Video: Brooklyn’s Nover Set For Clash With Bradley

May 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

I spent a recent afternoon with Phillipe Nover watching him train and talking about his May 23rd UFC fight vs. Kyle Bradley in Las Vegas. I shot and edited this video piece for FoxNews.com and re-running it here. Thanks to Mike Straka at Fox Fight Game. This is a great behind the scenes look at one of the rising stars in MMA.

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1 Jonathan // Apr 26, 2009 at 2:20 am

Great video. I’ve been trying to find as much video of Nover and Bradley as possible. The fight between Nover & Bradley is one of the UFC 98 matches that I’m most excited about. Both fighters are coming off losses, but had moments in their fights where it looked as if they were going to take it. I write an UFC prediction blog and I’m having a really hard time making my final decission on this fight. I’m leaning toward Nover (his submissions are fantastic), and he has the Vegas odds. But, Bradley’s striking is solid, and he seems hungry.

Off The Cuff... Edgar VS. Alvarez!

In early May, I was down at Almeida BJJ to shoot and produce a feature on Frankie Edgar tied to his photo shoot for FIGHT! magazine. That video will be on Fightmagazine.com soon. While working, I was lucky to witness one of the great sparring sessions in my day. Edgar was going toe-to-toe with Eddie Alvarez who was one week out from his fight V. Josh Neer. Now, I have known Frankie for some time, so I might be biased but he did seem to control the action. Standing, his fast hands and feet allowed him to get off first much like we saw against BJ and Sherk. Each man got a couple takedowns but the overall pace and forward movement seemed slightly in favor of Edgar. Now, in Eddie's defense, he may have been only seeking to work on one element of his game V. Edgar and only trying to react or setup something only he knew of, specific to the Josh Neer fight ... so in that respect, it was not a true test of each fighting the other under the same context. That said, there was not really anything off limits - it was vicious jab/right combos from Frankie followed, at one point, by a head over heel body-throw take-down from Eddie on Frankie ... neither giving an inch. It felt like the real thing minus the the bright lights and octagon. It seemed to get harsh a couple of times but that may have just been my read. In the end, hard core sparring at play. Two of the top-5 lightweights on the planet going after each other at 110% on a lazy Thursday morning in Hamilton, NJ. After the session, what did Edgar do... relax-no, he went to use a chainsaw and chop down small trees in a friend's backyard for three hours.