I recently had the honor of being the guest on the Richard Hunter show. The show original streamed live on WCPT Chicago, and is now available for you guys that missed it!
Click here to listen to the 3 part audio interview.

And thanks to Richard for the great conversation. If you aren’t already following him on twitter, you should be! Follow Richard Hunter – He’ll make you laugh and more importantly, he’ll make you THINK!

Hey guys,

We finally got my limited edition shirts in stock over at Deathwish, Inc. I released only a limited number of these for my after party, so once they’re gone, they’re gone! You can get them in both black and red. Homage to a great great band. Many thanks to Jacob and co. for a great shirt! Click here to order.

And thanks to Ryan Weimer for the photo.

I meant to post these earlier, but as you can imagine, things have been busy winding the training camp down, and heading to London today.

Gareth Davies interviews me on many things in a video interview series.

My thoughts on Mike Pyle vs. John Hathaway: click here to view the video
My thoughts on wrestling in the UFC and my fight with GSP: click here to view the video
Again, my explanation of my view on wrestling: click here to view the video

Many thanks to Gareth Davies and the UK Telegraph for their continued support for me and UK MMA

I had the pleasure of rolling with an amazing person yesterday: Tyler Ransom. This 9-year-old super star was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome at a young age, but it doesn’t stop him from preforming with top athletes. There is no cure for Nephrotic Syndrome or FSGS, but Tyler hopes that this video will encourage people to go to his website and learn more about both diseases and how you can support the effort to find a cure. Please visit Tyler’s website at: http://healingtyler.blogspot.com

I was really an honor for me to have this opportunity. And if any of you are interested in bringing Tyler to your gym to give you an arm bar and do a presentation about Nephrotic Syndrome please contact: Marlon@thebelieveitllc.com or call 323-387-0068.

Really great interview and pictures from a couple fellow Englishmen from Fight! Magazine. Even got a picture in there from my trip to Graceland! We spent some quality time on this feature, so go out and get it! Click here to go to their site.

So, I’ve had a camera crew at my heels for the past couple weeks, and I’ve seen some tidbits of the footage they will showing you guys. Let me tell you, it’s going to be awesome. It’s going to be like the boxing 24/7 countdown shows. Should give you guys some good insight into training camp for me.

First episode airs:
Spike, March 10th
10 pm
10.30 pm

Click here for the schedule

Another rainy night in Manchester, England has produced another UK champion: Dan “the Outlaw” Hardy.

The 27 year-old Nottingham native entered the ring on Saturday night with one thing on his mind: Mike “Quick” Swick. Relatively evenly matched, these two strikers were battling it out to move on for a possible belt contention, yet to be officially announced.

Hardy surprised international fans, dominating the fight, and walking straight through the once powerful striking attempts of Swick. Swick’s strikes seemed to have little effect on a powerful and focused Hardy who returned lethal counters rocking his opponent time and time again. The third round saw some ground and pound action with a sharp elbow from Hardy which produced a gash on the back of Swick’s head, shaking him for the rest of the fight. Unanimous decision was awarded to Hardy, making him victorious against another opponent thought to be more skilled by the MMA world.

Hardy and his team, Rough House, had a fruitful night with wins by teammates Ross Pearson, Andre Winner, and Nick Osipczak.

An article in the UK’s Independent newspaper, orginally about wives and girlfriends of fighters, has spawned a heated debate between readers and fighters. One reader commented on the story, calling MMA “uncivilized” and its fighters “uneducated.” Dan has responded with quite the explanation for the sport, citing its ancient foundations and historical importance, and illustrating its sanctioned and organized state.

The article and its reader comments have appeared on all the big MMA forums:
UFC forum
Sherdog forum posts about this article
MixedMartialArts.com Underground forum
MMA Weekly forum

Article in the UK’s Telegraph commenting on the online debate

“After Korea’s Dong Hyun Kim was forced to withdraw from his UFC 105 bout with Dan Hardy in Manchester, England on November 14th, 170-pound contender Mike ‘Quick’ Swick has answered the call to face ‘The Outlaw’ in what promises to be a welterweight war at the MEN Arena.” Read the full story at UFC.com.

(click image for full story from the Sun)