Welcome to your weekly dose of Three Amigos Podcast fun. This episode is loaded with great content, courtesy of our special guests, 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu founder, Eddie Bravo and Bellator women’s featherweight star, Julia Budd. We don’t have a Weight List episode this week, as George Lockhart is working with Conor McGregor in Ireland, but we do have new installments of our popular segments: RantyPants™ and Sports That Can’t Stop No Double Leg™.
Ordered Listing with timestamps:
RantyPants™ - 416:30
Sports That Can't Stop No Double Leg™ - 36:00
Eddie Bravo – 1:03:40
Julia Budd – 1:41:20
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.
Eddie Bravo (1:03:40 mark)
- The addition on palm strikes to EBI special attraction tournaments
- Why EBI is successful where others have failed
- If he thinks the combat aspect he’s added to EBI might have been beneficial in the Rocha/Agazarm match
- Thoughts on Rousey vs. Nunes
- Thoughts on McGregor vs. Alvarez
- Thoughts on the possibility of GSP vs. Silva
- Who he felt won the Bisping vs. Henderson fight
- The biggest change he’s seen in the grappling aspect of MMA
- If he plans to compete again
- If he has legitimate beef with Brendan Schaub
- Thoughts on the presidential race
Julia Budd (1:41:20 mark)
- Discussion of upcoming bout with Arlene Blencowe
- Disappointment with Bellator putting her fight on the untelevised prelims
- Why she chose to fight in a much shallower featherweight division with Bellator
- If she feels the UFC needs to finally create a women’s featherweight division
- Thoughts on Rousey
- If she thinks Rousey would ever face Cyborg at any weight
- How long she thinks it will be before women are on equal salary footing with men in the sport
- If she thinks the UFC should have allowed the fighters to invest in the company before the celebrities
- If Bellator allowed that kind of investment, if she’d be interested in the opportunity
- What her three-year plan is
The hosts discuss a variety of topics that include:
- UFC 204 discussion
- Vitor Belfort’s possible retirement
- McGregor’s outrageous NAC punishment
- RantyPants™
- Chechen leader, Kadyrov’s child fighting activity and threats on Fedor and his family
- Sports That Can’t Stop No Double Leg™
- Rouesy vs. Nunes announcement
- Possibility of a GSP vs. Silva fight
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