Ninja Rob

On episode 178 Marco, Tim, and JB recap the UFC fights and the Boxing match between Anderson Silva and Jake Paul. We take a deep dive into the WNBA and come up with a few ways for them to increase their viewership. Marco is the victim of a hit and run and helps a blind woman cross the street. We answer questions about the best way to make friends as an adult, should you avoid bigger training partners if you're small and weak and stoners culture in bjj.

On episode 177 Marco, Tim, and JB debate the value of the weekly check in and we recap the big fights from UFC 280 between Oliviera and Makhachev, Yan and O’malley, and Dilishaw vs Sterling. We talk about UFC fighters being prohibited from gambling on all fights, should slap fighting be added to UFC events, bears vs wrestlers, a bouncy ball vs Unicycle, and we answer questions about sambo vs bjj in grappling and MMA, our current and all time dream match ups in mma and grappling, what moments led us to our life long martial arts journey, and what were our shittiest jobs.

On episode 176 Marco, Tim, tell JB about their experiences at the grappling industries event where Tims Hellfish team soundly defeated Marcos NJMA squad in the team rankings. We talk about the highlights of the event and then we talk about some of the UFC fights and we give our predicts on the big fights coming up. We bumped into long time listener and question contributor Nicky Paps at the competition and he asks for more information on the enigmatic JB, so we spend some time getting to know our intrepid MC. Tims wife Niki sends in a question that makes the podcast ask themselves some tough questions.

On episode 175  Marco, Tim, and JB talk about Marcos journey through the dark underbelly of the philadelphia espresso world in his new career as a social media influencer. We talk some celebrity boxing and we answer some questions about what olympic/NCAA/professional wrestlers would have dominated had they transitioned to mma, we also tackle the thorny issue of  gender fart gap in jiu jitsu. 

On episode 174 Marco, Tim, and JB talk about the rumors of Mark Zuckerberg renting out an entire UFC fight night event for himself. We talk about how the UFC will look without Dana White in command, is Bo Nickal the biggest prospect in MMA and who should he fight next in the UFC, rumors of Jake Paul getting into mma, Jose Aldo retiring, Pro wrestling and MMA Icon Antonio Inoki expiring, cheating in fishing tournaments, Tales from the Banya, Marco considers converting to Islam, and we answer a question about getting choked unconscious.

On episode 173 Marco, Tim, and JB talk about Floyd Mayweathers recent exhibition match in Japan. Tim goes to a funeral and some muay thai fights to corner his students. We talk about internet beef between Gordon Ryan and Luke Rockhold, and Daniel Cormier and Nate Diaz. We talk about how Dana White is fighting the  homeless crisis, Jake Paul getting sued, training wrestling to improve jiu jitsu and what is the best way to train your hands for combat.

On episode 172 Marco, Tim, and JB pay our respects to a former student of NJMA and overall good guy that recently passed away. After that we recap a big weekend of UFC fights, ADCC, matches and Tims camping trip. We talk about the upsets at adcc and predict the finals for the weight classes and then we discuss tipping, what you should be training to win a streetfight, could Mike Tyson beat Bruce Lee, and we give our rules for the Banya.

On episode 171 Marco turns 50 and celebrates with JB and Tim by recapping the UFC 279 fights between Chimaev and Holland and Nate Diaz win over Tony Ferguson. We talk about the fights and the series of events of missed weight and backstage brawls that lead up to the event. Marco gets an early birthday present at the banya and we say our goodbyes to the queen of england. We talk about what we have learned from our biggest losses in competition and life and we rank 3 of the top BJJ competitors from best to least best.

On episode 170 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss what defines breakfast and what separates it from brunch, lunch and dinner. Tim loses a toenail, but still manages to show up for the podcast to talk about some of the UFC fight night in paris and the main event between Gane and Tuivasa and Marco cant stop talking about Tims meat. We try to help one of our favorite listeners get started with the transition from sport bjj to mma. We answer questions about the most brutal joint locks, how to prioritize a new technique in drilling and our favorite limb breaks in mma.

On episode 169 Marco, Tim, and JB argue about the right way to handle getting submitted by a training partner. We talk about some Hellfish students big wins at the men of war pro grappling event and Marco throwing a new student out of NJMA. There were no UFC fights this week, so we recap some of the fights from ONE FC including Demitrious Johnsons fantastic revenge KO and Marcus Buchechas win via heelhook. We talk about weight cutting and weight classes, Tex Johnson suing Orlando sanchez and others for an illegal slam in competition, Tim gets a voicemail from a listener, and we answer a question about the new generation of fighters.