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Steve Byrne has a new Comedy Central special, The Byrne Identity, that will be released on Blu-ray and DVD and is now available for pre-order. The release date is July 27, 2010. The Byrne Identity is his second hour special for Comedy Central that follows his first hour special, Happy Hour, released in 2008. Steve Byrne: The Byrne Identity is available for pre-order on Blu-ray Please check out the HalfKorean.com interview with Steve Byrne from January 2010. You can also check out his official website, SteveByrneLive.com, for further information on Steve and his upcoming tour dates and shows. Here is a clip from Happy Hour: |
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Steve Byrne: The Byrne Identity available for pre-order on Blu-ray/DVD
from Amazon.com.
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Ben Henderson retains WEC Lightweight Championship at WEC 48
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Ben “Smooth” Henderson retained his WEC Lightweight Championship with a victory over Donald Cerrone on Saturday 4/24/2010 at WEC 48 in Sacramento, California. He left no doubt who the champion is by finishing Cerrone off quickly via submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:57 of round 1. This also got Ben the “Submission of the Night” bonus award. Not sure who his next opponent will be but, with this victory, he has further cemented himself as one of the top lightweight professional MMA fighters in the world. To sort of summarize my personal experience of attending this event, this being the first time I had attended a professional MMA event, I have to say it was pretty awesome. It didn’t hurt that our fellow mixed Korean took care of business! Also, “The Korean Zombie” aka Chan Sung Jung’s fight against Leonard Garcia on the preliminary fight card was arguably the most entertaining and memorable fight from WEC 48. That fight won “Fight of the Night” honors. Unfortunately, the controversial split decision went to Garcia. From my view it sure looked like the “Zombie” had the victory. Please check out the HalfKorean.com interview with Ben “Smooth” Henderson from earlier this year. You can also check out his official website, SmoothBen.com, to keep up on his training and future fight schedule. |
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Ben Henderson – Henderson vs. Cerrone Rematch at WEC 48
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Ben “Smooth” Henderson fights tonight against Donald Cerrone for the WEC Lightweight Championship at WEC 48 in Sacramento, California. This fight is a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s fight at WEC 43 which was voted “Fight of the Year” by Sherdog.com that Ben won by decision. This will be Ben’s first title defense as the undisputed Lightweight champion. This also marks WEC’s first event to be shown on PPV. For those that don’t know, WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting) is a MMA promotion that is owned by the same company that owns UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). WEC concentrates on the lower weight classes (Bantamweight, Featherweight & Lightweight) while UFC concentrates on all weight classes from Lightweight and above. On a personal note, I’ll be attending the fight since Sacramento is less than 2 hours away from the San Francisco Bay Area (where I reside). I will be sitting in the “nosebleeds” (upper level), but that was pretty much all that was left since I waited until this past week to buy my tickets. Here’s hoping to Ben successfully defends his title tonight! Also, if you haven’t already done so, please check out the HalfKorean.com interview with Ben “Smooth” Henderson from earlier this year. |
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Rakaa Iriscience – Delilah/C.T.D. EP (single)
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Rakaa Iriscience (Rakaa Taylor) released a double A-side single from his upcoming solo album, Crown of Thorns, last month (March). The songs are titled “Delilah” (produced by Evidence) and “C.T.D. (Connect the Dots)” (produced by DJ Babu). Crown of Thorns is Rakaa’s first solo album. He is well known for being an MC and 1/3rd of the highly respected hip hop group, Dilated Peoples. Delilah/C.T.D. is available on iTunes. For more information, check out Decon Records or his Official MySpace (note: the “Delilah” radio rip is available to listen to on Rakaa’s MySpace). Also, if you haven’t already done so, please check out the HalfKorean.com interview with Rakaa “Iriscience” Taylor from earlier this year. |
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Carlos Galvan – South Cide Volume 1 Teaser video
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Carlos Galvan (카를로스) released a teaser video and some artwork today for his upcoming mixtape album South Cide Volume 1 that is scheduled to be released May 2010.
This is a follow up to his first solo album, Still Standin’, that was released last year (2009). He recently had a guest appearance on the track, Chillin’, off the album Me, Myself & I by Korean hip hop artist Joe Brown. That album was released earlier this month. As many of you will probably already know, Carlos was an original member of the Korean hip hop/R&B group Uptown. For more information, check out the Official South Cide Cyworld, his Official Facebook group or his Official MySpace. You can actually preview many of the new tracks on these sites. Also, if you haven’t already done so, please check out the HalfKorean.com interview with Carlos Galvan from last year. |
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