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The MMA Hour With Tito Ortiz, Heath Herring, Chris Weidman, Joe Lozito

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosThe MMA Hour finally returns on Monday with a full lineup of guests from around the MMA world.

* UFC light heavyweight Tito Ortiz will discuss the recent injury that forced him to pull out of his fight again…

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The MMA Hour finally returns on Monday with a full lineup of guests from around the MMA world.

* UFC light heavyweight Tito Ortiz will discuss the recent injury that forced him to pull out of his fight against Antonio Rogerio Nogueria and when he expects to return to action.

* Heavyweight Heath Herring will explain why he hasn’t fought since August 2008 and if a return to MMA is in his plans for the future.

* UFC middleweight Chris Weidman will stop by the studio once again to look back on his Octagon debut victory against Alessio Sakara on Thursday.

* New York City subway hero Joe Lozito will talk about how MMA helped him take down a murderer and how his life has changed since the incident.

* UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione will deliver his popular “Mitrione Minute.”

* We will also be giving away 2010 UFC Knockout packs (suggested retail price $20 per pack and $160 per box), which are currently available in hobby shops and select online retailers. It is open to legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia). For a chance to win, just have the best call of the day. Here are the official rules of the contest.

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes here.

MMA Fan Helps Capture Alleged Murderer, Gets Thanks from Dana White

Filed under: Fighting, NewsJoe Lozito was just another guy heading to work on the New York City subways last Saturday morning when he was suddenly faced with a life-or-death situation.

Lozito was riding the uptown No. 3 train when knife-wielding Maksi…

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Dana White meets with Joe Lozito.Joe Lozito was just another guy heading to work on the New York City subways last Saturday morning when he was suddenly faced with a life-or-death situation.

Lozito was riding the uptown No. 3 train when knife-wielding Maksim Gelman boarded his car before approaching Lozito and uttering the words “You are going to die.” Gelman had already allegedly killed four people and injured five others, but Lozito’s ensuing actions helped make sure the death toll would rise no higher. Lozito used a takedown he says he learned while watching many hours of mixed martial arts to put Gelman on his back. Gelman stabbed Lozito multiple times, but Lozito was able to restrain him long enough for police to jump in and arrest the madman.

“I wouldn’t win any style points for taking him down, but it did the job,” Lozito told the New York Daily News.

Yet it was a takedown that would have made Georges St. Pierre proud.

Years of Watching MMA Helped Heroic Joe Lozito Help End Murder Manhunt

Filed under: Fighting, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsJoe Lozito is a longtime fan of mixed martial arts. He remembers watching UFC 1 back in 1993, he once attended an EliteXC event with Kimbo Slice just to watch Joey Villasenor, and on his 12th wedding …

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Joe LozitoJoe Lozito is a longtime fan of mixed martial arts. He remembers watching UFC 1 back in 1993, he once attended an EliteXC event with Kimbo Slice just to watch Joey Villasenor, and on his 12th wedding anniversary, he surprised his wife Andrea with tickets to UFC 101. Ask him which fighters he’s enjoyed watching most over time, and he’ll unfurl a laundry list ranging from Dan Severn to Eddie Alvarez to Keith Jardine, who he admits is probably his favorite. Lozito goes on and on, afraid to leave anyone out.

“I admire the heck out of all the guys,” he says. “I hate to list them because I don’t want to short-change anyone and leave them out.”

In the beginning, though, Lozito had a preference for freestyle wrestlers, which makes his story a little bit ironic and a whole lot heroic. Because last Saturday at just a few minutes before 9 a.m. ET, Lozito executed a takedown for the ages, one that would have made any MMA fighter proud. His heroic actions helped capture alleged multi-murderer Maksim Gelman on a New York city subway train.