Monday, September 29, 2008

Update

After a few weeks of traveling and filming Kyle in Virginia for a speech, we are back in town for another week or so. Last weekend we were able to get the funny and refreshingly candid opinions of Rory and Adam Singer of the Hardcore Gym in Athens. They have been very good friends of Kyle's in the world of MMA and will be playing a larger role in preparing Kyle for his fight.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Last Weekend: UFC Champions



Along with Eddie Bravo, I forgot to mention that we got to interview three additional fighters: Cain Velasquez, Forrest Griffin, and Randy Couture.

Cain is currently undefeated with a 4-0 record. He is set to fight on the UFC 90 card coming up.

Forrest is the current light-heavy weight UFC Champion. Yeah. The Champion.

Randy "The Natural" Couture is a legend in UFC. He has been the champion 5 different times and in 2 different weight classes. He practically made the sport and is now set to fight Brock Lesnar in an upcoming fight.

GAEC Interview

I don't have any pictures from the interview yet, but on Tuesday we filmed one of their monthly meetings. We also got the opportunity to sit down and interview one of the head commissioners J. J. Biello . He brought up some very interesting points and was able to explain why the commission denied Kyle the license to fight MMA in Georgia. While this story is about Kyle's journey, we want to explain both sides of the situation and controversy. Maybe the commissioner is right. Maybe there are simply some things that some people just aren't able to do safely. Maybe Kyle doesn't have a chance at all, and maybe what he is doing could even be bad for the sport he loves...

Last Weekend: Eddie Bravo


Sorry everyone for the delay in updates. Last weekend we had a fantastic day and got to interview some great guys and some even better fighters. Eddie Bravo, a legend in brazillian jiu-jitsu was teaching a seminar at the Knuckle Up gym in Kennesaw. Kyle got to roll around with him and we scored a great interview.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Interview with Kyle Titus


Yesterday, we interviewed another one of Kyle Maynard's childhood friends. It is is pretty strange interviewing people who I have also known for very long periods in my life. Either way, we had another great interview experience.