Ninja Rob

In episode 188 Marco, Tim, and JB are back from a long break. Marco tries to gaslight the audience by blaming the lack of podcast episodes on Tim. We say our goodbyes to Tims dog El Guapo and some other guy. We discuss the UFC LHW title fight between Jamhal Hill and Glover Texiera and the upcoming fight between Jon Jones and Cyril Gane for the HW title. We talk about outrageous lies we have told and been told. We talk about lapel guards and how to make it as a professional grappler.

In episode 186 Marco, JB, and Tim are back for the first podcast of 2023. We all check in with our christmas and holiday adventures, and in a vacuum of MMA fights, we discuss some boxing and the recent Tank Davis fight and his upcoming match with Ryan Garcia. We talk about Dana White getting slapped by his wife and Phil Baroni killing his girlfriend and we take a stand against domestic violence. We say goodbye to some legends of rally car racing and soccer and we discuss Jake Paul signing with the PFL for an mma fight. We also answer a question about how our students would fare in a post apocalyptic situation.

Originally aired 8/4/2020
Episode 64 is the origin story of Ninja Rob. We are joined by dear friend of the show, the enigmatic man known only as JB. He gives us the history of podcasts namesake, the Camden NJ street ninja Rob. We get insight into the man behind the legend and the history of his martial arts training. We also talk some recent mma news and traditional martial arts as well as how Martial arts training differs between various neighborhoods.

In episode 185  Marco, JB, and Tim recap the last UFC event of 2022 and talk about some stats from the IBJJF nogi world championship and we discuss leg free athlete Zion Clarks MMA debut vs a full person. We discuss differently abled people participating in sports and we read a nice review from a listener. We answer question about teaching classes and our favorite fighting films.

In episode 184 Marco, JB, and Tim recap UFC 282 and discuss the fights between Topuria and Mitchell, Pimblett vs Gordon and Blachowicz vs Ankalaev. We discuss living a life with the acceptance of death, when to teach kids they’re going to die and we answer questions about having a guy for everything that we have met through training bjj, when did we feel like we started to “get it” when it comes to bjj, how long will it take for the average person to get a blackbelt in bjj, and would we rather get a silver in our weight class or a bronze in the absolute in adcc. 

In episode 183 Marco, JB, and Tim recap some of the UFC fight night fights and discuss Alex Periera moving to light heavyweight, James Krause being canceled from MMA for gambling Marco visits a small town theater, plays old school video games, and non violently protests the customer service at Sprouts. We talk about Roger Gracie on Lex Fridman and  we answer questions about footsweeps for nogi jiu jitsu and we discuss what we want on our Tombstones

In episode 182 Marco, JB, and Tim take a deep dive into thanksgiving. We come to an agreement that khabib is not the GOAT thanks to Ariel Helwani. We talk about internet nerds shitting on Gordon Ryans lifting routine. We talk about Gi vs Nogi for beginners and we discuss what happens when GOATS like Gordon Ryan, Flloyd Mayweather, MJ, and GSP retire. We share the most valuable lessons we have learned from BJJ and how we would hide our lottery winnings from friends and family

In episode 181 Marco, JB, and Tim take a deep dive into the romance novel world and attend a book signing and the ladies in attendance swoon over Marco and Tim. We talk the UFC fights and say goodbye to rumble johnson. Marco has a messy experience in the banya toilet and we discuss locker room nudity. We talk about doing the right thing, how much money is too much money, and we answer questions about promotions in jiu jitsu and rule changes to the UFC.

In episode 180 Marco, JB, and Tim talk UFC 281 and the wild fights between Chandler and Poirier, Hooker vs Pulles, Edgar vs Gutierez and the main event between Peiriera and Adesanya. We discuss what Peirieras win means for the middleweight division and what is next for Adesanya. We talk about the downward spiral of Dominic Reyes, we say goodbye to Gallagher and the sledgeomatic, and we answer questions about why students start training and if we could trade our martial arts skill for any other skill, what would it be.

In episode 179  Marco goes to the beach and Tim goes to the bathroom. We discuss proper #2 etiquette. We recap some of the fights from UFC fight night and give our predics for Adesanya vs Pereira. We take a look at a new tactical grappling sport from brazil and we talk about a 16 year old ripping submissions in competition. We debate the utility of focus in training and we rank the 3 best action films of all time.