A great weekend of Combat Sports

08/23/22 • 76 min

On episode 168 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss some of their students competing in various events over the weekend and then break down a big weekend of fights with Mike Perry beating MVP in BKFC, Usyk defeating Joshua in boxing, and the wild UFC fights between Rockhold and Costa and Leon Edwards dramatic KO of Kamaru Usman. We talk fighter pay, free agency and sponsorship, who are the top 3 spinning back kickers on the planet, Tom Hardy competing in BJJ and we answer questions about how to train while injured, our favorite David vs Goliath fights and the first time we tapped a black belt

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Weight cuts

On episode 167 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss the UFC on Espn featuring Dominic Cruz and Marlon Vera and whether or not time and injuries have caught up to Cruz and when he should call it quits. Marco goes to Bob Evans for breakfast and we talk about Internet superstars Andrew Tate and Jake Paul potentially fighting. We revisit UFC fighter pay and Dana White claiming it will not be going up anytime soon. We share weight cutting advice and stories, how to stay sharp on the mat while recovering from injuries, and does no time limit matches have a place in modern grappling competition.

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Deceptive and Disrespected grip

On episode 169 Marco, Tim, and JB argue about the right way to handle getting submitted by a training partner. We talk about some Hellfish students big wins at the men of war pro grappling event and Marco throwing a new student out of NJMA. There were no UFC fights this week, so we recap some of the fights from ONE FC including Demitrious Johnsons fantastic revenge KO and Marcus Buchechas win via heelhook. We talk about weight cutting and weight classes, Tex Johnson suing Orlando sanchez and others for an illegal slam in competition, Tim gets a voicemail from a listener, and we answer a question about the new generation of fighters.