into professional mixed-martial-arts. Another special feature known as “MMA Hollywood Minute” is included and briefly discusses Randy Couture’s latest movie. There’s more local music from Tenth to the Moon.

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 Segment One:

Full Contact Talk MMA Discussion Segment One featuring Rory Singer, Brian Bowles, Douglas Lima, Chris Stolzman, David Oblas and Frank Bishop is now available for download. This 30-minute segment features mixed-martial-arts discussion with Georgia-based MMA professionals. In this segment the MMA panelists discuss the history of mixed-martial-arts as well as current fighters who may potentially make a run for contention in a special feature known as “The Darkhorse Special.” There is also local music included from The Carbonas and The El Caminos.

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MMA Gives Back …

Heath Westray is a local MMA fan who’s had a tough year. Diagnosed recently with ulcerous colitis, he’s suffered through multiple surgeries resulting in long hospital stays and a lot of physical pain. Heath was a wrestler in high school in Duluth and also practiced Brazilian jiu-jitsu in his spare time. Not to mention that he’s a very enthusiatic fan of mixed-martial-arts and often attends local fights. But until only recenly, Heath has been very sick in bed. The members of the Full Contact Talk panel invited Heath down to attend the taping of the debut podcast. Heath was pleasantly surprised when the panel awarded him with several gifts. One of these was an autographed photo from the UFC light heavyweight champion, Forrest Griffin.

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The debut panel from Full Contact Talk present a signed autograph picture of UFC light heavyweight champion, Forrest Griffin to Heath Westray. (Pictured from left to right) Alejandro Leal, Douglas Lima, Chris Stolzman, David Oblas, Jason Hatcher, Heath Westray, Frank Bishop, Brian Bowles and Rory Singer.

It would require possibly 10 separate blog posts to fully explain the long and complex history of Mixed Martial Arts. But consider this a crash course for the curious interested in learning about the sport’s past in a quick, convenient summary.

For those not in the know, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) is an acronym for a rapidly growing combat sport that found its beginnings in 1993 when a family of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialists, known as the Gracies, hosted North America’s inaugural Mixed Martial Arts pay-per-view television event. Coined “The Ultimate Fighting Championship,” it was more or less an open challenge to martial artists of all styles from around the globe to attempt to defeat a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist for a $50,000 grand prize.

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Mixed-Martial-Arts is a sport. Yeah, you read it right. It’s a sport. Heck, it’s even a vastly popular sport. And it’s coming to Atlanta via Phillips Arena on September 6th by way of UFC 88 — which will be one of the organizations major pay per view events this year. For a large number of people, mixed-martial-arts is the primal definition of sportsmanship.

An evolved yet ancient form of hand-to-hand combat where two men of equal attributes battle one another until one falls and the other basks in the glory of cheer and admiration. And it’s every bit as much a chess match as it is a clash of fists. Often constructed from more physical intricacies than a typical team of men tossing rubber balls around, mixed-martial-arts still struggles somewhat to break through to a higher level of mainstream success where the sport is recognized by media and humanity alike as much more than just some gladiatorial blood spectacle or some sort of violent pornography.

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