FightTicker.com is Shutting Down

As some of you may have already heard, FightTicker.com is shutting down this coming Saturday, September 26, 2009. It is certainly a sad thing for the MMA blogosphere, and for anyone who has ever visited this blog before, you know how much I was involved in writing and posting things on FightTicker.

Here is the official site announcement from FightTicker.com owner Pramit Mohapatra:

After 19 rewarding months, FightTicker.com will be shutting down on Saturday, September 26 at 11 AM EST. While one chapter ends, another one begins and I'm very eager to pursue the new opportunities that lay ahead, both personally and in MMA.

In case you're wondering, I'm fortunate enough to be part of the "Jack of All Sports" radio show on ESPN Radio here in Baltimore. The show is doing very well and this past week moved to the Tuesday evening rush hour time slot. I'll now have more time to devote to delivering quality MMA content on a weekly basis to mainstream listeners of this show. We've already done interviews with the likes of Greg Jackson, Jon Jones, and this past week Carlos Condit and that's just the tip of the iceberg for what we've got planned for the MMA segments.

In addition, MMA makes its Maryland debut in October right here in Baltimore, which should also present new and exciting opportunities on the business side of the sport.

In other words, I'll still be a part of this great sport that we all love, just in different ways.

Thank you to the many, many bloggers, commenters, and readers who made FightTicker.com such a wonderful little MMA community. I'm sure our paths will cross in the future (and who knows, maybe FightTicker.com will one day rise again!)
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As you will have no doubt guessed by this point, all of the links I have ever posted to content on FightTicker.com will be dead as the whole site is getting shut down. Due to that, I will be inundating PreviouslyViewed with all of my original content since the middle of May (when I stopped posting content in its entirety and published things solely on FightTicker).

I am doing this simply because I don't want my hard work to totally disappear - as I stated when I first started blogging, I got into this to help promote MMA and fighters in this area and I would be doing them a disservice if I let my reports on their hard work just go away.

However, in the wake of this sad news is some good news. I have joined the staff of another excellent MMA website, which will be revealed in a separate post. (If you're looking at this one, you probably already saw the other one.) I will still be covering many of the same events that I covered before, and will continue to give all of you the same great coverage of regional and national MMA news, commentary and original content.

While I will miss my time at FightTicker, I'm looking forward to this new opportunity.

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This week's episode of Cageside Seats will feature ICF fighter and Ring of Combat Middleweight Champion "Vicious" Victor O'Donnell.

The episode will be happening Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 10 PM ET.

This episode is sponsored by School of Fight, one of the fastest growing companies in regional MMA sponsorship, and makers of Victor O'Donnell's new walkout shirt.

Check out the episode and check out School of Fight - they have some really innovative designs.

You can find all the details on the show, including how to listen and call in on my pre-show post on FightTicker.com.

Enjoy.

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Thanks to the generous folks at Victory Belt, I had the chance to review Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira's 3-DVD instructional set on BJJ for MMA.

In short, it's an excellent series, and the DVDs showcase a revolutionary menu that should make picking up the techniques a whole lot easier.

You can find my full review on the set as well as links to purchase the DVDs on FightTicker.com.

Enjoy.

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You can find my live blog of the event and my choices for the Night Honors on FightTicker.com here and here, respectively.

Enjoy.

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Intimidation Cage Fighting has hosted a few events over the last few weekends that I was lucky enough to attend. I did a live blog of ICF: The 13th, and posted the event results from ICF: Balance of Power.

For ICF: The 13th Live blog, check out my post on FightTicker.com.

You can also find my picks for the Night Honors here.

You can find my write-up on ICF: Balance of Power as well as my picks for the Night Honors on FightTicker.com.

My post-event interviews from both events are coming soon.

Enjoy.

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Details are now available on the newest upcoming episode of my radio show, Cageside Seats, going down Thursday August 27 at 10 PM ET. This week's guest will be my good friend and Fight Ribbon Clothing Company co-founder Brent Thompson. Brent and I will be discussing this weekend's UFC 102 event as well as the role that Fight Ribbon played in getting together Justin McCully's walkout banner (pictured here).

This episode is brought to you by Fight Ribbon Clothing Company, the new face of cancer awareness.

For full details on the show, including how to listen and call in, head over to my post on FightTicker.com.

Enjoy.

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To read my profile of Brandon, head over to FightTicker.com.

You can find info on Quick's online training seminars here, and info on his new school, Trinity Combat Academy, here.

For information on setting up seminars or private instruction, feel free to contact Brandon via email at bquick[at]trinitycombatacademy.com.

To purchase Fade to Black, head on over to Budovideos.com.

Here is the video teaser trailer for Fade to Black:




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Intimidation Cage Fighting (ICF) promoter Steve Stanton has released the fight card for the upcoming ICF: The 13th event happening this Friday, August 21, 2009 at the ICF Fight Club in Cincinnati, OH. For the full fight card and details on the event, head over to my pre-event post on FightTicker.com.

I will be there doing live and post-event coverage as is available. For updates on the fight winners, follow my Twitter account.

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Both Thiago Silva and Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira will be sporting Silver Star signature walkout shirts. The shirts are scheduled to be released for sale shortly - for these and other Silver Star gear, check out Silver Star's website.

For the full press release, head over to my post on FightTicker.com.


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Cageside Seats Radio Thursday August 13th at 9 PM ET - Silver Star Owner Luke Burrett

Cageside Seats just keeps getting better and better. Having already welcomed some great local pro fighters ready to break onto the national scene, some of the best up-and-coming MMA clothing companies, and with Puddin and I having given listeners some of the wittiest banter ever heard, we've reached yet another milestone.

This Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 9 PM ET, Puddin and I will be welcoming Silver Star Casting Company owner Luke Burrett to the show for a discussion on a number of different topics in the MMA world. Additionally, Luke's wife and Silver Star co-owner, and Playboy Playmate, Charis B. will also be joining us on the show.

For full details on how to tune in and call in, head on over to FightTicker.com.

Additionally, this episode of Cageside Seats is sponsored by Silver Star, the fastest growing company in MMA sponsorship.

For those of you unable to listen live, the episode will be archived for downloading (for free) shortly after the show ends.

Enjoy.

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In addition to the Silva vs. Griffin roundtable, a number of FightTicker.com members (including myself) participated in a roundtable discussion of UFC 101's main event - the lightweight title match-up between BJ Penn (champ) and Kenny Florian (challenger).

To see what we had to say, head on over to FightTicker.com.

Enjoy.

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You can find both of the post-show recaps (with links to download the shows - for free) on FightTicker.com.

If you want to check out the Hinton episode, go here.

If you want to check out the UFC 101 Preview episode, go here.

(Or you can listen to either of them on the embedded player in the far right column of Previously Viewed.)

Enjoy.

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Amanda Bentley - Amanda is in the run to become Maxim's Hometown Hottie - she was at the show as a special guest ring girl.

Brandon Demastes - Brandon scored a 33 second TKO win over Justin Hunt - my pick for the FightTicker.com TKO/KO of the Night.

George Oiler - one of the most talented BJJ guys fighting in this area, George is on his way to becoming a pro fighter.

Jeremy Pender - Pender got his second professional victory (2-0) in a first round TKO of Jesse Grindstaff.

Chad Hinton - Hinton scored a Unanimous Decision victory over Dustin Walden in my pick for FightTicker.com Fight of the Night.

Enjoy.

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Enjoy.

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Or you can listen to the show in the embedded player in the far right column

Enjoy.

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