Friday 10-22-10 Fight Club

What a great show we have for you tomorrow as we have some of the top MMA journalists in the world. We will be Steve Cofield from Yahoo Sports at 1:20, Brian Hemminger from the Toledo MMA Examiner at 1:40, Damon Martin from MMAWeekly.com at 2:00, Gabriel Morency who is the host of MMA Meltdown in Toronto at 3:00 and Loretta Hunt from the LA Times joining us at 3:20 all of them previewing UFC 121 on Saturday night. We will be giving our predictions for UFC 121 and recap last nights TUF. So, tune in to the premier MMA radio show, Fight Club Chicago starting at 2PM ET/ 1CT at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...

Alvarez vs Huerta

Bellator 33 is LIVE tomorrow night in Philadelphia and is headlined by Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez vs Roger Huerta. Huerta is coming off a loss in the Bellator Tournament at Bellator 17 in May against Pat Curran. Bellator had set up the tournament for a way for Huerta who had left the UFC and signed with Bellator to run the tournament and fight Alvarez for the title. But, along came Pat Curran and derailed those plans with the victory over Huerta and was supposed to face Alvarez for title. But, an injury for Curran derailed those plans and people were wondering what was next for Eddie Alvarez. In steps, Roger Huerta and now we have the biggest fight in Bellator history and the biggest card for the organization.

But, we have a situation now where Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez called out Alvarez and it has been going back and forth since that point. They both want to fight each and Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney has stated on numerous occasions that he would love to co-promote the fight and they it can air on Showtime or CBS and be in San Jose. But, Strikeforce president Scott Coker hasn't been as thrilled to put on the fight. We had Scott on the show last Friday and he keeps saying Gilbert has to fight this guy and this guy and maybe Eddie down the line and he needs to get through Huerta for the fight to happen.

And, the million dollar question is Alvarez overlooking Huerta? For, all the hype and promotion leading up the fight tomorrow night, all we keep hearing from Alvarez is about Melendez and little about Huerta. Alvarez skipped the conference call last Monday and no reason was given by Rebney, but its safe to say that Bellator knew a lot of questions would be concerning that fight and would take away from the spotlight of Huerta-Alvarez.

A lot people are overlooking this fight as well since Huerta has lost 3 of 4. But, you have to look at who he has lost too. He lost Kenny Florian, who fought for the title last year, a split decision loss to Gray Maynard and a lot of people had Huerta winning that fight and now Maynard is facing Frankie Edgar for the title at UFC 125 on New Years' Day and Curran in the semi-finals of the tournament. Except, for the Curran fight those are really top losses and those are too some of the best lightweights in the world.

The MMA world is overlooking this fight as a proclmation that Alvarez is going to win and face Gilbert Melendez in his next fight. Would it be a great fight? Most definitely, but do not overlook Roger Huerta. You don't win 16 straight fights without being very good and having an abundance of talent.

I think Huerta wins this fight tomorrow night because he is refocused in this sport and wants to be considered one of the best lightweights in the world once again and I think Eddie Alvarez is really overestimating Huerta, and make you sure you watch this fight as it has a chance to be Fight of the Year.

Preview of 10-08-10 Fight Club

What a great lineup we got for tomorrow's show as we will be having Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez joining us at 1;45 to discuss the Lightweight Bout between Josh Thomson-JZ Cavalcante this Saturday, is he interested in going to Japan to fight Shinya Aoki, new radio show and how it feels to be a father... Then, WEC featherweight George Roop joins us at 2 to recap his win last Thursday at WEC 51 over the Korean Zombie and what is next for him, Phil Devine, host of MMA Fight Corner joins us at 3 to preview Strikeforce on Saturday and a recap of The Ultimate Fighter and then UFC Middleweight Brian Stann joins us at 3:30 to review the book he came out with and will he fight Chris Leben on New Years Day...

So, make sure you don't miss all the action starting at 2ET/1CT at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub

9-28-10 Fight Club

What a fantastic lineup we have for you guys tomorrow... We have Byron Byrd and Tom Gallicchio from M-1 Global joining us to recap their tournament victories on saturday September 18th, Antonio McKee will also be joining us to recap his victory for the MFC a couple weeks back and whether he has or has not signed a contract with the UFC... Lastly, John Silver from the Chicago Sun Times will be joining us to recap UFC 119 and an interesting lunch he had with Josh Koscheck regarding this season of The Ultimate Fighter and his upcoming matchup at UFC 124 with GSP... So, make sure you don't miss another action packed edition of the Fight Club Chicago starting at Noon ET/11AM CST at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...

9-17-10 Fight Club

What a great show we hav lined up for tomorrow... We have Phil Devine who has some new endeavors joining us at 1:40, Jason Chambers, COO of Shine Fights Promotions at 2:00, Shark Fights fighters Houston Alexander at 2:20 and Trevor Prangley at 2:40, so make sure you tune in another action packed edition of The Fight Club Chicago from 1:30-3:00 Central Time at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...

Friday 9-03-10 Fight Club Chicago

When you think of action packed, you think of tomorrow's edition of The Fight Club Chicago!! What an amazing lineup we have for you!! Joseph Benavidez comes to begin the show at 1:30 to discuss his loss to Dominick Cruaz at WEC 50 and what is for him... The busiest man in MMA, Ariel Helwani from AOL Fanhouse and MMAFighting.com joins us at 2:00 to recap UFC 118 from last Saturday and everything going on in the world of MMA... Ray Flores joins us at 2:30, as Ray does all the ring announcing for the MMA events in Illinois and he will ring announcing for the big Shine Fights Promotions card next Friday night in Virginia... MMA veteran Jorge Masvidal will be joining us at 2:40 to discuss his fight on the Shark Fights Promotion card next Saturday against Paul Daley... Then, MMA Legend Bas Rutten will be joining us at 3:00, as Bas will be commentating the Shark Fights card and will be discussing the card and how MMA has grown throughout the years... Brian Hemminger from the Toledo MMA Examiner joins us 3:20 to recap UFC 118 and talk about the announcement of UFC 123 coming to Detroit on November 20th... And another MMA Legend will be joining us as Don Frye will joining us 3:40 as Don will also be commentating at the Shark Fights card and will discuss his legendary career in the sport and what it will be like to work with Bas...

So, make sure you tune into what so far is the biggest show top to bottom, as we will be from 1:30-4:00PM on www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub

Tuesday 8-31-10 Fight Club

What a great show we have for you tomorrow as we recap UFC 118 and everything coming out of the event and we will be having on Len Bentley at 11:05AM and Tom Gallcchio from M-1 Global at 12:20 and Jason Harkes from canadianprofighter.com at Noon... So tune into another edition of The Fight Club Chicago from 11:00AM-1:30PM Central Time at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...