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Interview with Bellator’s Dan Hornbuckle

Matthew J. Swanson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:58:33 +0000

Dan Hornbuckle Interview Part 1 (Click me for audio!)

In part one, Dan talks about . . .

1. The excitement of fighting before his home town in the landmark Chicago Theater at the upcoming Bellator 25.

2. His opponent, and how he will not over think his fight as he did in read more...

Interview with Roy “Big Country” Nelson

Matthew J. Swanson — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:44:44 +0000

Roy “Big Country” Nelson Interview Part 1 (Click me for audio!)

Although he had a strong career in various organizations before becoming the Ultimate Fighter, it’s still impressive that Roy “Big Country” Nelson has positioned himself in fight against Junior Dos Santos, the winner of whic read more...

Interview with StrikeForce’s Cung Le!

Matthew J. Swanson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:24:25 +0000

StrikeForce’s Cung Le Interview (Click me for audio!)

Fighttrader.com’s Matthew J. Swanson recently had the honor to talk MMA standout and now star of the silver screen, Cung Le.

First, Cung talks about how losing for the first time in anything (MMA read more...

UFC’s Matt Brown Interview Part 2: Matt predicts Knockout of the night!

Matthew J. Swanson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:41:25 +0000

UFC’s Matt Brown Interview Part 2(Click me for audio!)

With his fight against Chris “Lights Out” Lytle just hours away, we give you part two of our two part interview with standout UFC welterweight, Matt Brown.

First, Mr. Brown ensures us that this will be an exciting fi read more...

UFC’s Matt Brown Interview Part 1

Matthew J. Swanson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:54:12 +0000

UFC’s Matt Brown Interview Part 1(Click me for audio!)

Here at Fighttrader.com, we’re big fans of Matt “The Immortal” Brown, and not just because he freaked out because someone put lime juice in his dip on TUF. We like him because read more...

Josh Bryant from TUF beats Jamie Yager!

Matthew J. Swanson — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:43:25 +0000

TUF’s Josh Bryant Interview (Click me for audio!)

Here at Fight Trader, we are thrilled that the guy we have come to know and love, the guy we have been interviewing every few weeks, Oklahoma native Josh Bryant, is one win away from fighting for the title of Ultimat read more...

Interview with King Mo Lawal

Matthew J. Swanson — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:21:48 +0000

King Mo Interview (Click me for audio!)

As Mel Brooks said, “It’s good to be the king.” Yes, but is it even better to be the champ? Yes, says Mohamed “King Mo” Lawal, coming off becoming the Light Heavyweight Champion of Strikeforce, but The King is staying grounded; he still feels like the read more...

Josh, coming off a WIN on TUF, is wise to not comment on Ortiz’s recent arrest, but he does take issue with something Tito said in the most recent episode.

Matthew J. Swanson — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:20:26 +0000

Josh Bryant Interview Part 4 (Click me for audio!)

Fight Trader has really enjoyed our conversations with Josh Byrant, and we hope you have too. However, the level of excitement we have for him coming off a win in the house of Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter is incredible – read more...

Josh Bryant Interview Part 3: That door is made of paper, tough guys!

Matthew J. Swanson — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:31:50 +0000

Josh Bryant Interview Part 3 (Click me for audio!)

Just following episode 3, Josh fills us in that the door that famously is ripped off its hinges a few times a season seems to be made of “paper.” We knew these guys were strong, but that did always seem suspicious.

Th read more...

Josh Bryant Says Tito Ortiz’s Head Is Just as Big as It Appears on Television: Interview 2 with Josh Bryant, contestant on Ultimate Fighter Season 11, just following episode 2.

Matthew J. Swanson — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:23:04 +0000

Click on the arrow to hear the first part of our interview!

Josh Bryant Interview Pt1

In part one of the interview, Josh admits that he had a hurt foot and was fortunate not to get picked for the first match up. Also, he was happy to be chosen for Chuck Li read more...