HIGH-LEVEL MMA TALK IN STUDIO

Tim "Red Hawk" Welch is joined by the UFC Champion head coach Eric Nicksick. The boys go deep on coaching at the highest level, UFC 313 magomed Ankalaev vs Alex Pereira, Justin Gaethje vs Rafael Fiziev, Sean Strickland vs DDP 2, holding pads for Francis Ngannou and more!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

0:16 PrizePicks Code TIMBO

0:52 Tim Teaches Eric About Nicotine Pouches

1:05 Tim and Eric’s Horrible Nicotine Experiences as Kids

1:51 Eric’s Podcast Verse Us

3:14 How to Fire Up and Motivate Your Fighters

4:19 Eric’s Reaction to Tim’s Corner Advice vs. Merab

5:28 How Eric Structures Pro Practices at Xtreme Couture

8:10 Hard Sparring at Xtreme Couture

9:42 How to Create Leaders

11:11 How Eric Coaches So Many Fighters

12:31 The Problem with the UFC Apex

13:14 The Sacrifice of Coaching

15:08 VIIA Code TIM

15:48 The Power of Accountability

16:10 Tim and Eric’s Mentor Struggle with Mental Health

18:38 Common Mistakes of High-Level MMA Coaches

19:36 Eric’s Best Fighter Who Never Made the UFC

21:17 Losses Changing Fighters

22:03 MMA is the Most BRUTAL Sport in the World

24:00 How to Help Fighters Overcome Prefight Nerves

25:45 Stopping Hard Sparring in the Gym

26:54 Eric’s Unique Sparring Practice at Xtreme Couture

27:47 Turning Away Fighters from the Gym

29:33 Eric Coached Khamzat Chimaev at Xtreme Couture

30:39 Khamzat Chimaev vs Du Plessis BREAKDOWN

32:10 Strickland vs Du Plessis 2 BREAKDOWN

33:44 Eric and Strickland’s Beef Post DDP 2

35:55 The 3 Attributes of Every Fighter

37:11 Randy Couture was ELITE

37:47 Does Eric Do Any Drugs?

38:53 Eric’s Training Schedule

39:55 Merab vs Suga 2 BREAKDOWN

40:54 Cornering Ngannou vs Tyson Fury

42:13 The Secret Ngannou’s HUGE Skill Improvement

46:28 Holding Pads for Ngannou is PAINFUL…

47:30 Do Stem Cells Work?

48:09 Ankalaev vs Pereira BREAKDOWN

54:13 Fiziev vs Gaethje BREAKDOWN

55:07 Advice for Fighters After Getting Cut From the UFC

56:51 Eric’s First Coach

57:06 Balancing Coaching and GM of the Gym

58:11 How to Run a Successful MMA Gym

1:01:48 Eric’s Investing Strategies

1:02:59 How Coaches Get Paid

1:04:42 Some “High Level” Coaches Suck…

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