Ben and I sit talk about Tattoos and their evolution of the past 20 years. Ben has been a professional artist for 20 plus years and is also very active in his community, and has been in the forefront of tattoo safety and awareness here in New Mexico.

First interview since having my baby, I talk with a fellow IRAQ Marine father to be Johnny Grulet. He and I share personal experiences we witnessed in the very beginning of the IRAQ war. How our lives have evolved, our  outlooks, and the peace we fine in the chaos that is Grappling.

Hey everyone, Jason here! So full on spoiler alert, this is my summary of the Movie dark Phoenix and the total asshat that was the X-MEN Movies. AGAIN SPOILER WARNING.

The turd that came back from the ashes of its own self destruction.

Rhiannon Sanchez (@rhiannonsanchez), local influencer, fight fan and fun person to hang with, joins us for a chat. Topics include Just what does a Chick-fil-a combo cost? Snow leopards in ABQ zoo, Polar Bears do live in Alaska, doing a triathlon, bad drivers, poor excuses for not appearing in court, Jason hates Santa Fe, Rhiannon loves Meow Wolf which now has concerts (and different dimensions), we enjoyed the Fyre festival documentary on Netflix, the new Anthony Jeselnik new stand-up special is great, Jason hasn’t seen Stranger Things, do-jitsu, UFC, Connor's warm up routine, who's ducking who? Diaz Brothers, fave fighters, we like Invicta’s Tracy Cortez soon to appear on the Contender Series, and ab-inspiration Jinh Hei Yu-Fre, Denver decriminalises Psilocybin, micro-dosing for depression, neuroplasticity described by an idiot and using the instagram filters to make yourself laugh first. Thanks Rhiannon for bringing your good vibes to the garage, lets talk more MMA soon!

Hey guys so here I am giving my thoughts on the entire season and finale of Game of Thrones. I knocked out about all but two episodes of the entire Series in about 2 weeks.

We love Chris (DGS 006); he puts words together nice. So we had him back on the the show to go deep into the influences and philosophies of George R. R. Martin, creator of epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire. This episode was recorded before the finale of Game of Thrones but we think you’ll enjoy both Chris’ scholarly reading of the source material accompanied by Jason’s more emotional response.

 Links and Resources

About those 80’s Twilight Zone Episodes by George R.R. Martin

Max Headroom - Art of Noise “Paranoimia” featuring Max Headroom music video 1986

Beauty and the Beast - Opening Titles (no really, you should watch this) starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton 1987

Animated Hobbit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1977_film)

Animated Lord of the Rings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(1978_film) Ralph Bakshi

The Dark Tower movie (disappointing 2017 Stephen King movie adaptation by Dir. Ron Howard, rumoured to be re-imagined by Amazon Studios)

HBO classics Six Feet Under and Deadwood (not mentioned but .. Deadwood fans, new movie out now!)

How much does it cost to produce a Game of Thrones Episode? (between $6-$10 million per episode)

Fact Check: Brits Nina Gold (interviewed by The Guardian) and Robert Stern were the GOT casting directors. We salute you.

Chris defends Dani’s final choices, refuting a simple “madness” theory

What was The War of the Roses?

The Red Wedding massacre was inspired by Scottish history, including the “Black Dinner” and the “Massacre of Glencoe”

Zeitgeist the movie triggers people

Fact Check: The original quote is “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” by George Santayana in The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906) Jason is thinking of Paul Harvey a talk radio pioneer on the ABC networks.

Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" Farewell Speech

Why is there so much cynicism in Martin’s work? It’s about the Power, the Ring, the Throne...

The crappy 4th novel vs Song of Ice and Fire - why the success now? Right place, right time?

George Soros, Dick Cheney, Trump, your congressman, influence and power...the power of the unseen hand.

The Kindest Man in Westeros - Ramsey re-edit on Youtube

Dr Roman Velasquez of Neuro Peak Performance (youtube, web, insta) joins Jason to get cerebral with an investigation of what the science of brain performance can bring to the combat sports professional.

Topics include Jason getting the gym record on millisecond times for accurate punches, the brain is electrochemical energy patterns, using an Emotiv EEG headset, Jason scores high on his stress scores, turn your fear into excitement, handicapping with strobe glasses, HRV, PTSD and using your emotional intelligence, the stress of a re-match, Donald Cerrone's honesty about pre-match stress, ‘the pituitary gland is the bartender of the brain’, why Andrés Bullet Quintana is the king of mental cools, Andrés’ next Combate Americas fight in New Mexico, how brain training is the strength and conditioning of the future, how can we make people deal with their own insecurities, Camp (porno?) Horno, Huey Helicopters, a shifty defence counselor in the Marine Corp, how can we help each other as veterans, shut the fuck up Mondays, why everyone should focus on innovation, Roman's books (email him for free e-books) or buy Top Leadership Habits on Amazon. And drink more water, your brain will thank you.

Jordan ‘Chino’ Espinosa UFC men’s flyweight fails to be baited by Jason proving he might just be the chillest dude in the UFC. They discuss UFC behind the scenes, being a math nerd, the hilarity of trig, being 'kinda hood' in Memphis, how selfies are the worst thing to look at two years after you do them, the Google measles outbreak, the Shevchenko sisters compared, Rose vs Jessica, how Jason is a conversational vampire, what’s wrong with Captain Marvel, everyone hates Bree Larson, how Anime is like watching porn, Dragonball Z, 80’s cartoons tell you not to not to touch a smelly dog, the Pokemon franchise and Ben Affleck’s penis.

Links and Resources

Jordan Espinosa vs Nick Urso (fight pass needed),  that Snoopcast (fight pass needed),  Jordan Espinosa vs Eric Shelton (clips), those tiger skin shorts and again,rug rat undies, Donald Cerrone and Jason outside the toilet trailer, don’t ask Arianny Celeste for a photo even though she’s smokin' hot, Jordan’s fave math teacher John Thayer (he wrote a book! Confessions of an Anarchist Math Teacher), separated at birth Jim Kelly and Jordan with an afro, that Target Christmas party grey sweater, Google campus gets the measles, Adam Ruins Everything on the Joe Rogan podcast, Adam's TV clip says alpha males don’t exist  but on the podcast Joe disagrees, Antonina vs Roxanne Modafferi (clips), Valentina Shevchenko vs Priscila Cachoeira (clips), Valentina Shevchenko vs Julianna Pena (full fight),  Frankie Edgar vs Benson Henderson UFC 144 UFC (full), Frankie Edgar Vs Benson Henderson UFC 150 (full), Jason collecting them all with Cyborg, how many blowjobs is this worth? Captain Marvel (trailer), Bree Larson on Jimmy Kimmel, Director of Thor Ragnarok , Vegeta, Debra Fucking Morgan - Dexter montage, FACT CHECK Jordan is correct - a Pokemon video game was released first in 1996, hence the first cartoon opens on a frame of the pokemon game,Mos Def talks about Yugioh, The Town (dir. Ben Affleck) 2010 trailer, in 2012 Ben Affleck directed and starred in Argo, which won Best Picture, FACT CHECK Likely Jordan is thinking of Gone Girl (dir David Fincher 2014) when Affleck showed his penis.

Math movies

Higher Learning (trailer)

21 (trailer) 

New anime

15 sickest fights in My Hero Academia (montage) 

Ultraman (Netflix trailer 2019) 

Hunter X Hunter (extended trailer 2016) 

80’s cartoons with morals

Original He-Man’s Lesson Montage 

Spoof GI Joe PSA’s remastered

Professional Muay Thai fighter Whitney Tobin and partner (in life and training) Andrew McGrath join Jason to talk Muay Thai, favourite fight movies and more Muay Thai. We're pleased to announce that the weekend after this recording Whitney was victorious as the new Lion Fights Women’s North American Super Bantamweight champion! Find out about Whitney's global training journey, fighter prep Thai style, sticky rice and tuk tuks, being an MT purist in a town obsessed with MMA, weight cuts and snickers bars, underground sparring teams, and how good people will always find you. It all comes down to the Muay Thai ... and kickboxers; you don't get to say that word.

​Links and Resources

Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Valentina Shevchenko ​ Muay Thai or kickboxing? Loma Lookboonmee of the MT sweeps with Invicta, Shout out to Orange County Kickboxing, Michael's secret stuff from Space Jam,Nikki Garcia wins her fight, as does "Cynthia" (actually called Celeste), Candyman the Cutman, Rebellion Muaythai - Saemapetch Fairtex vs Tyler Hardcastle (full fight), ONE FC, ONE FC Grand Prix in May 2019 lineup, Making weight, Mackenzie Dern weight fail also Kyra Batata weight fail , Andres Quintana wins Combate Americas, Gabi Garcia vs. Barbara Nepomuceno (full fight), 2015 Jorina Baars Goes to War With Cris Cyborg (full fight), Jason’s Ode to Valentina on instagram, Superstar boxer Claressa Shields, Suga Sean's failed drug test

 

Jason’s funny fighters to follow

Derrick Lewis 

Mark Hunt 

Max Holloway 

Nate Diaz 

 

Fight films inspiration

Ong Bak (fight scene) 

Raid Redemption (fight scene) 

Bloodsport (fight scene) 

Conan the Barbarian (trailer) 

Last of the Mohicans (1992 trailer) 

The Barbarian Brothers (1987 clips of the twin body builders) 

Double Dragon (1993 trailer) 

Big Trouble in Little China (trailer) 

13 Assassins (trailer) 

The late Brandon Lee (fight compilation) 

Ernie Reyes Jnr (fight compilation) 

Michael Jai White (fight compilation) 

Blade (opening scene with Wesley Snipes) 

Keanu Reeves is the Tom Cruise of martial arts (John Wick 2 training with Machado brothers)

Johnny Mnemonic 1995 trailer "I can carry nearly 80 gigs of data in my head" 

Tom Cruise and his own stunts, the Mission Impossible 6 ankle break 

Michael Mann's films 

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