Caged Minds

LFA 84 headliner Jake "The Working Man" Childers joins Mika Frankl to talk about facing Justin Gonzales for the vacant LFA lightweight championship. Jake talks about his excitement to fight in the audience-less environment. We also get into Jake's wrestling background and his passion for fighting. Jake tells me about his team at Central Illinois Combat Club and his extensive amateur career. We also touch on his crazy finishes of Jamey Simmons at LFA 70 & Nate Richardson at LFA 82. Plus, what will it take to win the title July 10th.

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Coming off a decision win over Mark De La Rosa, Jordan Esinposa talks to Mika Frankl about how the fight played out, who & where he'd like to fight   next.  Espinosa also talks about what fight week and fight night was like inside the bubble. Then we get to what the celebration meal and vacation where like. Jordan also talks about trash talking on social media and much more. 

Aaron “jiggy” Reese is my guest. The JacksonWink Fighter made his pro debut nine months ago at CES 58. The fight did not go his way, but Reese did learn a lot that night and shares some of his knowledge; and talks about what the experience was like. July 31 at RUF 39, Reese will be back in the cage facing Enzo Perez. We talk about the upcoming fight and what Aaron has done to improve. Aaron also shares his excitement for having and eight-week camp for RUF 39 and what training was like during the pandemic.  Also. what the atmosphere is like as the gyms are opening more. Plus, it’s summertime and for Aaron it brings up the toughness he picked up during summers of wrestling camps. Reese also talks about changes he’s made with his mentality and becoming a better teammate.

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Mika Frankl is joined by cagedminds.com Boxing correspondent Josh Herrera the Owner of Santa Fe Lights Out Boxing. We cover Top Ranks Boxing recent shows on ESPN. We touch on how Covid-19 protocols have worked. We talk about the biggest headlines in the Boxing world and talk about when we should see a show here in New Mexico again.  

Ryan "Superman" Spann the number 13 ranked contender in the UFC's light-heavyweight division joins Mika Frankl to talk about his eight-fight win streak and who he tried to fight, who he'd like to fight, and when he wants to fight again. Spann also talks about what he went through having three fights cancelled being fighting Sam Alvey at UFC 249.  We touch on the fight with Alvey and what if the no audience was the same feeling has his fights on the Contender Series. We also touch on what fighter Ryan like to watch, what videos games hes playing, and his team at Fortis MMA. 

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June 20th Travis Foster faces Kyron Bowen in the main event MFC 8 “Mardi Gras Fight Night II”. Foster talks about his preparation for this fight. We also touch on his March win in the Boxing. During the Covid-19 pandemic we’ve each had our own experience and way of dealing, Travis talks about what he did and how he has grown as a person. Foster does not hold back about being the underdog on June 20th.