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 Duke Roufus [ 37:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Toby Glenn talks to Duke Roufus who is one of the best trainers in MMA. Duke talks about training Alan Belcher. Duke is a famed kickboxer and trainer who was supposed to have his Mixed Martial Arts debut at Cage Fury Fighting Championships. He is a former Former ISKA, WKA, WAKO & IKF World Heavyweight Champion. Duke goes on and discusses many aspects of training and working with fighters. He will be back in the March 28 in Milwaukee for a Muay Thai bout. He also talks a bit about K1 and problems with that organization. Duke also trains Big Ben Rothwell and discussed his relationship with him.

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 Yves Edwards [37:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Toby Glenn does an interview with Yves Edwards who is about to have a fight on the Elite XC street certified on Showtime. Yves an individual who has had an amazing career with fights in the UFC and Pride FC. He’s got wins over big-name Fighters like Hermes Franca and Josh “the punk” Thompson. Yves talks about his career in Pride and the drug testing that they had in pride and the differences between Pride in the UFC. We then go on to discuss his career and the amazing turnaround that he’s done in his career while changing to American top team and refocusing. Yves then talks about the fight with James Edson Berto this Saturday. We discuss his plans for that fight and what he plans to do after that fight. He’s coming off two big wins one in Elite XC and one at HDnet fights. It was great to get to talk to him and was a great interview.

 

 WEC & Elite XC Preview [87:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Toby Glenn, Steve Cujo, Rhonda, and Tim break down the World Extreme Cagefighting event that is this Wednesday. On that fight card Carlo Prater fights Carlos Condit in the main event. Then Rob McCullough will fight Jamie Varner for the 155 pound title. Miguel Torres will take on Chase Beebe for his 135 pound title. Also on that card we broke down fights with Yoshiro Maeda vs. Charlie Valencia, Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Leonard Garcia, Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar, Mark Hominick vs. Josh Grispi, Cody Wheeler vs. Del Hawkins, and Damacio Page vs. Scott Jorgensen. Then Toby Glenn and Steve Cujo break down the Elite XC. The main event features Kevin Ferguson vs David Abbott. Then we break down the fights of Kyle Noke vs Scott Smith, Edson Berto vs Yves Edwards, Brett Rogers vs James Thompson, and Antonio Silva vs Ricco Rodriguez.

 

 Jamie "The Worm" Varner [30:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Today on a MMA Discussions Radio Toby Glenn is joined by Jamie “The Worm” Varner. Jamie Varner originally comes from Arizona and trains there. He is fighting in the WEC against Razor Rob McCullough. I discuss with him his fight with Hermes Franca, cutting weight, his training for this fight, and so much more. I also talked to him about something that’s really important to me which is MMA in Pennsylvania and we discuss what drives fighters to be high-level athletes in mixed martial arts from Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania and why many of them move away after college. Arizona Combat Sports is the name of the gym that he trains at and he discusses his training partners and how they’ve helped him prepare for this fight. He mentioned Deer Valley High School Memorial foundation which is helping families that were affected in a busing accident. To gain the full information about the accident and how to donate go to AZ Central.