WEC play-by-play announcer Todd Harris may be a new face to some first time MMA viewers, but most sports fans have heard his voice across numerous networks the last ten years. In fact, Harris may be one of the most versatile announcers in the sports broadcasting game today. A stretch you say … well here are a few nuggets off the Harris resume. The BYU graduate has been the lead announcer on everything from the Pro Surfing Tour to the 2005 Indy 500 to ESPN College Football / Basketball to the 2010 Olympics Freestyle Skiing events. Now, Harris is a mainstay on the MMA landscape with the WEC on Versus TV. Oh, and lets not forget he host’s everyone’s favorite – The World’s Strongest Man show on ESPN.

So, who helped Harris get his break in MMA with the WEC? How did he pick up the language of MMA and what does he learn from Frank Mir? What two questions is he asked when he visits ESPN headquarters in Connecticut? What are his thoughts on Dominick Cruz and Jens Pulver? And, what in the world does he do with all the frequent flier miles? For these answers and much more, read on …

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So what does it take these days to generate over 220,000 views for a single Youtube video? Well, you can be a European TV host and lose your lunch with cameras rolling, maybe throw the name “Snookie” in the clip title and hop on the Jersey Shore TV show bandwagon, or … you can take a far more difficult path to internet stardom, as Tiger Schulmann fighter Nick Pace did, by delivering one of the top 10 knockouts in Mixed Martial Arts for 2009. (Pace KO video below)

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Professional MMA
September 11, 2009
Tropicana Hotel and Casino Showroom
Atlantic City, NJ

Promoter Louis Neglia
Ring of Combat XXVI

146.2 Jackson Galka vs. 145.8 Andy Main
Ref Mulhall
Main via split decision two rounds, 20-18, 20-18 and 18-20 Judge Martin

155.6 Liam Kerrigan vs. 154.4 Roger Mamedov
Ref Mulhall
Judge Crosby 20-18 Kerrigan, 19-19, 19-19
Bout is a majority Draw after 2 rounds

125.8 Louis Gaudinot vs. 126.2 Jeff Cressman
Ref Mulhall
Gaudinot via TKO referee stoppage due to strikes at 0:24 of round two

145.6 Matt McManmon vs. 145.4 Lester Caslow
Ref Miragliotta
Caslow wins via verbal submission due to armbar at 3:20 of round one
McManmon suspended pending xray of right elbow and forearm and orthopaedic evaluation of same

171.3 Jose Sulsona vs. 169.4 Ryan LaFlare
Ref Miragliotta
LaFlare wins via armbar at 2:18 of round two

134.4 Sean Santella vs. 135.6 Jose Villanueva
Ref Mulhall
Santella wins via verbal submission due to armbar at 2:00 of round two

155.4 Ed Guedes vs. 156.2 John Salgado
Ref Miragliotta
Guedes win unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27 and 30-25 Judge Crosby in three rounds

155.8 Nabih Barakat vs. 156.4 Chris Schlesinger
Ref Mulhall
Schlesinger via unanimous decision three rounds, all three judges 30-27

185.4 Allan Weickert vs. 186.2 Rafael Sapo
Ref Miragliotta
Sapo win via rear naked choke at 2:53 of round one

215 Rob Wince vs. 226.6 Gian Villante
Ref Miragliotta
Villante wins via KO kick to head at 1:25 of round two

186.4 Costa Phillipou vs. 185 Victor O’Donnell
Ref Miragliotta
Phillipou wins unanimous decision three rounds, all three judges 29-28

155.6 Dwayne Shelton vs. 155.8 Chris Liguori
Ref Mulhall
Liguori wins unanimous decision three rounds 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 Judge Crosby

204.2 Rich Lictawa vs. 209.6 Ricardo Romero
Ref Miragliotta
Romero win via kimura 2:14 of round two

Officials—-

Ringside Physicians Dr. Sherry Wulkan, Dr. Vincent Guida and Dr. Steven Oxler

Referees Dan Miragliotta and Kevin Mulhall

Judges Doug Crosby, Ray Martin and Carlos Rodriguez

Timekeeper Fred Blumstein

Inspectors Ellen Rubin,Gary Gudzak, Kerri Kaminski, Todd Manfredi, Tony Tamburrino, Cardo Urso, Jon Bilyk, Steve Errickson, Jim O’Connor, Paul Hafner, Mike Di Bella and Ben Valentino

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At ROC 21 last September Ricardo Romero rocked Glen Sandull and appeared set to go for the finish when he had a bout of “brain lock” and kicked Sandull in the head as a down fighter. Romero was disqualified for his only career loss and Sandull was awarded the victory. This is a rare photo of Sandull on a stretcher exiting the cage. Here’s an excerpt from my coverage on September 16, 2008.

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New Jersey’s Glen Sandull (AMA Fight Team) was embroiled in a back and forth slug fest for the 205lb Ring Of Combat belt last Friday night in Atlantic City when he took a brutal right hand from Ricardo Romero and fell to his knees - Romero followed with a vicious kick to the head. Referee Dan Miragliotta instantly stopped the fight, reprimanded Romero for the illegal kick - doctors rushed into the cage as Sandull lay stunned on the mat. Sandull was administered oxygen and then carried out of the cage on a stretcher as the new ROC 205lb champ due to a disqualification of Romero. It was a stunning finish to a great night of fights in Atlantic City.

TriStateFighter.com spoke with Sandull’s trainer, Mike Constantino on Tuesday and got the health update. “Glen spent four hours in the hospital Friday night, just as a precaution. Everything is just fine, everything (medical tests) is negative”
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Neither fighter was happy with that ending and now the rematch is set for June 12 at Ring Of Combat 25 in Atlantic City. The 205lb ROC belt is on the line in another night of great fights at the Tropicana. In addition to the Sandull/Romero title fight, Raphael Sapo and Sean Salmon will battle for the ROC middleweight belt.

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Central New Jersey UFC fighters Nick Catone and Ricardo Almeida stepped into the octagon tonight in Nashville for UFC Fight Night 18.

It was a good news - bad news night for two of the best from the Tri-State. Nick Catone fought hard and survived a near fatal first round arm-bar but could not get past Tim Credeur who finished the fight with a guillotine choke in the second.

Almeida, a world class Jiu Jitsu master, showed some good skill with his hands to win a unanimous three round decision, 30-27 on all cards.

Catone is now 1-1 in the UFC and Almeida moves to 10-3.

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The Asylum Fight League turned out another great night of fights at Club Abyss in Sayerville, NJ. Check all the results and official stats. Click through.

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Pete Sell is coming off a win vs. Josh Burkman. A solid three round decision which may have saved his UFC career. Now, Sell has a tough-as-nails fight against a tenacious Matt Brown at UFC 96 this weekend. So, how does he get it done?

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