The Bader Show

Steve Brown was an NCAA All-American at Central Michigan and the last person to beat Jordan Burroughs in folkstyle He started working with MMA fighters after college and through those connections met some people in Hollywood. He then became a stuntman and has developed into one of the top fight coordinators in the world and has worked on some of the biggest films, including 300, Roadhouse the Avatar Sequels.

0:01 - Intro to wrestling

0:07 - Competing with Gillespie, Metcalf, Burroughs

0:10 - Surviving vs crushing a workout

0:14 - Battling Metcalf

0:18 - Beating Burroughs

0:23 - Conference finals

0:29 - Becoming an All-American

0:31 - Set your goals high

0:32 - UFC fighters wanting help

0:38 - A call to all wrestlers

0:43 - Getting jobs as a stuntman

0:47 - Becoming a fight coordinator

0:51 - Relating his career to wrestling

0:55 -Reflecting on the last 15 years, luck vs availability?

0:56 - Breath holding

1:00 - Avatar constantly extending

1:11 - James Cameron

1:15 - Wins and whoopins

1:17 - Joke time

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Northwestern's #4 ranked heavyweight Lucas Davison joins the show.

0:01 - Dad was a wrestler

0:04 - Ttaking lumps early on

0:08 - Fargo success

0:12 - Self dialog and reflection

0:14 - Jimmy Kennedy hates “I CANT”

0:17 - Recruiting process

0:21- College expectations

0:23 - Moving up t0 285

0:30 - Preparing to beat the top heavyweights

0:35 - Joke Time

0:37 - Wins and whoopins

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4x NCAA qualifier Micky Phillippi of Pitt joins the show to talk about his journey through wrestling and finishing up his 7th year of NCAA wrestling.

0:01 - Western PA, first wrestler in family

0:03 - Some natural athleticism, good not great at first

0:05 - Dad passed away

0:07 - Having success and turning the corner

0:13 - Recruiting process

0:19 - Taking the extra years

0:23 - NCAA tournament takeaways

0:27 - Keith Gavin building up Pitt

0:31 - Outlook for the rest of the year

0:33 - Joke time

0:35 - Wins and whoopins

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NDSU's Jared Franek joins the show to talk about his journey through the sport, staying at home for college and aspirations for this season.

0:01 - Soccer and wrestling from the start

0:02 - Afraid of losing

0:05 - Wrestling becoming the thing

0:07 - Training situations

0:09 - Fargo memories

0:13 - Recruiting

0:15 - Roger kish

0:17 - NCAA championships

0:23 - Joke Time

0:25 - Wins whoopins

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitchell Mesenbrink grew up in an incredible wrestling environment. He takes us through his journey in the sport and his recent announcement that he will be entering the transfer portal.

0:01 - Early years and Arrowhead

0:04 - Askren Wrestling Academy

0:06 - Developing technique

0:08 - having a skill for it 

0:09 - Thinking about wrestling 

0:11 - Cal Baptist

0:15 - Setting up for sustained success

0:20 - Considering foregoing college?

0:21 - What fits Mitchell best?

0:23 - Maximizing technical aspect

0:26 - Stealing technique

0:34 - Wrestling foreigners

0:38 - Thinking ahead?

0:39 - Don't fret on NCAAs its about process...

0:42 - Structuring his current workouts

0:45 - Wins and whoopins

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Purdue's Kendall Coleman joins the show today to talk about his journey through the sport.

0:01 - Introduction to wrestling, didn't like wrestling at first

0:06 - Harvey twister

0:09 - Setting Goals

0:12 - High school accomplishments

0:15 - Choosing Purdue

0:16 - Didn't know how good he was

0:18 - COVID

0:19 - Shortened season

0:21 - NCAA Championships

0:25 - Wins and whoopins

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cornell and ASU will be wrestling tonight. Both head coaches, Mike Grey and Zeke Jones, joined the show today to talk about their teams, the dual and the current issue of medical forfeits and length of season.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zane Richards wrestled for Team USA in World Cup at 57kg, he joins the show to talk about his growth as a wrestler and experience at the World Cup.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nebraska head coach Mark Manning joins the show to talk about his journey in the sport, his coaching career and coaching the great Jordan Burroughs.

0:00 — Mark Manning joins the show.

1:00 — Introduction to wrestling.

4:00 — ‘Farming is a grind.

6:00 — Wrestling takes hold.

7:30 — ‘I was a wrestling geek.

10:00 — Transferring to Nebraska-Omaha

12:00 — Mike Denney’s legacy.

17:00 — Wrestling choices.

24:00 — Long journey to Nebraska.

28:30 — The clouds start to lift.

30:00 — Mark Bader antagonizes Mark Manning.

31:30 — Jordan Burroughs.

36:00 — Chasing John Smith.

39:00 — Managing Jordan’s success.

45:30 — CKLV champs.

48:00 — Kyle Burwick.

53:00 — Sweat it out.

58:00 — Wrestling theory.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle joins Bader in studio and we get the rundown on Klingman's introduction into wrestling and his never ending thirst for knowledge of the sport.

0:01 - Klingman poured all his time into studying wrestling

0:05 - Saturday night slam - Klingman's start in wrestling

0:10 - 2008-2009 terrible years, but necessary

0:14 - Flo vs Tack

0:17 - The merger

0:21 - The decoy

0:23 - Bader Hamilton

0:26 - The top 100

0:30 - Kyle's push of women's wrestling

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices