Intimidation Clothing’s Luke Jernigan on MMA Madhouse Radio tonight at 11 pm ET

At a time where the Intimidation brand is getting more exposure than ever before, that trend continues in the coming weeks. Tonight at 11 pm ET (8 pm PT), Intimidation Clothing’s President & CEO Luke Jernigan will be a guest on MMAmadhouse Radio LiVE. A long time sponsor of MMAmadhouse Radio LiVE, the interview is expected to center around Intimidation’s strong support of local MMA across the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania & Kentucky. MMAmadhouse is one of the most outspoken advocates for fans to support local MMA promotions across the USA and Canada.

Tonight’s episode of MMAmadhouse Radio LiVE will welcome guests Nathan Swayze and Mike Riddle as well as Jernigan. Fans can tune in at 6:30 PT. You never know what may happen on LiVE!

Intimidation Clothing is a fast-growing brand of MMA apparel & training gear based in Ohio with a strong presence throughout the Midwest USA and a growing national presence. The Intimidation brand is regularly featured on multiple sporting events on SpikeTV, AXS TV, SportsTime Ohio, MTV2, FUEL TV and EpixHD as well as MMA highlight shows on Spike TV and HDNet/AXS TV. In addition to over 110 styles of high-quality, bold t-shirts and sweatshirts for men, women and children and is also known for their premium-quality EliteFighter MMA board shorts. Intimidation Clothing products can be found for sale online at IntimidationClothing.com and fans can follow the marketing wing of the company on Twitter, Intimidation Interactive Media, @IntimidationIM. Follow Intimidation Clothing on Facebook and @IntimidationMMA on Twitter.

 

Pictured: Intimidation CEO Luke Jernigan with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture

Bellator Commentator Sean Wheelock takes a look at Bellator’s Season 8 on Spike TV

There is no doubt in my mind that the upcoming Bellator Season 8 will be the biggest and best in the organization’s history.  Of course, first and foremost, there is our dream move to Spike Television—by far the best broadcaster for MMA ever—but also our amazing and amazingly stacked fight cards.

For the first time ever in Bellator, there will be 5 weight class tournaments in a single season.  Starting Thursday, January 17^th, Season 8 will feature tourneys at 145, 155, 170, 185, and 205lbs.  Then there are all of the World Championship fights upcoming over the next 12 weeks—starting with Patricio Pitbull vs. Pat Curran for the featherweight title and Rick Hawn vs. Michael Chandler for the lightweight title on our Spike premiere.

And—the talent pool has never been deeper, with established MMA superstars such as King Mo Lawal and Babalu Sobral fighting in Bellator Season 8, alongside extremely hot prospects from literally across the world.

Bellator has of course been able to sign and showcase outstanding fighters since the organization began.  Eddie Alvarez came from Season 1; Pat Curran, Ben Askren, and Joe Warren were all featured in Season 2.

But here in Season 8, the depth of talent is quite frankly, phenomenal.  With the implementation of full brackets for every Bellator Tournament, just look at the 5 tourneys in Season 8 and try to project a winner, or even the final 4.  It’s not easy.  Try to find a guy who doesn’t belong or you know is going to get squashed in the quarterfinals, and he simply doesn’t exist.

What impressed me about Bellator from the moment that I joined the organization in January 2010, was the willingness and ability to uncover the next generation of MMA stars, superstars, and world champions.

It is my firm belief that one of the key reasons of failure for so many well-funded and overly hyped MMA organizations that have come before Bellator–only to fail quickly and spectacularly–is that they never even considered talent development.

With all of these now defunct MMA organizations, the mantra seemed to be: let’s go out and sign a lot of guys who were big names, but are now past their prime.  This might get you by for 1 show, maybe even 2 or 3, but then where do you go?

History tells us that you go out of business.

The very few MMA organizations that have achieved a high level of success since the sport began in earnest 19½ years ago, are the ones that knew that they had to uncover and develop talented fighters, and then give them the opportunity to become great (or fail trying).  It was never about recycling names and playing off of past glories.

Count Bellator on this prominent and exclusive list, and give credit to Bellator Founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney, Bellator President Tim Danaher, and to Sam Caplan and Zach Light, the two men tasked with searching literally worldwide for incredibly promising and ultra-talented fighters

Look at the names of the Bellator World Champions and Bellator Tournament winners, and you’ll see a list of amazing fighters who needed just one thing: an opportunity on a major stage.

Nowhere will you find wash-outs or has-beens or faded stars or gimmick athletes.

What you will see are a who’s who of some of the absolute top fighters in the sport.

I enter Bellator Season 8 incredibly psyched up, as the best job of my life has become even better with our move to Spike.  I also enter this season with a sense of excitement, openly wondering who will emerge as the next MMA star—a fighter known only to the hardest of hard-core fans just a few months ago.

Just remember, in 2009, you almost certainly had never heard of either Pat Curran or Michael Chandler, and yet here they both are, defending their respective Bellator World titles on our Spike debut.

 

By Sean Wheelock

Sean Wheelock is the television play by play commentator for Bellator MMA, which can be seen every Thursday in the US and Canada, live at 10pm Eastern on Spike Television.

He is proudly sponsored by Intimidation Clothing.

Intimidation Clothing CEO Luke Jernigan featured in interview on MMARecap.com

Intimidation Clothing CEO Luke Jernigan was recently featured in an interview on MMARecap.com, one of the Midwest’s top MMA sites based out of the Chicago area.

In the interview, Jernigan discusses some of the inner workings of the popular clothing brand, including marketing strategies and how the company has not only remained in business, but has thrived in the recent future and is one of the fastest growing brands in the market. Jernigan also discusses the ups and downs of running a clothing company in the MMA business and how the Intimidation brand stands out. Other anecdotes and tips are shared in the story, making it a must read for MMA fans.

Those interested in reading the interview can do so by clicking the link: Luke Jernigan of Intimidation Clothing – I Really Like What I Do.

Intimidation Clothing is a fast-growing brand of MMA apparel & training gear based in Ohio with a strong presence throughout the Midwest USA and a growing national presence. The Intimidation brand is regularly featured on multiple sporting events on SpikeTV, AXS TV, SportsTime Ohio, MTV2, FUEL TV and EpixHD as well as MMA highlight shows on Spike TV and HDNet/AXS TV. In addition to over 70 styles of high-quality, bold t-shirts and sweatshirts for men, women and children and is also known for their premium-quality EliteFighter MMA board shorts. Intimidation Clothing products can be found for sale online at IntimidationClothing.com and fans can follow the marketing wing of the company on Twitter, Intimidation Interactive Media, @IntimidationIM. Follow Intimidation Clothing on Facebook and @IntimidationMMA on Twitter.

Intimidation Clothing’s Luke Jernigan on ESPN Radio-Ashtabula today at 4:40 pm ET

Intimidation Clothing President & CEO Luke Jernigan joins 970 WFUN – ESPN Radio’s affiliate in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Jernigan joins “The Sports Report” hosts Russ Simione and Cody Slaybaugh at approximately 4:40 p.m. ET to discuss the latest happenings in the world of Mixed Martial Arts including a recap of last weekend’s Bellator, UFC and NAAFS events. Jernigan will take a look at the upcoming Bellator 83 fight for sponsored fighter Jessica Eye and more while also reviewing Saturday’s UFC on FOX event. This all comes at a time where the Intimidation brand has been getting a large amount of exposure on radio & internet broadcast programs.

A free stream of the show is available at www.espn970wfun.com.

Intimidation to serve as sponsor for new Ohio MMA news website, OHMMA.com

Intimidation Clothing is proud to announce its sponsorship of OHMMA.com, which will serve as the new news hub for all things Ohio MMA. Launching in early December, veteran reporter David McKinney will serve as the site’s senior editor, while Chris Range will serve as the site’s photographer.

McKinney has formerly worked for GatewayMMA.com as well as other MMA news sites, and is the host of Ohio MMA Radio alongside co-host Luke Jernigan. OHMMA.com will provide Ohio MMA news, rankings, event listings, features, and more.

According to their promotional site, IntimidationMMA.com, Intimidation Clothing is a fast-growing brand of MMA apparel & gear based in Ohio with a strong presence throughout the Midwest USA and a growing national presence regularly being featured on multiple sporting events on MTV2, FUEL TV, EpixHD, AXS TV and SportsTime Ohio as well as MMA highlight shows on Spike TV and HDNet/AXS TV. In addition to over 70 styles of high-quality, bold t-shirts and sweatshirts for men, women and children. The company is also becoming known for their premium-quality EliteFighter MMA board shorts, as well as vale tudo shorts, rashguards and more available online at IntimidationClothing.com. Fans can like the Intimidation brand on Facebook and follow Intimidation on Twitter.

Intimidation Clothing’s Luke Jernigan on ESPN Radio-Ashtabula today at 4:20 pm ET

Intimidation Clothing President & CEO Luke Jernigan joins 970 WFUN – ESPN Radio’s affiliate in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Jernigan joins “The Sports Report” hosts Russ Simione and Cody Slaybaugh at approximately 4:20 p.m. ET to discuss the latest happenings in the world of Mixed Martial Arts including a recap of last weekend’s Bellator, UFC and NAAFS events. In addition Jernigan will take a look at upcoming fights for sponsored fighters Mark Cherico, Carson Beebe and more while reviewing national MMA events including this weekend’s Bellator and UFC events. This all comes at a time where the Intimidation brand has been getting a large amount of exposure on radio & internet broadcast programs.

A free stream of the show is available at www.espn970wfun.com.

Intimidation Clothing’s Luke Jernigan on ESPN Radio-Ashtabula today at 4:20 pm ET

Intimidation Clothing President & CEO Luke Jernigan joins 970 WFUN – ESPN Radio’s affiliate in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Jernigan joins “The Sports Report” hosts Russ Simione and Cody Slaybaugh at approximately 4:20 p.m. ET to discuss the latest happenings in the world of Mixed Martial Arts including a recap of last Friday’s Bellator 79 event and a look ahead to Saturday’s NAAFS event in Columbus, Ohio. In addition Jernigan will take a look at upcoming national MMA events including this weekend’s Bellator 80 and UFC Fight Night on Fuel TV events. This all comes at a time where the Intimidation brand has been getting a large amount of exposure on radio & internet broadcast programs.

A free stream of the show is available at www.espn970wfun.com.

Intimidation Clothing’s Luke Jernigan on ESPN Radio-Ashtabula today at 4:20 pm ET

Intimidation Clothing President & CEO Luke Jernigan joins 970 WFUN – ESPN Radio’s affiliate in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Jernigan joins “The Sports Report” hosts Russ Simione and Cody Slaybaugh at approximately 4:20 p.m. ET to discuss the latest happenings in the world of Mixed Martial Arts including a recap of last Friday’s Bellator 78 event that took place in Dayton, Ohio, where Brian “The Predator” Rogers won live on MTV2. In addition Jernigan will take a look at upcoming MMA events including this weekend’s Bellator 79 event and the latest UFC news. This all comes at a time where the Intimidation brand has been getting a large amount of exposure on radio & internet broadcast programs.

A free stream of the show is available at www.espn970wfun.com.

Intimidation Clothing’s Luke Jernigan on ESPN Radio-Ashtabula today at 4:20 pm ET

Intimidation Clothing President & CEO Luke Jernigan joins 970 WFUN – ESPN Radio’s affiliate in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Jernigan joins “The Sports Report” hosts Russ Simione and Cody Slaybaugh at approximately 4:20 p.m. ET to discuss the latest happenings in the world of Mixed Martial Arts including a recap of Saturday’s NAAFS: Caged Vengeance 12 event that took place in Streetsboro, Ohio, as well as discuss the latest news in the MMA world. In addition Jernigan will take a look at upcoming MMA events including this weekend’s Bellator 78 event in Dayton, Ohio which features Brian “The Predator” Rogers fighting live on MTV2. This all comes at a time where the Intimidation brand has been getting a large amount of exposure on radio & internet broadcast programs.

A free stream of the show is available at www.espn970wfun.com.

Intimidation Clothing’s Luke Jernigan on ESPN Radio-Ashtabula today at 4:20 pm ET

Intimidation Clothing President & CEO Luke Jernigan joins 970 WFUN – ESPN Radio’s affiliate in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Jernigan joins “The Sports Report” hosts Russ Simione and Cody Slaybaugh at approximately 4:20 p.m. ET to discuss the latest happenings in the world of Mixed Martial Arts including a recap of Friday’s Bellator 76 event and Saturday’s UFC 153 event as well as discuss the latest news in the MMA world. In addition Jernigan will take a look at upcoming MMA events including the upcoming NAAFS: Caged Vengeance 12 event in Streetsboro, Ohio. This all comes at a time where the Intimidation brand has been getting a large amount of exposure on radio & internet broadcast programs.

A free stream of the show is available at www.espn970wfun.com.

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