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Kimbo Slice’s Trainer Randy Khatami talks about Kimbo’s dedication to prepare for his fight with Ken Shamrock at EliteXC “Heat” on Oct 4th.

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Affliction MMA will shake up the broadcast team for its second-ever pay-per-view (PPV) event “Day of Reckoning,” which was today relocated to Anaheim, Calif., and postponed until sometime in January 2009.

The two nuggets appear to be unrelated — the fresh blood in the ringside booth is thanks to a new television partnership with HDNet.

Accordingly, “Big” John McCarthy, Jay Glazer and Frank Trigg will be replaced by the more established and accomplished broadcast crew comprising Bas Rutten, Kenny Rice and Ron Kruck.

Rutten and Rice can also be heard handling the live commentary for the Japanese mixed martial arts organization DREAM, along with co-hosting the hour long “Inside MMA” weekly program which airs on Friday nights on HDNet.

It’s no coincidence.

As far as this writer is concerned, “El Guapo” is on the short list of great color commentators in this sport, ranking right up there with Joe Rogan. This is a solid decision for the t-shirt company/MMA promotion.

Affliction selling more pay-per-views as a result of this change is pretty doubtful, but it will surely help them improve the quality of the event’s production.

Thumbs up to Affliction.

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This video had me rolling for 5 straight minutes. Make sure you watch until the end, its worth it.

Here are the spoofs Bas is referring to.

Props: ParadiseWarriorRetreat.com

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Props: The Mercury News

“Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can…. My message to them is about how to mentally deal with things. Some of what I talk about will be conditioning of the body, but my belief is that everything starts with the mind. You win a fight not with your strength but with your mind.”

Former UFC heavyweight champion, ringside commentator and mixed martial arts legend, Bas Rutten, was recently invited to deliver a motivational speech to the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). The 43-year-old pioneer admits he doesn’t know much about the sport, but that doesn’t really matter — he sure knows how to talk. While a nice touch, the five-time Super Bowl champions will likely need a lot more help than “el Guapo” to improve on their lackluster 2007 record and finish anywhere near the top of the NFC West.