"This is a unique opportunity for the sport of wrestling to get national television coverage," stated Scott Casber, host of the Takedown Wrestling TV Show. "Dan Gable is one of the biggest names in the sport of wrestling and I think people are going to be very interested in what he has to say."
Inside MMA will air live from the University of Iowa on Friday night at 9:00 pm (ET) on HDNet. The show will preview the Oklahoma State-Iowa dual on Saturday and examine the relationship between wrestling and mixed martial arts.
Dan Gable and Scott Casber will both be on the discussion panel with MMA legends Guy Mezger and Pat Miletich, and hosts Bas Rutton and Kenny Rice.
"This is going to be quite a production," said Scott Casber. "Normally they shoot the studio in Los Angeles but they have taken the whole production on the road for this broadcast. They spent the week shooting in Stillwater and Iowa City and have interviewed John Smith and Tom Brands."
The Iowa-Oklahoma State is one of the most highly anticipated dual meets of the year. The top-ranked and undefeated Hawkeyes just won the 2010 National Duals while the fifth-ranked Cowboys won the 2010 Virginia Duals.
The Inside MMA broadcast will feature a panel discussion that looks at all sides of the wrestling-MMA relationship.
"We will talk about a number of wrestlers that have made the transition to mixed martial arts; discuss how MMA can promote and support wrestling as well as what wrestling can continue to do for MMA,; and we will look the future of both sports,"said Casber.
For Casber and wrestling fans alike the spotlight on wrestlers in mixed martial arts has been a long time coming.
"For a long time wrestling distanced itself mixed martial arts and that is something that is something that is changing,"offered Casber. "The more wrestlers that are moving into MMA and having success, the closer the two sports are being drawn together. Wrestling has a lot to offer mixed martial arts and it can benefit tremendously from the exposure that MMA can offer."
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