The Three Amigos are back with their 50th episode which features: a special guest host, two exciting fighters and the latest installment of the Weight List.
Welcome to your weekly dose of Three Amigos Podcast fun. This episode is loaded with great content, courtesy of our special guests, UFC middleweight contender, Gegard Mousasi and featherweight contender, Bubba Jenkins. We’ve also got the 17th installment of the Weight List with George Lockhart and our own Iain Kidd. As a special bonus of our landmark 50th episode, we’ve brought along UFC welterweight and rockstar media dude, Mike “the Truth” Jackson as our first ever guest host.
Here is a summary of each interview segment, complete with the time stamps for when each interview or special segment begins. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as we enjoyed recording it.
This week’s installment of the Weight List (segment starts at the 45:40 mark of the audio) focuses on:
One topic only this week, the dangerous weight cut of Dada 5000 and the likely culprit that contributed to his health crisis and subsequent hospitalization following his fight with Kimbo Slice on last weekend’s Bellator card.
If you have a question you’d like to submit to The Weight List Mailbag, please e-mail [email protected] or shoot him a tweet @iainkidd. You can also drop your question off on our Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/threeamigospodcast
UFC middleweight contender, Gegard Mousasi (interview starts at the 1:08:05 mark of the audio), stopped by to discuss:
-How the loss to Uriah Hall has affected him
-Id he’s made any changes in training
-What he knows of Leites (weaknesses)
-Training with Rico Verhoeven
-Thoughts on Ronda Rousey’s suicide comments
-If the UFC could benefit from a staff psychologist
-“Tainted supplement” excuses for failed drug tests
-Thoughts on RIZIN event
-Fights booked solely for entertainment value
-Free agency
-Reebok
-Judging issues and open scoring idea
-Motivation after over a decade in the sport
Bellator featherweight contender, Bubba Jenkins (interview starts at the 1:24:25 mark of the audio), sat in with the Amigos to discuss:
-How much time in a training camp is sufficient to perform optimally
-Thoughts on Yamauchi’s claims of being the best in the division
-How he assesses his career thus far
-Unique distinction of being a wrestling standout at not 1, but 2 powerhouse universities
-Thoughts on last weekend’s Bellator 149 card
-If he’s interested in fighting in RIZIN
-Rematch with Karakhanyan
-Spirituality
-Advice for other collegiate wrestlers looking to take the plunge into MMA
-1 change he would make for the betterment/advancement of the sport
-Role with TipAFighter
The hosts discussed:
–Rafael dos Anjos off UFC 196 due to injury
–Nate Diaz replacing dos Anjos against Conor McGregor
-The amazeballs Mystic Mac/Stockton Smoker press conference from Wednesday afternoon
-The aftermath from Bellator 149
-Dada 5000 health crisis
-Shamrock/Gracie disaster
-Thoughts on UFC Pittsburgh
-Mike Jackson’s backstage adventures at Bellator 149
-WSOF holding an event in a rec center with a volleyball game going on simultaneously
-68-year-old-woman fought and was viciously KOd
-Wandy wanting warmup fight before facing Fedor on a future RIZIN card
-Staff predictions update (Stephie still in the lead)
-Predictions for this weekend’s UFC and Bellator cards
-Mookie’s refusal to sleep without his trusty “binky’
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