MMA: Inside the Cage #80 - "The Hammer" Special

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(VOICE OVER) MMA INSIDE THE CAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
(CYRUS) WELCOME TO MMA INSIDE THE CAGE, BRINGING THE WORLD OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
STRAIGHT TO YOU.
I'M YOUR HOST CYRUS FEES AND AS ALWAYS I'M JOINED BY FORMER PRO FIGHTER, COACH,
PROMOTER, YOU KNOW A JACK OF ALL TRADES CASEY OXENDINE AND THE BEARD LOOKS FANTASTIC.
IT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND BUT IT LOOKS TERRIFIC.
I LIKE IT.
(CASEY) CYRUS I TRIED TO TONE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW I DIDN'T WANT IT TO DETRACT FROM TODAY'S EPISODE.
BUT YOU KNOW MAN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS THING, IT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN
SOMETIMES AND (CYRUS) YEAH I SEE THAT.
(CASEY) YEAH, TONIGHT IT'S UNLEASHED AND UNCENSORED.
(CYRUS) WOW!
YOU KNOW THIS WEEK YOU'RE GOING TO GET TWO GREAT FIGHTS AS ALWAYS BUT
THROUGHOUT THE EPISODE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM "THE HAMMER"
THE BIOPIC OF FORMER UFC FIGHTER MATT HAMILL.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CLIPS FROM THE FILM AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HEAR FROM THE WRITER
PRODUCER EBEN KOSTBAR AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OREN KAPLAN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
NOW CASEY NO DOUBT THIS IS THE BREAKING STORY OF THE WEEK.
YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WITH THE UFC AND SOME OTHER PROMOTIONS.
BUT IT WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT THIS DVD; AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATER MAN.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT A GREAT FIGHTER IN MATT "THE HAMMER" HAMILL.
A GUY THAT WENT INTO THE UFC PROBABLY SUPERSEDED WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
DO; AND HE JUST RECENTLY RETIRED BUT HAD A GREAT CAREER AND MADE A GREAT
IMPACT IN THIS SPORT.
(CASEY) OH YEAH, MAN OF COURSE EVERYBODY REMEMBERS HIM FROM THE UFC.
BUT YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOLLOWED THIS SPORT REALLY KNOW HIM FROM HIS WRESTLING
CREDENTIALS MAN.
YOU KNOW BECAUSE HE WAS A GREAT WRESTLER, YOU KNOW COLLEGIATE NATIONAL CHAMPION.
HE DID A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS SPORT AND YOU KNOW AND THEN MOVED ON INTO MMA, BUT AND HE
DID IT WITH A HANDICAP.
YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID HE COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH THINGS WITH.
(CYRUS) WELL HE SURELY DID.
NOW THE FILM TAKES YOU FROM MATT'S YOUTH, HOW HE DEALT WITH HIS DISABILITY BEING
DEAF AND THE STRUGGLE MAKING HIS WAY AND ALL THE FRUSTRATIONS AND SOME OF THE
SETBACKS HE HAD AND YOU KNOW HE TOOK IT TO THE MAT.
BASICALLY HE TOOK ALL THOSE STRUGGLES AND ALL THOSE FRUSTRATION TO THE MAT AND
SUCCEEDED AND YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT IN THE FILM AND THE WRESTLING SCENES ARE TREMENDOUS,
AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT SPORT, SUCH AN INTENSE SPORT THAT IT TRANSLATED WELL TO THE
BIG SCREEN.
(CASEY) OH, ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW AND OF COURSE IT YOU KNOW HIGHLY, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED.
YOU KNOW IT IS AN INDEPENDENT FILM BUT IT DID WIN NUMEROUS AWARDS AND YOU KNOW IT HAS
THAT VISION QUEST KIND OF FEEL YOU KNOW THAT IS A BIG CULT CLASSIC THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
YOU KNOW A LOT OF WRESTLERS LOVE AND THIS HAS THE SAME SORT OF FEEL.
IT WAS GREAT.
(CYRUS) SURE I AGREE.
NOW I REALLY ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE FROM RUSSELL HARVARD.
NOW HE'S A DEAF ACTOR.
HE PLAYED MATT HAMILL VERY CONVINCING AND ALTHOUGH THIS FILM DOESN'T HAVE A
BUNCH OF BIG NAMES STARS, BELLS AND WHISTLES IT DELIVERED OVERALL AND I
THINK JUST THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF IT IS REALLY GOING TO TRANSLATE AND PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO LOVE IT FOR THAT.
(CASEY) OH, ABSOLUTELY MAN.
YOU KNOW LIKE I SAID WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DEAL WITH SOMEONE THAT HAS THAT SORT OF ADVERSITY
I MEAN JUST IN YOUR DAILY LIFE TO SEE HIM, TO SEE HIM AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO THE ULTIMATE
FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP YOU KNOW THAT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE.
(CYRUS) IT IS.
(CASEY) IT'S A GREAT STORY.
(CYRUS) NOW REMEMBER THE DVD IS IN ALL MAJOR RETAILERS.
YOU'VE GOT WAL-MART, BEST BUY, AND ALL THOSE ON DEMAND THROUGH A NUMBER OF TELEVISION
OUTLETS LIKE DIRECT TV, DISH, COMCAST, AND MORE.
SO CHECK IT OUT, HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH IT.
YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOME EXCLUSIVE CLIPS COMING UP LATER AND NEXT
ROUND WE'RE GOING TO VISIT WITH EBEN KOSTBAR AND OREN KAPLAN THE
WRITER/PRODUCER AND DIRECT OF "THE HAMMER" AFTER THE BREAK!
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S A SPECIAL MMA INSIDE THE CAGE PUNCH OF THE WEEK.
FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER
WEIGHING 205 POUNDS STANDING 6'1"
WITH A FIGHT RECORD OF 0 WINS 0 LOSSES
MAKING HIS MMA DEBUT... REPRESENTING BOMBSQUAD...
OUT OF ITHICA, NY
WELCOME MATT HAMILL!!!
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ROUND ONE, 1:52 BY REF STOPPAGE...
MAT HAMILL!
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(VOICE OVER) MMA INSIDE THE CAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
(CYRUS) WELCOME BACK TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF MMA: INSIDE THE CAGE, WELL
WE'RE CELEBRATING THE RELEASE OF "THE HAMMER", THE STORY OF MMA AND COLLEGE WRESTLING
GREAT MATT HAMILL, ON DVD.
YOU CAN PICK THAT UP IN ALL MAJOR RETAILERS RIGHT NOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW LETS GO VIA SATELLITE OUT TO LOS ANGELES WITH THE WRITER AND
PRODUCER OF THE MOVIE EBEN KOSTBAR AND THE DIRECTOR OREN KAPLAN.
EBEN, OREN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND WELCOME TO
MMA INSIDE THE CAGE.
(OREN) THANKS WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE.
(EBEN) YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING AN INTEREST IN OUR FILM.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT AFTER A LONG FIVE ALMOST SIX YEAR JOURNEY THE FILM IS COMING OUT.
SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
(CYRUS) WELL THE MOVIE IS FINALLY COME FULL CIRCLE FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE SUCH AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE TO BUILD AROUND IN MATT HAMILL, TALK ABOUT HOW THIS
MOVIE REALLY CAME ABOUT.
(EBEN) THE MOVIE CAME ABOUT, I SAW HIM ON THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 3, SEASON 3 WHICH IS ABOUT
YOU KNOW FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO AND WAS INSPIRED BY HIS STORY; AND IMMEDIATELY
CONTACTED HIM VIA MYSPACE.
MYSPACE WAS BIG AT THE TIME AND MY WRITING AND PRODUCING PARTNER JOSEPH MCKELHEER
CAME ON BOARD AND WE PUT A SCRIPT TOGETHER.
WE BROUGHT IT TO OREN; AND OREN WORKS FOR DISNEY.
WE THOUGHT HE'D MAKE A GREAT DIRECTOR FOR, HE IS A GREAT DIRECTOR.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THIS FILM AND THEN, (OREN) YEAH, IT WAS COOL AND
THEY, I DIDN'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT MATT HAMILL OR ABOUT DEAF, THE DEAF COMMUNITY AND
THE DEAF CULTURE BUT WHEN THEY BROUGHT ME THE SCRIPT, IT SEEMED REALLY COOL.
I MEAN IT WAS A MOVIE ABOUT THIS GUY THAT AT THE TIME WAS AN UP AND COMING
FIGHTER AND THERE WERE LIKE THESE AWESOME OPPORTUNITIES TO DO INTERESTING THINGS
WITH SOUND AND SUBTITLES AND I THINK IF ANYONE CHECKS OUT THE MOVIE AND THEY, THEY USUALLY
ARE PRETTY SURPRISED BY KIND OF HOW IN DEPTH WE GO INTO WHAT IT'S LIKE TO NOT BE
ABLE TO HEAR AND KIND OF WHAT MATT WENT THROUGH IN ORDER TO, TO SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD.
(CASEY) ALRIGHT, WELL YOU KNOW WITH THE POPULARITY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS YOU KNOW AT AN
ALL TIME HIGH, YOU KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE CASHING IN ON THE MMA MOVIE
KIND OF GENRE.
YOU KNOW AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE NOT GOTTEN GREAT RESPONSES, WERE YOU AFRAID
THAT THIS MOVIE MIGHT FALL INTO THIS PILE?
(EBEN) YEAH, I MEAN WHEN WE WERE WRITING THIS FILM THE LAST THING WE WANTED TO DO
AND NO DISRESPECT TO MMA FILMS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO TRY
TO GLORIFY THE SPORT AND THROW A BUNCH OF ACTION AND HOPE TO SELL A BUNCH OF DVD'S.
WE WANTED TO MAKE AGAIN A FILM THAT STOOD UP WITH YOU KNOW SOME OF THE GREAT SPORTS FILM
OF ALL TIME, YOU KNOW THE ROCKY, THE RUDY, THE HOOSIERS AND YOU KNOW
RECENTLY THE BLIND SIDE AND THAT WAS ALWAYS A VISUAL; AND WHEN WE WERE WRITING IT
AND WE BROUGHT UP OREN ON IT AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
WATCH THIS FILM AGAIN IT HAS WRESTLING.
IT HAS MMA.
BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.
IT HAS A PERSON WHO OVERCOMES A LOT OF STRUGGLES, THE CLASSIC UNDERDOG STORY AND I
THINK IT'S RELATABLE WHETHER YOU LIKE MMA, OR YOU LIKE WRESTLING OR YOU JUST LIKE
SPORTS FILMS.
IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF, A LITTLE BIT OF FOR ANYBODY WHEN YOU WATCH THE FILM
AND THE WRESTLING AND THE MMA IS SUPER YOU KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE IT
WAS AUTHENTIC AND LOOKED REAL.
I MEAN THE LAST THING I LIKE TO DO AS A SPORTS FILM FAN IS YOU WATCH A FILM AND THE
SPORTS STUFF ISN'T REAL.
BECAUSE YOU IMMEDIATELY GET DRAWN OUT OF THE STORY AND OREN DID A GREAT JOB IN
OUR WRESTLING AND MMA COORDINATORS.
THEY MADE SURE THEY REALLY KIND OF TAUGHT AND COACHED THE ACTORS TO MAKE, TO
MAKE SURE ALL THE ACTION LOOKED REAL.
(OREN) YEAH (CYRUS) NOW EBEN THE FILM DREW A LITTLE CRITICISM IN THE EARLY STAGES AS
YOU WERE SLATED TO PLAY THE LEAD ROLE, YOU KNOW THEY CALLED FOR A DEAF ACTOR, A
LOT OF THE GROUPS DID.
SO YOU BROUGHT IN RUSSELL HARVARD, WHO DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, TALK ABOUT
THAT HURDLE SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW, AND THE CHALLENGE OF WORKING WITH DEAF ACTORS IN
THIS FILM.
(EBEN) YEAH IN THE VERY EARLY, EARLY, EARLY STAGES WE, WHEN I WAS WRITING THE SCRIPT WITH
JOE MCKELHEER AND GETTING TO KNOW MATT, I GREW UP WRESTLING AND I GOT TO KNOW MATT
REALLY WELL; AND MATT AND I SPOKE AND WE KIND OF THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE AT THE
TIME A GREAT IDEA FOR ME TO PLAY THE ROLE.
(OREN) AND YOU KNEW SIGN LANGUAGE.
(EBEN) AND I KNEW SIGN LANGUAGE.
I HAVE A HISTORY, I CAME OUT HERE FOR ACTING AND FILM MAKING AND, AND MOST YOU KNOW
WRITER, INDEPENDENT WRITER PRODUCERS, AND PEOPLE ASPIRING TO BE ACTORS KIND OF
WRITE VEHICLES FOR THEMSELVES.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND MATT THOUGHT WELL YOU KNOW ME
BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE YEAH, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE THE PERFECT PERSON FOR THE ROLE.
BUT AFTER GETTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DEAF CULTURE I THOUGHT IT BE A TERRIBLE THING TO
DO BECAUSE DEAF PEOPLE ARE ONLY GIVEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND
ALSO IF YOUR DEAF OBVIOUSLY NOBODY'S GOING TO PLAY THAT ROLE BETTER THAN YOU KNOW
IF YOU'RE BORN DEAF; AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE AND RUSSELL HARVARD WHO IS
PROFOUNDLY DEAF, LIKE MATT HAMILL HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TRUE REALISM.
(CASEY) WELL WHEN I WATCHED THE MOVIE I DEFINITELY GOT THAT RUDY FEEL AND
SPEAKING OF WHICH YOU ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO MEET THE ACTUAL DAN RUETTTIGER WHICH YOU
TALKED ABOUT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE, TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
(EBEN) YEAH, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET THE REAL RUDY WHICH IS CRAZY.
I GREW UP LOVING THE MOVIE RUDY AND WHEN I WAS AT THE HEARTLAND FILM, THE
HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL ABOUT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO WE WERE HONORED WITH THE
CRYSTAL HEART AWARD WHICH IS GIVEN TO ABOUT FIVE FILMS THERE AND THERE WAS SOME
AMAZING FILMS THERE; AND THE REAL RUDY WAS THERE TO PROMOTE DAVID ANSPAUGH THE
DIRECTOR OF HOOSIERS AND RUDY HIS NEW FILM CALLED I THINK THE LITTLE RED WAGON.
BUT ANYWAYS HE SAW OUR FILM AND WAS AMAZED BY IT AND I TOLD HIM YOU KNOW I WAS A
HUGE FAN OF YOUR FILM AND IT WAS JUST A HONOR TO MEET YOU; AND HE WAS LIKE NO IT'S A
HONOR TO MEET YOU AND YOU MAKING THIS FILM THAT'S WHAT THIS KIND OF MY, MY
MISSION IS BASICALLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS THAT (OREN) THAT WAS WHAT RUDY WAS, HIS
MISSION WAS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO (EBEN) YEAH I MEAN (OREN) TO DO SIMILAR THINGS.
(EBEN) TO DO SIMILAR THINGS.
HE CALLS IT RUDY MOMENTS AND HE'S LIKE IT SOUNDS A LITTLE CHEESY BUT IT WAS YOU KNOW
IT WAS REALLY COOL AND ACTUALLY DAVID ANSPAUGH AND RUDY ENDED UP
GIVING US THE AWARD ON STAGE.
(CYRUS) NOW UNTIL NOW, DANA WHITE HAS BEEN VERY PICKY ABOUT WHAT MOVIES HE EVEN
GETS INVOLVED WITH YOU KNOW, WAS IT EASY DEALING WITH DANA AND ZUFFA AND GETTING
SOME OF MATT'S FOOTAGE FROM THE COMPANY?
(EBEN) YEAH I ACTUALLY MET DANA WHITE AT ONE OF MATT'S FIGHTS AND I JUST KIND
OF SAW AN OPENING AND DUFF HOLMES WHO'S MATT'S TRAINER, MANAGER GAVE ME A
LITTLE INTRO AND THEN I JUST DOVE RIGHT IN THERE AND JUST GAVE MY LITTLE PITCH AND
YOU KNOW HE SAID THAT'S HE GETS APPROACHED YOU KNOW ALL THE TIME AND HE ALWAYS
SAYS NO TO PEOPLE LIKE ME.
BUT HE LOVES MATT AND HE LIKES HIS STORY AND TO SEND HIM FOOTAGE AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT
GOES FROM THERE; AND LUCKILY HE LIKED THE FOOTAGE THAT OREN PUT TOGETHER AND I THINK
OREN PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A 15 MINUTE VERY ROUGH PIECE OF A SCENE WHICH WE WERE ALL
NERVOUS ABOUT.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MOST FILM MAKERS YOU WANT TO SHOW THE FINAL PRODUCT AND WE
DIDN'T SHOW YOU KNOW THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN COLOR CORRECTED AND THE SOUND WASN'T
PERFECT AND ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE WERE PICKING ON THAT WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT.
BUT HE IMMEDIATELY WROTE BACK SAID I LOVE IT AND (OREN) WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED.
(EBEN) YEAH, WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED, IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND WE, HE ALLOWED US INTO
ONE OF THE FIGHTS AND SO WHEN YOU WATCH THE FILM, WE ACTUALLY FILMED AT A REAL UFC
FIGHT WHICH IS PRETTY COOL; AND THEN HE ALSO GAVE US FOOTAGE OF ONE OF MATT'S
REAL FIGHTS.
SO IT WAS AMAZING AND WE WERE SO GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND SINCE THEN HE HAS
WATCHED THE FINAL PRODUCT AND LIKES IT AND MOST THE HEAD PEOPLE AT THE UFC LIKE IT
WHICH IS SUCH KIND OF A NICE COMMENT.
(OREN) YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US OUT A TON, LIKE TWEETING ABOUT THE
MOVIE (EBEN) YEAH, (OREN) AND JUST REALLY HAVING US INVOLVED IN THINGS AND I THINK THE
LESSON TO LEARNED THOUGH IS THAT HE, IT WASN'T LIKE FROM DAY ONE EBEN SAID HEY I
HAVE A SCRIPT ABOUT MATT HAMILL AND HE OFFERED TO HELP US.
LIKE WE WENT OUT AND WE SHOT ALMOST THE ENTIRE MOVIE BEFORE, BEFORE WE MANAGED TO
GET HIM ON BOARD.
(CYRUS) WELL YOUR MOVIE IS "THE HAMMER", IT'S AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ON DVD
RIGHT NOW AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
(OREN) THANK YOU FOR INTERVIEWING US AND WE HOPE YOU GUYS CHECK OUT THE MOVIE.
IT'S AVAILABLE AT WAL-MART AND BEST BUY AND AMAZON AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
TELL US ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, "THE HAMMER" FILM.
(CYRUS) NOW BEFORE WE GO TO THE BREAK LETS CHECK OUT A SCENE FROM "THE HAMMER"
NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD.
THIS IS MMA INSIDE THE CAGE.
(MUSIC) (CROWD CHEERING) (MALE 1) YOU GOING TO TELL ME MY GRANDSON IS DEAF AND DUMB.
(FEMALE 1) I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT GRANDSON WHO IS
PROFOUNDLY DEAF.
(MUSIC) (MALE 2) DO YOU EVEN REALIZE HOW GOOD OF A WRESTLER YOUR SON IS?
HE COULD BE A NATIONAL CHAMPION.
(MALE 3) WRESTLE (MALE 4) IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT OURSELF A NEW WRESTLER COACH.
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(MALE 5) I'VE TOLD YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE; YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY.
(MALE 6) BUT I AM DIFFERENT (MUSIC) (CHEERING)
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(VOICE OVER) MMA INSIDE THE CAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
(CYRUS) AND WE'RE BACK.
WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE NEWEST DVD ON THE MARKET "THE HAMMER" THE BIOPIC OF MATT
"THE HAMMER" HAMILL, MULTIPLE TIME WRESTLING COLLIGATE CHAMPION AND VERY SUCCESSFUL UFC
FIGHTER.
NOW PARTNER WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER GREAT CLIP FROM "THE HAMMER" TO SHOW AND
STILL OUR MAIN EVENT OF THE WEEK.
BUT LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MOVIE AND WHERE IT FALLS.
YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SPORT MOVIES, COMBAT SPORT MOVIES, LIKE WRESTLING, MMA,
BOXING THAT HAVE COME OUT.
WHERE DO YOU FEEL LIKE "THE HAMMER" FITS IN THERE?
(CASEY) WELL YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT "THE WARRIOR" AND WHAT A GREAT MOVIE THAT
WAS.
BUT REALLY THIS IS MORE LIKE YOU SAID IT'S A BIOPIC, MORE LIKE "THE FIGHTER" ABOUT
MICKY WARD AND LIKE "VISION QUEST" LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE.
YOU KNOW IT'S AN INSPIRATIONAL MOVIE AND YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE TO LIFE.
YOU KNOW IT'S ABOUT A TRUE DISABLED FIGHTER THAT YOU KNOW ASPIRES TO BIGGER
AND GREATER THINGS.
(CYRUS) SURE NOW YOU HAD A LOT OF OTHER WRESTLING MOVIES, YOU KNOW YOU GOT ONE OF THE
LATEST WWE VENTURES "LEGENDARY" STARING JOHN CENA; AND I KNOW YOU LIKE THAT ONE.
(CASEY) WELL YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT MARLON BRANDO, YOU'VE GOT YOUR DE NIROS, AND OF
COURSE YOU'VE GOT JOHN CENA.
(LAUGHTER) (CYRUS) I CAN'T TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY RIGHT NOW AND ANOTHER ONE THAT
WENT UNDER THE RADAR RECENTLY WAS "WIN WIN" FEATURING PAUL GIAMATTI, ANOTHER GREAT
WRESTLING MOVIE.
NOW LET ME ASK YOU THIS PARTNER, WHAT OTHER MMA OR WRESTLING STAR,
COLLIGATE WRESTLING WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A MOVIE MADE ABOUT?
(CASEY) PERSONALLY THIS IS ONE I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME AND I'M SURPRISED
THEY'VE NOT ALREADY DONE IT, HELIO GRACIE; AND YOU KNOW THAT, HE TRULY WAS THE
CREATOR OF NO HOLDS BARRED FIGHTING AS WE KNOW IT.
OF COURSE THEY CREATED THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPION AND SO FORTH.
BUT YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE STORY THAT WENT ON BACK IN THE '20'S, '30'S, AND
'40'S IN BRAZIL AND EVERYTHING HE WENT THROUGH WITH HIS BATTLES WITH KATO AND KIMURA.
YOU KNOW THAT WAS IT WAS HUGE FOR THAT TIME.
YOU KNOW THEY DREW HUGE RECORD ATTENDANCE AND I JUST ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
TRANSLATE INTO A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE THERE IN BRAZIL.
(CYRUS) NOW SEE I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING A KEN SHAMROCK MOVIE, AND I MIGHT CATCH
A LITTLE FLACK FOR THIS.
HE'S ONE OF THOSE CONTROVERSIAL FIGURES, BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH, BUT THE WAY HE CAME UP SOME OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS HE HAD
AND THEN ALL THE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW ELEMENTS THAT HE WENT THROUGH AS PANCRASE, WWE AND
THEN UFC COMING BACK TO UFC.
I JUST THINK IT'D BE A GREAT MOVIE.
I LIKE TO SEE IT.
(CASEY) YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A NOD FROM DANA WHITE ON THAT ONE.
(CYRUS) NAH, I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU KNOW CASEY MOST OF THESE MOVIES CENTER AROUND A GREAT MATCH OR A GREAT FIGHT
TOWARDS THE END.
YOU KNOW SPEAKING OF WHICH WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS MAIN EVENT OF THE WEEK.
NOW IT'S ONE OF YOUR FIGHTERS, TYLER MELEE MINTON, TAKING ON THE INFAMOUS AO, AMAECHI
OSELUKWUE WHO RECENTLY JUST FOUGHT THIS WEEKEND.
NOW GIVE US THE LOWDOWN AND THE BACKGROUND ON THIS FIGHT.
(CASEY) WELL YOU NOW I'VE WITNESSED AO FOR A LONG TIME OF COURSE HE FOUGHT
IN BELLATOR, YOU KNOW SOLID ATHLETE, ONE OF THE MOST SOLID ATHLETES I'VE EVER
SEEN IN ANY SPORT; AND YOU KNOW HIM AND TYLER WERE SLATED TO FIGHT SEVERAL TIMES.
ONE TIME AO HAD TO PULL THEN THE SECOND TIME TYLER HAD TO WITHDRAW DUE TO A CUT FROM
A PREVIOUS FIGHT.
SO THEY FINALLY GOT IT ON IN THE CAGE; AND OF COURSE THESE GUYS ARE FROM THE
OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM, LIKE APPLES AND ORANGES AND IT MADE FOR A MEMORABLE CLASH.
(CYRUS) WELL I THINK ITS GREAT MAN.
IT'S YOUR MAIN EVENT OF THE WEEK.
IT'S TYLER MINTON VERSUS AMAECHI OSELUKWUE FROM CAGE BRAWL 8 AND IT'S
YOUR MAIN EVENT OF THE WEEK.
(CROWD NOISE) (TIM) HERE WE GO.
(GENE) THAT WAS A NICE LEG KICK TO START.
GOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT, LOOK FOR SOMETHING UNORTHODOX TO COME OFF THAT.
(TIM) AO HAVING SOME CRAZY KICKS.
MINTON GETS THE CLINCH THERE, DRIVES HIM RIGHT OVER TO OUR SIDE OF THE CAGE.
(GENE) RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
MINTON GETTING THE TAKE DOWN NICE BODY LOCK TAKE DOWN.
(TIM) AO TRIES TO WORK BACK UP.
MINTON GETTING HAMMERING THE HEAD WITH THOSE LEFT HANDS.
(GENE) LOOKING FOR THE HIGH CROTCH (TIM) BIG TAKE DOWN AGAIN.
PASSES AGAIN, VERY NICELY TO THE SIDE.
AO TENDS TO EXPLODE UP.
BIG RIGHT HAND, (GENE) MINTON LAYING A NICE RIGHT HAND.
(TIM) A BIG LEAPING KICK FROM AO.
(GENE) MINTON DOING A GREAT JOB, RIGHT TYLER'S SO SMART.
(TIM) YEAH, HE'S GOT A GOOD CHANCE HERE TO DO A LOT OF DAMAGE TO AO.
AO TRYING TO EXPLODE UP.
(GENE) NICE, THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO WORK IN TYLER'S FAVOR.
(CROWD CHEERING) (TIM) THAT COULD BE ENOUGH TO STEAL THIS ROUND.
(GENE) THIS IS NOT GOOD IN THE JUDGES EYES BECAUSE AT THIS POINT HE'S GOT DAMAGE.
(TIM) YEAH (GENE) HE'S THE ONE BLEEDING.
(TIM) THIS FIGHT HERE AND WE HAVE HAD ANOTHER WAR.
(GENE) ANOTHER GREAT PROFESSIONAL FIGHT HERE AT CAGE BRAWL 8.
THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TAKE DOWN.
(TIM) IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE IN THIS ROUND THOUGH.
(GENE) YEAH, THIS IS A, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH, TOUGH FIGHT TO CALL.
(TIM) YEAH, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE SECOND ROUND.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING AO GOT IN HIS POCKET.
BIG, BIG BLOWS.
(AIR HORN) (ANNOUNCER) AND THE WINNER IS SPLIT DECISION FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE
CORNER TYLER MELEE MINTON.
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(ANNOUNCER) BOYS AND GIRLS LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE.
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(VOICE OVER) MMA INSIDE THE CAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
(CYRUS) WELL IT'S BEEN A GREAT EPISODE AND WE CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH FOR YOU TO GO PICK UP A
COPY OF "THE HAMMER" ON DVD OR CATCH IT THROUGH VIDEO ON DEMAND, A GREAT FILM.
NOW BEFORE WE SIGN OFF CASEY, WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR CURTAIN CALL FOR THE WEEK.
(CASEY) WELL OF COURSE THE MORAL OF THE STORY TODAY IS YOU CANNOT TAKE A
HANDICAP AT FACE VALUE.
BESIDES MATT HAMILL THERE HAVE BEEN TONS OF GUYS THAT HAVE GRACED THE WRESTLING MATS AND
THE MMA CIRCLES, GUYS LIKE KYLE MAYNARD, NICK NEWELL, AND OF COURSE THE GREAT
JEAN JACQUES MACHADO, WHO WAS A LEGEND IN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU.
SO TAKE IT UPON YOURSELVES TO ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR EVEN THOSE THAT YOU THINK
CANNOT ASPIRE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL FIND A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS REGARDLESS OF
THEIR OBSTACLES.
(CYRUS) WELL THERE WE GO.
FIND US ON FACEBOOK, FOLLOW US AT MMAITC, SUBSCRIBE TO THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE PAGE AND EMAIL
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO MMAINSIDETHECAGE AT GMAIL DOT COM.
I'M CYRUS FEES, (CASEY) I'M CASEY OXENDINE, (CYRUS) AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK
(CYRUS & CASEY) INSIDE THE CAGE.
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