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This is the motivation, everybody.
Welcome to another episode of Digital's coast to
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coast the pocket looks about what's important
on and off the mets' Frank I'm joined
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by the my man, my cousin, Antonio Martinez, and we're both pumped
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for today's show. Cuz, please
introduce our special guests today for everyone.
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All right. Well, I have
a good friend of mine. You know,
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somebody who are trained with for a
little big but man his level and
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where he's at was way too,
way too much for for our little gym
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man, and so he went on
to bigger and better things and now he's
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out in in the Houston Texas area. And my boy, Mike Mi Capone
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man all things MMA, Jujutsu,
kicking, ask, taekwondo, everything.
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This guy is all around hat.
He's ready to go. How are you
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doing, Mike? I'm good,
guys, thanks for having me on here.
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I'm excited to do this. Nice, Nice, hell, yeah,
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hell, yeah, yeah. So, Mike, why don't you introduce yourself
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a little? Tell us, tell
her, tell the audience out there,
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everyone listening. Where do you started
from? Because now they they missed a
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little bit of the conversation. We
were having before this hand, before this.
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You just told us you're you relocated
to Houston, but originally, where
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were you from? Yeah, so
originally I was out of Virginia. I
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trained under a Joe Baserman. Honestly, we stayed out. We start out
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about two separate gyms. He started
out at a one gym, Winchester Jiu
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Jitsu, but that really wasn't good
fit. So he had to go his
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own route, and I mean him
being just such an amazing coach. So
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many people follow them, me included. Started his own thing with winchester boxing
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under Mike Dolman. Mike Dolman welcome
Joe into his gym with open arms and
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Joe and a few other people got
shark pit Jiu jitsu started. And who
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man that? That is definitely the
foundation of my Jiu Jitsu. And let
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me tell you, for everybody still
in shark pit, that that carried a
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lot of a lot of people weren't
ready for what I was bringing here directly
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from shark pit into the gym.
That way Joe would teach just the concepts
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he would preach and really, and
still on you, it carries over the
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training style he would preach and whatnot. Would definitely help you make better training
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partners. It makes their training partners
better as well. Like you, more
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people want to train with you and
they get better as a consequence of training
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with you. Out of the way, Joe Bolzerman would teach. But after
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I had trained a shark pit for
about a year, maybe two years out
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and then I decided it was time
to time to move. I needed to
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be in a gym where we had
we had everything, not that that gym
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didn't. We were just missing a
solid MMA program and I was too,
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too early in my career in order
to get that started myself, though,
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me and another fighter, Anthony Wilson, who's still fighting out of their still
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kicking ass is. We gave it
a try to get going. Just really
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weren't having any luck getting anything going. So I had to do what was
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best for me and find where I
was going to really blossom at. So
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I decided to move out to Houston
and now I'm training at Main Street boxing
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and might tie and they are affiliates
with Hanzo Hans O Gracie Jiu Jitsu and
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let me tell you, that is
some fun, Fun Jiujitsu. It's fun
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striking, all of it it's just
a blast. There's so much high level
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out here. There's so much wide
range of skills, so much, so
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many different body types. In Virginia
it's just not as popular. So you
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don't only sometimes being on one hundred
and twenty five pound fighter, I'd be
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training with a hundred and eighty five
pound fighters two thousand and five hours and
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everywhere in between. Here I have
a lot more luxury to pick and choose
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who I want to train without.
If you're over one, see hundred and
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eighty, I'm probably not going to
be training with you here, just out
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of the luxury of having that option. I don't have to. I got
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little guys around, so I really
get to run with that. I love
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it. Oh Man, that's what's
up. So how did YOU END UP
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IN HOUSTON? Man? So,
honestly, the I would say it was
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a blessing from the pandemic. I
initially wanted to move out to Arizona and
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just the pandemic kid everything locked down. Arizona wasn't open. I really was
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looking into what was open because I
wanted to have a good quality of life
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to you know, if I'm moving
out somewhere, I want to make sure
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that that state is going to let
me train, let me do what I'm
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move in there to do. I
didn't want to just move in, move
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out to a different state where I
don't know anybody and just be locked in
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my house. That's a terrible tradeoff
in my opinion. So it really became
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locked down to between Texas and Florida
because at that time those were the only
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states that were open, they were
the only people doing it, and I
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had initially what's he going to go
with Florida, but after making some phone
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calls and stuff, the gym I
wanted to train at, I had talked
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them on the phone and they said, look, we're only allowing certain criteria
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of pro to train here. If
you want, you can train at an
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affiliate gym of ours and will you
can cross train here and whatnot, and
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that just sounded like a terrible deal
to me. I've been in situations where
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I was training with good gyms through
affiliations, and the good drums don't really
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take care of you, in my
experience when it's that situation. They they
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care about their inhouse fighters, the
people they see day today. When you're
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not somebody they see day today,
they just look at you more so as
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a body, and I been there
before. That's not what I was looking
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for. I know, I wanted
to move out somewhere and develop a personal
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relationship with my coaches. I wanted
them to be invested in me as I'm
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invested into them. And at the
end of the day, it went to
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Houston. I looked up some gyms. I found main street boxing and Moytai.
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They've got high, high level boxer's, high high level MOYTA fighters,
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high level MMA fighters. I mean, all I remember is his name is
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Haifael. Haifael just got a knockout
in the UFC a few, like a
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month and a half ago. He
knocked out a high level dude in like
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the first two minutes of the fight. Just destroyed this dude, and I
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mean I get to see this.
Honestly, he's a freaking nature. See
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this freaking nature train every day,
go hard every day, dominate, throw
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people around twice his size. He's
a one hundred and fifty five and I'm
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seeing him throw around two thousand and
five or is like it's nothing. This
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Brazilian is on another level and man, I me being the person I am,
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I don't like people to be better
than me. If I see somebody
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better than me, that's just fuel
on the fire. I'm like, oh,
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that's so, that's what I need
to be doing, that's that's what
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I need to push myself to be
better than, because I'm going to be
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better than him. I just need
to see that it's possible, and seeing
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what he's doing when allows me to
know like Oh, you can ramp your
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body up to that, those rpms, you can make your body performed at
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that level. Okay, now I
know. Now I'm going to do it.
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And that's just been what it's been
since I got out here. So
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much progression. My game is developed
in such a crazy way, so excited
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showcase it. No, man,
that's fantastic. So it's times like totally
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worked out for you and better than
I could have hoped. Yeah, that
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man, that's super cool. You
know. Yeah, might who he's.
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You know, I remembered. I
Remember Your your training n regiment. Man,
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it was. It was no jokes. So if you're seeing that,
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this guy is even, you know, above that and doing more. I
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mean you're doing, you know,
swim. Mean you're doing Jujitsu, and
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he would be ready from Jujitsu to
Mouti, you know, back into botching,
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then right back into you know,
no, Youjjitsu, and they going
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back to the gym. And I
mean you were just constantly training, constantly
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working. So I can only imagine
if that was where you were at.
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And now you're seeing there you're in
a higher level, much, so much
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higher, because I mean, yeah, I was doing all that and that's
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awesome, that's fine that that comes
with its own set of benefits, don't
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get me wrong. But now it's
one thing when you're doing it, just
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do you maybe one other person in
the gym's keeping up with you, but
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now there's five to ten other people
doing what I'm doing. So I see
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other people doing that and then when
there's a moment of weakness creeps into my
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mind or I feel I've done enough, I see other people going and I'm
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like, you know what, I
got more in the tank. Let's do
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more, and just having that right
there in my face just keeps me driven.
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Now that's what's up and that's awesome. So you're pushing each other every
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day in the gym and that's awesome. Day. Oh yeah, I mean
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will be there. There is a
group of people I'm training with now will
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finish hard and an hour a hard
mma work and then classes over. Coaches,
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coaches leave were they're good, and
we all decide, hey, let's
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stay, let's let's get an hour
of metwork. And Hey, it sucks
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doing cage work, let's get an
hour of that. And what? What
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do you suck at? Let's spend
an hour a day working at let's get
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great at it. What's what do
we see people struggling with in their fights?
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Let's put ourselves there. Let's make
each other struggle. Even though we
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just did that hour of hard,
intense work. We're dripping sweat. Let's
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do more. Our opponents aren't doing
what we're doing, and that's where we're
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going to drown the Mat. Now
that's fantastic, man, that's great.
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Hard work always pays off, man. You can never do enough rounds,
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you know. I mean, if
you got the facilities to use, you
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got the budes around you, why
not take advantage of it? Man,
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that's a great hard work ethic to
display right there, mike man, that
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sounds killer. I mean, I
was reading one of your interviews earlier that
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you did, but I want to
say this was before you left Virginia.
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And you were talking about like the
sacrifices that you had to make. You
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know, like it's it sound like
you said. You you, you know,
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stop hanging out with some friends.
You stopped going out, you stop
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going out to eat. You know, you, you decided that you're going
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to invest in yourself and not go
on these vacations or not do these certain
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things out that a lot of people
just do on the Daytoday, because you're
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that dedicated to this craft. Why
don't you talk to talk to us about
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those sacrifices, man? Well,
I mean Shit, I moved out to
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Houston. I don't know nobody here, I don't have any family out here.
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I didn't have any connections before I
came out here. I left my
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family behind and I did all this
because I knew this is what I wanted.
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I know this is what it's going
to take to be great. You
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hear it from all types of all
types of people with all different types of
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backgrounds who are great and their own
fields. They all tell you it's going
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to be lonely at the top.
So it's like, if you're lonely and
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you don't have a bunch of people
around you, that's not a sign to
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feel sorry for yourself. It's,
I. signed to pull back and surround
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yourself with friends and stuff. It's
a sign that, hey, you're you're
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doing what you're supposed to be doing
like these these type of lifestyle. It
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demands sacrifice, it demands dedication,
like even now. I mean I moved
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out here, I used to do
a bunch of factory work and stuff,
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and I was finding out like hey, I can't train like I went because
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I trained six, seven days a
week, even still, and most of
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my trainings in the morning. So
all the jobs I could find, that
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we're factory jobs, were trying to
have me do like twelve hour shifts and
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stuff where I wasn't able to sleep, get any sleep. I'd have to
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just work, train, go,
get like five six hours of sleep and
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then do it all again. And
I'm like, well, I can't do
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this, like my brain is taken
too much damage in training and not having
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enough time to recover, and it's
sleep. I don't have enough sleep.
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So I need to I need to
acclimate, I need to figure out what
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needs to change and change it.
So I ended up switching jobs to where
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I'm just like a regular server now, and boy, that benefited so well.
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I ended up making more money.
I'm working like I went from working
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like twelve hour days, I work
like six hour days now and I get
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to train as much as I want. My Body's not beat up. But
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I mean, it's all a gamble, like you don't know these these this
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roll of the dice. You just
don't know if it's going to work out.
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You just know you got to make
it and trust yourself to roll with
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whatever struggles life throws at you,
because, I mean, it's going to
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throw some curveballs at you. There's
no way around that. But you just
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gotta Trust Yourself, trust in your
own instincts, trust your own Iq,
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trust all of it to be able
to roll with life. And I mean
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Shit, there's times where I want
to break away. I want to stay
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up late watch TV, I want
to go get the new video a new
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video game that just came out.
I don't because I know if I stay
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up late so I'm going to be
dragging ass and training. I'm not going
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to get the full effort if I
go get that video game. Well,
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that's time I'm going to be spending
playing the video game and not getting the
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work I need to get if I
start talking to a girl or something and
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she she's going to want to hang
out. She's not only going to want
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a tax. Well, boom,
if I hang out, that's going to
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be time I'm not I'm either a
going to be getting to bed later so
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I'm a mess up my training in
the morning, or be we're going to
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go out, go get food that's
not going to be good food heart.
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I mean I don't know if you
know about Texas is food, but man
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texts like to eat and when it
say all of it's the most beneficial for
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high performing athlete. And so I
just I keep to myself. I try
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not to go out on the weekends. I try not to be a hermit,
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because I mean that that's not good
for your mental health. So every
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whenever there's a big fight on,
me and some friends from the gym will
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get together. We'll go out and
we'll we'll have a drink, have have
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a little bit of food, but
that's like once, maybe twice aone.
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Aside from those little little get togethers, it's all about the training, and
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I mean that's a sacrifice I'm happy
to make. I'm not interested in making
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this my glory time in my life. I know when I get old I'm
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gonna have like good stories to tell
and they're not they're going to be built
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off of these sacrifices. It's not
going to be the training that's going to
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get sacrifice. I'm going to have
the good stories from what the training presented,
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what the training built up to,
not just like, Oh yeah,
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so I went on this date with
this one girl and we had a great
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time, or Oh yeah, so
I went out and did this amazing height
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and it was all that. I
didn't do anything but that. Like,
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Naw, that's not what I'm after. I'm after the greatness I'm going to
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get from my sport. Nah,
that's what's so and that's that's about message
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right there. Man, you see, you're you're just all in you.
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You sacrificed everything, you put one
hundred percent trust in yourself and you'd like
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you sound confident as hell and you
know you're going to make it, and
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then you're proven that with all that
hard work going. I mean you went
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from a little town, you know
what I mean. I'm sure you were
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having a lot of success at your
gym over there and you came over here
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and you had such great coaching and
the hard work ethic. You know,
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sound like you have a really strong
foundation to set you up for great success
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over in Houston. And now you're
adding all these other tools, all these
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other coaches, all these other training
partners, that are only going to give
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you more weapons. Man, sounds
like you're just going to become a complete
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badass pretty soon. So congratulations to
that. Thank yeah, man, good
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for you, man. Yeah,
it's definitely. Yeah, do the name
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to make a move. This is
the stuff that they make movies about,
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Mike. I mean, we'll see, we'll see you one day. Yeah,
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I just keep working at it.
It's all all about that goal.
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I'm enjoying the journey, don't get
me real yeah, but that goal,
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man, that goal is it's all
I see. I got that. I
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got one thing online four seven,
a tunnel vision for it. I don't
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know how else, how else to
even think at this point. I'll leave
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training and I just play it back
for the next however long, till I'm
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back in the gym, and then
everything I played back, I try to
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run it through get better again.
Now that's what sounds they so at Mike.
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Before we get you to where you
are Gonea go, not the future
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where you know you're going in mme
and you you're kind of your road there.
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I want to ask you, like, how did you get into it?
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How did you first start? How
did you get into, you know,
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mixmotional art, combat sports, you
know how we where was your beginning?
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That what made you decide to go
this room? Um, well,
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so, I grew up in a
household where it fighting wasn't allowed. Like,
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I wasn't allowed to be a violent
kid whatsoever. I wasn't like me.
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Even being like a playfully aggressive kid
was looked it down upon. I
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was not allowed to be aggressive and
any manner. But I had a lot
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of energy. So when I was
really young, my mom this had been
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talking to some of her friends and
she's just like this kid's got so much
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energy, I don't know what to
do with them, like, I don't
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know in my when a her friends
suggested we'll get them into wrestling, and
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I mean that was the start of
it. I started wrestling since I was
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six and program called Willie Walters,
and I mean, I'm not gonna lie,
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wasn't a good wrestler when I started. I wasn't a good wrestler until
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I was like a junior in high
school. I just didn't I was doing
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it because I was there, not
because I liked it. It was hard.
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Wrestling's hard work, tell you what. And when you're a kid and
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you don't understand why something's hard,
it's not fun. But when I got
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got up into high school, I
started to do good, I started to
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dominate and I started to enjoy what
I was doing and I started to pay
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attention, started to actually learn how
to time moves together, what moves like,
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what the purpose of what I was
doing was, what kind of body
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mechanics made my moves better. And
I mean honestly. Even still, even
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through high school, I never really
shine as a wrestler. Like if I
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wrestled myself in high school, if
the wrestler now wrestled the wrestler, then
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I would destroy that wrestler then,
even if same weight, same strength,
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everything's the same, except who I
am now versus who I was then,
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I would destroy that kid just because
so much teaching, so many great instructors
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have really been able to explain things
to me in ways that just make it
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click to the point now where,
like I'll do things. I'm a good
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Jiu jitsu person. I'm a good
grappler all around. I can go right
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from wrestling, oh, like folk
style wrestling with the rules, and all
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right into Jiu Jitsu. I play
whatever game is presented to me, and
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it's just that wrestling has really developed
me into who I am completely. All
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right, all right, so when
did like to after the whole wrestling when
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did you get into would you start
moving on into like eneme? Did see
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something like that? Well, after
wrestling, I went after I graduated high
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school, I really wanted to go
into the military. I wanted to be
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a seal. That was something I
had wanted to be since, honestly,
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before I could even remember. That
all stems from my parents on honestly,
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thinking about sending me a way to
military school and just kind of keeping that,
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putting that in my brain, and
it kind of was like Oh that,
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honestly, would it be a bad
idea, just because I had developed
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good worth ethic from wrestling? and
honestly, wrestling taught me to love grinding.
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I love grinding, if if it's
a hard grind. I'm a happy
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guy like I I embrace a struggle
and after I kind of got some wits
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about me before I graduated completely from
high school. I thought to myself,
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Hey, I've seen a lot of
people who leave the military and don't know
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what to do with their lives.
They don't know how to acclimate back into
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civilian life. So I thought to
myself, Hey, you know, would
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be a good idea. Let's not
join the military when we're eighteen. Let's
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wait till we're twenty. That way
we have time to learn what the real
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world is, outside of school,
outside of the military and the boy let
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me tell you, before I even
got out of high school, I got
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a reckless driving ticket and it cost
me. You can't have a reckless driving
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ticket and go into the SEAL program. They're super strict. So because of
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that, that kind of threw all
my hopes and dreams right out the window
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and I really wasn't sure what I
was going to do with my life.
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I got into party and really hard. I started going to Baltimore, I
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started going to DC for Raves and
concerts and I ended up partying with this
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one kid who was a little smaller
than me and he told me he fought
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and I had never even thought of
doing that kind of stuff in my life,
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just because, like I had said
earlier, that wasn't something that was
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practical in my household. My family
weren't people that watched fights at even get
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into boxing. They told me that
Shit's fake. Wrestling's the only real thing,
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like that's not, not what you
do. You're not allowed to do
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that. If you if you try
to fight people, they'll just bring guns.
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You're not allowed to do it.
So I was just it was never
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something that I thought of. So
when this kid little smaller than me was
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telling me, Oh, he had
a similar background than me as me and
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he fights, it got me interested. And then he ended up telling me
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he had a fight in winchester,
where the city I was living at the
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time, and I was like,
oh, that's super cool, I come
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watching support, and I did.
He ended up fighting Tyler Bar Seeano,
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one of my training partners for a
while, out in Virginia, and Tyler
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wrecked his shit, just beat his
ass, and watching it I was like,
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Oh my God, dude, this
nothing here is happening. That super
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impressive. Like I had been in
a bunch of little street fights growing up.
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I mean I was a small kid, I got bullied, I was
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bully's not even the right word for
I'm from a from a small town where
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everybody gave everybody a hard time.
Like the there was no person that got
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picked on all the time. It
part somebody picked on you, you picked
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on somebody else. You picked on
the person picking on you. The person
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you picked on picks on somebody else. That person they picked on picked on
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them back. It was just that's
just how people communicated. It's you gave
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your friends a hard time, your
friends gave you a hard time, and
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it was just how you'd fight a
kid and then two hours later you all
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be best friends. It just didn't
it was just something that happened in them
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small towns. And because I had
had so many fights, my wrestling had
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always pulled me through, I was
like man, I could do this.
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I'm not scared to get hit.
That's something that's just I'm used to that.
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That's nothing, and she's that's bring
you Mike from the rest of us.
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Bro Shit, not. I swear, it's nothing. It's it.
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It's one of those things your brain
makes you freak out thinking you're getting hurt,
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but in reality, like it's not
going to kill you, so you
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better like focus on what's the real
problem. Is The real problem you getting
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touched once or the real problem what
standing in front of you? And I
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mean so I found out tyler,
the do that beat up my friend,
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was training in winchester, so I
found his gym and started training with him,
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and then that's what got the whole
ball rolling. Wow, that's where
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I'm at. Joe Ballserman, and
I mean man who I don't know if
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how to stuck with him and me
without Joe, I mean just he was
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a good coach. Yeah, a
Greek, cool, great, great guy
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whole round. Yes, sir,
great guy all around, for sure.
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Definitely, when I moved out to
Houston, I used him as the bar
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for my coaches, for the people
I was training around as I was testing
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different gems. I was looking for
somebody that had similar characteristics to Joe and
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that was what was going to determine
where I was gonna start training at.
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That's what's up, man, that's
what's up. Hey to not to get
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away from fighting, but all interviews, I'm not sure if you're you probably
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not familiar with our with our show, since you're always training, kicking people's
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asses and whatnot, but we always
like to start off our interviews with a
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little light haarded conversation and we always
ask everybody growing up or even right now.
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You know what I mean. Maybe
there's a movie that kind of sticks
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out, but is there a martial
arts movie that kind of hits home to
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you, that you know, maybe
it motivates you, maybe it pumps you
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up, maybe just got you kind
of down this combat fight row? You
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know, like me and cousin I, when we were kids, we freaking
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love watching any Kunkfu theater movie,
anything with Roddy, anything with Ninja's,
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anything with fighting but sport. You
know it was on. Is there any
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movie like that that kind of sticks
out to your mind, that you kind
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of that just resonates with you?
Um Hmm, okay, so I would
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say definitely what made me want to
be the person I am is fighting in
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all all of it, being a
good guy, all of it, I
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would really say, stems from anime
and comics. I definitely liked vision quest
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growing up because it was so similar
to wrestling. You didn't have a lot
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of movies about wrestlers and vision quest
was about a high school wrestler drop who
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was a dominant who was a force
himself, dropping down weight to wrestle like
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a state champ who was dominant,
somebody he didn't have to go against,
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somebody he wanted to go against for
the challenge. If Mark Martial art movie,
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It'd be that. But I'd be
lying to say like anime, the
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characters from that, characters from comic
books and stuff, aren't what drives me.
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I like, I want to I
want to be a super superhero,
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like I want to be able to
be the person that, like, makes
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people safe. I want to be
able to always keep myself safe and make
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sure everything's equal for other people.
I don't like it when I see like
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one person benefiting from another person struggle. Like, even if I'm the benefit,
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even if I'm the person that's benefiting, I'm gonna be like, oh
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well, I'll give up a little
of what I got and give it to
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this person, because that's equal.
That that's what puts us on equal footing.
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And if they're doing everything I'm doing, it should be equally. Shouldn't
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it be? Like we're doing the
same stuff and I'm getting all the reward,
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you're getting none of it because the
way the system set up. I
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don't like that kind of stuff and
I got that all kind of from anime.
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From comics, seeing how, like
you, just you train hard,
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you work hard, you be a
good person and stuff stuff goes your way.
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And I mean my life is to
testament to that. I work hard,
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I train hard, I don't really
get derailed by little things, and
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I know it sounds Dorky and stuff, but that really stems from like watching
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anime characters, watching these anime series
that are like that, go go across
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the course of like ten years,
and it's just like watching that character development
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and stuff, watching them learn how
to train hard to work to a new
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move and then training hard to work
to another move and tying it all together.
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That stuff that really just kind of
clicks with me. That sounds cool,
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man. You know, that's kind
of sounds like a common theme that
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that reoccurs a lot in martial arts, you know what I mean, where
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there's a certain nobility, there's a
certain Ah, there's a certain type of
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character that we look up to and
admire and all these facets of martial arts,
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whether it be anime or a movie
or in real life, you know
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what I mean. Like think about
Hicks and Gracie or or Bruce Kee or
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Chuck Norris, like everyone looks up
to these people, because not only can
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00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:42.799
they kick ass, but they're a
hero. You know what I mean?
408
00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:47.400
They stood up for people, you
know, you know, and and Mohammad
409
00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:51.559
and regardless. People say, yeah, exactly, you know, and and
410
00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:55.160
that's something that's I mean, if
you read any comic, that's the whole
411
00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:59.920
theme. That's what a superhero is. They embody back there are superhero seven,
412
00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:02.640
three hundred and sixty five, whether
they're on the mat or whether they
413
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got that costume on or not.
You know fact. So welcome to the
414
00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:11.359
Jiujitdal neighborhood. Brother that you you
few fit and what what a true Jiujit
415
00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:14.759
thatal what a true martial artist is. You know what I mean. You're
416
00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:17.880
always for the greater good, for
the greater cause, you know. So
417
00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.960
that, dude, I was getting
chill just listen to you say that.
418
00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:26.359
Man. Yeah, I mean,
I mean it's just people ask, are
419
00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:29.759
you a wrestler or you a striker? Dude, I'm a martial artist.
420
00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:34.440
I love it all. I want
it all to progress and grow. It
421
00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:38.559
just I want it it all to
be good. I don't want to be
422
00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:42.279
in the gym where people are bullying
their training partners. That shit's not cool.
423
00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:47.079
I want to make my I want
to make the people around me better
424
00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:52.759
and that, in contrast, that
will make me better. Definitely for sure.
425
00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:56.839
All right, because you want to
get that next question. Yeah,
426
00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:02.240
yeah, so, all right,
like so hot. Being said, what
427
00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:05.839
about like the first time you're actually
the keys? You know, I am
428
00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:07.759
usually with you, like you Jiujitsu
and stuff like that, and watching and
429
00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:13.240
training in getting prepared for fines and
stuff, but what about the first time
430
00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:16.319
you're actually in the key? Like, what was that feeling like? Who?
431
00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:22.319
Man, honestly, I remember it
very well. I remember that whole
432
00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:28.759
fight in that's honestly thanks to Joe
Balsaman again, because he had told me.
433
00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.920
He's like look, man, I
mean that's all. It's going to
434
00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:34.640
happen quick. Everything's going to seem
like a blur. It's going to happen
435
00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.400
very fast. You probably won't even
remember it. And because he had told
436
00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:40.920
me that, my brain, being
me, being the person I am,
437
00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.759
if I'm told something can't be done, I'm like, let's make it happen.
438
00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:49.160
And because he told me you're not
going to remember it, it's all
439
00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:52.799
gonna Happen Quick, my brain is
like, okay, let's be as conscious
440
00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:57.920
as we can do in this and
it's so really when I was in there,
441
00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.359
I remember it all and let me
tell you, I've was stupid confident,
442
00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:07.880
like I I just went in there
thinking I can't be be I am
443
00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:12.720
Michael Capone and he does not get
beat. I'm not going to get beat
444
00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.200
in front of my family, I'm
not going to get beat in front of
445
00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:20.279
my teammates. I'M gonna come out
here and I'm going to put in work.
446
00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:23.960
And a lot of people don't know. This my first fight my own.
447
00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:30.960
My main cou one of my main
coaches day even show up like he's
448
00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:37.960
got uses. Yeah, he he
had some sort of, what's the word,
449
00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:42.880
some sort of dispute with the promoter
and whatnot, so he just decided
450
00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:45.680
not to come. He told us
he was going to come. Oh,
451
00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:50.400
he just he wanted to do his
own thing. decided not to show.
452
00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:54.240
We ended up having my girlfriend at
the time, Kelsey Gilmore, step in,
453
00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:58.319
which was really cool, or her, but I mean she's never cornered
454
00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:00.559
or anything. She was just mostly
there for moral support. Really it was
455
00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:05.759
all all Joe Man. Joe Is
in there telling me what to do,
456
00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:10.360
and I mean you've you've trained with
Joe. You know he he is a
457
00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:17.480
person that will make you feel like
the situation is under control. HM,
458
00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:22.519
he's not a type of guy that's
going to make you feel like you need
459
00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.639
to freak out or anything. He's
going to be nice and calm with you,
460
00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:30.239
and I mean he just had in
him there. Having my girlfriend at
461
00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:35.679
the time in my corner, I
just felt like I could not be beat,
462
00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.199
and I mean I went out there, got the got to finish from
463
00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:44.280
a rear naked choke and I'm pretty
sure it was two minutes flat. Dang,
464
00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:49.360
quick work. Yeah, me,
quick work of them. I was
465
00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:53.079
it was a good fight. It
was a good night. Wow. Well,
466
00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:58.119
now that it's over. And then
Joe prepped you, saying it was
467
00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:00.880
going to happen in the flash.
You weren't going to remember, remember,
468
00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:05.000
remember anything, and then you went
ahead and we're trying to soak up as
469
00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:07.760
much of it from that night as
you could. What stands out the most?
470
00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:12.599
What do you remember the most from
that all night? Well, the
471
00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:15.400
fight went, it went out there
started. I remember I kept it loose
472
00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:20.519
going in. The cage fell rang, we went out, we touch gloves
473
00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:23.760
and I go for a one too
right out the gate because I don't realize
474
00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:29.280
I have no striking. I'm thinking
I'm a I can fight. How To
475
00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:35.119
do this? I don't. I'm
no striking. It's terrible. Miss my
476
00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:38.920
job completely, and then I throw
everything into my too, everything into that
477
00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:45.920
crow. Totally miss that too.
Dude's directly under blast. Doubles me over,
478
00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:50.320
which is good because he just dove
into my realm. This is a
479
00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:53.360
Jiu Jitsu guy. He just dove
in my room. I wrestled my whole
480
00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:59.519
life. There was a slight panic
and then right when my back hit the
481
00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:01.159
Mat, I'm like, Oh,
I've been here before, this is nothing
482
00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:08.039
new, and I kind of wrapped
around his ankle in this just to kind
483
00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:14.079
of like keep grip on him so
I could maneuver myself on the ground.
484
00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:17.880
And I'm throwing an up kick or
two Adam, and he's punching down at
485
00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:22.320
me and I end up punching up
at him once and I connected, and
486
00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:25.559
I think that kind of made them
mad to he started connecting a little more
487
00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:31.119
to me and my brain goes hey, we can't be here like you're fighting
488
00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:35.800
him and gravity at this point,
because he's standing above you. Throw it
489
00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:40.280
heat down. I'm only punching up. It's mechanics wise. That's a terrible
490
00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:46.599
idea. Mechanics wise. I'm so
I decided. I was like, Oh,
491
00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:50.519
I need to I need to get
up. I'll take a hit,
492
00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:52.719
I'll take two hits, I don't
care. I need to get up.
493
00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:58.519
And I ended up getting up and
I turned into a takedown. I got
494
00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:01.039
up wrapped around his legs, as
I was trying to keep as close to
495
00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:05.679
him as I can, because he's
not going to let me get space to
496
00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:07.920
get up without getting hit. So
if I can't, I'm not going to
497
00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:12.280
be in that middle ground where he
can blasp me Joe Bosham and teach his
498
00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:15.280
hey, you either be really closer
you be really far. You don't play
499
00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:19.400
around in that middle ground. So
I was really close wrapped up. I
500
00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:23.559
ended up standing up with him with
a double leg and I picked him up,
501
00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:28.320
like all the way up on my
shoulder. He mayn boy was high
502
00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:31.920
and I slam them right down to
the ground and then we started going again,
503
00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:36.760
start having a little flurries. I
felt he had a little something,
504
00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.880
so I let him up off the
ground. I didn't want to play around
505
00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:43.480
there, and then I hit him
with a push kick knocked him right back
506
00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:47.920
down and then swept in for a
double took his back, took him down.
507
00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:52.519
I remember he I was behind him
when the rear naked choke and I'm
508
00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:55.639
thinking, all right, yeah,
you're stuck in the reft goes or you
509
00:37:55.760 --> 00:38:00.239
good. And the dude thumbed up
to the REF and man, that made
510
00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:06.800
me so mad. Oh so like
this. You're not taking this serious.
511
00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:10.960
You think you're just okay with me
on your back, under your Chin choking
512
00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:14.679
their shit out of you. Oh
okay, so I'll start hitting you then
513
00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:17.800
too, like you're gonna know you're
in a serious you're gonna know you're compromise
514
00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:22.440
right now and I'm going to make
you know it. And then, right
515
00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:27.559
as I let go of my rear
naked choke grip, I kept the arm
516
00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:30.079
under the Chin because, I mean, you're grappler, you know you got
517
00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:32.400
something under the Chin, you're not
going to let it go. I just
518
00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:37.360
cut this shoulder to keep my arm
in place and with my left arm I
519
00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:42.880
just started whopping them in the face
and like right before the first punch hit
520
00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:46.880
him in the face, he started
tapping out and I'll landed like three more
521
00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:52.000
after that and I remember the ref
being really mad at me, being like
522
00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:54.840
dude, why were you hitting him
after he tapped out? And I looked
523
00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:58.280
the reft and I'm like look,
man, I'm sorry. All I remember
524
00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:00.960
was seeing him do a thumbs up
fight feel this guy tap out, like,
525
00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:05.320
in my mind, why would you
go from thumbs up to tap out
526
00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:07.400
immediately? Yeah, I mean,
and that's your job. Your job is
527
00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:12.960
to stop it and let us know
exactly. You know exactly I mean?
528
00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:15.119
I didn't know as I saw him. I saw him thumbs up. My
529
00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:20.079
mind, he's a happy guy and
I got to change that. And I
530
00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:24.000
mean I ended up doing putting in
the work. I remember Joe Coming in,
531
00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:29.239
my girl Kelsey coming in. It
was such a happy moment. Who
532
00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:32.199
It was a high. That just
got me hooked. Wow, man,
533
00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:37.079
that's awesome. That is so awesome. I mean, other than like,
534
00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:39.679
you know, he's a little you
know things that you you learn in your
535
00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:44.320
in your first cage fight. I
mean what other have you had any other
536
00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:50.760
hurdles along the way? Yeah,
I'm really I would say my main hurdle
537
00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:57.519
was finding a good coach after that, because, I mean after after that
538
00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:04.079
fight happened the gym, we were
at currently had done some coaching. Coach
539
00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:09.800
shifting around. Joe Wasn't the MMA
coach anymore. They brought in they affiliated
540
00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:15.480
themselves with a different gym that was
like an hour away. They that Jim
541
00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:22.159
brought in their own coach and I
don't know, there were times I thought
542
00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:25.599
me in that coach reviving, and
then there were other times where the coach
543
00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:32.159
wasn't liking me at all and they're
like there were just a lot of weird
544
00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:37.360
things that I wasn't understanding. I
later learned like the fight game got politics
545
00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:44.119
and that's never been something that has
been my strong suit. I've always been
546
00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:46.920
a type of person like you either
like me or you don't. If you
547
00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:51.039
don't like me in the MMA game, you're going to because you're going to
548
00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:57.000
see my skill eventually. And it
was just one of those like that.
549
00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:00.679
This new coach didn't like me.
He he would be playing honestly, he
550
00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:06.360
be playing mind games. He'd tell
me like, Oh, the head coach
551
00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:08.639
at our other jet at the gym
were affiliates with. Yeah, you don't
552
00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:15.920
want to trust him because he has
set people up with bad fights before because
553
00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:19.840
they started and come too big.
They their name became bigger than the JIM's
554
00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.360
name, so he had to get
them chopped down. And like he would
555
00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:28.639
just plant those seeds in my mind
like don't trust him, don't trust this.
556
00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:32.840
He'd be telling me that this coach
was trying to get me in my
557
00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:37.239
girl broken up because he didn't like
people dating that were at the gym.
558
00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:45.000
He set me up with fights that
were just bad fights, like just really
559
00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:47.960
bad fight. When it tell me
anything about my opponent. Would have me
560
00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:54.440
jump weights around and just it was
weird and I was a fighter, so
561
00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:59.519
I'm like, Hey, I don't
I don't understand what's going on, but
562
00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:01.159
you've been in this game longer than
me. I'm going to trust you,
563
00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:05.239
and that trust just got me cut
the shit beat out of me a couple
564
00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:08.800
of time. I'm going to tell
you need is hell, Mike. I'm
565
00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:13.639
sorry about that, man me.
It's all part of the game. You
566
00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:15.199
learn, you living, you learn. I mean, it just is what
567
00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:21.920
it is. That that's a great
album. Yeah, exactly. I mean
568
00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.880
now I know like they were.
They were the type of coaches that were
569
00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:29.039
like hey, don't, you're not
allowed to cross train because it makes me
570
00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:30.920
look bad. If you're going to
other gyms to learn something. It makes
571
00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:35.800
me look like I don't know that
something, so you got to go somewhere
572
00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:39.639
else to learn it. And that
kind of stuff has really locked into me,
573
00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:44.000
like Oh, if you're a coach
that doesn't like me cross training,
574
00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:50.199
I don't trust you. If you
don't understand that you don't know everything,
575
00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:54.840
I don't trust you because nobody in
this game knows everything. One thing Joe
576
00:42:54.880 --> 00:43:00.119
Basman will tell you. Some more
he learns about Jiu Jitsu, the less
577
00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:05.360
he knows. He realizes he knows
about Jiu Jitsu. Yeah, that and
578
00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:10.400
if you can't be a coach with
that kind of mindset, I've learned from
579
00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:16.400
my past experience tells me I don't
want to trust you. I don't.
580
00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:22.440
You got too much ego in the
game and the fighters supposed to have the
581
00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:27.079
EGO. The coach is supposed to
be the level head of one, and
582
00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:31.000
I got enough ego for me and
my coach. I can't have he he
583
00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:35.400
got too much. We're going to
be in some bad fights, and that's
584
00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:42.000
exactly what happened. I got put
in bad fights bat and din it wasn't
585
00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:45.800
always able to walk away with the
Duh. I'm a tough, tough kids.
586
00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:49.199
So I definitely was able to sometime. I was able to win some
587
00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:53.199
short notice fights, but because I
wasn't able to win them all, it
588
00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:59.559
definitely hurt my career. Like even
now I'm trying to dig myself out of
589
00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:04.280
a hole. I'm three and five
and I'm digging myself out of a Hole
590
00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:07.920
I got. I wanted to go
pro this year. I gotta get on
591
00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:10.440
the ball get three more amateur fights
in before I can even go pro.
592
00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:15.039
Just I gotta get on get a
winning street going because of that, and
593
00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:20.800
that's going to happen. That's gonna
Happen. Like I'm I'm training with pro
594
00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:23.239
one hundred and twenty five is now, and I'm doing good work with them.
595
00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:28.719
One of the DUDES I get to
train with is Jay boy, Jonathan
596
00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:34.880
Davis. He's a pro. He's
got like he's had like sixty amateur fights,
597
00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:38.039
whether the MMA like all that,
and I mean me and him go,
598
00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:42.079
me and him go at it and
I do well with him. And
599
00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:45.159
if I can do well with this
pro who's right on the verge of getting
600
00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:52.360
into UFC, I'm gonna I'm fine. I have no sweat whatsoever about these
601
00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:57.199
a me one and twenty fives in
my area. I'M gonna blast through it.
602
00:44:57.199 --> 00:45:00.440
It's just because of me not knowing
the game, name me not knowing
603
00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:05.800
the politics. Me Trusted in too
many people who haven't earned the trust.
604
00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:08.760
People coming in just being like Hey, your Jim brought me in as a
605
00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:13.000
coach. It's your you're the fighter, your job to trust me, and
606
00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:15.880
it's where I should have been like
Nah, man, I mean we're both
607
00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:21.239
men. Show me why I should
trust you, not just I should trust
608
00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:27.039
you, and that's just a lesson
learned. Oh Man, yeah, well,
609
00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:29.639
well, speaking of getting on the
right track, you got to fight
610
00:45:29.719 --> 00:45:31.920
coming up Mike One. You just
a little bit about that fight? What's
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the organization named? What weight class
are you going to be fighting under and
612
00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:40.039
how can we watch? So this
is going to be a one of the
613
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fury card. Very exciting for that. Curi's a big fight promotion, not
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00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:50.280
just in Texas, really all around, and I'm going to be fighting on
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00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.840
there. My opponents still a little
green. I think it's going to be
616
00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:58.320
a tough fight. There's no way
around it. No fights easy anymore,
617
00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:04.360
especially not out in Texas. But
I definitely think I should be the winner.
618
00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:07.039
The kids only one and one.
The kids like twenty, one thousand
619
00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:10.599
nine hundred and twenty. He's been
training about I want to say two three
620
00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:15.360
years now. I've got a solid
six years. He's a white belt,
621
00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:20.440
I'm a purple belt. This kick, this kids tending to chose to fight.
622
00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:22.880
He should have. His coaches should
have been like Nah, we'll do
623
00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:28.480
the next one. They looked at
my record and where they obviously only looked
624
00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:30.639
at the numbers because if you look
at our record it's three and five.
625
00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:36.320
But look at the people I've lost
to. I've lost people with like eight
626
00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:39.599
and one records. I've lost two
people with like nine and seven records.
627
00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:45.519
Like I lose two people who are
dogs and I've beaten people who are dogs.
628
00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:50.519
My last win was against dude from
American top team who was nine in
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00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:54.840
one and I beat him by you
Nancy decision. I only lost to the
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00:46:54.920 --> 00:47:00.119
number one ranked guy in all of
Virginia by a split decision one that was
631
00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:06.840
very controversial, but it is what
it is. Guy. You gotta beat
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00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:09.960
the champ to take the belt.
I didn't. I did enough to win
633
00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:13.559
a regular fight, not enough to
win a belt. So it is what
634
00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:17.199
it is, but this kid,
this kid's coaches should have looked into a
635
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little bit more, because he who? He? He signed up for a
636
00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:27.360
bad day. Like I ain't got
no problems against kid. I'm gonna hurt
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00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:30.400
them like I'm gonna hurt them.
He's not making it out of the first
638
00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:35.880
round and luckily this card's going to
be an all AMMI card, so I'm
639
00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:40.440
want to say pretty sure it's going
to have free streaming on Youtube and once
640
00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:45.159
I get right, yeah, once
I get all of that, I'm going
641
00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:51.400
to make some post on my social
media's on Instagram at Michael Capone's MMA,
642
00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:55.400
or just on facebook at Michael Capone. I'm going to post some links,
643
00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:59.519
get it all out there and make
sure all my family and Virginia you get
644
00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:05.239
to see it, because it I'm
going to showcase some things. I'm excited.
645
00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:08.920
I'm going to put this kid out
in a memorable way. We'll just
646
00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:15.599
about what your strategy for for this
coming up fight. I mean, you
647
00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:22.599
know I'm an information yeah, I
mean Shit in it. He can know
648
00:48:22.639 --> 00:48:24.000
what I'm going to do to the
tea. He Ain't going to stop it.
649
00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:29.320
There's just no way. People,
everybody in my gym knows what I'm
650
00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:31.239
what I like to do, and
they don't they can't stop it. So
651
00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:35.880
this dude ain't gonna be nothing different. I tell him right before the fight,
652
00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:37.719
if he wants to know, like
hey, Bro, this is how
653
00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:39.440
it's going to go. I'm going
to strike with you the first minute and
654
00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:44.039
a half and then I'm and then
after that minute and a half, I'm
655
00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:45.360
going to take you down. I'm
going to sub you because my coaches want
656
00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:49.800
to know if I'm who I think, who I say I am, and
657
00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:52.960
you're just the unfortunate motherfucker who gets
to be the proof, because I just
658
00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:57.920
I said something and people need to
know if I say it, that's what's
659
00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:00.920
going to happen, it's gonna Happen. So this he going to get subbed.
660
00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:05.000
If he does, if he can
make it through that first minute and
661
00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:07.360
a half of me striking, which
he should, he should. I'm not
662
00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:12.079
the most phenomenal striker in the world. been working hard at it. Don't
663
00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:15.199
want to take away from my skills, but from what I understand, this
664
00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:17.719
kid's a striker. He's a little
taller than me, so if I have
665
00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:22.719
all the range, he should be
able to survive that first minute and a
666
00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:27.880
half where I'm just getting comfortable with
my hands. But after that, good
667
00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:34.079
luck, good luck stopping that hat
down, good luck stopping me from splitting
668
00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:37.920
you in half, because I'm going
to. I'm go break it. I'm
669
00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:42.079
not going for a joke, I'm
going to snap a join you. Yeah,
670
00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:45.280
man, we'll get a yeah,
definitely. We want to share that
671
00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:47.639
with all the listeners out there so
that way we can all support. We
672
00:49:47.639 --> 00:49:51.400
all want to support man, but
most importantly, we want to watch that
673
00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:54.320
because we know mikey Musamichi ain't going
to snap anything with Geo. So you're
674
00:49:54.360 --> 00:50:00.079
going to have to satisfy our unsatiable
desire to hear bone snap. So please,
675
00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:02.920
Mike, make it happen. You
don't get it, I'm not going
676
00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:07.719
to play around. If I get
I'm ripping that Shit. Ha. We
677
00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:15.800
better. I'm talking about quick reft. Well, hopefully it ain't herb dean
678
00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:20.199
or any of those other guys.
They sometimes they lag a little little bit.
679
00:50:20.320 --> 00:50:22.239
I mean, ain't gonna hurt me
if he's faster slow, but for
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00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:27.960
my opponent's sake that that reff better
be right there ready to stop me,
681
00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:31.079
because I'm not stop until the REF
touches me, it's do. Can Tap
682
00:50:31.119 --> 00:50:35.079
on my leg, he can tap
on my chest, tap on my arm,
683
00:50:35.079 --> 00:50:37.400
all he wants. Until that ref
touches me is shit. Ain't stop
684
00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:43.320
him. There you go, there
you go, all right, Mike.
685
00:50:43.320 --> 00:50:45.480
Well, you just talked about what
your goals are, or the how you
686
00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:50.000
envision that fight going. What's going
to go down? What about goals for
687
00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:52.880
this sport? where, if you're
writing your story right now? Well,
688
00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:58.480
how does this story end? WHAT'S
THE END game? where? What organization
689
00:50:58.519 --> 00:51:01.280
would you like to see yourself that
and is there anybody out in fighting that
690
00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:07.440
you would love to fight? Honestly, I just want game opponents. I
691
00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:13.719
want game opponents come fighting. I
want that. I want to the big
692
00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:17.519
better the name, the better the
prestige that's going to be draped on to
693
00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:22.599
me when I destroy them, by
the promotion I want to go to.
694
00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:25.639
Obviously, the UFC. It may
not pay it, it might not be
695
00:51:25.800 --> 00:51:30.679
the best payday in that route,
but you're going to get the most recognition,
696
00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:36.719
you're going to get the higher level
opponents, and that's what I want.
697
00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:38.760
I want to be known as a
great, one of the greats,
698
00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:42.880
and I'm going to be known as
one of the greats. I'M gonna go
699
00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:47.400
in there in the next I see
myself in the UFC. In the next
700
00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:52.079
three years I see myself holding one
belt, and the next five years I
701
00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:57.000
see myself holding that one hundred and
thirty five belt. In the next seven
702
00:51:57.079 --> 00:52:01.840
years I'm going to get I'm after
the both people aren't great with just one
703
00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:06.960
belt anymore. Everybody's got one belt. That, that two belts, is
704
00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:09.360
what makes it happen. Here you
go, man. So you got you
705
00:52:09.400 --> 00:52:14.159
got current, you got like the
short term goal, a medium term going
706
00:52:14.199 --> 00:52:15.920
them long term goals. That's what's
up, man, because it sounds like
707
00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:21.679
you're just constantly thinking about this sport
and it's just consuming you, man,
708
00:52:21.760 --> 00:52:23.159
and and I mean it's in a
good way, you know what I mean,
709
00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:27.559
like it's it's as healthy. Sounds
like you're still hanging out with your
710
00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:30.360
friends, you still you got a
good hit on your shoulders. You know
711
00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:31.920
what you want to do. You're
looking out for you for not only for
712
00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:36.239
you yourself, put you're looking out
for your training partners as well. So
713
00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:39.760
that speaks a lot about your character, Mike. Yeah, I mean,
714
00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:44.599
honestly, what it all boils down
to is I'm an addict. I'm an
715
00:52:44.639 --> 00:52:51.039
adding. I'm an addict that almost
had his addiction go into the drug route
716
00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:55.760
when he was young, and then
it got turned onto this martial arts and
717
00:52:55.840 --> 00:53:00.599
I just became an addict. I
don't have if I want something, I
718
00:53:00.679 --> 00:53:06.199
go after it, and that addict
mentality has really pushed me above and beyond
719
00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:09.679
to seek out that greatness. Cool, cool, man, that's awesome.
720
00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:15.119
Yeah, get into the UFC,
man, that's like the motherland. You
721
00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:16.320
know I mean that that's where the
best of the best are. So if
722
00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:20.000
you want to test yourself against the
best, obviously that's where you want to
723
00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:23.960
end up. So we started quick
and yeah, Hey, yeah, just
724
00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:28.119
like that Guy in vision quest,
and I want to say I remember one
725
00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:31.760
of our previous guests also mentioned vision
quest as one of their favorite martial arts
726
00:53:31.800 --> 00:53:35.719
movies. You know I mean it's
just an awesome, motivate movie that just
727
00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:38.400
gets you super pumped up. And
just like that guy, you know what
728
00:53:38.440 --> 00:53:42.320
I mean, he took on a
challenge that he didn't need to, and
729
00:53:42.320 --> 00:53:45.039
that's what you're talking about right now. So gractually, you man. I
730
00:53:45.039 --> 00:53:47.920
mean, we could all do those
day to day, and I could do
731
00:53:47.960 --> 00:53:52.079
that nine to five. I could
be at home with my family, I
732
00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:58.239
could be with her in a deep
relationship, I could be surrounded by whatever
733
00:53:58.360 --> 00:54:00.440
I choose to be surrounded. I
don't have to struggle, but I want
734
00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:04.880
to. I want to because I
know what it brings at the end of
735
00:54:04.880 --> 00:54:08.920
the day and that is what I'm
after. I don't want that temporary satisfaction.
736
00:54:09.119 --> 00:54:14.239
I don't want to be old to
I don't want to be in my
737
00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:17.920
s, in my s, being
like man that if I would have just
738
00:54:17.960 --> 00:54:22.119
done this, I could have been
that. Believe you me, I could
739
00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:27.199
have done it. Now I'm a
prove it. Yeah, get it.
740
00:54:27.280 --> 00:54:30.760
So, I mean we we all
we talked about you know, Mike,
741
00:54:30.800 --> 00:54:35.320
what advice would you give for,
you know, our listeners out there that
742
00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:37.280
are looking to do the same thing? There in the same boat, maybe
743
00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:40.719
when you started off, or maybe
they're at where you're at right now.
744
00:54:40.760 --> 00:54:44.239
You know, like, what advice
would you do you got out there,
745
00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:47.760
for our listeners? Man, I
would say hard work, hard, hard,
746
00:54:47.800 --> 00:54:53.800
hard work. Don't went when you
get hurt. Show up to training
747
00:54:53.800 --> 00:55:00.159
when you are sort. Show up
to training when you know it's going to
748
00:55:00.840 --> 00:55:05.920
if you know what you want to
do now is going to make your make
749
00:55:05.960 --> 00:55:10.960
it harder to fulfill your requirements to
reach your goal tomorrow, don't do it.
750
00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:16.679
It's that simple. If I know, having a going out and getting
751
00:55:16.760 --> 00:55:21.679
drunk tonight, trying to get pussy, it's going to make going to training
752
00:55:21.679 --> 00:55:25.280
in the morning tomorrow harder, I'm
not going to do it because getting Pussy's
753
00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:30.320
not my ultimate goal. Getting that
belt is. Training art is, getting
754
00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:37.000
to be a more complete martial artist
is my goal, and staying up late
755
00:55:37.000 --> 00:55:40.280
adding poison to my body. That's
not how I'm going to do it.
756
00:55:40.320 --> 00:55:45.519
And you can tell yourself all I's
just once in a blue moon all,
757
00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:51.039
I don't do it all the time. Out I'm entitled to do I'm entitled
758
00:55:51.079 --> 00:55:54.079
to my breaks. I'm entitled to
enjoy my life. I'm entitled to this.
759
00:55:54.119 --> 00:55:59.639
You are entitled. You write,
you right, but nothing comes free,
760
00:55:59.679 --> 00:56:05.119
nothing, nothing doesn't come with a
price tag, and you if you
761
00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:10.480
want what I want. The Price
Tag is getting to enjoy certain things now,
762
00:56:10.559 --> 00:56:16.039
like my price tag is going out, getting with girls, having a
763
00:56:16.039 --> 00:56:21.320
bunch of money in my bank account, having these things like not I if
764
00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:24.599
I got extra money, boom,
like I just got off the phone today
765
00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:29.039
with a nutritionist that I'm about to
have to be. I'm about to start
766
00:56:29.079 --> 00:56:32.719
paying in order to make my weight
cut easier and so I perform better.
767
00:56:32.800 --> 00:56:37.760
I had a little extra spare money. I'm starting to save and I know
768
00:56:37.440 --> 00:56:42.239
as a responsible adult, I should
be putting that money away. That beans
769
00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:46.639
a smart move, but I'm not. I'm gambling on my success in what
770
00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:53.559
I'm doing and by gambling that,
I'm also doing the smart thing to provide
771
00:56:54.039 --> 00:57:00.159
that gamble with the best chance of
success. And that comes with not always
772
00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:06.840
doing what seems like the smart move
in the moment. I'm gonna do what
773
00:57:06.960 --> 00:57:09.039
I know is going to play out
in the long game. You got to
774
00:57:09.079 --> 00:57:15.239
focus on that long game with even
the small decisions that you make. That
775
00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:19.719
long game is what it's going to
bring you home, going to bring your
776
00:57:19.760 --> 00:57:25.679
goals into fluition. You things you
want now, you can want after you
777
00:57:25.679 --> 00:57:30.599
reach your goal. You can get
things you want now after you reach your
778
00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:34.639
goal. If you get the things
you want now, you don't have the
779
00:57:34.679 --> 00:57:37.159
discipline to wait. If you get
the things you want now, well,
780
00:57:37.199 --> 00:57:42.320
that might come at the cost of
your goal and you need to realize that.
781
00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:49.119
You need to realize that that short
term satisfaction will has the very,
782
00:57:49.239 --> 00:57:54.519
very real possibility of costing you long
term happiness. Holy Shit, my are
783
00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:59.159
you talking to Connor McGregor right now? It sounds like you're totally calling out
784
00:57:59.239 --> 00:58:05.000
connor right now. Shit, man, he I'm not, Oh man,
785
00:58:05.039 --> 00:58:08.400
but he'd still sleep me. Yeah, he's a monster, man, he's
786
00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:10.960
a monster. Yeah, I just
heard him calling. He said. I
787
00:58:10.960 --> 00:58:15.199
heard him say that his next he's
I in his next match and he thinks
788
00:58:15.239 --> 00:58:20.480
it should be against Kamaro Usman,
that's all that you talking about. I'll
789
00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:22.960
want to chat like unneeded challenges like
that, dude, is like, man,
790
00:58:23.000 --> 00:58:25.519
I'm tired of one hundred and fifty
five. I need a real challenge.
791
00:58:25.559 --> 00:58:29.119
Even my dogs upset. He's like, Connor, you're a monster.
792
00:58:29.719 --> 00:58:34.119
For I I'm going to and I'm
watch, but man, you better be
793
00:58:34.159 --> 00:58:37.760
working hard for that challenge, because
I hope it's also thinking the way I
794
00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:44.199
think, and I'm you know,
whoever's putting in the word sacrifices, for
795
00:58:44.320 --> 00:58:45.280
sure. For sure, man,
and just like you said, you know
796
00:58:45.280 --> 00:58:47.880
what I mean. It always comes
down to WHO's putting in the more,
797
00:58:49.000 --> 00:58:51.519
who's putting in the most work.
And just because you're putting in. You
798
00:58:51.519 --> 00:58:54.000
got to be putting in the right
amount of work too, exactly rob be
799
00:58:54.039 --> 00:59:00.119
doing it the right way. That's
right, that's right. Well, Mike,
800
00:59:00.199 --> 00:59:01.679
that was our last question. Man, I don't have any other questions,
801
00:59:01.760 --> 00:59:07.440
unless Cuz has any questions. Is
there anyone you'd like to mention or
802
00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:10.199
think before we wrap this bad boy
up? Oh, man, I'd like
803
00:59:10.280 --> 00:59:17.000
to thank Main Street boxing and might
tie. I'd like to think Bob Perez,
804
00:59:17.119 --> 00:59:21.840
my striking coach. I'd like to
thank Joe Murphy, my Jiu Jitsu
805
00:59:22.000 --> 00:59:28.079
coach, man who tell you what
I've really I don't know what it is
806
00:59:28.079 --> 00:59:31.679
about Jiu Jitsu coaches. I grow
a special attachment to them, and maybe
807
00:59:31.679 --> 00:59:35.440
it's just the name Joe, I
don't know, but Joe Murphy, man,
808
00:59:35.480 --> 00:59:38.880
he is one hell of a coach
and he he likes my style I
809
00:59:39.079 --> 00:59:45.360
bring to the table and he's starting
to acclimate moves to improve my game and
810
00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:49.119
it really it hits home. He
doesn't come out and say it in practice,
811
00:59:49.199 --> 00:59:52.199
but I'm he'll show a move and
I'm like, Damn, that fits,
812
00:59:52.239 --> 00:59:54.960
that's like super similar to what I
do and whatnot, and I'll pull
813
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him aside and he's like yeah,
well, we're doing it to either a
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stop you from getting it, to
on all your training partners or be help
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you get this that you almost get
now. You'll be able to complete it.
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And I mean just that kind of
thought process. He does helps make
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everybody in the gym better, helps
make me better. Love it. I
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definitely want to thank them. I
want to wish my friend J boy,
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Jonathan Davis, who is about to
be fighting, I want to say,
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next Sunday on the fury pro card, good lucky. Are Pretty sure if
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he wins this fight he should be
getting a phone call from UFC here soon.
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So very excited, very excited,
excited for all of them. I
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wish all them the best. And
then they have definitely helped in. There's
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so many other people, so many
other people I training with around here,
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that are just great Houston, and
shout out to all of Houston. Answer
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it's up, man. That's what's
up, and we're like bro Listeners out
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there. You know. I know
you know, Mike. I've known you
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for a while. I know that
this this episode was a lot about you.
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Know, you know your history,
what you do, kind of like
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your thought process and everything. But
one thing is that I want to make
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sure that our listeners know isn't you
know? My capone is that guy when
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you get to the gym. My
capone is that guy who is is so
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humble. Yeah, he's computing what
he's doing, but he's humble at the
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same time. He welcomes everybody,
works with everybody. I mean he's a
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friendly face. When you go to
the gym, you want to be working.
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He's gonna put you to work,
he's gonna make you sweat. You
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know, he's gonna, you know, put it to you wait. You
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know, I he just has a
personality about him. So I don't want
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to get I don't want that to
get lost in you know. You know
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all the things my components, you
know, talked about today. You know,
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my great guy. You know,
I appreciate you coming on and take
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you some time out of your training
dad. You know. You know talk
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with us and listeners talk to you, man. So I really appreciate it.
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You appreciate you all happen to fight
again. Yeah, definitely, definitely.
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I really appreciate you all getting to
talk with you all. Mean Shit,
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missed miss you, man. Definitely
can't wait till we get to train
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again together. That it's fun stuff. I got a lot, a lot
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of love to show you. Looking
forward to a brother, looking forward to
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it. Yeah, we're definitely have
the planet trip out there. Oh,
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yes, yes, yes, please
do Houston. We're on our way.
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Good Luck, Mike. Look forward
to watching your match and watching you break
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limbs, ha ha. Thank you, thank you. Can't wait. April
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ten. Right, if there April
ten, it's going to be on a
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Sunday. I'll be the second fight
on the card. All right, all
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right, and you just let's know
when you're going to be on. Give
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us an information, man. Yes, sir, we'll definitely, will definitely
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be there. Yes, sir,
thank you. All right. Well,
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out with our out year. You
want to go ahead and take all our
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fiddles out there. This is our
show. Wrapping up today. I want
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to give a big thank you to
Mike Again, you know, for joining
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us today, giving us a little
inside onto the biking. You know he's
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01:03:01.199 --> 01:03:05.719
background and everything. You know that's
all about where he's going and what he's
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01:03:05.760 --> 01:03:08.880
doing. So good luck April ten. We look forward to hearing from you
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soon and take care of man.
Until next time, keep rolling, keep
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training, and we're here. It's
easier to this is the motivation.