LAW Feb 7 Update - Dutch Mantell on The LAW Tonight
**We have a last minute change for tonight's edition of The LAW. Due to the terrible snowstorm this past weekend in the Northeast pocket of the U.S., our guest for tonight Dave Lagana will be on a flight at that time and unable to join us tonight but we are planning to reschedule Dave for another week to chat about Ring of Honor and a ton of other topics. However, stepping up to the plate to take his place tonight is legendary booker and performer Dutch Mantell, who most recently served on the TNA creative team from 2006 - 2009 and has written a brand new book entitled ‘The World According to Dutch'. Mantell is currently booking in Puerto Rico and is going to chat about all of the behind the scenes of TNA over the past few years and this should be a fantastic chat with Mantell. In addition we will be taking your calls and e-mails all night long at 1-888-942-7326 and law@liveaudiowrestling.com discussing the latest chapter in the Bret Hart angle, the programs leading into WrestleMania, the end of ECW and the debut of ‘NXT' and what you want to see on that program as well as the fallout from UFC 109 last night in Las Vegas. Tune in tonight at 11pm EST on Sirius 98 Hardcore Sports Radio with Dan ‘The Mouth' Lovranski and Jason Agnew and you can also listen online right here on the site.
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**The ‘Raw' TV tapings take place in Lafayette, Louisiana tomorrow night hosted by NASCAR driver Carl Edwards and will be headlined by Triple H & Shawn Michaels Vs Big Show & The Miz Vs CM Punk & Luke Gallows for the WWE Tag Titles.
**Bret Hart on his Facebook page discussing his post ‘Raw' meeting with Jeremy Borash:
It was nice seeing Jeremy Borash, a longtime friend of mine, from TNA while I was in Nashville. He hung out with me and we never once talked wrestling. Some feeble minded idiot who saw us in plain view tried to start the rumour that I might be heading to TNA next; although why anyone would ever think I'd let Hogan and Bischoff anywhere near my Hitman persona again is truly beyond me. Anyhow, as for the Super Bowl on Sunday between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints, I've decided after great deliberation to pull for the Saints but I think Manning will pull it out of the fire. Most importantly, I hope it's close anyway.
**Ric Flair will make his first TNA house show appearance next Friday night at the show in Norfolk, Virginia.
**Here
are the TNA house show results from Saturday in Joplin, Missouri:
*Chris
Sabin over Jay Lethal
*Tara over ODB to keep the TNA Knockout's Title
*Samoa Joe over Abyss
*Matt
Morgan & Hernandez over Team 3-D to keep the TNA Tag Titles
*The Pope
D'Angelo Dinero over Desmond Wolfe
*Jeff
Jarrett over Mr. Anderson
LAW MMA UPDATE
**Here
are the results from the UFC 109 ‘Relentless' card last night in Las Vegas,
Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center:
*Joey
Beltran over Rolles Gracie Jr. by TKO at 1:31 of Round 2
This was a terrible performance by
Gracie Jr. with zero stand up ability and was a one sided affair. The second
round was one of the worst outings you will ever see with Gracie Jr. beyond
gassed out and quit on the floor. Don't hold your breath on Gracie Jr.
returning anytime soon.
*Chris
Tuchscherer over Tim Hague by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)
*Phil
Davis over Brian Stann by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
This fight did air and Davis looked tremendous -
he is one of the best wrestlers to ever enter the 205 pound weight division and
I'm very intrigued to see this guy's next fight. Davis is a giant Paul Orndorff
fan, so the ‘Mr. Wonderful' nickname wasn't a coincidence.
*Rob
Emerson over Phillipe Nover by unanimous decision (29-28 all)
*Melvin
Guillard over Ronys Torres by unanimous decision (29-28 all)
*Mac
Danzig over Justin Buchholz by unanimous decision (29-28 all)
*Matt
Serra over Frank Trigg by KO at 2:23 of Round 1
This could be it for Trigg in the
UFC and perhaps his career. Trigg was visibly upset after the fight was stopped
by it was the right call by Josh Rosenthal as Trigg went limp.
*Demian
Maia over Jim Miller by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
*Paulo
Thiago over Mike Swick by submission at 1:54 of Round 2
*Chael
Sonnen over Nate Marquardt by unanimous decision (30-27 all)
This sets up Sonnen as the #1
contender for the winner of the April 10th UFC 112 bout between Anderson Silva and Vitor
Belfort. Sonnen really established
himself as a tremendous talker this past week and is a fresh name to feature on
a countdown special and I suspect his next fight will do adequate business.
*Randy
Couture over Mark Coleman by submission at 1:09 of Round 2
**UFC President Dana White spoke to reporters after the event and stated that he believed that was the final fight for Mark Coleman in the UFC. After the main event while Joe Rogan was interviewing Coleman, Tito Ortiz yelled ‘Payback's a bitch motherfucker' and Coleman immediately capitalized on the situation and responded calling Ortiz a ‘douchebag' and said he would fight him anytime. Coleman and Ortiz were supposed to fight last November at UFC 106 but Coleman was injured and had to pull out of the fight. It's a fight the UFC could promote and do decently with but would need to be propped up by a co-feature as the recent number for UFC 106 proved that Ortiz is not the draw he once was and a Ortiz Vs Forrest Griffin would theoretically do better than a Ortiz Vs Coleman fight. The fact is the UFC is doing such a high volume of events that when push comes to shove if there is a last minute injury and they need someone, they may opt to use Coleman again as he is a sentimental favorite and he'll walk into Strikeforce if he's dropped by the UFC.
**Here
are the UFC 109 bonuses from last night, each bonus was for $60,000:
*Fight of
the Night - Nate Marquardt Vs Chael Sonnen
*Submission
of the Night - Paulo Thiago (Thiago got the bonus even though they announced
the sub of the night for Randy Couture on the broadcast)
*Knockout
of the Night - Matt Serra
**The show did 10,687 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center for a gate of $2.27 million (so tickets were scaled down).
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