Ninja Rob

On episode 168 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss some of their students competing in various events over the weekend and then break down a big weekend of fights with Mike Perry beating MVP in BKFC, Usyk defeating Joshua in boxing, and the wild UFC fights between Rockhold and Costa and Leon Edwards dramatic KO of Kamaru Usman. We talk fighter pay, free agency and sponsorship, who are the top 3 spinning back kickers on the planet, Tom Hardy competing in BJJ and we answer questions about how to train while injured, our favorite David vs Goliath fights and the first time we tapped a black belt

On episode 167 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss the UFC on Espn featuring Dominic Cruz and Marlon Vera and whether or not time and injuries have caught up to Cruz and when he should call it quits. Marco goes to Bob Evans for breakfast and we talk about Internet superstars Andrew Tate and Jake Paul potentially fighting. We revisit UFC fighter pay and Dana White claiming it will not be going up anytime soon. We share weight cutting advice and stories, how to stay sharp on the mat while recovering from injuries, and does no time limit matches have a place in modern grappling competition.

On episode 166 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss the UFC fights and talk about the Gordon Ryan vs Felipe Pena no time limit match and give our predictions for the historic no time limit match. We discuss Anthony Pettis admitting to tapping early because to collect a check and save himself for his next fight and if fighter structure has an influence on performance. We discuss the upcoming title fight between Periera and Adesanya and give our early predictions. We talk about the new Mike tyson documentary and how Mike tyson has come out against the hulu project. We talk about how interplanetary chorizo and whether or not space is real or just another big lie from NASA like the moon landing.

On episode 165 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss the UFC fights including Brandon Morenos tko of Kai Kara France, Derrick Lewis’ loss to a big Russian guy, and Amanda Nunes revenge win over Juliana Pena. We debate who would win in a street fight between Daniel Cormier and Mike Tyson and one of the Hellfish students competing in a semi sanctioned street fighting event called Street Beefs. We talk about virtual reality and We answer a question about the old adage “Never Judge a book by its cover” and how that applies to jiu jitsu students quitting or staying as well as how deceiving looks can be on the mat when it comes to skill and strength.

On episode 163 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss the UFC london event and recap some of the highlights like Molly Mcanns Ko win and Tom Aspinalls disappointing knee injury. We discuss Paddy Pimblets strange popularity and try to figure out what we are missing. JB meets a future UFC champion and we talk about how we would help him. We talk about the prevalence of Nazis in Jiu Jitsu, Marcos sons broken heart, fighter pay, how to avoid losing what you have gained from training while you’re injured, and the value of gym rivals that push you to get better.

On episode 163 Marco eat pizza and gets a flat tire from a one legged man, Jb meets a girl at the banya, and Tim gets sexually harrassed at starbucks. We talk about The UFC fights including the main event between Ortega and Rodriguez and Hellfish Black belt Bill Algeo vs Herbert Burns. We discuss the rising prices of espn plus, bad seminar experiences, the 3 submissions we would keep above all others, Gordon Ryans dominance in grappling, and how terrible no time limit grappling can be.We talk about our favorite places to get wings and geography.

On episode 162 Marco, Tim, and JB discuss Tims recent experience at a grappling industries event where his team took the overall adult team title. Tim Congratulates Marco on his team taking 84th place at the same event. We talk about Dos Anjos losing to Fiziev and  We say our goodbyes to James Caan and Paulie Walnuts, talk about Kyle Daukus’ facial injury and surgery and Jake Pauls new opponent. We answer questions about learning from lower belts, Is it better to roll with a timer of without a preset round time, and high risk self defense techniques like knife and gun disarms.

On episode 161 Marco, Tim tell JB about their appearance on another podcast that JB was not invited to. After rubbing it in his face we review the UFC fights and talk about each others predictions for the fights and we review Volkanovskis dominant win over Max Holloway. We discuss Mike Tysons comments about Conor Mcgregor vs Mayweather. We talk about living in the past and JBs time in the theater. We answer questions about hiding our martial arts backgrounds in conversation with strangers, is jumping guard to go for a guillotine the worst technique in MMA today, and do we teach lighter weight students different from heavier students. 

On episode 160 Marco, Tim, and JB tell some tales from the banya where Tim meets a Sambo champion and JB recounts how painful the interaction was to watch. Tim gives a review of the new Top Gun Film and goes over some of the highlights from the UFC on espn and what fighters were most impressive. We try to figure out an innovative submission from the PFL and we say goodbye to Tony Siragusa. We answer questions about what non combat sport would prepare someone best for combat sports, what was the best seminar we ever went to and who we would want to have teach a seminar at our schools.

Episode 159 is the Fathers/Juneteenth day extravaganza. Marco, Tim , and Jb talk some of the wild UFC knockouts over the weekend and some post fight controversy and then talk about our dads and things we learned from them as well as Marcos experience being a dad at a phillies game and meeting tastykake executives. We talk about stupid injuries we sustained outside of training. How we would fight a kangaroo and how we would submit them, is jiu jitsu becoming too “jock-ified”, we discuss jiu jitsu self defense, our favorite books, and what's for dinner