"so I like to to uh match looks from time to time in an omage you look sexy how many legs did you break in Eastern Europe three or four to send a message or just for your own personal enjoyment if she ..."

"athletes competing in both from cji with Nikki Ryan Nikki Rod Rola Brothers Fon Davis McKenzie D and more to ADCC with Gordon Ryan Nicholas margali John Carlo bodoni Rafael lado Jr mik galal and more ..."

"sponsors me shuffle.com it was their friend a friend of their so a guy that's never met me before yeah just took the risk to show up to a stranger's house with a million dollars in cash to bring to Jo..."

"the front tell me the uh the full story of that from the beginning how did you end up in Ukraine so we're in Kazakhstan we're doing some filming in Kazakhstan and obviously borat's still a very trauma..."

"and there's me in there they're also pointing out Borat Borat thinking I was making Borat Jokes which again very traumatic memory for the people of Kazakhstan were you making Borat jokes no but I gues..."

"obviously just the people living like you download the uh air defense tracker so at any time there could be a air siren going off an air Alert on your phone could be like drones heading your way plane..."

"protecting ke yeah that was at the time where us hadn't uh voted to I guess keep funding the weapons over there so it was kind of a tense moment cuz I think I don't know everyone was thinking like whe..."

"adjust and you appreciate the things you still have yeah some Bing moves out there I love seeing like people that just crazy stuff's going on from the war and they don't even react to it they don't go..."

"do you think you were able to to get to Chernobyl is there why why don't you think uh the Ukrainian people the Ukrainian soldiers don't see you as a threat maybe they were hoping I did step on a m may..."

"artillery strike and because you're in an armored vehicle it sounds further away than it is obviously the sound doesn't get in so I thought it sounded far away we could see some smoke that actually ap..."

"there's just shelling and it's the the the destructive power of artillery is insane yeah and it's constant all the time yeah and you hear that noise you're like is that coming or going very uh very co..."

"holding weapons trying to shoot weapons and stuff they got a lot of enjoyment out of me shooting the RPG yeah they're they're probably still telling stories that crazy Australian American that rolled ..."

"set it on fire we'd done all this sort of stuff I remember we we were trying to blow it up it wasn't quite hitting one of the missiles was lodged in under the car so it's kind of risky that could have..."

"because the other guys were calm but then afterwards they were they said to me they were like oh bro if you got shot we' just have to dump your body at the hospital we wouldn't be able to explain why ..."

"is just wild to me I guess like World War II they just keep throwing troops at it and you see a ton of footage they take themselves which is just mind-blowing obviously some of this footage doesn't ma..."

"very very dangerous I didn't realize until we got there just quite how destroyed it is how did that experience change you just seeing War head on how it change me I guess just realizing a lot of these..."

"friends and in a lot of cases uh the the soldiers are using their own funds to buy equipment uh whether it's bullets whether it's guns whether it's armor is that's still what you saw yeah I mean in te..."

"themselves and they'll do that by seeking donations best way to get donations would be to grow social media profiles so that's when you see a lot of sort of social media Warfare from a perspective of ..."

"tank that could be destroyed by a $300 drone which is just crazy how fast the war changes I think they're kind of the world leaders in budget drone technology they didn't obviously don't have the budg..."

"sides increasingly yeah both sides use it I remember I was with Roman in Marseilles and he had his break period he was allowed to leave the country because he's volunt he basically volunteered to join..."

"then of course once both sides are starting using that technology then there's swarms of autonomous drones who don't give a about humans just killing everything in sight on both sides and that that th..."

"where it could have come from do they when you talked to the soldiers there did they have a hope or a vision how the war will end not really it just see I guess it just seems to everyone that it's sor..."

"long as necessary and in terms of a case-by case basis one of my friends Demitri over there who transitu own jym he was very passionate about it just because of the history like he brought out documen..."

"of time to get that equipment back to the points at which they need it so I mean if ammunition had ran out Patriot defense system had ran out really really sort of scary prospect there I don't know wh..."

"of really has no sort of ethnic background religious background even level of wealth like it as cheesy as it sounds kind of a good equalizer on the mats and that Community camaraderie so there's no li..."

"but there's just like a mutual respect and whatever I mean you can quickly find out who I actually wonder if I would be able to figure out the rank of a person you think you can can usually figure out..."

"compete let alone compete regularly you'll go to gyms that could be brown or black belts that don't know many of the bigname competitors so my thoughts were we're never going to grow this sport by com..."

"sales to from our event but he basically went straight into a balones slum started teaching Jiu-Jitsu on a mount under a tree and then slowly through donations has built a gym and his real focus is no..."

"yeah uh speaking of which let's talk about cji you're putting on the CGI tournament it's it's in about a week same weekend as ADCC $3 million budget two divisions and two super fights winner of each d..."

"of time energy expenses on steroids to get my body ready for a tournament that I'll probably lose and if I lose on day one I make $ Z if I lose on if I lose in the final which I have done a couple tim..."

"and production and he's probably right but to me $2 million is a waste of money for a Jiu-Jitsu event I don't think we're at that level yet like that's where the UFC host events you know $2 million th..."

"and Mac Event Center which was their original venue and it just so happened to be available that same weekend which we're very happy about so we booked that out we decided to ADCC pays 10,000 to the w..."

"the men's pay so the women always traditionally got paid less I think $6,000 for first place as soon as we had Fon Davies the uh reigning Champion come across to do a super fight with us bang ADCC rai..."

"can't emphasize this enough allegedly paying show money which has never historically been done before to keep athletes in their show so you're saying allegedly there were some under the table payments..."

"and he can basically take 20% of of that for himself but really for the sport of grappling this is incredible across the board because by us stealing or at least borrowing a bunch of athletes from ADC..."

"Vegas I'll be doing what many men have done before and that is wrestling a giant woman can you speak to that how are you preparing um for this moment of violence on a Saturday night with Gabby Garcia ..."

"here uh yeah and we do have a wager on the line wager this might be the first wager of its kind I would hope in Combat Sports history mhm if she wins I'll personally give her a million dollars if I ca..."

"calling it The Alley that's really really interesting so the it's like in a pit I guess and the angled walls are yeah so karate combat have a a square pit we have a rectangular alley we like the visua..."

"position so we and for me personally I don't love the cage for grappling I'd like to differentiate it for grappling what holds people back from using the alley or a pit like structure is the viewing t..."

"that around the alley we've elevated everything so that the people watching will be able to see down into it because add your instinctual thought is oh it sounds great but how am I going to see in it ..."

"yeah tap cancer is great and all the Charities that the athletes have been selecting are great uh what's been the hardest you uh you are wearing a suit so you figured out how to do that but the tie wa..."

"of the biggest challenges the guys that I speak to that are like I'm in and they're like I'm out I'm in like navigating this area one other aspect is because we did this basically from idea to event w..."

"what's been uh reddic question what's been the most surprising people who turned down on your invite oh I mean we can we can name names I mean obviously Kanan he was a semi in semi out his suggestion ..."

"the double grand slam which is basically win all the ghee events and win the ADCC that same year my thoughts were I if I was in his position and I never was obviously a prodigy Talent like that is I t..."

"no barrier to entry in terms of finances was there ever any chance that uh Gordon Ryan would enter I don't think so I don't think so is that something you tried me and Gordon don't text each other too..."

"also I could yeah exactly exactly but uh right place right time though all right but then years later I left the team maryy replaced me so they've brought in a more credential handsome doesn't speak a..."

"competitive history we were meant to have a match that had been pre-booked immediately after ADCC so we agreed to this before ADCC I was like the price is right I'm in so I sign up for it and I'm thin..."

"shows have offered me the match but the money terrible what do you think is a number that would uh would convince you it would have to be I would think half a million dollars otherwise I just can't be..."

"I got it Gabby about to find out too all right so you're G to make a statement with Gabby like that it'll be a mat it'll be a match she remembers yeah she yeah she for sure m I think the fans remember..."

"you're a man have readd it because they suggested that you should uh consider ketamine therapy sessions just imagine a therapist sitting down with him they they' be like clear the schedule for the the..."

"human being he's over qualified CH sonen comes to mind ch's good you versus CH who who's a better talker if you look the entirety of the career CH is better I mean I think if you can talking MMA cuz t..."

"it'll probably come back in spades to me yeah I don't know as a fan of yours as a fan of Gordon's also but as a fan of yours I um I see the love behind it I don't know it's always it seems always just..."

"friends even after the Dan of her uh Team broke up we were still close friends for quite a while after that but it does complicate things when someone is for all intensive purposes he as an ADCC compe..."

"could actually do I could easily I would have done the podcast if I look like a complete idiot would have released it anyway because it would be a good message to where we are in the sport but again c..."

"talk to him would you be good faith like would you uh turn off the or turn the troll down from 11 to like a three yeah I don't even think I'd need to troll him i' just say hey why like like show us th..."

"super famous athlete or a famous event it's hard to to watch I don't know the the uh the early rounds of the weightlifting or the Judo or the all the competitions where most of those athletes get paid..."

"like that should be openly accessible to everybody like on every platform but you what was the decision like for you to to make it accessible on YouTube and x and well I mean just because basically it..."

"the athlete to make it exciting yeah this is your time it might never happen again I fully intend to run this every year that's the goal but again it might never happen again is there a possible futur..."

"of the shake tan uh so I saw B videos of uh the cji camp people training super hard so you aside who don't seem to do things in a standard way uh what does it take to sort of uh put yourself in a peak..."

"really something where a coach can provide what he thinks to you is the right amount of work you know and I think that's different for different people I think Nicki Rod could do eight hours a day you..."

"not be able to do an hour straight but if you're technique orientated you're just losing Fitness so is it possible out card to out cardio Craig Jones like is is your game fundamentally a technique bas..."

"so to you being psychologically relaxed is extremely important just not giving a d I wonder what that is not too much pressure I don't want I don't like the pressure but you like the pressure when it ..."

"think um I go to the gym we bang maybe the first round slightly light and then just bang it out two hard rounds tops little bit of problem solving get out of there CU you want to feel the a little bit..."

"try some food have a couple drinks and enjoy the place but to them it's time it's time to go you got to rope it open them a bit you know like if I if I meet pressure with pressure I get tired yeah but..."

"notoriety whether it's in the sport or just as a celebrity you're better off to just have three four trusted training partners and train privately that's the sad situation people used to say oh you co..."

"what I mean it's like uh yeah I think I've managed to avoid a lot of injuries because I just never roll too athletically explosively I think I'm probably incapable of moving at that R of speed so that..."

"in the game and finding creative ways to beat those people is some of the most entertainment so that's just something that brings you Joy uh is by doing the unexpected yeah trying to if you get swept ..."

"you got a you got a phone call from the man said change this I didn't allegedly right the company hosting it right right uh what do you think about Zuck in general like uh the fact that he trains J ji..."

"guys's eyes rolled back in their head like him just powering through a 5 kilo 10 lb cut yeah and just constantly talking about how easy it is but well clearly you I mean these guys look like they're d..."

"think I wonder if it's like you know Edis Prime could be versus you for example who do you think wins there buggy Chu for sure buggy Chu no way I know you're joking we getting with the buggy aring rea..."

"buggy chug I tried who was it I faced recently I faced Russian guy from Tatar I couldn't buggy him I had I was trying to close guard one though sort of like a it is harder to pull off but he I had to ..."

"you think you as the wise Sage of Jiu-Jitsu if you look 10 20 years out how do you think the game is going to evolve the art of it the art of it I mean I think obviously people are going to keep innov..."

"um watch the sport yeah when I show the sport as you Jitsu the most exciting stuff is whenever both people want to be like wrestling scrambling wrestling they want both want to get on top that looks l..."

"meme I feel like especially with CGI and so is there are the refs going to try to stop stalling yeah we're going to penalize them hard hit them hard get that boring out of here so what percentage of a..."

"they're just good what about Gabby Garcia um I think she's beautiful strong uh and you're a lucky man to share the mat with her should be honored and I have I'm betting a huge amount of money on her s..."

"one time l jobs was demonstrating a technique on me but I woke up straight away but for 10 seconds I didn't know who I was where I was what I was doing but that's it that's the only time about went ou..."