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Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. was real life Rocky. Just as Apollo Creed gave an unknown Rocky Balboa a title shot when he had no one left to fight, Anthony Joshua decided to fight Andy Ruiz Jr. when his opponent fell out. And Ruiz, like Rocky, made the most of his opportunity and shocked the world...

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This is fight study, where we use professional fights to study the science and art of fighting. We go layers deep, not just to go inside baseball for the superfans, but also to give rich insight for those who want to improve their own skills. There really is no one else out there who does what we do at the level at which we do it. Meta, meta, meta.

In this episode, we discuss what happens when a tall lanky range fighter like Anthony Smith fights an even taller lankier range fighter in Alexander Gustafsson. And a lot of that depends on whether you fight to your strengths or not. And also, bad habits are hard to break. Especially if you're heart's not in it, then you coast on autopilot. And that can be dangerous during scrambles.

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Dr. Jason Park is a one man MMA coaching staff. He's not only a coach to Anderson Silva, but he's also a doctor of physical therapy, a strength and conditioning coach, as well as the head of the US Muaythai Federation (USMF) medical team. And it's because of this breadth of knowledge that we were able to chat with him in studio for nearly two hours. What we ultimately wanted to do was to create an audio FAQ on everything you basically need to know about training for combat sports, and I think we delivered. Hope you enjoy the episode.

You can find Jason on Instagram @drjasonpark as well as https://www.coolheartperformance.com

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This is fight study, where we use professional fights to study the science and art of fighting. We go layers deep, not just to go inside baseball for the superfans, but also to give rich insight for those who want to improve their own skills. There really is no one else out there who does what we do at the level at which we do it. Meta, meta, meta.

In this episode, we use Rafael dos Anjos vs. Kevin Lee to dissect a battle between a southpaw pressure fighter vs. an orthodox pressure fighter, who are equal in height, but not equal in reach and strength. Then we look at Deontay Wilder vs. Dominic Breazeale, to see what Wilder did with his reach, and how he uses variety and awkwardness to make his attacks hard to read and predict.

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Sam interviews Justin Osborn on his interesting journey, from autism diagnosis to professional MMA fighter.

You can find Justin on Instagram @justin_themachinemma, on Twitter @themmachinemma, on twitch.tv/justin_themachine, and on https://www.facebook.com/justin.osborn.946

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This is fight study, where we use professional fights to breakdown the science and art of fighting. We go layers deep, not just to go inside baseball for the superfans, but also to give rich insight for those who want to improve their own skills. There really is no one else out there who does what we do at the level at which we do it. Meta, meta, meta.

In this episode, we use Rose Namajunas vs. Jessica Andrade to dissect the match up of taller counter striker/ submission specialist vs. short and powerful in-fighter/ wrestler. Then we look at Anderson Silva vs. Jared Cannonier to study the southpaw counter striker vs. shorter power striker/ wrestler. And finally we look at José Aldo vs Alexander Volkanovski to breakdown two fighters with similar height and reach, where one tends to stand taller and use a Thai-boxing counter style vs. a more modern MMA approach.

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On this episode Sam and Paul study Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Daniel "Miracle Man" Jacobs. Then Paul has to leave for a BTS concert, and MMA fighter Justin "The Machine" Osborn fills in to help us study "Raging" Al Iaquinta vs. Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone. We go layers deep into the technical side of combat sports.

You can find Justin on Instagram @justin_themachinemma, on Twitter @themmachinemma, on twitch.tv/justin_themachine, and on https://www.facebook.com/justin.osborn.946

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We initially met up with historian and philosopher Daniele Bolelli to discuss the Lakota people and other Plains tribes, but naturally our conversation expanded into modern individualism, practical intellect, disdain for variety, narrative thinking & bad mental health, happiness, community, what constitutes a tribe, nationalism, conservative post-modern utopian thinking, morality & religion expressed through politics, lose-lose situations (screwing over the world and still being unhappy), living on autopilot, lazy thinking, centrism, sh*tposting, social media toxicity creating addiction, Taoism & thinking in percentages (Bayesian reasoning), game theory, absolute thinking IS dogma (even when you think splitting it down the middle is always the right answer), the mixed mental arts of mixed martial arts, podcasts & continued education, and then more about American Plains tribes.

It's a long podcast but we sincerely feel like not one second was wasted. And though we veered into nearly everything, we believe what we ended up recording will go down in podcasting history as pretty good. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Books mentioned:

You can follow Daniele on Twitter @DBolelli, on Instagram @daniele_bolelli, and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielebolelli1

Find more on History on Fire here: http://historyonfirepodcast.com and The Drunken Taoist here: http://thedrunkentaoist.com

And buy some of Daniele's books:

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We brought on writer, podcaster, and pro-wrestling superfan Leslie Lee III to discuss pro-wrestling, indie wrestling, Japanese pro-wrestling, AEW, WWE labor status, and Vince McMahon. (And also how Hulk Hogan is a dirty, racist, rat who broke his 24-in pythons for the WWE. It's a mixed legacy.)

Also check out episode 41 with Leslie Smith: "Project Spearhead, Employment Status, MMA Unions, Gig Economy, and Andrew Yang"

You can follow Leslie on Twitter @leslieleeiii and on Struggle Session: https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession

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Like many of you, we at Southpaw have wondered, how would someone like Jack Allison react to Joe Rogan Experience questions? Joe Rogan is famous for bringing on interesting personalities from Twitter, yet so far—no Jack Allison. So we, as the JRE of the Left, have decided to take matters into our own hands and ask Jack those pressing JRE questions, such as "Have you tried elk meat," " Have you had run-ins with a lone star tick," and "Do you shock your protein while in heat?"

Jack Allison has written for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Oscars, and The Primetime Emmy Awards. He is also the host of Struggle Session and Jack AM.

You can follow Jack on Twitter @jackallisonLOL, on Struggle Session: https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession, on Jack AM: https://www.twitch.tv/jackam, and on Mitch Live: https://www.twitch.tv/mitchlivenow

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