Three Amigos interviews: Patricio Pitbull, Chinzo Machida, UFC 202 Breakdown

Welcome to your weekly dose of Three Amigos Podcast fun. This episode is loaded with great content, courtesy of our special guests, a duo of exciting Bellator fighters: former featherweight champion, Patricio Pitbull and featherweight attraction and karate ace, Chinzo Machida. We don't have a Weight List episode this week since George Lockhart is in Las Vegas with Conor McGregor, but we do have our popular segments: RantyPants^TM and Sports That Can't Stop No Double Leg^TM.

Ordered Listing with timestamps:

RantyPants^TM - 13:15

Sports That Can't Stop No Double Leg^TM - 18:25

Patricio Pitbull -€” 53:25

Chinzo Machida - 1:11:45

Here is a summary of each interview segment, complete with the time stamps for when each interview or special segment begins. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as we enjoyed recording it.

Patricio Pitbull (53:25 mark)

• If he has been eyeing other weight divisions besides 155 (135 specifically)
• If he is making a push to be a 2-division champion
• Thoughts on Bendo's comments that he lost to Koreshkov because of jitters
• How he plans to counteract Bendo's size advantage
• If he likes the idea of "money fights" over traditional contender bouts
• If he'd like to see all Bellator main events be 5 round affairs
• If he feels fighters often pull out of bouts without actually being injured
• Thoughts on fighter's associations
• FightIf he feels the lighter weight classes have a harder time finding success than the bigger guys because of division depth
• If he'd ever fight Chinzo Machida because of name value
• Breakdown & prediction of McGregor/Diaz

Chinzo Machida (1:11:45 mark)

• Why it took so long between his Bellator signing and first bout
• Why he's only had 5 fights in 11 years
• What he feels is the best way to get rid of ring rust in training
• His motivation to compete at 39 years old
• How long he plans to compete
• Breakdown of Conor McGregor's striking style
• Thoughts on Daniel Straus
• Discussion on Lyoto's suspension
• What it was like growing up with Lyoto / sibling rivalry
• If he feels pressure to live up to Lyoto's success

The hosts discuss a variety of topics that include:

• UFC 202 press conference discussion
• Jon Jones' current dealings with USADA
• RantyPants^TM
• Kennedy vs. Evans discussion
• Penn vs. Lamas discussion
• UFC 202 hasn't sold out yet (2700+ tickets still left)
• Sports That Can't Stop No Double Leg^TM
• Current staff prediction standings (Mookie is NOT in the lead)
• Staff predictions for UFC 202

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