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Three Amigos Interviews: Jake Ellenberger & Chris Camozzi

The Three Amigos are back with another packed episode featuring a duo of exciting UFC fighters: welterweight standout and crowd pleasing knockout artist, Jake Ellenberger and middleweight fan favorite Chris Camozzi.

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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 UFC fighters: welterweight standout and crowd pleasing knockout artist, Jake Ellenberger and middleweight fan favorite Chris Camozzi ahead of his Fight Night duel with Thales Leites. There's no Weight List with George Lockhart and Iain Kidd, as George is currently working with Cris Cyborg right now, but we should have him back next week. We do have our popular segments: RantyPantsTM, Q&A with Capt. KiddTM and Sports That Can't Stop No Double LegTM which are off to an Olympic start this week.

Ordered Listing with timestamps:

RantyPantsTM - 12:05

Q&A with Captain KiddTM - 16:25

Sports That Can't Stop No Double LegTM - 24:55

Jake Ellenberger -€” 37:45

Chris Camozzi - 1:06:55

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.

Jake Ellenberger (37:45 mark)

  • Injuries that plagued him over the last year or so
  • Game plan going into fight with brown
  • How his temporary cut by Dana White went down
  • What his mindset was like over the last couple years
  • If he'd like to see some sort of financial amenity for fighters that face drug cheats
  • Who he'd like to face next

Chris Camozzi (1:06:55 mark)

  • Breaking into the rankings
  • Thaes Leites discussion
  • How he handles safe sparring
  • Thoughts on all the titles changing hands
  • How he looks at his time away from the UFC and the wins he racked up
  • USADA test failures
  • How he approaches sponsor endorsements outside the Octagon
  • Commentary/Analyst aspirations

The hosts discuss a variety of topics that include:

  • New Unified Rules changes
  • Tyron Woodley calling out "money fights" without defending against No.1 contender
  • Tyson Fury's UKAD drug test failure
  • RantyPantsTM
  • Q&A with Capt. KiddTM
  • Sports That Can't Stop No Double LegTM
  • UFC books RDA vs. Ferguson
  • Current staff prediction standings (Mookie is NOT in the lead)
  • UFC Fight Night 92 picks & predictions

You can check out the entire show here or via the embedded player below. Remember, if you're looking for us on SoundCloud or iTunes, we're under the MMA Nation name. Follow our Twitter accounts: Stephie HaynesThree Amigos PodcastGeroge LockhartIain Kidd and Mookie Alexander or our Facebook fan page, Three Amigos Pod.

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