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What's your relationship like with SbG and the Irish fighters in the UFC, can you still just call/text them and ask for an interview/quote or do they have media people. Particularly interested in how easy it is for you to get hold of Conor now compared to 18months ago
I'd like to say pretty good. With the rise of sites "covering" MMA and looking to make videos or interview fighters I'd say it's pretty common SBG gets requests to come film or do projects on ammy guys or someone comes around looking to do documentary's on Irish MMA and would open with
YEAH WE JUST WANT TO DO A DOC COS WE LOVE IRISH MMA ON GUYS LIKE REDSER, NORMAN, CATHAL.... and conormcgregorokthanksbye
:D:D but if I see any of the guys at a show and ask for an interview it's never a problem. Maybe it would be different if I was starting off now but they know it's gonna be well viewed, generally well recieved and it's not a Ray D'arcy on Pendred situation or John on tv3 which can turn into a hatchet job. That being said Graeme who runs the site would have all the guys numbers, leading up to their fights he will say let's go to ryano and interview X or let's try set something up with Y. He would then contact the fighters and who ever owns the gym to make sure it's ok then he tells me where to be and when I've to be there.
Conor has spent most of the time out of the country but I don't see when he is home and has decompressed from the last hectic 8 months of his life that we wouldn't be able to set up something with him. Generally he's always been very excellent to me, even snapping at a PR person mid interview saying these guys are ok, I'm not gonna lie that was secretly brilliant0 -
stephenl15 wrote: »Do you have any advice for anyone going to 194
enjoy it, embrace vegas for what it is or it will overwhelm you. Try get to see some of the strip and walk as far down as you can. Make sure to try chilli cheese fries ( i only did in july ) and they're amazing. I'd also say get a Fogo De Chao it's a brazilian all you can eat steak house and It's the happiest place on earth.
In relation to fight week activities, there'll be the open work outs, maybe a presser open to public and weigh ins. All of these for atmosphere alone are a must do.
Also it will be December, so don't eat yellow snow.0 -
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Do you have any formal journalism quals or 'training' ie: Degree etc?
Have you any previous journalistic experience prior to working for SevereMMA?
None.
I started at 17 on a community radio show. Actually here is the thread that started it. I've just cringed so many times reading it and especially my call on G Sots... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66086421
I had an interest in Radio and Media when I was younger and this opportunity was right up the road from me ( literally , 5 min walk ) so I got started with those guys. Then I started writing for fight hounds and after that YourMMA.TV. I liked writing in school but looking back now I'd be scared to read anything I wrote in the past, especially if i just reacted like I did to that thread.
This day 4 years ago I was offered English in Drama and UCD cos I didn't get the points for Journalism or Multimedia in DCU. 3 days away from starting in UCD I decided i wasn't going to college for the sake of it and opted against it. I rang Ballyfermot Institute of Further Education and begged them for a last min interview for their 1 year media course. It was BTEC the UK version of a level 5 PLC. That year made me realise not to judge people, I got a lot of stick from people cos i got a good enough leaving went to a good school in dundalk but ended up doing a PLC which has a stigma attached to it. After a month in Ballyer I decided I'd stay there and apply for their 2 year Radio course instead of trying to get into DCU via a back door. Best decision I could have made and around this time last year I decided to defer my last year in BCFE which was a 1 year degree that's awarded from DCU.
I don't believe you need a degree in this field, you just need passion and experience. The work load was pretty much 2/3 years of college crammed into 1 in Ballyfermot and a lot of my friends went on to do it and said it was a tough year. The way I look at my life now experiences mean the most to me. Had I done that last year of college I'd not have been able to travel to Stockholm x2, Vegas x2, Brazil, Portugal, the UK, Rome, Bahrain, Boston and other places covering MMA and competing BJJ.
Do what you love and it all falls into place.0 -
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I started at 17 on a community radio show. Actually here is the thread that started it. I've just cringed so many times reading it and especially my call on G Sots... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66086421
I had an interest in Radio and Media when I was younger and this opportunity was right up the road from me ( literally , 5 min walk ) so I got started with those guys. Then I started writing for fight hounds and after that YourMMA.TV. I liked writing in school but looking back now I'd be scared to read anything I wrote in the past, especially if i just reacted like I did to that thread.
This day 4 years ago I was offered English in Drama and UCD cos I didn't get the points for Journalism or Multimedia in DCU. 3 days away from starting in UCD I decided i wasn't going to college for the sake of it and opted against it. I rang Ballyfermot Institute of Further Education and begged them for a last min interview for their 1 year media course. It was BTEC the UK version of a level 5 PLC. That year made me realise not to judge people, I got a lot of stick from people cos i got a good enough leaving went to a good school in dundalk but ended up doing a PLC which has a stigma attached to it. After a month in Ballyer I decided I'd stay there and apply for their 2 year Radio course instead of trying to get into DCU via a back door. Best decision I could have made and around this time last year I decided to defer my last year in BCFE which was a 1 year degree that's awarded from DCU.
I don't believe you need a degree in this field, you just need passion and experience. The work load was pretty much 2/3 years of college crammed into 1 in Ballyfermot and a lot of my friends went on to do it and said it was a tough year. The way I look at my life now experiences mean the most to me. Had I done that last year of college I'd not have been able to travel to Stockholm x2, Vegas x2, Brazil, Portugal, the UK, Rome, Bahrain, Boston and other places covering MMA and competing BJJ.
Do what you love and it all falls into place.
Awesome answer. Well done for chasing your dream. Hats off to you. Cant believe you are only 22 or 23 though. Keep doing what you are doing and you will go even farther in your profession.
I had a look at that thread. Massive LOL at your comment re: George Sotiropolous, being champion within two years!!!! ;-)0 -
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Just wanna say I admire all your work! Your a fantastic credit to Irish journalism!
You have achieved so much in your short career would you say you have reached top of your game with tour latest trip or have you got one ultimate goal??
Thank you kindly, that's lovely of you to say but I never call myself a journalist haha. I'll take reporter or interviewer. I think it's unfair on those like petesy who are brilliant journalists / storytellers. Maybe I'm under selling myself there but who knows.
I wouldn't say it's the top of my game. Admittedly my perspective of what I want from this as a career has changed over the last 12 months. I thought for so long I wanted to big the big star, most known in the Ariel role but I'm not taking to that idea as well as I thought. I just want to keep doing what i love, obviously the goals change by the year as the older ones get smashed. I guess the ultimate goal in life is a BJJ Black belt and to have a full time job covering MMA and or presenting on the radio, but I also want to open my own BJJ gym down the line ( long term ) in my town of Dundalk as I never had a dedicated facility to focus on when I was younger and starting out. I want to give someone an easier path to the BJJ lifestyle than I ever had.
If you give up on your dreams because they're too big then you never wanted them in the first place. The most important thing is that nobody should ever make you doubt yourself, your ability or what you want from your own life. So I'm gonna keep plugging away 0 -
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That was actually quite annoying at the time. I wasn't in any way asked about the drunk fans or the controversy. The researcher asked more about me and said I was just going to talk about Conor. By the time I got on Joe had already been spouting some ridiculous crap. I tried to be honest about the stupid questions (random insults) that annoyed me while defending MMA in general. Andrew got the worst of it by far and did very well. If we had a round two I probably would have been more aggressive in response to Joe's ridiculous points, I was genuinely nervous being on the radio.MartyMcFly84 wrote: ».
Just listen to this for the first time last night. Was great to hear Joe sandwiched between two educated MMA fans and professionals.
Great job.
Now it's just a good laugh to listen to 0
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