This week Menace and The Man catch up with Menace's former manager for his fighting career, MMA OG, & producer for Chael Sonnens show Ryan Parsons. Then we catch up with boxing champion, nutritionist, published cook book author now turned promoter Chris Algieri. We also talk some more about Dennis Bermudez Day in the Town of Babylon, we preview this weekends UFC Washington D.C card & more.

About 8:35 in we call up Ryan Parsons. He is an OG in the MMA world and also partners with Chael Sonnen in Bad Guy Inc. We talk to him about his work with Chael, their podcast, his time working with MMA Legend Dan Henderson, we talk about the TRT days of MMA, we talk about Ben Askren's retirement, talk about his time managing Menace, we talk about Michael Bisping's comeback after being ko'ed by Dan Henderson, he tells us a funny story sparring with Dan Henderson, we talk about Conor McGregor vs Cowboy Cerrone, we talk some UFC 245, we get into Max Holloway vs Alex Volkanovski, talk about Colby Covington vs Kamaru Usman, what could be next for Jorge Masvidal, the fans constant love for the Diaz Brothers, we talk some Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson, we wind up oweing Doc about 20 bucks for his family swear jar and much more.

Around 1:11:45 we call up Chris Algieri. Chris was going to come in studio but got a little hung up with his first foray into promoting December 5th at Terminal 5 in NYC. We talk to Chris about getting into the promoting game, his unique mixture of night life meets combat sports, a guy he works with fighting on the card, we talk about trying to get Menace to the show on a Thursday, Chris meeting Menace's kids over the summer, we talk about the Dennis Bermudez Day Bar Crawl, we talk street fighting tactics, Menace abusing Stan the Man when he makes a mistake on the show, we plan some topics for next week when Chris is gonna come in studio such as Ruiz vs Joushua rematch, the Wilder vs Fury rematch, what can be done about the recent deaths in boxing and much more.

We end the show preview UFC's upcoming Washington D.C card, give some more info on December 13th's Dennis Bermudez Day Bar Crawl, we talk about rumors of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Zhang Weili and more.

Hope you enjoy!

Joey Beltran Interview from Episode 57

BMX Pro Joey Albright from Episode 57

This week Menace and The Man catch up with some friends. We talk to Bare Knuckle Fighting heavyweight Champion Joey Beltran, retired Pro BMX rider Joey Albright and Long Island Strength & Performance's Rob Labiento joins us in studio.

We open the show talking about some recent news. We get into No Nut November, some recent fight bookings and more.

About 32:25 in Rob Labiento joins us in studio. Rob is the owner of Long Island Strength & Performance. He was Stan the Mans strength coach once upon a time & worked with Menace for majority of his fight career. We talk some Dennis Bermudez Day, we talk about our friend Babylon Town Supervisor Rich Schaffer, Rob tried the new G Fuel RTD cans, we talk about Robs new baby and more.

Around 43:10 we call up Joey Beltran. We had a little confusion on the time so we interrupt some of Joey's training sessions but he is gracious enough to give us some time. We talk to Joey about his recent win in Bareknuckle Fighting, becoming the champ, we talk about working with the Mental Sensei Caleb Rogers, we talk about fighting on the same card recently as his lady, becoming the Police Gazette Diamond Heavyweight Champ, when we can expect to see him back in action, where you can find him if you want to train with him & much more.

We then talk to Rob Labiento some more for a few. We joke about some drinking stories, talk more about Dennis Bermudez Day and more.

Around 1:15:35 we call up Menace's friend Joey Albright. Joey is a retired Pro BMX racer and father to a Pro Motocross Rider. We talk some funny street fight stories, we talk about the BMX days, what that sport of Pro BMX is like, growing up in upstate NY, we talk about some injuries he has gotten riding over the years, supporting his sons Motocross career, talk some motocross, the science behind motocross, we talk about his buddy Dean who is Menace's older brother and much more.

Hope you enjoy!

Ben Askren Interview from Episode 56

Johnny Bedford Interview from Episode 56

This week we talk with undefeated Bare Knuckle boxing champion Johnny Bedford & recently retired UFC fighter Ben Askren.

We open the show talking about the Gentleman's Den barber shop in Bellmore, NY as well as we discuss the upcoming Dennis Bermudez Day December 13th in the Town of Babylon, NY. We start talking some Bare Knuckle Boxing and then call up Bedford.

About 4:36 in we call up Johnny Bedford. We talk to Johnny about what would of happened had there been any fights in the house on TUF 14, we talk about his recent win over Felony Charles Bennett, his thoughts on the fight, dealing with Felony's trash talk, how he felt moving up to 145lbs, wanting to fight Artem Lobov, his thoughts on a fight with Jason Knight, Felony smoking blunts to cut weight for the fight, he tells us about his gym "Fitness Fight Factory" in Texas, he gives us a tour of the gym, we talk to Johnny about promoting Menace in BJJ, the upcoming Bare Knuckle schedule and much more.

Around 44:05 we call up Ben Askren. We tried for some video but the internet connection was too weak as Ben was driving. We talk to Ben about his recent retirement, Menace talks about how he can relate to retiring from fighting, we talk some wrestling, the love for competition, the differences between high level wrestling vs high level MMA, Menace talks about retiring twice, we talk about Ben's podcasts, we talk crypto currency, Ben & Stan the Man argue about Phil Baroni getting paid in bitcoin by One Championship, we talk about 2009 when Menace & Ben started fighting, we talk about Bo Nickal vs Gordon Ryan, Ben tells us an old school story about visting AKA back in the day with Daniel Cormier, we talk some Aaron Pico and much more.

We end the show talking about Ben's retirement, the hip surgery he needs, Chael Sonnen's recent story about Pat Cummins fighting Daniel Cormier on a weeks notice, we talk about wanting to get Mayhem Miller on the show, we recap some UFC Sao Paulo, talk some MMA judging, we talk a little Katlyn Chookagian vs Valentina Shevchenko and more.

Hope you enjoy!

Shane Burgos Interview from Episode 55

This week Menace and The Man talk to Tiger Schulmann's fighter & UFC featherweight "Hurricane" Shane Burgos fresh off a win at UFC 244. We tried to group chat with him & UFC welterweight Lyman Good but skype wouldnt let it happen. We will get Lyman on next week because he had to teach a class.

About 2:40 in, we get Shane on skype. Fresh off a win at UFC 244, Shane is an MMA fanatic so we talk about a lot with him. We talk about his win streak, talk UFC 244, we talk about fighters chins, fighting out his current contract, we talk Demian Maia's win over Ben Askren, some of his plans when he is done with his fight career, fighters turned commentators, we talk about the OG Yves Edwards, we talk some MMA history, Pride Fighting Championships, we talk the BMF belt, what Jorge Masvidal could do next, his thoughts on UFC 245, his thoughts on Covington vs Usman, Jose Aldo moving down to 135, everyone cutting the line ahead of Aljamain Sterling at 135, we talk about Jon Jones next potential fight, his favorite fighters to watch, family life, Dennis Bermudez day and much more.

We close the show talking about December 13th being Dennis Bermudez Day. We are planning a bar crawl on Long Island. We talk about Nick Diaz talking about a return, talk some more about what Jorge Masvidal could do next, we talk some Usman vs Covington, we talk some UFC Sao Paulo and much more.

Hope you enjoy!

Randa Markos Interview from Episode 54