Ricardo Almeida is a black belt in brazilian Jiujitsu under Renzo Gracie and owns a school in New Jersey. He is a former pro MMA fighter and pro jiujitsu competitor. He has competed successfully in the UFC and even won the prestigious King of Pancrase title. He focuses a lot of his time running his school in NJ and coaching some of the top fighters in the UFC like Frankie Edgar, Edson Barboza, and current LightWeight champion Eddie Alvarez. He is now known for coaching top jiujitsu competitors such as Tom Deblass, Garry Tonon, and Gordon Ryan.

Topics:

-Renzo Gracie stories

-training Frankie, Eddie, and other pro mma fighters

-how he trains in Jiujitsu and what has made him successful

-the state of sports jiujitsu and MMA

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On this episode we talk to the CoFounder of American Top Team, Ricardo Liborio. Libo is a legend in jiujitsu earning his black belt from another legend, Master Carlson Gracie. He cofounded and currently teaches at ATT. ATT is one of the worlds leading mixed martial arts academies. It is home to former UFC champion Robbie Lawler, as well as some of the top contenders in the sport. Ricardo's teachings and philosophies have spread world wide. He is one of the leaders in the Jiujitsu community. He had a successful jiujitsu competition career winning the IBJJF Worlds and 2nd in ADCC.

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On this episode we breakdown fights from last weekends UFC Fight Night and future match ups in the upcoming months.

We Discuss:

-Our crazy bomb scare story from NYC

-Dustin Poirier vs Michael Johnson

-Urijah Hall vs Derek Brunson

-Evan Dunham vs Rick Glenn

-JOhn Dodson vs John Lineker event

-BJ Penn vs Ricardo Lamas

-UFC at Madison Square Garden

-Wonderboy Thompson vs Champ Tyron Woodley

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On this episode we talk to ONNIT ACADEMY coach Cristian Plascencia. Cris specializes in movement and durability training (as he describes). He knows the ins and outs of the body and trains people to perform at their maximum potential. He has a page on the OnDemand Onnit Academy website where you can find all his workouts!

We discuss:

-athlete diet

-exercise essentials

-exercise correctives

-importance of a good warmup

-his ONNIT Academy page/programs

-a workout for the regular guy

-a little basketball talk

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On this episode Abe and Ames break down the main card fights of UFC 203.

They break down what made each fighter successful or unsuccessful in the octagon.

HeavyWeight Champ  Stipe Miocic vs Alistair Overeem (25:38)

Former Champ  Fabricio Werdum vs Travis Brown (21:00)

WWE star (Phil Brooks) CM PUNK vs Mickey Gall (13:40)

Urijah Faber vs Jimmie Rivera (7:33)

Jessica Andrade vs Joanne Calderwood (3:00)

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On this episode we talk to Kaelum, a brown belt in BJJ under Abraham Marte. He runs Basico Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. We talk about how he trains for jiujitsu competitions. He is an excellent competitor and is competing at Fight to Win Pro in Chicago. 

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On this episode I talk to Brazilian Jiujitsu black belt champion, JT Torress. JT is young stud who has already accomplished so much in the jiujitsu world. He has won it all in jiujitsu and has been on the podium at every competition he has entered as a black belt. He is now moving back home from to the East Coast after training for a few years under legend Andre Galvao to open up his own academy.

Topics:

-Opening up his own academy

-his story moving to San Diego to Atos

-Keenan Cornelius

-how he become a coach for Andre Galvao

-how to balance your training to get better (60/40%)

-the recipe for creating a GOAT

-Gi and Nogi debate

-Demian Maia

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On this episode I give some brief thoughts on the way we think about fighters. I talk about how I am now enjoying fights way more without hating on fighters. It was something I thought of that makes a world of a difference for me now! Enjoy.

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On this episode we talk to the featherweight King of Pancrase Champion, Andy Main. Andy is a pro MMA fighter, now champion, out of New Jersey. He owns his own academy with his brother, Mikey Main, called Pure MMA. He is a black belt in jiujitsu and has been training martial arts since he was a teen. We talk about his fighting career, his ACL injury that sidelined him, his time spent on the Ultimate Fighter show, and his new desire to get back into the UFC. Enjoy!

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On this episode we talk to retired MMA fighter and UFC vet, Din Thomas. Din had an amazing career and displayed amazing technical abilities during his tenure as a professional fighter. For this reason we became fans of his and it was our honor to have him on the show. 

We discuss:

-the landscape of the welterweight, light heavyweight, lightweight, and featherweight divisions

-Conor Mcgregor vs Nate Diaz 2

-Tyron Woodley vs Robbie Lawler

-fight breakdowns

-future fights

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