This week Chris Wade joins us in studio, we call up CES MMA flyweight champion Blaine Shutt & we talk with the American Gangster from West Linn, Oregon Chael Sonnen.
We finally get Chris Wade on the show. We almost had him on for Episode 26 but we didnt know how to work our equipment yet. We talk about Menace's love for hitting random people for fun when he is drunk, we talk about the recent Diego Sanchez fight, his new coach, leaving the UFC for the PFL, we talk about his problems in the UFC, his manager Ali Abdelaziz, and much more.
About 27:45 we get CES flyweight champion Blaine Shutt on. Blaine trained with alot of the same people Menace did on the way up and recently won the CES belt. We talk to him about where he is training, working with AKA, his plans after winning the belt, watching Khabib & Daniel Cormier always playing games with each other, Menace tells a funny story about DC at the barber shop, fighting in CES alongside John Gotti, the time John broke Stan the Man's leg, he teases us with some upcoming fight details and more. We get Blaine back on at the end.
About 39:30 in we get on Chael Sonnen. We talk to Chael about getting into the fight promotion game, tag team jiu jitsu matches, he complements the G Fuel studio, we talk about family life, coaching kids wrestling, wrestling dads, we talk about the possibility of Gregor Gillespie vs Islam Makhachev, we talk about Gregor's skill set vs Khabib, we talk about Chris Wades fight vs Islam Makhachev, Chael tells us the art of promoting yourself as a fighter, we talk about the recent Diego Sanchez controversy, we talk about the Jones-Reyes decision, we talk about the upcoming Submission Underground card and much more.
We talk to Chris Wade some more after Chael. We talk about our upcoming event, the possibility of Chris grappling at our show, and more.
Around 1:29:20 we get Blaine Shutt back on for a few. We tell Blaine about our upcoming show, we talk hot wings, we talk video games, Menace tells us a training with Tim Boetsch story, we talk to Blaine about his next fight, coming to Long Island for some training, his dating life and more.
Then we close the show talking some more with Chris Wade. We talk about his gripes with the UFC, him being in a better place with the PFL, the UFC athlete retreat a few years ago, we talk the politics in fighting, fighters who have spoken out against the UFC, we talk about some fighters getting shafted, we talk about Sage Northcutt, Menace tells us a funny story of Michael Johnson buying underage Sage some shots, we talk some more about the upcoming New York Combat Championships & more.
Hope you enjoy!