Mind Raid with The Koch Brothers

Jesse Lennox comes prepared for battle and sounds a horn of forewarning before drilling deep. What also happens is I wander off a few times. Ill admit it, I am a sucker for wandering conversations and improper grammar.

I find conversations more genuine when the interviewer is well prepared and the interviewee completely under prepared. This was the case and I had a delightful time.

Coming up next? Erik and I potentially at our most shameful lows. One trash talk podcast to rule them all. Because I am almost 40, and we are up above it.

Erik Koch, Juan Roman and Keoni Koch discuss:

- Alien ideas

- Cosmic Natural Selection

- Hybridization

- Gray Matters

- Government Conspiracy

- Video production ineptitude

Put on your thinking caps, tin foil hats and headphones because there is no decent video of this little gem. Thoughtful and friendly debate encouraged. And yes.....believe it or now we are already aware of the slight mistakes. We left them in.

Jesse Lennox is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC and trained at the world renowned Militech Fighting Systems at the peak of their success.

Before that he wandered into a strangers basement and had his first experience in the then gritty and underground world of mixed martial arts with four brothers of the sword at Hybrid Faction Combat Club. A group of five men with no formal training that would rise through the regional and national combat fighting circuit with nothing more than determination, resourcefulness and mid-western grit.

Jesse completes the story of the Hybrid Faction Combat Club and gives his perspective and lessons from the often misunderstood sport of MMA during its early development.

Jesse now proudly serves our community on the Cedar Rapids Fire Department and helps coach the Hard Drive Wrestling Club where his Maddox carries on in dads footsteps.

Mind Raid host Keoni Koch sits down with the first of the five Hybrid Faction Combat Club teammates and also served as the first of the four to begin training in "The Dungeon".

Devon recounts lessons learned, pivotal MMA bouts and updates us on his ascension to angler god status. Ever humble and always funny, "Debo" gives his perspective on early MMA before we speak to our final gues next episode. Team mate and UFC Veteran Jesse "The Ox" Lennox.

Beau Laughridge is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu National Champion, a retired professional mixed martial artist and a proud father of two.

Beau was the final piece of the Hybrid Faction Combat Club, a five man fight team of self trained martial artists some of whom would go on to compete in the UFC.

Beau continues to train and coach at Hard Drive Performance Center and has now been a martial artists and one of our best friends for well over a decade.

We talk about telemarketing at McLeoUSA, training in "The Dungeon" and wrap our final 30 minutes with predictions of the upcoming McGregor vs Cerrone bout and perspectives shared on recent tensions in Iran.