MAIN EVENT OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON FINALE CAPPED OFF BY A ‘MILD NUCLEAR EXPLOSION!’ When John Fosco (Of MMA Stop) stopped by the Combat-In-Effect Radio Show on Tuesday the 16th he predicted Saturday’s fight between Clay “The Carpenter” Guida and Diego ‘The Nightmare’ Sanchez would result in a ‘mild nuclear explosion! This turned out to be a very accurate way to describe it. After an intense stare down which started once Diego hit the floor, Diego came out swinging with a thunderstorm of blows that included a kick to Guida’s head. GUIDA got right back up and in turn showed remarkable (and characteristic) toughness by taking everything Sanchez had as if unfazed slammed him to the mat for a few elbows. By the end of the second round, both the fighters and the mat were covered in blood, Though Sanchez seemed to be landing more punches, Clay seemed to have more energy and nothing Sanchez could do seemed to stop Clay or slow him down. The hectic pace was maintained through the 3rd round. As the crowd began to chant “Guida!” from the stands, both fighters tried desperately to slam home a victory, right up to the final second. (The only thing that stopped this fight was the obvious respect for the rules because both fighters appeared to have the ability/desire to slam it home until one of them was killed!) Decision Sanchez. Fight of the night? Fight of the year!!! SSGT. Barnes

COMBAT RADIO GOES LIVE WITH UFC VET CLAY GUIDA!

This episode opens with a special thanks to some of our team members in the military including Sgt Nievess and his Psyop Unit out of Ft. Bragg, Joshua Lammert with the 2/8 Cav. Division Alpha Co. and Combat Medic Shawn Peeler attached to Echo Company 2/8 Cav 1st Brigade Combat Team. (Pictures are avail on our site www.combat-in-effect.com )

This episode also includes an interview with UFC Vet Clay “The Carpenter” Guida (The first of several interviews) who is ramping into his next fight, June 20th for the Ultimate Fighter Season Finale. (Clay also talks about his upcoming DVD - Produced by Combat-In-Effect and Arsenal Productions (www.arsenalpm.com) which will be avail. through the Combat website next month)-

ALSO: Rock legend James Stevenson (The Alarm, The Cult, Gene Loves Jezebel and Generation X w/Billy Idol) joins the show from a pub in London to talk about his upcoming tour and new book. (More information on both these guests can be found at The Arsenal Productions And Management website: www.arsenalpm.com
Listen here:

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ALSO ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMBAT-IN-EFFECT WRECKING CREW:

Staff Seargeant Braswell, Military Combatives Instructor out of Texas, Joel “Baby Silver Back” Blanton (Fresh off his first round victory at Collisium Combat 11), Stephen “The Irish Bomber” Kelly, Jessica Miramontes (Off her victory at the Shark Fights) Zack “Psykopath” Haney out of Lubbock Texas, Brandon Baker (Off his victory at the latest IWFL Event), Jammie Hill (Off his victory Collisium Combat 11), Jason ‘The Renegade” Rine out of Black Dragon MMA, Brandon Kern (who scored a 41 second TKO Cullman City Cage Wars 4), Justin Tuttle out of Lagrange Indiana, John “Too Smooth” Shultz (who just added another victory to his record), Spencer “The Saint” Galland, Alex Charrier, Zach Thomas, Trevor “Duh Beast” Boyle, Rich MacMurry out of Ringside in La., G.I. Jeff Alexander, Jeremy Fisher (Off his victory against Ric Rodriquez), Tony “The Head Crusher” Anglin (Off his victory on the 23rd), Bubba “The Copiah County Killer” Malbrough, Rudy “The Riot” Rudisill, Joshua Lammert who is in action in the Middle East w/the military and Junior Ray and AEI (Athletic Excellence Institute of Colorado).

Next week the guest host will be Ricco Ross (Aliens, Mission Impossible) and special guests Sonny Landham (48 Hours, Billy The Indian in Predator) Jouko Ahola (Who fought with an arrow in his nexk in the film Kingdom Of Heaven, Invincible, winner of The World’s Strongest Man competition 1997,1999)
WRECKING CREW ANNOUNCEMENTS TO INCLUDE: Justin “The Punisher” Herbst (Off his 12 second TKO at Collisium Combat 11), The K.O. Kid, Michael “The Cincy Assassin” Ehrhardt, Brian “The Mutt” Vandemark (who just scored a victory off an opponent two weight classes heavier at The MFL), Elliot Duff, Cody Morrill (Off his victory at Danger Zone 40), Poison MMA, Chris Clark, Chuck Jennings (Off his victory at the “Beatdown In Jackson” Event), Scott Goulet (who scored a victory at “The Night Of The Titans”), Tim Liddell (Off his victory w/the Iron Warrior Fight League), Antonio Grant, Mike Moon, Justin McCarthy, military vet/fighter Kevin Mathews, Ricky Bell, Simon Law, military vet/fighter Michael Goss, Vance Cooley Jacob Lynn/Team Konflict, Andrew Huffman, Bounty Hunter/Fighter Matthew Doucette and 3-0 Edward Sunderland, Skyler “The Fury” Holderman (Off of his first round victory at MFL), Michael Littleton, Kevin James Hanna and others.

Also check out our earlier interview w/Sonny Landham (48 Hours, Billy the Indian in Predator):http: / / media. libsyn. com/ media/ mackenroth/ Sonny_ Landam.m3u

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Alpha Co. 634 Brigade support team out of Mattoon Illinois .. stationed in Northern Afghanistan.

The Mrap ( Cougar ) is what we drive…

Sgt Lawerence, Staff Sgt Cohoon, Sgt Todd Ellis , and Spc Probst.

My experience going to Las Vegas with Combat-In-Effect was pretty surreal. As both a fighter and a fan, I was surrounded by talent all around which makes it hard for me verbalize the experience.

I arrived in Las Vegas at around 2 p.m. on Friday the 30th, the day of the weigh-ins. After putting all our things in the hotel suite, we made a B-line to Fat Tuesdays at the MGM Grand to get a drink before the weigh-ins. The weigh-ins, although very entertaining, left a sour taste in all of our stomachs because of Nate and Clay’s extremely intense stare down. There wasn’t one person with us that didn’t want to see Clay put his foot in Nate’s ass right then and there. But unfortunately for us (and luckily for Nate) we had to wait one more night to see that take place.

After the weigh-ins we met up with Clay Guida and John Fosco (Clay’s manager and owner of the hard-hitting MMAStop) at a small lounge at the MGM to see how Clay was doing. But the second Clay got out of the room he was bombarded with fans. It took us 45 minutes to get from one side of a hallway to the other. We caught a glimpse of what has made Clay a popular fighter in the ranks of the UFC.  He stayed and talked with each and every fan, signed anything they put in front of him, and took pictures for everyone. It definitely showed what kind of person Clay is. He gave everything back to his fans that night. He showed them how much they actually meant to him, and because of that, it showed me why he really is so loved by everyone in the sport. Towards the end of the night Clay, his brother and friends, including the staff and other fighters from Combat-in-effect went to eat sushi at a restaurant in the MGM where I had the opportunity to meet Clays parent’s and friends who were both very kind and excited. It really showed that ‘you are who you are around’ because through Clay’s parents you were reminded as to why Clay is such a good guy.

While walking through the halls, we ran into Loyota Machida, now if you listened to my last radio show on the LA Downtown Lounge, with Erik Mackentroth and Robert Ortiz, you would point out that I might have made a couple of comments, about him not being the most exciting fighter in the world….. But listen up, usually when you make comments like that, it’s over a couple of beers with friends and you start saying stuff like “Ya I can beat his ass” or whatever, BUT YOU DON’T EXPECT TO SEE THE GUY THE NEXT WEEK. Dude let me tell you what; I almost lost control of all bodily fluids. I wanted to hit the ground and pray he doesn’t own a radio. And of course John Fosco had to say “Isn’t there something you wanted to say to him Mike?” so of course I put my head down and turned my back to him as quickly as possible. The truth though is Loyota Machida stopped and talked to us and was a really nice guy. He had on the most killer fanny pack ever!!! Trust me if your not a fan of the sport and you saw Loyota walking around you would not think that he had the capability to give you a swift kick to the dome, but believe me HE CAN.

Then came the explosive night on the town (most of which will be buried in the Top Secret/Classified Files of the Combat-In-Effect vault) but what I can say is that this ‘crew’ may be about making the world a better place (Most of the effort behind Combat-In-Effect is in support of extensive charity work) but this group knows their way around Vegas!!! Combat doesn’t just take care of their own but also the fighters, the fans and the people they come across. It was a dangerous night!

Now comes the big day. I wake up with the awesome Las Vegas sun and honestly need to pinch myself because it hasn’t hit me yet that I’m going to be sitting damn near front row at the UFC 94 show that night… So we all get ready and go get some food, check out the town, and I even went to the gym for a little bit. Oh Yeah Big John!! When you read this, I didn’t let Vegas get the best of me, I stayed dedicated HAHA (I would like a raise please). After that we got ready and headed to the MGM Signature hospitality suite, where I got a chance to witness about 10 of the most beautiful women take photos modeling the AWESOME Combat-In-Effect apparel, Sexiness was taken to a whole other level!!!

The time has come! 6 p.m. rolls around and the big show is underway. We were chauffeured to the MGM Grand Garden Arena. When I got into the show I literally almost jumped out of my shoes when I realized how close my seats were, but I was going to be sitting right next to John Fosco and Clay’s friends. Once the show started I was stoked, it finally hit me where I was and what I was doing! It’s time: we see Clay walk out of the tunnel and the MGM Arena literally explodes with the loudest thunder of cheers I have ever heard. Once the fight started I realized that this wasn’t going to be the same as all the other fights I have watched. Spending all the time with Clay and sitting next to his family and friends I felt this was different. I wasn’t watching a random guy on the TV, it was like watching your older brother be in there and you really almost can’t watch the fight because of all the emotion going wild. I would look over at John from time to time and would see him and everyone just watching the clock, counting the seconds, hoping he wouldn’t make a mistake, then the clock winds down to 0 and all I felt was a rush of relief as we knew that Clay did everything he needed to and he pulled out a beautiful victory.

The rest of the fights were incredible and I had the most amazing time, but you could tell that this night was about Clay. Getting the opportunity to see veterans like St. Pierre and Penn, up and comers like Jon Jones, or contenders like Loyota put on a clinic (WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN MY FACE) was incredible.

After the fight we went back to our suite and on our way up to our room believe it or not, standing no more then 1 foot from me was GSP. Getting an opportunity to see THE MAN right after fighting in front of 14,000+ people, and just being able to talk to him and see what kind of emotions he was having off camera was priceless. Let me add by the way, that when standing there not only is GSP the best champion ever, but he also represents what a champion should be like on and off the stage. He stood there shook everybody’s hand, looked everyone in the eyes while doing it, and showed how humble of a man this guy really is. He has a character that every champion needs to emulate, and for that I respect him more than ever.

From there we went straight over to the Hawaiian Tropic Zone at Planet Hollywood for Clay’s after party. This was a fantastic event! As soon as we walked in I realized that not only were the Combat-In-Effect girls present, hanging out with everyone, but also I was literally surrounded by HUNDREDS of the most beautiful girls I’ve seen (a 22 year old’s heaven). We had a couple drinks, danced and partied. As soon as Clay got there everybody got a chance to hang out with him, his brother and family the whole night. We passed out tons of free shirts, hats, etc…. I don’t think anybody left till 4 in the morning. It was an amazing time.

All and all, my entire trip with Combat-In-Effect can be summed up as no less than amazing. It has given me a new outlook on fighting, and has gotten me excited for my own fighting career. Its shown me that work is not just done in the ring, and in the gym, but it’s actually done everywhere, whether it’s signing things for fans, doing interviews, or simply not forgetting to put on a hat or shirt for your sponsors. I’m excited to be apart of something as big as Combat-In-Effect, their charity work and, in a round about way, the UFC and can’t wait to see where it takes me next.

Mike Dear is a member of Big John’s McCarthy’s Ultimate Training Academy Fight Team With a history in Muay Thai, Wrestling and Jujitsu. His views do not necessarily reflect those of COMBAT-IN-EFFECT. Thank you, in advance, for your understanding.

Rich Franklin Vs. Dan Henderson

Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson is an interesting fight and very hard to predict. Both fighters are seasoned veterans of the sport and both are extremely well rounded. Dan Henderson is a world-class wrestler, competing for the U.S. in both the1992 and 1996 Olympics. He has heavy hands, with a great clinch. Rich Franklin was the UFC champ at 185 that seemed to be unbeatable. He has a great stand up game with a descent ground and pound. Franklin appears to go into the fight with more of a game plan in mind, while Henderson seems to feel out his opponents, and brawls a little more. I’m not comparing myself to Dan in anyway, but I know that I have a brawling style, and while it suits him well, I’ve experienced in practices I have been picked apart by technically superior, strategic fighters, that are even smaller than me. So in saying that, I think if it goes the distance I give Franklin the win because of his consistency of being able to strategically beat his opponents. If the fight ends early, Henderson takes it in the early rounds by TKO

Final Prediction:

Henderson TKO in early rounds

Mark “The Hammer” Coleman Vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

This fights going to be awesome. As most of us know Mark Coleman and Mauricio Shogun Rua fought once already in Pride and had an ending that I thought was more entertaining than the actual fight. Shogun, after attempting a couple different submissions, stood up as Coleman grabbed a double leg. As Shogun was falling to the ground he tried to soften his landing by putting his arm out and broke it. Now who knows what was really going on in Coleman’s head, maybe he was caught up in the moment, maybe he really didn’t see shoguns arm, maybe he had a couple extra hormones going through his body, WHO KNOWS. What I do know is the ref got thrown to the ground quicker than me making fun of the MC Hammer pants that Big John used to wear (TRUST ME DON’T DO THAT). I’m going to give this fight to shogun. REDEMPTION TIME

Hometown: Rantoul, IL
Training out of: Rantoul, IL
Weight: 283
Height: 6′2
Age: 27
Background: Freestyle
Sponsors: Combat-In-Effect, Smash Fight Wear, Sparta Wear, MMA Blizzard

Record: 0-3
Past-Fight Info and opponents: First opponent was Thomas Forsythe. I lost in 14 seconds to guillotine. Second fight was put on by Matt Hughes and I lost to Rodney “Hercules” Nelson in 36 seconds due to ref stoppage. When the fight started, I went to touch gloves and he hit me. Learned not to assume. My last fight was this past March against 350lbs of Anthony Parigi. I landed every punch I threw but he landed a judo throw on me and I ended up tapping out with 57 seconds left in the first round.
Goals:To get better all around as a fighter. I want to learn all that I can. I want to provide a better means of living for my family but don’t want to work the “9-5 job” to do it. To make it to the UFC, or Strikeforce or whoever is around.
Special Thanks: To God, without him nothing is possible. I’ve done nothing for him while he does everything for me, an awesome God indeed. I’d like to thank all my sponsors, Combat-In-Effect, MMA Blizzard, Sparta Wear, and Smash Fight Wear. I like to thank my training partners at Team Tough in Rantoul. To all my friends that support me. To my wife and kids for giving me the opportunity to pursue this

Professional Boxer, Gabriel Tolmajyan (5-1) sponsored by Combat-In-Effect fought at the “Season’s Beating” boxing event on Saturday December 20, 2008 at Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood CA.

Super featherweight Gabriel Tolmajyan stopped Andre Kim in the second round of a scheduled six-round bout.

The southpaw Tolmajyan easily outboxed Kim throughout the fight. Kim pressed the action, but would constantly get beaten to the punch by Tolmajyan.

Tolmajyan hurt Kim with a left uppercut to the head in the second round. Referee Ray Corona looked as though he was about to step in and stop the bout a few times, but allowed the action to continue.
Tolmajyan fired a two-punch combination that badly wobbled Kim, prompting Corona to halt the bout at 1:46 of the round.

Tolmajyan, from Glendale, Calif., by way of Yerevan, Armenia, improves to 5-1, 2 KO. Kim, from Sacramento, Calif., falls to 2-3.

Professional Boxer, welterweight Vito Gasparyan(11-1-4) sponsored by Combat-In-Effect fought at the “Season’s Beating” boxing event on Saturday December 20, 2008 at Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood CA.

Welterweight Vardan Gasparyan (11-1-4, 5 KOs) won a hard-fought six-round unanimous decision over upset-minded Octavio Narvaez.

Narvaez was coming off a hard-fought stoppage loss at the hands of former world champion Vivian Harris. Narvaez was able to score a knockdown over Harris and was hoping to defeat Gasparyan.

Gasparyan had the height and reach advantage, as well as strength over Narvaez. However, it did not deter Narvaez from attempting to work on the inside of Gasparyan. Narvaez pressed forward and was able to sneak counter left hook and right hands to the head of Gasparyan.

However, Gasparyan controlled most of the action in the fight. He was able to land the more effective punches. Gasparyan also boxed from the outside, giving himself some room to throw his punches over his opponent. Despite showing heart, Narvaez slowed down while Gasparyan was the fresher fighter who finished strong until the final bell.

Judges scored the bout 59-55, 59-55, and 60-54 in favor of Gasparyan.

Gasparyan, from Glendale, Calif., by way of Yerevan, Armenia, improves to 11-1-4, 5 KOs. Narvaez, from West Covina, Calif., by way of Chinandega, Nicaragua, drops to 7-6-1, 4 KOs.

DEC. 6th and 7th 2008: UFC Fighter Clay Guida together with Combat-In-Effect and MMA Stop begin production on a Fitness and technique DVD demonstrating Clay’s high intensity work out.