The name Richard Steele is one that is familiar to just about any fan or follower of boxing through the eighties and nineties.  Steele is a Hall of Fame referee that called many of the biggest fights from that era and over 150 title fights in total over his illustrious career.  Steele recently started a mixed martial arts organization called the IFO that has designs on competing with the UFC in time.  And our Scott Swerbinsky had a chance to catch up with him recently to talk about it, as well as his career calling world class fights.

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The best of the UFC met the best of Pride Fighting last night at UFC 75 as Quentin "Rampage" Jackson defeated Dan Henderson in a very competitive main event.  The event was held in London, and free on tape delay on Spike TV, a nice surprise for MMA fans.  My cousin Spoon recaps the full UFC card for us, as well as the Dan Bobish Classic downtown, which he was ringside for.

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It's a big night tonight for mixed martial arts fans, as UFC 75 takes place from London, and there's also an excellent card of local fighters duking it out downtown at The Dan Bobish Classic. Predictably, my cuz is all over this like a moustache on a female Stillers fan ... and previews both events for us today in his latest effort.

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This Saturday at the Plain Dealer Pavilion in Cleveland, one of the most promising local mixed martial arts fighters will be the main event on the NAAFS loaded fight card.  And our resident fight doctor, Scott Swerbinsky, had a chance to interview him on the eve of his big fight.  Scott will also be downtown tomorrow to cover the big night of fights for us, and will also chime in next week with an interview with former big time boxing referee Richard Steele.

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