1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: You're listening the Draftings Network the John Nick and Kenny 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Florian Podcast John Annik and Kenny Florian. 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: I love them. 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: I can't get enough of him. 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: Let's hear that box. 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 3: Big job there, Kryktoffian PreK fers. 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 4: Hondu. 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 2: Rock suck. I believe there are a couple of absolutely 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 2: self involved. 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: Here are your hosts, John Nick and Kenny Florian. 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 2: That's all. 12 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: One minute before noon Eastern Standard Time at is Thursday, 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: November second. The year's twenty twenty three good debut with 14 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: us Episode four to forty six of the anakan Florent 15 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: Podcast presented by DraftKings Live on the DraftKings Network DraftKings 16 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: YouTube channel, clips on the Anakonploring podcast YouTube channel as well, 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: And as promised, we are joined by a man who 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: has just had an exceedingly busy and will twenty twenty three. 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: This man also pro creates as children beautiful family as well. 20 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: But U great Eric Nickxick on Instagram and ex Eric 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: Underscore xc MMA my man, welcome home. Congratulations on a 22 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: successful venture. A what a whirld. When your life must 23 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: be right now, it's probably feel it's good to be 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: back in Vegas. 25 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, brother. Now it was good to get home. 26 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 4: Good to make it home before you know, a Halloween, 27 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 4: see the family, see the kids and everybody. But yeah, man, 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 4: it's been I don't even know what town and then 29 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 4: right now, what time's on IM? 30 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: I'm sure, yeah, but it's been good man, nothing but celebration. 31 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: So well, if it makes you feel any better, I 32 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: know you're always on top of everything. Screws Titan. So 33 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: you reached out to me twenty four hours prior and 34 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: we're like, dude, where's the link to the show. And 35 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: I was like, we're actually going Thursday and said Wednesday. 36 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: Hope you'll feel a bit, but it makes you feel 37 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: any better. Every morning I back our car out of 38 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: the garage for my wife, and this morning, I, in 39 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: my haste, did not wait for the garage door to 40 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: go up all the way, So I did not go 41 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: to Saudi Arabia, but I did absolutely shatter the rear 42 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: view mirror on my out. You're doing better than I am, 43 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: so I guess I just want to start with your 44 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: overall experience. At this point, you've been asked every question, 45 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: albeit not from Ken Flow, but I just was curious 46 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: about your overall experience in Saudi Arabia, accommodations, treatment, hospitality 47 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: for you, Francis and everybody else world. 48 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 4: Class, John, absolute world class. Like you know, they flew 49 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 4: us business class, you know, which is huge obviously on 50 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 4: the on those long long tracks as long as flights. 51 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 4: The hotel itself was five star, top notes. We all 52 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 4: had our own basically our own luxury apartment. Kitchen included, 53 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: all the food was included. We had security team, We 54 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 4: had cars. If you wanted to go anywhere, we just 55 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 4: texted security team. 56 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 2: They set it up. We jumped in the car, they 57 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: took us where we wanted to go. 58 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 4: They waited for us, so, you know, go out and 59 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 4: get dinner, hang out with the with the team, security 60 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 4: team and car waiting for you. 61 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: You didn't, you didn't need a security team. 62 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: It wasn't like it was like dangerous by any means, 63 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 4: but it was just having that, you know, somebody that 64 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 4: can point you in the right direction and tell you 65 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 4: where to go, honestly, John, Like they rolled it out, Man. 66 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 4: And I'm telling you guys, we're gonna be spending a 67 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 4: lot more time in Saudi, especially Kenny. 68 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: You're gonna be out there. 69 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 4: A lot more and they they roll out the red carpet. 70 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 4: The dinner that we had the night before the fight 71 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 4: was the who's who of combat sports. 72 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: Anywhere you looked or turned, You're like, holy shit, that's 73 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 2: so and you know it was not real, man like 74 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: it honestly, God it was. 75 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 4: It was an experience of a lifetime that you know, 76 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 4: I'm gonna tell my grandkids about. 77 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: That's great and I'm so glad it couldn't happen to 78 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: a better guy. So I guess I'll just start with this. 79 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: It's one thing for you or me or anybody to 80 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: sort of bet on the athlete Francis and Gano to 81 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: get the job done in a championship setting, an MMA 82 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: or box saying, it's another thing to bet on that 83 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: athlete to get the big money fight, because even though 84 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: the PFL was there and big fights certainly are there 85 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: for the now baddest man on the planet, Francis and Ganu, right, 86 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: you guys a bet on him to get the Tyson 87 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,839 Speaker 1: Fury fight, right, and he got that fight. He maximized 88 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: the showcase. But before we get into the fight, I 89 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: guess I'm just curious, like, how confident were you that 90 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: your athlete was gonna get this particular fight. 91 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 4: It was one of the big three that was that 92 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 4: was always kind of where where our head was at. 93 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 4: It was Wilder, Joshua or Tyson or bus like that. 94 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 4: Really like there was match up, Like even even Andy 95 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 4: Ruiz's name came up, and Francis and I both agreed, 96 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: like that's kind of a bad matchup for us, you know, 97 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 4: like he didn't really make that like he's he's a dog, 98 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 4: he's tough on the inside, he's got a great name. 99 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: But it was like that was more of a trap 100 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 2: fight to us, Like there was names that came up. 101 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 4: They were like, no, we want to stick with one 102 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 4: of these big three, and if if we can get 103 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 4: one of those, then you know we can we can 104 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 4: make some generate some good, good money and make this 105 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 4: a good boxing match. 106 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 2: But obviously Tyson was the you know, shooting for the 107 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 2: stars man and we got it. 108 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 3: Erica, I'm curious, like to know what training looked like 109 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 3: in preparation for this fight. 110 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: You know, when was his knee ready to go? 111 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: Uh? 112 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: And then was it just boxing? 113 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 3: Like was he doing any MMA on the side in 114 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 3: preparation for this? Is he getting pro boxers to come 115 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: in and give him sparring. And I guess, you know, 116 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: we see Mike Tyson, Uh you know, played played a 117 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 3: little bit of a part there. You never know is 118 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 3: just like you know, you know, ten minutes of him 119 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 3: working with Mike. Was he along for the ride for camp? 120 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 3: Is this a couple of weeks with him? So I'm 121 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 3: just curious about all those things. I know, I know 122 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 3: you played a major role. 123 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 2: Sure, sure we'll break it down. We'll start with the 124 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: knee we got back. 125 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 4: I think it was I would to say April maybe 126 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 4: if my memory serves me correct. We had to go 127 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 4: in for a small procedure to get some scar tissue 128 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 4: cleaned up. He was having some problems like anytime he 129 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 4: bend his knee if like you know, it's almost like 130 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 4: the meniscus, how the miniscus would catch. So there were 131 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 4: some issues there with some scar tissues. So he had 132 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 4: a he had a small procedure, done a little bit 133 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 4: of rehab with that, and then he was kind of 134 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 4: just you know, back to normal if you will. And 135 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 4: actually that that relieved a lot of the pressure on 136 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 4: his knee and that Eric sorry, Yeah, I believe it 137 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 4: was April. If I remember correctly, Kenny, because I'm trying 138 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 4: to think about the timeline and when we end up 139 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 4: getting the fight. But and then so the the way 140 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 4: the camps kind of broke down, it was almost broke 141 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 4: down in the segments, if you will. So we knew 142 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 4: we got the fight. We all met in July, so 143 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 4: that was myself, Dewey, Marcel, Randy, and Francis. We all 144 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 4: sat down and we kind of went over what our 145 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 4: overall complexion of what the game plan is going to 146 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 4: look like, what we're gonna do, what are our roles essentially, 147 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 4: you know, I know Francis had talked about hiring a 148 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 4: boxing coach, bringing in somebody that you know, ultimately, we 149 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 4: were all supportive of what he wanted to do, but 150 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 4: we wanted to try to get this moving so you 151 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 4: can build some continuent and and camaraderie with whoever this. 152 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 2: Coach may be. 153 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 4: And then that's kind of like when I just felt 154 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 4: the need to speak up and I just said, dude, 155 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 4: I think Dewey Cooper is the guy. 156 00:06:58,480 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 2: You know. 157 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 4: I think Dewey has the town. I think Dewey has 158 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,679 Speaker 4: the coaching pedigree. He's He's coach boxers in the past, 159 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 4: and not to mention, I just know if France is 160 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 4: in his trust factor about surrounding himself with guys that 161 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 4: he already knows and he already trusts, and the familiarity 162 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 4: just made a lot more sense to me. 163 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 2: And you know, I know he kind of like, Okay, 164 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 2: well I'll think about it sort of thing. 165 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 4: And then as time went on, you know, Dewey became 166 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 4: more of that head coaching role for him in the boxing, 167 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: and then he brought on John Mumba, who was from France, 168 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 4: who is also familiar with who also was a very 169 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 4: good boxer. But the nice thing about bringing on John 170 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 4: was he fit the ideologies of what we were trying 171 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 4: to accomplish as an MMA team moving over into boxing. 172 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 4: So you saw a lot of our fingerprints on the 173 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 4: style of the fight that he had because of you know, 174 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 4: we wanted to carry over what we were doing really 175 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 4: well in MMA that might be able to trick a 176 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 4: conventional style boxer where we can kind of be unconventional 177 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 4: in a in a style that maybe you know, we 178 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 4: can catch him off guard with some certain things. So 179 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 4: that was a lot of our approach and our game plan. 180 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 4: I think when it came to our camp. So first 181 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 4: segment of camp was really like, Okay, we're gonna we're 182 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 4: gonna work on our cardio, building our base, doing these things, 183 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 4: brushing up on fundamentals. Second part was the sparring. Then 184 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 4: we brought in particular sparring partners that were I wouldn't 185 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 4: say like light work, but they are easier work for 186 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 4: Francis to kind of implement the game plan to get 187 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 4: get moving a little bit better. Third phase was like, Okay, 188 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 4: now we got some really tough guys. They're gonna kind 189 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 4: of fit the style of Tyson Fury. And then the 190 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 4: last phase Man was just like almost rounding out camp 191 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 4: with we had this kid named Alex from the Ukraine 192 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 4: who really really gave an unbelievable look. I've been trying 193 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 4: to convince a kid to come over to MMA, but 194 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 4: he was he was flashy, Meryl like, he moved a 195 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 4: lot like Tyson, gave us an unbelievable look. And then 196 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: the one thing I really loved that, like de we 197 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 4: really wanted to implement was like after every sparring all 198 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 4: we did was U caller ties, we just added like 199 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 4: three rounds of clinch work man, because we knew that 200 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 4: that that was gonna be suching Tyson Fury is what 201 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 4: I want to do was kind of try to rang 202 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 4: heavy on us, and we're like. 203 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 2: Bro, this we want this. 204 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 4: We're welcoming this dude to go in the clinch with 205 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 4: us because we're gonna bang your ass up. And so 206 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 4: as soon as I saw Tyson Fury, like, I had 207 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 4: to go back in the back and watch Hi rap 208 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 4: his hands. 209 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 2: You know, I was got to go watching rap his hands. 210 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: And I saw this dude's legs, I'm like, oh, this 211 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: guy's built like grew. 212 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 4: Like, we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna fuck this dude 213 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 4: up in the clinch. Bro, So I come, I come 214 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 4: back in the back to do it. I was like, bro, 215 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 4: this guy he's top heavy. Man, he looks like the 216 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 4: Miami Hurricane mascot. Like we're gonna fuck up in the clint. 217 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 2: You know, we knew we would. But that was a 218 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 2: lot of the game plan, man. 219 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 4: Like so you know, like in football, when you script 220 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 4: your first twenty plays, those those plays started to hit 221 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 4: in the fight. So then we're like, okay, now we 222 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 4: have avenues, and how do we want to approach you know, 223 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 4: the game plan as it goes down the line and man, 224 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 4: it just you know, started to unfold the way we 225 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 4: wanted it. 226 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 3: I love it, man, that's brilliant. 227 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: I'll let John jump in after this. 228 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 3: I do have more questions though, But in leading up 229 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 3: to this camp, you know, the left hook was was pivotal. 230 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 3: It seemed like he was looking for it before he 231 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 3: got the knockdown. Was that something that you guys saw. 232 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 3: Was that an adjustment that Prentice and Gano was was 233 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 3: making in real time? Where did that come from? Because ultimately, 234 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 3: obviously that was the best shot of the fight against 235 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 3: Dyson Fury, unbelievable, a little bit. 236 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 4: Of both, but I would say more from from to 237 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 4: Francis's credit, just his his situational awareness and his vision. 238 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 4: You know, he's an unbelievable athlete that can that can 239 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 4: see things on the fly. That is something that he 240 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 4: did work on quite a bit. And there was something 241 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 4: that we were trying to land off of the jab 242 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 4: moreover than coming over top of the cross. We actually 243 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 4: I call it a Baier hook for Ryan Bater when 244 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 4: when Bader dropped fad Or so it's almost a crooked jab. 245 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 2: And what we'll look for was when a guy throws 246 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 2: his jab is where's his rear hand? Is his rear 247 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 2: hand in his pocket? 248 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 4: So if the rear hands in the pocket, will kind 249 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 4: of slip job and throw almost our own crooked job 250 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 4: over top of it with a different type of art 251 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 4: to it. So, you know, we did throw that a lot, 252 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 4: but it wasn't off of the cross because because ties 253 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 4: them through the hook cross and Francis came over top 254 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 4: of that, So that was more of a Russian style 255 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 4: high elbow coming over top of the head that he 256 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 4: throws very very well as on top of his you know, 257 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 4: the baitor hook. So it wasn't anything that we were like, oh, 258 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 4: this is something we're going to find, but it was 259 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 4: that we weren't countering a lot with that hook. 260 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: Extreme co Tours Eric Nixon back Stateside after cornering Francis 261 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 1: in Ghana in Saudi Arabia with us here on the 262 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: Anak and Florian podcast. Very gracious with your time, so 263 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: didn't catch a ton of the corner audio. I'm curious 264 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: what your mentality or thought process was after round eight, 265 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: going into rounds nine and ten when seemingly the fight 266 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: was there for the taking. I mean, are you allowing 267 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: yourself to even be excited in the moment that you 268 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: might pull off the improbable many many people thought you did. 269 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 2: On the inside, man, I was I was freaking out, 270 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: you know. Fucker, we all. 271 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 4: Nex terior I'm like, all right, man, like just another 272 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 4: Saturday here, Tyson Fury. Yeah, I was doing myself. Were 273 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 4: on the camp of we needed a little bit more volume, 274 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 4: you know. Again, like I watched enough boxing to know 275 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 4: I feel like Tyson Fury's edging these rounds out with 276 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 4: activity and what these boxing judges might be looking for 277 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 4: comparative to what our trained eye looks for in m 278 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 4: m A, because we're landing the damage. In my opinion, 279 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 4: the more impactful shots are coming from our guy. But 280 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 4: how are they how are they scoring that? When it 281 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 4: when you know, if we're getting jabbed up, you know, 282 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 4: fifteen twenty times, if you're Saladi Amado, we're winning this fight, 283 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 4: you know. 284 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 2: Right, we got a little sald at our corner or judging. 285 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 4: So that was the one thing I think that Doing 286 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 4: and I were heavy on going into around eight nine 287 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 4: and ten, was hey, man, you're you're in really good shape. 288 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 4: I think that was where Francis was my maybe a 289 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 4: little nervous. Was how is Cardio would hold up and 290 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 4: held up great. So we're like, hey, man, let's not 291 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 4: leave anything left in our gas tank. 292 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 2: Let's let's go. And by rounds hen John like he 293 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 2: jumped off the stool, like we got him hype going 294 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 2: into Yeah, he's like, I'm gonna I'm gonna go get 295 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 2: this motherfucker. 296 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 4: Like he was hyped, and he jumped off the stool 297 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 4: and he was bouncing, and you know, we pulled the 298 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 4: chair back and I looked back and dude, I'm like, bro, 299 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 4: he's gonna unleash hell on this guy. 300 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 2: Around ten. Yeah, so it was good man. 301 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 4: Like I think for us as coaches, it's it's definitely 302 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 4: a learning curve as far as like the judging goes 303 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 4: and what we can do better. But all in all, 304 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 4: I mean, it's a learning experience for us. So we're 305 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 4: gonna come back from that and become better. 306 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: Kenny. My only final question on the fight, and then 307 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: you can jump back in here before we spin it forward, 308 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: is I guess, just in terms of Tyson Furio's performance 309 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,599 Speaker 1: and preparation, how did that compare relative to your expectations? 310 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: Perhaps you can't quantify his preparation. But to my amateur eye, 311 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: he seemed prepared. He seemed to welcome and take this 312 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: challenge seriously and still barely had enough to be Francis. 313 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think when you go into it, it's like, 314 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 4: you know, Kenny will tell you there's guys a little 315 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 4: hop on the mattin spar that maybe have far less 316 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 4: experience than anybody in the room, but there are a 317 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 4: erratic and punches come from weird angles and you're just 318 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 4: not really too sure and you just go to we 319 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 4: call them boogers, you know, you just go to like, 320 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 4: all right, I'm just gonna work off my jab and 321 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 4: kind of see what this guy has, and you get hit. 322 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 2: With weird stuff. 323 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: So I really felt like that was his approach in 324 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 4: round one, and I said that to Francis going into 325 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 4: round two, was you know, Tyson never really jabbed Francis's face. 326 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 2: If you go back and watch, he jabb is. 327 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 4: Rear hand and that's to occupy the powers to keep 328 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 4: his hand busy, you know, and so okay, we'll make 329 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 4: adjustments off of that. So in my mind it's like, Okay, 330 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 4: Tyson doesn't really want to engage, yet he wants to 331 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 4: see what this guy is capable of, and let's make 332 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 4: some adjustments off of it and see if we can 333 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 4: catch him in that in that timeframe. John Fury and 334 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 4: Tyson told me right after the fight, Man, it was 335 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 4: the hardest camp they ever had because they just didn't 336 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 4: know how to prepare. There was no tape on Francis 337 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 4: other than what you see in the UFC And and 338 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 4: that's hard to kind of equate when you're when you're 339 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 4: taking one and trying to apply it into a whole 340 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 4: other field. 341 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: Uh, Eric, Like, how are you guys viewing this fight? 342 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 2: Right? 343 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 3: Obviously it was a tremendous performance against Tyson Fury, and 344 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 3: you know, obviously a lot of people thought he he 345 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 3: won that fight. Is this something you guys feel you 346 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 3: can build off and go into boxing? And and I 347 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 3: guess what is steering Francis at this stage of the game. 348 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 3: You know, is he still wanting to get into MMA. 349 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 3: Is he now kind of have this new toy and 350 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 3: he's got some success here that he wants to kind 351 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 3: of play with. 352 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 2: What's his mindset like right now? Yeah, that's a good question, Kenny. 353 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 4: And like my one on one conversations with Francis have 354 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 4: been he definitely is in love with MMA and the 355 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 4: growth and the nuances of what he's building off of. 356 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 4: And you know, to be quite honest with you, bro, 357 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 4: we're just really scratching the surface with what we can 358 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 4: do athletically with him within MMA. I mean, you saw 359 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 4: what we did in Serial gun Fight. You know it 360 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 4: was it was still very sloppy. There were still a 361 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 4: lot of things that we could have done better. And 362 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 4: he knows that and he thinks he can grow off that, 363 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 4: and then you know, it's it's it's a sport that 364 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 4: I think he still really loves. And when he got 365 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 4: back from the knee injury, we got back into training 366 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 4: and we were training for MMA because we didn't know 367 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 4: what we were gonna do with the UFC and that 368 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 4: contract still, and he said something to me, Man, He's 369 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 4: like he's like, dude, I'm so glad I have this 370 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 4: this love for the for MMA still And because he 371 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 4: wasn't sure either, like he came back with that knee injury, like, man, 372 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 4: I don't know what I'm gonna do. And he came 373 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 4: back pretty quickly and and got right back to work, 374 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 4: and and it was it was great to see him 375 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 4: still kind of have that love. But you know, now 376 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 4: when you're talking about it from a business perspective, it's like, dude, 377 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 4: if you're gonna be making thirty forty million dollars to 378 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 4: go box, you know, it's like, I understand if you 379 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 4: decide to go and box two or three more times 380 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 4: and then maybe possibly get back to MMA or nothing. 381 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 2: I don't know, but from my talks to him with him. 382 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 4: You know, I know he still loves the sport of 383 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 4: m m A and I think that's ultimately what might 384 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 4: drive him back is just you know, h the challenges 385 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 4: that it gives them. 386 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 3: Ultimately, France is going to make that decision. But where 387 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 3: do you want to see him fight next? In boxing 388 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 3: or MMA? 389 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 4: I think it would just depend on the opportunity that's 390 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 4: at hand. You know, I would like to see what 391 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 4: PFL comes up with as far as an opponent goes 392 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 4: and you know, what they can say as far as like, Okay, 393 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 4: you know this is a this is a challenge for us, 394 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 4: or if it's like you know, if this Anthony Joshu, 395 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 4: or if it's a rematch with with Fury, or if 396 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 4: it's wild they're in MMA, Like what do they come 397 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 4: up with and I think once we have some of 398 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 4: those options, which now look look at it like this 399 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 4: guy's we're on the A side, Like we get to call. 400 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 2: Our shots now. 401 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, So so let's let's let's lay all all 402 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 4: all of our options and see what serves us the best, 403 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 4: and let's go from there. 404 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: All right, So it's not gonna be mixed martial arts, 405 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: it's going to be boxing. Okay, let's cut to the 406 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: those So what Fred got to sign with the PFL. 407 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: For me, obviously, it was bittersweet, right because my best 408 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: friend Kenny Florian is their lead analyst. So I'm happy 409 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: that Ken Flow was going to call his next MMA fight, 410 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: but I bemoaned the fact I hope we were't going 411 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: to see him in mixed martial arts until May of 412 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four at the absolute earliest. That is absolutely 413 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: back burner stuff right now. And I'm not saying that 414 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: because the UFC cuts my paycheck. Now, the appetite for 415 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: me and ninety five percent of combat sports fans is 416 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: to see Francis and Ganu box Deontay Wilder. No, I 417 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: mean in a rematch with Tyson Fury. But the dream 418 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: fight for me right now, one hundred percent is Deontay 419 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: Wilder and Francis and Ganu in a boxing setting, I 420 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: think you have the foundation for an immediate rematch, but 421 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: it seems as though maybe that is not going to happen. 422 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: So what is the dream opposition for you in a 423 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: boxing setting? Because we all know which way this is going. 424 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, in a boxing setting, I would say, you know, 425 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 4: Joshua or Wilder one hundred percent, you know, and I 426 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 4: think I think I love you know, I just love 427 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 4: Eddie Hearn just poking the bear, you know, talking Joshua 428 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 4: is gonna get us out in three round. That was 429 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: our That was our number one choice when you know, 430 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 4: we thought about a dude to who we can we 431 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 4: can starch in the first round or first or. 432 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,439 Speaker 2: Second round, Joshua, you know, like, so yeah, we're all 433 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 2: We're all about that. 434 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 5: If this guy's want to do it. Yeah, and then 435 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 5: you know, I heard Wilder's working on his MMA, so yeah, 436 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 5: that's intriguing, but he does not want. 437 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: That, no, Well, and I also think in terms of 438 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: Francis's still appetitive nature for MMA, one thing that would 439 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: make you love m M A is when you knock 440 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: down Tyson Fury and hurt him and the rules of 441 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: that particular sport for shit a back up, right, you know, 442 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: so I would think that he wants to unleash and 443 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: onload and uh, you know, as I've said to you 444 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: privately and and of course publicly, you know, Francis and 445 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: Ghana is the most devastating power puncher that I have 446 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: ever seen in the UFC. Uh. Just a Scotia head 447 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: of the late great Anthony Rumble Johnson and just a 448 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: really good dude. Right in all of our interactions, I'm 449 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: just so happy for you guys. I want to be 450 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: respectful of your time, Kenny, if you have anything on 451 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: the back end fire last thing I will say in 452 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: terms of you and your career. Obviously it has been 453 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: a huge eighteen to twenty four months. But I think, 454 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: like a lot of us, at some point we say 455 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: to our significant other, hey, you know, I want to 456 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: try to do this, and you know we may not 457 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: make money. And certainly Kenny and I can relate as 458 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: far as the podcast is concerned. For me, it was 459 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: Bellator season one in two thousand and nine. I don't 460 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: know for you if it was maybe becoming the main 461 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: man at Extreme co Tour, if that was the moment 462 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,719 Speaker 1: that for you and your wife. She was like, oh 463 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: my god, man, or if it's been like signature big 464 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: moments ever since, but I'm curious when was like the 465 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: moment where Annie, your wife was like, holy shit, man, 466 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: like you fuck that out yourself and you did it. 467 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: You know. 468 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 4: It was funny because she doesn't really remember this conversation, 469 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 4: but like, you know, I was still bartending. I was 470 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 4: still like kind of learning and coaching and traveling at 471 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 4: a you know, just whenever I could to help out 472 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 4: with some of the guys, and you know, she just 473 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 4: she just checked me one day and it was like, 474 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 4: you know, you know, I'm just I'm just not happy 475 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 4: with like your commitment towards I just felt like I 476 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 4: was spread so thin and just doing things kind of 477 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 4: half assed, you know. And and sometimes like you have 478 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 4: to hear those things from people that you love and 479 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 4: it hurts the most, right, Like it hurts you on 480 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 4: the front and the most, but it's what you actually 481 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 4: really need to hear because it motivates the hell out 482 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 4: of you. 483 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 2: You have one or two choices. 484 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 4: You can curl up and die or you can go 485 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 4: and flourish, right right, And that that conversation she had 486 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 4: with me really man like at first you know it 487 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 4: hurts your ego and and then but you realize that 488 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 4: that this is exactly what you needed. 489 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 2: And then for me, I think all in the progressions 490 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 2: COVID really helped me. 491 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 4: Like the with COVID, I felt like it challenged me 492 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 4: in a way of gratitude and a time where you know, 493 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 4: everybody was hurting, everybody was on the same playing field, 494 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: and COVID became about perspective. 495 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: And what what do I have? 496 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 4: What can I do and how can I flourish in 497 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 4: a time where I think people are going to let 498 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 4: their guard down. 499 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 2: And you know, I had a key to the gym, 500 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 2: I had access to my athletes. 501 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 4: I had Francis Niganu and and you know a handful 502 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 4: of guys Dany Gay, Bratsavars And I said, look, guys, 503 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 4: we're going to keep the secret super secret training sessions. 504 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 4: I called the dev group, the Team six Heal Team 505 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 4: six guys. We're going and work and we're going to 506 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 4: go and get better in a time where I think 507 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 4: people are going to be letting their guard down, and 508 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 4: we can we can not only catch up, but I 509 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 4: think we could lap some people and become better and 510 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 4: by doing so, it really helped me become a better coach. 511 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: It helped me become a better father and a husband. 512 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 4: But I definitely a tribute to that time during COVID 513 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 4: where I felt like it really helped me become a 514 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 4: you know the. 515 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 2: Guy that I am today. 516 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, amazing foundation that you have set, my brother. We 517 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: appreciate the time so much. Congratulations. We can't wait to 518 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: see all that your future holds. Of course, in the 519 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: corners of a Gano and Strickland and Ega and everybody 520 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: else on Instagram and Twitter, I guess they call it 521 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: x now it is Eric with a C underscore x 522 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: C MMA. My man, rest the voice right like the 523 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: voice is probably getting as tired at this point, I 524 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: would say, as the hands. But we appreciate you carving 525 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: out a quarter of an hour for us, brother. 526 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 3: Anytime, Kenny, what do you think about the Southpaw? I 527 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 3: had to ask you, bro, and it was awesome, dude. 528 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 3: I again, it was you guys did a lot of 529 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 3: things I did not expect. More than anything else, I think, 530 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 3: just the patience. I think that's what Fury I don't 531 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 3: think was ready for is at no point, were you 532 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 3: guys really throwing yourselves out of position? It was really 533 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 3: just methodical, well thought out and just congratulations man, it's 534 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 3: been amazing to see you work and what you've been 535 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 3: doing with all your fighters. 536 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 2: Amazing. Thanks brother. Yeah, christ Al, Jerry was a huge 537 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 2: help for me this camp. 538 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 4: Like, I don't know, I don't want to throw him 539 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 4: under the bus because I know you worked for top 540 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 4: rank or yeah, you know, I called him a great 541 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,360 Speaker 4: friend of mine. I know, I know Chris for years, 542 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 4: and you know, he was from a kickboxing background, he 543 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 4: dabbled in MMA, and I thought he was a very 544 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 4: accomplished boxer. 545 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 2: So he was a great resource for me in the 546 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 2: beginning of laying out kind of a game plan. 547 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 4: And Amen, what are your thoughts on if we started 548 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 4: doing things out of southpaw and try to hit our 549 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 4: step overs and change our stances because I know a 550 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 4: lot of you know, conventional boxers, especially the heavyweight division, 551 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 4: don't do that, you know, And what do we do 552 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 4: already really well in MMA and some of our growth 553 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,199 Speaker 4: that we've seen with Francis, I felt like we had 554 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 4: an option there that I think that was kind of 555 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 4: something that maybe they didn't see us being able to do. 556 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 4: But man, Chris was a great resource for me in 557 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 4: the beginning stages of that camp just kind of kind 558 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:22,880 Speaker 4: of put that stuff together. 559 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 2: It was cool. 560 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: That's amazing. Well, he'll appreciate the shout to be sure 561 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: and grateful for your time, my man. Get back to 562 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: it the family in the gym, and we will see 563 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: you on the road shortly. Thank you so much. 564 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 2: All right, guys, I'll see you guys seeing Thanks for 565 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 2: having me on. 566 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: Thank you brother. There he is, the great Eric Nixon 567 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: with us here on the Anak and Florian podcast. What 568 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 1: a moment, What a time to be alive if you 569 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: are one. Francis and Ganu from Battie Cameroon, where the 570 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: average citizen takes in thirteen hundred dollars a year. Major 571 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: motion picture truly doesn't even begin to describe it. I 572 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: don't know why the movie hasn't been made, perhaps because 573 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: they were waiting prophetically for the story to be written 574 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: the way it has been written, which is just so amazing. 575 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: The collar ties right, you gotta love it just because 576 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: I played itself out right. I mean, you say, how 577 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: many heavy ones going to be able to physically annoy 578 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: fury in that type of setting where normally he would 579 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: have the upper hand. Yeah, no, exactly. 580 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 3: It's kind of like me wrestling a bunch of jiu 581 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 3: jitsu guys and thinking like I'm the man, you know 582 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 3: when it comes to wrestling, and then actually going against 583 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 3: an actual wrestaurant going right, oh yeah, I. 584 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: Actually stuck and Fury. I mean, that's how I think 585 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: I saw it. 586 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 3: Like with Fury, who was able to kind of bully 587 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 3: guys in that clinch and move him around, then you'll 588 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 3: lock up with someone like Francis Unganu, you know, and 589 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 3: you just feel like you're in a completely different world. 590 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 3: And I truly believe that was one of the reasons 591 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 3: why he was out of shape. For people who are saying, ah, 592 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 3: you know, he probably didn't take it seriously, I don't 593 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 3: believe any of it. I really believe he put his 594 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 3: best foot forward on that. But I think exchanging the clinch, 595 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 3: moving or trying to move around someone like Francis Ganu, 596 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 3: and you know, the tricks that you had before it 597 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 3: gets all the boxer's all working and you're so you're stressed, emotional, 598 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 3: you're stressed physically amazing. 599 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: Well, and if you fast forward say twelve or eighteen 600 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 1: months even I don't know how old Tyson Fury is, right, 601 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: but yeah, head lift and squad and try to get 602 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: yourself in the best possible physical shape of your life. 603 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if he was in that, and I 604 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: don't know if it'll be Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder 605 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,239 Speaker 1: or who it's going to be, but I'm just very 606 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: excited to see Francis and Ghana in a big time 607 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: boxing ceting again. It's gonna be wild. And it's also 608 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: not fair standing next to Francis and Goan, like. 609 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 3: No matter what kind of shape here, and you're never 610 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 3: gonna look that great just because Francis looks like he's 611 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 3: carved out a mobile. Yeah yeah, man, it's uh what 612 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 3: a what an experience, man, unbelievable and Eric and everything 613 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 3: he's done. Man, Uh, he just has a very thoughtful 614 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 3: way of approaching things. He's extremely humble, He'll he'll reach 615 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 3: out to other people for help and advice, and you know, uh, 616 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 3: just a great leader, a great coach, a great leader. 617 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: And really excited him because. 618 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 3: Every exchange, every intraction I've had with him has always 619 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 3: been a very very positive one. So I'm very happy 620 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 3: for him and his team. 621 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: Brian stan often talks about what makes great leaders and 622 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: that bosses aren't necessarily leaders. Just because someone's a CEO 623 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: or a fucking chairman doesn't make them actually a good leader, 624 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: and Eric Nixon is certainly that And I love sort 625 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: of some of the football terminology and how analogous those 626 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: two sports are for him. If you don't know, if 627 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: you're perhaps one of our international listeners oftentimes in professional football, 628 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: to be sure, they will script the first fifteen offensive 629 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: plays and as you heard him say, top twenty plays 630 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 1: or first twenty plays, and a lot of those plays 631 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: in the fight start to hit and you get excited 632 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: in that corner. France and Ghana thirty seven, Tyson Fury 633 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: thirty five. So we will see how it plays out 634 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: from here. But it's pretty cool to think about a 635 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: guy like Eric nixic right, betting on himself as an 636 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: MMA coach, becoming the man at extreme co Tour, and 637 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: then you have this athlete Francis in Ghanu and he 638 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: becomes to the onn disputed UFC heavyweight champion, and then 639 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: there's the potential opportunity for some of the riches and 640 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: now you talk about potentially thirty five to forty million 641 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: dollars to box Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder because of 642 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: what he accomplished in defeat against Tyson Fury. And you know, 643 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: maybe Eric Nixon gets one percent of that. I don't know. 644 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: But his son Knocks is basically God's son to frances 645 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: and Ghana, So I'm sure he's doing just fine. Yeah, 646 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: unbelievable man. Yeah. 647 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 3: One thing I kind of wanted to ask him, and 648 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 3: I don't mean it in a disrespectful way, And perhaps 649 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 3: you can kind of chime in with your opinion on this. 650 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 3: And Francis is certainly not someone who is going to 651 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 3: rest on his laurels. Right, He's in the position he's 652 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 3: in because he has made a lot of taken risks 653 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 3: over the course of his life and career. But I 654 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 3: wonder how much there is to gain besides monetary gain. 655 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 3: Right that that is clear, He's going to make a 656 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 3: heck of a lot of money boxing. But I wonder 657 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 3: if he stopped boxing today and stayed with m in May, 658 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 3: and I wonder how much like mystique is going to 659 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 3: surround Francis. And Gano was the guy who was this 660 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 3: MMA guy. He had one against the champion of the 661 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 3: world in Tyson for he was undefeated and he almost 662 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 3: beaked that guy, and he went back to just smashing 663 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 3: people at MMA. Of how much more intrigue and excitement 664 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 3: would be kind of revolve around his name as opposed 665 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 3: if he goes into boxing, and now again it is 666 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 3: out of his realm. 667 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: Now people are taking. 668 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 3: Him seriously, the preparing for him to have some tape 669 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 3: and maybe he goes oh and two h and three potentially, 670 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 3: but has a bunch of money in his bank account. 671 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on that? What do you think? Huh, 672 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: It's a lot to think about. It's a lot to 673 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: think about, certainly in terms of his bank account, it's 674 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: going to have more numbers than he ever imagined. Right, 675 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: But I just think selectively right now, those boxing paydays 676 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: seemingly are three times he can make ten million to 677 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: show in the PFL. I just think that money leads 678 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: the dance here unfortunately, right and or well, for better 679 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: or for worse, I should say, because I do want 680 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: to see him in an MMA setting at least once more. 681 00:29:58,440 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: Like is that greedy? 682 00:29:59,520 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 2: Right? Like? 683 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: No guarantees at this point that we see John Jones 684 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: at least once more in an MMA setting. I am hopeful, 685 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:06,959 Speaker 1: but I do hope we see Francis and Gano at 686 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: least once more. And you're certainly right in terms of 687 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: the major motion picture and the mystique where he to 688 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: now go back to MMA and start smashing fools inside 689 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: of a round like he was before. It would be 690 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: really intriguing, and I think it would leave people with 691 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: a huge appetite to see him go box again. But 692 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: either way, it is Francis and Ghana's world. We're just 693 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: kind of living in it at this point in time, 694 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: all right. So before we bounce on out of here, 695 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: just want to thank everybody for supporting all of the 696 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: new merchandise efforts at John Anick dot com. Twenty percent 697 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: off through the end of the month of November. No, 698 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: I think through like November fourteenth, Zach Candido's fortieth birthday. 699 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: I think through new November fourteenth, twenty percent off all 700 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: new designs at John Anick dot com, And we thank 701 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: you guys. Right, we're investing in the show. We're twice 702 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: a week. We're very excited about what the future holds. 703 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: And because I won't be able to do this when 704 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: my brand new studio is up and running. I think 705 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to do it today on the way out. 706 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: So I'd like to thank media Is Mike Jones for 707 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: setting up this studio. We're not quite there yet, but 708 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: as you can see, well maybe I can just get 709 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: out of the shot, right or just in the fucking shot. 710 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: That's not gonna work. But you know what, ken Blow, 711 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: We're working on a lot of different things. We have 712 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: a lot of different cameras here, and we're very excited 713 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: about what the future holds. You may see kabibnrmago Medov's 714 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: face in the lockground there. But my favorite part, of 715 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: course is that I can just say, Alexa, turn the 716 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:34,479 Speaker 1: studio on. It didn't work, Alexa, turn on studio there, 717 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: it is there, it is, So the lights go on, 718 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: the cameras go on. Wicked exciting stuff. Because I'm so 719 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: technologically uninclined, Alexa turn off the fucking studio. She did 720 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: it immediately. Yeah, isn't that amazing? You know, you curse 721 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,479 Speaker 1: she does the first time. All right, So we're very 722 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 1: excited to bring all of that to you different angles, 723 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: and very excited about all that the future holds. But 724 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: Thanks everybody for supporting the show. Thanks to our producer 725 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: Cody Merrow, thanks to Eric Nixick for hopping on today. 726 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: We are right back with you this Sunday in advance 727 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: of UFC two ninety five. Perhaps that episode will drop 728 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: on Monday. Don't want to put any undue pressure on 729 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: Cody and our DraftKings staff, but we are taping on 730 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: Sunday as we get ready for UFC two ninety five. 731 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: We will be joined by Matt the Steamroller for Vola. 732 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: We did reach out to Ben while sant Denis, but 733 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: as many of you know, that man is on a 734 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: seek and destroy mission, so he respectfully declined. Got to 735 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: come on after the fight if he gets through Matth 736 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: the Steamroller for Vola. But Cody tells me it will 737 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: be out on Sunday and we will be joined by 738 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: by Matt the Steamroller for Vola. So with that, thank 739 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: you all for checking back in with us this week. 740 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: Don't forget to like the show. Subscribe on DraftKings because 741 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: I guess that helps the show as well. It helps us, 742 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: and we will talk to you guys in a few days. 743 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 1: With that, for Ken Flum, John and thank you for 744 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: watching for listening until Sunday night. 745 00:32:51,880 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 2: You'll lit make you show me out of the Boston. 746 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 4: Yeah. 747 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 6: Now, every time I started first start breaking these three 748 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 6: commandments kind of like Pluto because. 749 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 2: I never planned it. 750 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 6: I'm a planned to shudn't look wait them make the 751 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,479 Speaker 6: patches look like their own branches. 752 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:11,959 Speaker 2: This is the r the boy. Your blood the only 753 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 2: color on the canvas. 754 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 6: And I don't mean it's like a though sense of 755 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 6: how you can get God fuck being can't time hip hop? 756 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 6: You got it every time you walk in the label 757 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 6: the and I was like, god it immune leadership because. 758 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 2: I suck a suckle. 759 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 6: Guy got it by the heat is the toxically gotta 760 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 6: beat out on God. The street cop and Sea started 761 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 6: thinks like aliate to speaking speak elitiously off the high 762 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 6: horse making acid difuse. Your DJ must not know the 763 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 6: alphabet forgetting this cube. My favorite DJ got those in 764 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 6: six extra help the abuse as a teric John p 765 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 6: And I'm the new kids store. I'm ready to las nice, touch, 766 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 6: reach and show a bust of my styles. He gonna 767 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 6: send your ego tripping w free a plas miles. 768 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: He wants to get to the bird and get into 769 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: the murd Edinburgh. 770 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 2: You want to sit it on the speak of committals 771 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 2: or the