No Holds Barred with Eddie Goldman
160 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNo Holds Barred with Eddie Goldman, who is widely known as the "conscience of combat sports", discusses the combat sports and martial arts, including boxing and various types of wrestling. It is called No Holds Barred because the show is dedicated only to telling the truth.
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No Holds Barred: John Perretti on His Pioneering 1997 Grappling Event, The Contenders
December 03, 2012 02:14 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again speaks with lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, John Perretti. On October 11, 1997, before the major no-gi grappling championships of today, John Perretti was the main organizer of a pioneering grappling event known simply as "The Contenders". The format was a seven-match card, held in Sioux City, Iowa, pitting a team of various...
No Holds Barred: Gina Carano
January 12, 2012 00:41 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with former mixed martial arts and muay Thai fighter Gina Carano, who is the star of the new spy film "Haywire". In this film, directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, she plays Mallory Kane, a covert operative who is betrayed by her cohorts. We spoke with Gina Carano by phone Wednesday afternoon about her widely-acclaimed starring role, her first, in this movie. She discussed her training in weapons and fighting for ...
No Holds Barred: Our First Video Show!
May 28, 2011 21:50 - 14 minutes - 54.8 MB Video(Photo of Eddie Goldman and Ian Carpenter) On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents our first video show. As with any maiden voyage, there are still some kinks to work out, but we thank our colleague Ian Carpenter for being the video producer of this episode of No Holds Barred, which was recorded May 26 at the Magic Pumpkin Studios in Astoria, Queens, New York. On the show, we begin by discussing the historic victory by Bernard Hopkins over Jean Pascal to be...
No Holds Barred: Second International Tournament in Mixed Martial Arts Among Anti-Fascists of Europe
April 15, 2010 11:18 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman previews a unique event combining mixed martial arts and the current struggle against fascists and racists in Europe. This is the Second International Tournament in Mixed Martial Arts Among Anti-Fascists of Europe, known as "No Surrender!! II" It takes place Saturday, April 17, in Kiev, Ukraine. We spoke with one of the organizers of this event, known as Anton, who is an anti-fascist activist. The rise of fascist and neo-Nazi e...
No Holds Barred: Johnny Bos on the Cruel Business of Boxing
July 23, 2009 00:37 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the legendary fight agent and boxing personality, Johnny Bos. There are few if any people alive who know more about boxing than Johnny Bos. But instead of prospering from that knowledge and wisdom, last year Johnny Bos, the quintessential New Yorker, had to leave this faded but still sometimes active center of boxing for a town not known for being a pugilistic capital: Clearwater, Florida. The main reason was that h...
No Holds Barred: Rob Maysey of the Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association (MMAFA)
February 15, 2009 00:55 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Rob Maysey, the founder of the Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association (MMAFA). This organization seeks to establish an association of mixed martial artists and their trainers, similar to other such organizations which already exist in many professional sports. We spoke at length with Rob Maysey about the goals of the MMAFA, its progress so far, what impact it has already had on mixed martial arts, how fighters can become in...
No Holds Barred: Todd Hester of Gladiator Magazine Names Eddie Goldman Conscience of the Combat Sports
November 25, 2008 01:22 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the controversy around the November 15 mixed martial arts fight between Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture at UFC 91. We go to the No Holds Barred e-mail bag for an insightful analysis by a listener about how this fight may have symbolized "The Day That MMA Died", and then critique a number of so-called "experts" writing in the mainstream media defending the UFC promoters for handing the inexperienced Lesnar ...
No Holds Barred: Tom Atencio on Affliction and Donald Trump, Kid Peligro on Jiu-Jitsu World Championships, Vernon Forrest
June 06, 2008 01:28 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by discussing the changed business climate for mixed martial arts following the ratings success of last Saturday’s EliteXC show on CBS. In light of this, we covered the news conference Thursday in New York, where it was announced that the Affliction mixed martial arts promotion and real estate mogul Donald Trump had entered into a partnership, with Trump buying an equity stake in Affliction. The inaugural Affliction show...
NO HOLDS BARRED: Charles Farrell on Cotto-Judah, Boxing, MMA, Writing, Music, and More
June 13, 2007 01:25 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBOn this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with award-winning boxing writer and musician Charles Farrell. He covered this past Saturday's dramatic fight between the undefeated WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (23-0, 25 KOs) and the former unified welterweight champion, Zab Judah (34-5, 25 KOs), at New York's Madison Square Garden. In a lengthy interview, we discuss why this fight was so important and what boxing can learn from it. We also critique films lik...
No Holds Barred Returns: Eddie Goldman interviews Frank Shamrock
March 07, 2006 06:41 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBOn the first edition of the return of “No Holds Barred,” host Eddie Goldman interviews former mixed martial arts fighter of the year Frank Shamrock. On Friday, March 10, in San Jose, Calif., after being out of the spotlight for several years, Frank returns to action to fight Cesar Gracie.