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Our guest this week is Kanpai Pandas CEO, Ice Bagz. Kanpai Pandas is an omnichain NFT project built on layer zero tech that just launched their latest collection on Solana. With collectibles spanning across 8 different networks, a media business, clothing line, events, and high-profile ambassadors in the contact sports industry, Kanpai Pandas is more than an NFT project, it's a movement.Show Notes:00:52 - Kanpai Pandas / Origin story04:22 - How does learning from building businesses translate into the Web3 space06:45 - From Roblox to the Panda project09:10 - UFC10:53 - Streetwear and theNFT space.    14:07 - Reaching a broader audience15:49 -  Revenue, general growth, and the state of the NFT industry17:47 - Why mint a Kanpai panda?20:31 - Multichain21:25 -  How does Solana fit / Solana specific projects.  22:18 -  A builder he admires in the Web3 space Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:00):Hey everyone, and welcome to The Zeitgeist, the show where we highlight the founders, developers, and designers who are pushing the Web 3.0 space forward. I'm Brian Friel, developer relations at Phantom, and I'm super excited to introduce our guests, Ice Bagz, the CEO of Kanpai Pandas. Ice Bagz, welcome to the show. Ice Bagz (00:22):Appreciate you, Brian. Glad to be here, man. Brian Friel (00:25):Yeah, we're glad to have you too. And if no one from Phantom or Solana has told you yet, officially welcome to Solana. We're super stoked to have you guys. Ice Bagz (00:33):Appreciate it. Brian Friel (00:34):Maybe we could start there. There's a lot of folks in Solana who are in the NFT space. There's an NFT ecosystem I'd say that's very much unique to Solana. You guys are coming from this from a lot of different angles. This is your eighth different chain. Can you tell us a little bit about Kanpai Pandas? What's the origin story there and what is Kanpai Pandas? Ice Bagz (00:54):Pandas in general is originally an Omnichain project built on layer zero tech. That's why we're now coming to Solana. Originally we had planned Solana as the eighth chain. It just took longer than expected with layer zero building the bridge out. Of course, everything with FTX and all that stuff happened a year ago and it kind of stalled out the processes and the way people were spending money. So we went back and forth quite a bit, like do we just go ahead and do the rest of it on Eth or do we hold off? Do we wait to get into the Solana ecosystem? And I made the decision, let's just wait, even though it's a long time, because this has been probably eight months coming, but I just wanted to get into another ecosystem. The cool thing about our project being Omnichain is we mint it on Optimism, and BSC, and Eth, and Arbitrum, and AVAX and all these other chains, and it helps you kind of bring those communities in too, right? Because people become so kind of stuck in one chain or one FT project or whatever it may be. (01:47):That's just not my belief in crypto, my belief in crypto is people should be trying and experimenting, and I think in a couple of years from now, hopefully you won't even know that you're moving from one chain to another chain. Hopefully it's a much more seamless process. That's kind of the goal here. So, we were one of the very first ones that really used that tech. I think Lil Pudgys ended up switching over and re-dropping an Omnichain contract as well. But I think more projects should be. I'm excited to come to the Solana ecosystem. Like you said, it's very different. It's very kind of tunnel vision and closed off compared to some of the other chains, for sure. But that's the way it is and that's why it interests me to get in there, because if you look at what they've done, they made DeGods, they made y00ts, they made some of these bigger projects, I would say even more so than the founders. (02:31):It was really the ecosystem and the hype and just kind of that grit of, "We are Solana," that built this stuff. And so I'm like, well, fuck it, why would I not want to be a part of that? You know what I mean? With my project. Very early on I was involved in helping with the honoraries, things like that. That was the meta back then. This is still in the bear market, April of '22. So it was still bear market, but I'd helped do this. The mint was pretty hyped up and then the contract broke, all kinds of shit happened. Shit hits the fan. I'd never spent any time in Discord before until that moment. Brian Friel (03:01):It's eyeopening. Ice Bagz (03:02):And yeah, I didn't know if I ever wanted to get back in, because it was just "Rug, rug, rug." And I'm like, "What the fuck is everybody talking about?" So, eventually I ended up taking over the project very early on, hadn't minted out, took us seven months to mint out. I'd say we're probably the only project that actually stuck around and built, A, during the bear and then, B, during a seven-month mint. Most founders would've just hit the fucking road by then. I don't think anybody can argue that fact. So I pulled about 600 K out of my own pocket to build the business, to get something going, to prove myself, prove the project. So we did that, worked endlessly for seven months, finally minted out the seventh chain at that time, and we've been building ever since. So that's kind of the origin story to it. But yeah, it's one of those things that I'm glad I did it now, but there was a long period of time where I was like, what the hell am I doing? Brian Friel (03:49):Yeah, no, I totally understand that. I think there's a lot of interesting things there that we can go into. I mean, you guys are doing things your own way in a very unique way. I mean the Omnichain thing on its own. But one thing I want to hit on is what you talked about where you didn't actually found the project yourself. You came in through the honorary process, you saw an opportunity here and you basically took a project that you saw its potential and took it to the next level. Just briefly, I want to learn a little bit more too about your background. So you're an entrepreneur, you've built businesses yourself. How do those learnings translate to the Web 3.0 space? Ice Bagz (04:23):So it's massive and we actually had a space about it this morning and I had my whole team up talking. And we're seeing this seismic shift right now from hype and marketing and all this other stuff to what are they actually building and what are they actually doing and do they have actual goals and business plans and people in place that can execute? And I think that we're going to continue to see that. So I'm a lifelong entrepreneur. 20 years old, moved to Mexico, worked in the manufacturing business for five years. Came back, did sales for a couple of years, and then decided to start my own business. I was very good at sales. I could talk and I was very good at it. I made good money, but I hated it. I hated getting up and going and doing it every day. So my wife was pregnant at the time, we didn't have much money. (05:07):I'm like, "Babe, I've got an idea for a business here it is." Literally that night we sat down and drew it up on a napkin. She made the logo and everything, and I literally quit the next day and went and started knocking on doors and that's how I started my business. So my first year, I think I made $32,000. My second year I made like $55,000 and many years later I built it into a multiple eight figure business, and I've launched other stuff since then. Really got bored of managing big companies, 50, a hundred employees. It got exhausting to me and I wasn't having fun anymore. So I put people in those places to handle those businesses. I started in crypto full-time in early '18, so I've been around for longer than most of the people in the space. Got into that. I was trading coins and advising on projects and things like that. (05:49):And then in '21, I guess is when I started getting into the NFT space and didn't really understand it at all. The funny thing is the thing that made it click with me was my son constantly fucking swiping our credit card on Roblox, and I'm like, "What are you doing?" I'm like, "Show me," right? And he's like buying Roblox and he's getting these skins and he's changing his skins into every game he goes into and I'm like, all right, this is starting to click a little bit here. And if you look at what we've built, we took a lot of the Roblox mechanics with the trait swapping and the point system and things like that because it's proven and it works. Brian Friel (06:24):Yeah. So let's talk a little bit about that too. So you guys have everything that you're doing in the digital world, the trait swapping everything there, and then you have all this other stuff that you guys are doing, I'd say in the real world too, your activations there. Maybe let's hone in on the digital to start. So you saw your son swiping on Roblox. How did that influence where you took this Panda project? Ice Bagz (06:44):For sure. So kind of where we started was in real life experiences, networking, highly important, that type of stuff. We have a suite at Allegiance Stadium in Vegas for 15 years. So we have all the football games, all the concerts, everything that goes on the shows, et cetera, there. We do UFC events, we throw Pandamonium, which is a huge festival, day long and night long festival. So it started off with that and then I was like, all right, we've really got to branch out and build this project out a little more and be able to capture an audience that's much wider than people that want to go to physical events. We started building this point system out. We spent about seven months on this. We spent probably about three months in planning and about four months in building, but we built out a centralized point system. (07:24):We call it the PPDEX, but it's got your point system, it's got a casino integrated, a sports book integrated, poker room, et cetera. So you can use those points that Japandas earned on a daily basis to play games, play against your friends, whatever. Then you can also buy traits. We can drop trait packs whenever we want to. We can do it for things that are culturally relevant and it doesn't become stale. And there's always this ongoing debate of like, well, should you maintain the metadata of an NFT or should it be changeable? You should have trait swapping. And I say, look, unless you're fucking Punks, right? We're building something here that's innovative and that's going to continue to grow for the next 10, 20 years, whatever. I think it's silly to think otherwise and to think that that's going to hurt the project because able to now not only do traits, keep it fresh and keep the community engaged, but it also allows us a massive opportunity down the road to partner up with other companies. (08:14):They can drop their own trait packs within our system. We released what we call DRIP. It's a digital plus real items for pandas. So what we did there was we came up with a collection of items and one's like a diamond encrusted pendant, one's a t-shirt, one's a hat. And then what you do is when you buy that, you get the physical, you get the digital trait that you can put on your panda, and that way everybody knows you own this limited edition run, but in the virtual world. And then you also receive an NFT showing digital ownership, so it's got an NFC chip embedded in it. And so some of those things I think is where it's really going to lend itself to large collaborations for us down the road we're already working on. Our first drop is going to be with Bo Nickal, the UFC star. He's got a ScrapLife clothing line, and so we're big into the UFC scene and the combat sports scene. So we're going to collab with him and come up with an item drop there. Brian Friel (09:01):Talk a little bit more about that. So you guys do a lot in UFC actually. So in addition to that, you guys work with Jon Jones, Roy Jones Jr. What led you to the UFC in particular? Ice Bagz (09:10):So it's such a massively growing market that's underutilized from a marketing perspective, in my opinion. Over the last couple of years. If you pay attention and you go to the fights or you watch the fights on TV, you see the front rows are nothing but the biggest soccer stars, the biggest football stars, the biggest basketball stars, and these guys are like... It's just something they can't do. And now it's exploding globally. I mean outside of soccer, it's probably one of those really global, global sports and people just don't pay enough attention to it. And the stuff that's come out of there... I don't know how old you are, but I don't know if you know Tapout and Affliction and all these fucking lines that were geared towards that arena. They were just all awful. (09:49):And so I was like, why don't we create... It doesn't even have to be an athletic wear line, just a fresh street wear line that's geared towards marketing to those people. And it's been very successful. Like you said, we've got Jon, we've got Mighty Mouse, we've got Bo Nickal, we've got Mike Perry. I mean, we've got probably 50 athletes on a roster. Part of it is one of my advisors and stakeholders as Malki Kawa who owns First Round Management and they're one of the top three management companies on the planet. Brian Friel (10:13):So that seems like an insight that's almost completely separate from everything you're doing in NFT land is you notice this sport that's up and coming, UFC. I mean I'm 30, for reference, but 15 years ago when I was a kid in high school, it was very fringe. And now I'd say it's completely blown up, but there aren't clear ways to tap into. Those audiences I think are still forming as everything's moving digital, there's not clear connections there. It sounds like though what you guys are doing, at least in the short term too, is even just focusing on just pure, real world street wear. Are these even tied to the NFTs currently? I mean some of them feature the pandas for sure, but how is that audience resonating with what you guys are building in parallel with everything you're doing in the NFT space? Ice Bagz (10:53):So it's really a twofold answer. One is you've got to be able to build revenue sources or your NFT project's dead. You can't just continue to mint, mint, mint. That meta is long gone. Yuga was probably the last one to successfully do that. We've seen Azuki failed miserably trying to do it. I don't see that meta coming back. Royalties are in the toilet. So you've got to build a business around this, right? And I'm sorry, but let's be realistic here. With $2 million mint, you're not going to go build some kind of Web 3.0 game that millions of people are going to play. It's not going to happen. So you've got to come up with, okay, what can we do that our community likes that can also generate money but also not generate money off the backs of them at all times. And so clothing line was like number one. We're like, okay, but let's do this right. (11:34):Not just bullshit merch drops, let's actually build out a clothing line with an actual campaign with people wearing it and build something out of it. And so when I lived in Mexico when I was 20 to 25, I was in the manufacturing industry, so I've been in that industry for a long time, but that's one. Number two is we're building out Kanpai media right now. We just launched our first podcast called Overdogs. We've had Sean Strickland on, Mighty Mouse on, Bo Nickal on, Mike Perry on. We're filming with Jon Jones on Friday. It's been highly successful. Our third episode was Mighty Mouse and it's already done 130,000 views between Spotify and YouTube. So wildly successful start to that. Obviously it's very hard to get those kind of high caliber players on every time, but we're able to do it and that gives us a major edge on the competition. (12:18):I mean just also the way we approach it versus other shows, et cetera, et cetera. But now we're in talks too with some of the biggest players on the planet as far as sponsorships go in that show. So you got to find ways like that A, expands your audience, and then B, also drive revenue so that you can do stuff for the community five years from now and you're not just dead in the water. I mean, believe me, there's so many projects right now that are dead, they just don't know it yet, and we're not going to be one of those. When it comes back to tying the NFTs to these brands with clothing, for example, you've either got a chip embedded that goes back to the website and teaches people about who Kanpai Pandas are, or you've got QR codes on them. So you're essentially building this big funnel, you're projecting it to the masses, but you can't shove NFTs down normies' throats. (13:04):When Jon Jones and I first met, it was like March 4th week, he was fighting Ciryl Gane, and I remember we were in the elevator and he was like, "Yo, how do you want me to explain this?" And I was like, "Don't. I don't want you talking about fucking NFTs on Twitter and Instagram and all this stuff. You're going to get flamed," right? Brian Friel (13:21):Yeah. Ice Bagz (13:22):So you take a smarter approach. You say, "Okay, it's the clothing line, Jon. That's all it is." Now people start to fall in love with the clothing line, and then as you progress down the road, now you're introducing them into this system. Now it's like, "Okay, I love this brand and what these guys are about, and oh, there's a membership pass that I can buy and get access to all this cool shit that's also part of their community?" That's where you start to convert people. It's not upfront. Brian Friel (13:46):Yeah, no, that makes a lot of sense. It's like starting with the user. What do they actually want? Building something that people actually want and building your audience that way. I think the UFC angle is really interesting. I don't know of any other project out there that's focusing on that. Would you say that that's your main focus right now at Kanpai, or are you guys also exploring other avenues to reach a broader audience to basically expand your top of funnel? Ice Bagz (14:07):So right now it's combat sports. We've done some with NFL players, things like that, but right now it's working, right? And so when you have something that's so young and it's working, you don't pivot. Brian Friel (14:16):Yeah. Ice Bagz (14:17):Believe me, I'm an experienced business leader. I've had plenty of successes, plenty of failures, and I know when to pivot and you don't pivot when you're having success. You pivot when you're not having success and you pivot quickly. But when you're having success through combat sports, and it's not even just UFC, right? If you look at PFL, PFL is now massively growing. They're on ESPN. You've got One Championship where Mighty Mouse is, you've got Bellator. All these up and coming leagues, bare knuckle boxing is exploding. If you look at what Mike Perry did from converting to the UFC over to bare knuckle boxing, his worth is exploding right now, and that's what we're focusing on. We're looking at all this stuff that's up and coming that's bringing in huge crowds and huge viewerships, and we're saying, okay, well how can we work this angle to get our brand in there and be the brand that people recognize when it comes to these sports? Brian Friel (15:01):Yeah. No, that makes a lot of sense. You mentioned a couple of things throughout these stories of revenue as a constant theme. We started with your background as an entrepreneur building businesses. You mentioned you were in the manufacturing industry. Is that correct when you got your start? Ice Bagz (15:14):Yeah. Brian Friel (15:15):And as we're recording, this is August 2023. The NFT ecosystem, I would say, is going through a tough time as a whole of figuring out what is the future of this ecosystem, especially as it relates to revenue and sustainability. How do you think about that as it relates to NFTs in particular? You guys are doing everything you're doing right now with the street wear. Is revenue a top focus for you right now or are you more focused on general growth, expanding top of funnel? How does your business experience guide your instincts of what's important right now given the state of the NFT industry? Ice Bagz (15:49):So the good thing is I've got a really experienced team and a really experienced advisory board and stakeholders because I'm much more of a creative. I like to kind of test the waters and see what we could do here and there, what would be unique that we could develop. And then I've got the guy that kind of runs project management for us, was managing nine figure projects and hundreds of people. The guy that runs Kanpai Media for us was an exec at Red Bull Music. The thing is, when you're building a business, you got to surround yourself with the right people. Our advisory board is like, it's fucking phenomenal. It would be killer for a Fortune 1000 company, and we've got it in the NFT space, which is super unique. It gives us access to whatever we need and whoever we need. Revenue is always going to be a top priority. (16:29):I don't look at this as like an NFT project. I look at this as a business that we're building. It's really a large media business, but it's got a clothing line and it's got its fingers into the UFC space and the combat sports space, and that'll eventually grow into a broader sports space. The thing is content creation and revenue sources and driving the community and giving them fun things to do is probably the top three for me. And that's why we do a lot of stuff like Premier Fantasy Soccer League right now. The winner gets tickets to the Champions League finals at Wembley Stadium. We're about to drop NFL, winner gets two Super Bowl tickets. We're about to drop a poker circuit in our poker room. Winner gets a WSOP seat. So those type of things right there, especially in a bear market, it's just engaging as hell. Brian Friel (17:13):Yeah. No, that makes a lot of sense. From everything that you guys are doing in the business, switching back to the community as a whole and what people can expect. You just launched on Solana this week. You currently are minting right now as the time of this recording. We'll try to get something out there just in time. But for everyone who's been in the Solana ecosystem these past two years, they're focused almost exclusively on Solana. I'd say that everything you've talked about is pretty much a breath of fresh air. You guys are doing a lot of stuff outside of crypto, but for those people, if you were to talk to them, what should they be thinking about as it comes to Kanpai Pandas? Why should somebody go and mint a Kanpai Panda today? Ice Bagz (17:47):I'm going to hit on the point that you asked earlier that I don't think I really responded to, but having a competent leadership team that has experience in navigating tough markets, whether it be a bear market and NFTs or it be a bear market in real estate or stocks or whatever, it's all the same shit. So it's like we've all been there and done that. For that reason, we've been able to flourish and it hasn't been able to bother us as much because we just continue building and building and building because I know the end of the bear market's going to come and all the groundwork and foundation and everything that we're working on is going to be laid for the bull market. So then we'll reap the rewards then. So that's not really a major focus of ours. Ours is doing what we say, laying out a solid game plan, having the steps in place to accomplish those plans, and most people don't. (18:29):In the NFT space, I've never seen anything more disorganized and with poorer teams, I guess, leading projects and large amounts of money in my life, and I've been in all kinds of different business sectors. So to me, it's a positive for us. We're seeing this a lot more now, but you've got to have a team in place that has experience that knows what the fuck they're doing and can actually execute on what they say they're going to do. But at the same time, besides that, we just do a lot of cool shit. You've got this cool trait swapping mechanism, and we have this game within a game where you can add to your rarity based on traits that you add in and things like that and earn more points. Or you can go into the raffle section and use those points to win concert tickets and football tickets and sports memorabilia and shit, we just gave away a four-day trip to my town and we're going out on the boat. They get to bring 10 people. We're going out on the boat for four days, but that's great networking. It's a free vacation. We do a lot of cool stuff like that to keep people engaged. Brian Friel (19:24):That makes a lot of sense. It's like an internet native club for everyone who's already into everything that you guys are doing outside of this. They're loyal people who use your brand, they love your street wear and they want to connect digitally with everyone else. It feels the same way. Ice Bagz (19:35):Yeah, I mean, if you look at NFTs in general, right? What's the main use case for NFTs right now? It's really a membership pass. I've been a member of 20 golf clubs in my life, and you go and you pay this fee to join the club, and then you pay a monthly fee to be a part of the club, and then you pay a cart fee just every time you go play. And when you leave the club, you don't get shit back because you don't own it. And so that's really what NFTs are right now. They're social membership passes. You have access to all of this stuff except you own the fucking rights to it. So when you sell it, you can sell it, which is so different than the old business models of these clubs. To me, that's what NFTs are right now outside of digital collectible, digital art, there's some decent gaming stuff out there, but not much. Brian Friel (20:19):Yeah. No, that makes sense. Bringing it back to where you guys are at now, this is the eighth and final chain. You guys are here at Solana, I take it, there's no more change expansions from here. Eight is the number that you guys are sticking with, is that right? Ice Bagz (20:31):It's a 10,000 set collection, and so this is the last thousand. So we've minted out, I think 530 of the last thousand right now, which in less than two days is not bad. Considering it's the most expensive mint ever to be on Solana and the fucking market conditions are laughable, right? I feel like we've been highly successful already, and I personally think we actually mint it out by Sunday evening. And if that does, I think it's a super bullish catalyst for what we're building because it tells me even in these conditions, people are still digging what we're doing. Brian Friel (21:02):So where does Solana fit in with everything else you guys are doing from here? You guys have eight chains. Managing a project on eight different chains is a lot of work in its own right. Outside of everything you guys are doing in the physical world, how do you think about what you're doing in just the pure digital world going forward? Is there anything specific to Solana that you are really excited about, especially as it relates to tapping into everything you're doing with your business side of things? Ice Bagz (21:25):Yeah, so I think there's a lot of innovation going on in Solana, right? And I've spent the last few months talking to a lot of the big builders in the Solana ecosystem. So I think there's actually probably some cooler stuff being built on Solana than even on Ethereum, personally. So yeah, we're going to look and talk to all these guys that are building over in Solana and see what they offer and see if there's something that integrates with what we're doing at this time or anything that potentially integrates with what we do in the future. That's always something that we're looking at. If you stop innovating, you're dead. So we're always looking at like, here's the next three-month plan that we need to execute, but what is the six-month plan? By the time you get month six or something out, you may find something else by then that may be more pressing or have bigger potential. Brian Friel (22:05):Well, Bagz, it's been awesome. Love hearing your story. Love hearing the Kanpai Panda story as well. One closing question that we ask all our guests, and I want to hear this answer from you as well, is, who is a builder that you admire in the Web 3.0 space? Ice Bagz (22:18):In the Web 3.0 space? I like what the guys over at Mad Lads are doing. I like what the guys at Tensor are doing. I like what Degen Ape Academy is doing. I like what Luca is doing with the toys and the IP. Again, that's one of the biggest things that I think people need to understand is revenue. If you can't drive revenue, you can't run a fucking business. So I'd say that's probably a pretty good roundup. There's more out there for sure. That's a good start. Brian Friel (22:41):Bagz, this has been awesome. Where can people go to learn more about Kanpai Pandas? Ice Bagz (22:46):Go to kanpaipandas.io. Brian Friel (22:47):Ice Bagz, the CEO of Kanpai Pandas, thanks so much for coming on Zeitgeist and sharing your story. Ice Bagz (22:52):Yeah, appreciate it, man. 

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Dalvin Cook has made it clear — he's interested in joining the Miami Dolphins. In a recent interview, Cook noted that the Dolphins run a scheme similar to what the four-time 1,000-yard rusher played in with the Minnesota Vikings. What will Cook end up doing and how will it impact Miami's playoff aspirations? Malki Kawa, agent for linebacker Reuben Foster, shared on Twitter that something could be in the works earlier this week. We've heard that Andrew Van Ginkel is taking snaps at inside linebacker — is it possible reinforcements are on the way? Another Dolphins Podcast is hosted by Joshua Houtz (@Houtz) and Jake Mendel (@JMendel94). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joanne Wood (5:11) discusses her upcoming fight at UFC Vegas 43 on Saturday, her recent marriage, Lauren Murphy's performance in Valentina Shevchenko's last title fight, and more. Michael Chiesa (33:29) discusses his last UFC outing against Vicente Luque, his upcoming fight against Sean Brady at UFC Vegas 43, his beard, his commercial with Justin Gaethje, and more. Arnold Allen (1:01:25) discusses his absence from the UFC, Yair Rodriguez vs. Max Holloway, who he might want to fight next, and more. Becky Lynch (1:43:25) discusses her feud with Charlotte Flair, how their relationship turned sour, if she thought about retirement during her break, coming back as a heel, and more. Jorge Masvidal (2:34:41) discusses why he dropped out of next month's fight against Leon Edwards, if he would rather face Leon Edwards or Colby Covington next, if he would do The Ultimate Fighter is in his future, Conor McGregor's future, the recent Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington showdown, and more. GC and Helwani (3:05:13) break down best bets for the UFC Vegas 43 event on Saturday night. In the latest On the Nose segment (3:32:32), Ariel Helwani discusses Carla Esparza's UFC future, what podcasts he listens to, who would he love to interview still, his dream vacation spot, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this Episode Uly Monster & 2nyce get right back into the swing of things with their 1st podcast back together since the big fight. The man the myth the legend the "mouth of the south" Malki Kawa CEO of First Round Management is in the building. They definitely talk a good game on this episode you guys are going to love it. DONT BLINK !! Dont Blink Podcast Website FOLLOW ULY MONSTER FOLLOW 2NYCE FOLLOW MALKI KAWA DONT BLINK PODCAST IG  

Our compilation show is a deep dive with host, Trent Reinsmith, into the bigger news and goings on in MMA, both inside and outside the cage; presented with a critical, unbiased eye. Here is some detail on what's going on here... the “regular” ‘C'mon Now MMA Podcast' is a daily podcast of varying lengths, which can be found here: cmonnow.substack.com/. This show, however, is a compilation of some of the best topics covered on the daily show over the past week. UFC Vegas 28 Wrap Up: 1. Sometimes the commentators are wrong on the judging criteria 2. Manon Fiorot takes advantage of a huge opportunity 3. Makwan Amirkhani's UFC “debut” doesn't go so well 4. Tanner Boser's lack of wrestling 5. Montana De La Rosa does damage 6. Gregory Rodrigues that was some nice striking 7. Santiago Ponzinibbio comes back in a big way 8. Marcin Tybura is on a five-fight winning streak 9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik can finish his opponents at any time MORE: 1. UFC 263 Picks and Predictions 2. Tito Ortiz runs from politics when he finds it's not just the Tito Ortiz show 3. UFC makes Pride fight kits available, but ignores the homophobia and transphobia of its fighters 4. Malki Kawa gives managerial advice to Jake Paul. Yes, Kawa who just lost Jon Jones as a client 5. Tyron Woodley's biggest payday will come against Jake Paul and that could be a reason Dana White doesn't want UFC fighters boxing YouTubers 6. Eugene Bareman played us all when it comes to Robert Whittaker — nice work 7. UFC ownership turns a profit because UFC sponsorship and media rights increased — UFC fighters get zero of that money. They should get close to 50 percent 8. Jorge Masvidal puts some of his bare knuckle content behind a paywall. Is he sharing that with the fighters? 9. Of course Floyd Mayweather wants easy money to take a rematch with Conor McGregor. He'd be silly not to do that If you enjoy our show, "heart" us here on SC, or "like" & share over on whichever BE Presents Podcast Channel happens to be your listening platform of choice: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodyElbowPresents * iTunes & Apple TV: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blood…&i=1000421882228 * iHeartRadio: www.iheart.com/podcast/269-Blood…Presents-30639274 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/55S2dpKYVqndaPTUojkELm?si=oGGPZ4kESkWZigLNnEg1ug * Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/bloody-e…esents?refid=stp * TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/Bloody-Elbow-Presents-p1190843/ * OverCast: overcast.fm/itunes984162015/bloody-elbow-presents * Player FM: player.fm/series/bloody-elbow-presents * & Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b53e5086-2334-497c-82c0-24ddb5e0cfbb/Bloody-Elbow-Presents ... While you're there, don't forget to subscribe to Bloody Elbow Presents; that way you'll always be the first to get all of BE's daily MMA offerings. For previous episodes of the show, check out our playlists on all of our BE Presents channels.

Welcome back to the Fight Business Podcast, Patrick Auger's weekly show dedicated to the business side of mixed martial arts. Subscribe for a new Fight Business Podcast episode every Thursday at midday (ET). 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Endeavor's Q1 earnings call highlights profits and future plans 16:50 - The business side of Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley and what Woodley's big payday could mean for the UFC Today's Fight Business Podcast is dedicated to Endeavor's Q1 earnings call and the Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley boxing match that could have a huge impact on the UFC and Endeavor. Firstly, Auger explains the major takeaways from the Endeavor earnings call. The UFC helped Endeavor to a small Q1 profit and Auger's here to explain why we should be paying close attention to key figures from the call. Secondly, it's all about Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley. For those asking how much will Tyron Woodley get paid to fight Jake Paul, Malki Kawa and Woodley himself have hinted that it will be his biggest payday -- by a long way. That's significant because Woodley is a former UFC champion and has competed on one of the biggest cards in UFC history, UFC 205: McGregor vs. Alvarez and supposedly received a share of PPV points on the night. Paul's out here bringing big paydays to UFC fighters and this could mean trouble for the UFC in terms of substitutes and as a general threat as fighters look elsewhere for better pays against arguably weaker competition. Thanks for watching! Make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments section below. First time here? Hit the subscribe content to see more content like this! Already a subscriber? Thank you! Please remember to show your support by clicking the like button. Follow Patrick Auger on Twitter: @AllDayAuger Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/35iN7bz Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/vXgz9KyqYp Follow us on Twitter: https://goo.gl/zt6naT Read more: https://thebodylockmma.com

Today’s Topics:Tito Ortiz runs from politics when he finds it’s not just the Tito Ortiz showUFC makes Pride fight kits available, but ignores the homophobia and transphobia of its fighters Malki Kawa gives managerial advice to Jake Paul. Yes, Kawa who just lost Jon Jones as a clientTyron Woodley’s biggest payday will come against Jake Paul and that could be a reason Dana White doesn’t want UFC fighters boxing YouTubersEugene Bareman played us all when it comes to Robert Whittaker — nice workUFC ownership turns a profit because UFC sponsorship and media rights increased — UFC fighters get zero of that money. They should get close to 50 percentJorge Masvidal puts some of his bare knuckle content behind a paywall. Is he sharing that with the fighters? Of course Floyd Mayweather wants easy money to take a rematch with Conor McGregor. He’d be silly not to do that C’mon now, we don’t need to respect Tito Ortiz’s political runSubscribe to the YouTube page:Buy Me a Coffee Get full access to C'mon Now at cmonnow.substack.com/subscribe

Well, Friday is here, so that means we are turning our gaze to what's been happening in the world of #MMA We start things off with our with our week 14 NFL predictions. Bare Knuckle FC President David Feldman seems to think that one study can show that bare knuckle is safe, which is odd. BUT, the study doesn't tell the full story! Yoel Romero may have been released by the UFC, but his manager Malki Kawa has been hinting all week that a BIG announcement is forthcoming!! For a good while Chi Lewis-Parry has been throwing shade at Jon Jones. How things change then, cause Lewis-Parry has now been handed a FOUR YEAR suspension by USADA. Plus, Dana White is looking into making the first three events of 2021 a HUGE splash, with an 'International Fight Week' type of event! AND we give the 'UFC 256' weigh-in's a quick look, everyone hit the mark, but we did loss one to the current skurge Today's (ep 121) @ChinCheckPod breaks it all down, so let's get with it! - NFL Week 14: Predictions - BKFC President David Feldman believes recent 2.5 year study proves sport is safe! - Yoel Romero asked for and received a release from his UFC contract - Chi Lewis-Parry suspended 4 years by USADA - There might be a potential 'International Fight Week' type of event happening on the return to 'Fight Island'! - UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno - weigh-in's *(Music) 'Water Me' by Lizzo - 2019

Paige VanZant discusses her decision to move from MMA to bare knuckle boxing with her manager Malki Kawa joining to detail how the deal got done and BKFC president Dave Feldman on welcoming Paige to the promotion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paige VanZant discusses her decision to move from MMA to bare knuckle boxing with her manager Malki Kawa joining to detail how the deal got done and BKFC president Dave Feldman on welcoming Paige to the promotion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paige VanZant discusses her decision to move from MMA to bare knuckle boxing with her manager Malki Kawa joining to detail how the deal got done and BKFC president Dave Feldman on welcoming Paige to the promotion.

Reigning NCAA Heavyweight Champion Anthony Cassar has signed with Malki Kawa & First Round Management and has been training down in Miami alongside teammate Bo Nickal and Jorge Masvidal. Today, both Bo & Anthony joined the podcast to talk about the training down in Miami, preparing for the Olympic Trials, which NLWC members they'd like to see in MMA, wrestling monkeys, and so much more. Thanks so much for tuning in. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great stories. If you want to support the podcast, be sure to leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts and shop some apparel on BASCHAMANIA.com! For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email info@baschamania.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

UFC and NFL agent Malki Kawa of First Round Management joins the How to Play the Game podcast to discuss his positive reaction to Dana White indicating UFC 249 will happen in California on April 18 despite continued concerns about COVID-19 and even though every other sporting event has been either canceled or postponed. Kawa feels comfortable that the health and safety of the fighters will be accounted for and does not care that the California State Athletic Commission won't participate in the April 18 event.

Malki Kawa from First Round Management comes on the Fight Bananas Podcast to give us the Real Talk on what's happening behind the scenes right now in the world of Mix Martial Arts. Malki talks about how his team is dealing with the Corona Pandemic and how no one works harder for there clients then First Round Management. Subscribe to the Fight Bananas YouTube Channel Follow davidvanauken on Instagram warhammerfightwear.com  andstillnutrition.com makotek_mouthguards on Instagram Follow Fusion CBD Products on Instagram - Use Code Fight2020 for 20% off your Order Please Donate to the Bully Proof Foundation

November 11 is a day that’s extremely memorable for me and the career path I chose. You see, 11 years ago, Kyle Klingman and I kicked off our very first podcast, Wrestling 411. By the way, I’m Jason Bryant, and this is Short Time Shots, a mostly daily look at the scores and more from around the world of wrestling. So back to the story - It was a J Robinson idea housed within a brand called Media Sports Productions, the acronym befitting its home base, Minneapolis. This was the gig I left Pennsylvania for. J Rob and Wade Schalles, wooed me over the phone from my newly purchased row home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I saw the pay increase, the chance to continue to further my goals in broadcasting and a chance to get a fresh start in a new area. Wade left shortly after Kyle arrived from Iowa and me from Pennsylvania. Ultimately, we got left holding the bag with little of the start-up money to work with and Kyle and I limped through a very tough year, one that put both of us at odds with one another and put both of our futures in the sport in doubt. Kyle and I talked about this a year ago, when we hit the 10-year anniversary of our foray into podcasting and failed television production. Our first guest was Tom Brands. The audio was terrible, our rapport wasn’t there and it might have been one of the worst shows either of us ever did. Even though I linked it here, don’t listen. We sat at Augsburg’s KAUG radio studios - Kyle knew this was doomed from the start. I thought so to, only I held on to the illusion that we could actually pull this off. Well, we didn’t and 11 years later, here we are, and here you are. That was the second known wrestling podcast, Mat Slammers in Iowa was the first and there was a short-lived show up in Canada for a while too. All that being said, 11 years gone and a lot of things changed for the better out of that experience. I’ve distributed, produced and hosted over 2,400 podcast episodes in that time and I’ve done 1,308 of those myself. Uffda. Now, before I get to the news, this important note from my man Andy Voit. No, he didn’t pay me to say his name on the show.  Dual Meets:  Nothing doing. Tournaments:  Nothing doing. PROMO CODE WARNING There are approximately 63 active wrestling podcasts out there, with 20 of them on the Mat Talk Podcast Network. I get asked all the time about what people need to start a podcast. One of the most important things is a podcast host. I firmly believe in quality comes at a cost and with Libsyn, my podcast host of choice, that cost is super affordable. Sign up for Libsyn, at L-I-B-S-Y-N.com and use the promo code MTO to get your first month of podcast hosting for free when you sign up. That means you get the rest of THIS month and NEXT month free. They’ve got plans as affordable as $5 a month. They’ve been the backbone of this network and if you don’t reach out to me for technical advice, at least hear me on this one – Libsyn.com, use promo code MTO and get your free month (and a half!) TAKEDOWN CANCER It's time again to think about hosting a TakeDown Cancer event at one of your home meets, tournaments or youth events. TakeDown Cancer raises money for the Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund where over 91 percent of all money goes directly to research doctors and other cancer related projects. TakeDown Cancer is an all volunteer group with no paid salaries. TakeDown Cancer has raised almost $250,000. Please consider hosting an event. Go to www.takedowncancer.org for information or contact Mark Neu at mneu@shakopee.k12.mn.usLet’s TakeDown Cancer! - No one fights alone! Notables on the Docket for November 12: A handful of duals in the NAIA, Missouri Baptist heads to Hannibal-LaGrange, down in Iowa, it’s Waldorf facing William Penn and out west, Southern Oregon travels to Havre, Montana to face Montana State-Northern. Why isn’t it Favre? Whatever. Montana got this one right.   Mixed divisional matchups see NAIA Graceland heads up to Pella, Iowa to take on Division III Simpson and NAIA Warner Pacific take on Grays Harbor, a varsity program that competes in the NCWA. The women’s teams at those schools will also face off with one another. Keeping it on the women’s side, Life will head to Gaffney, South Carolina to face the first-year women’s team at Limestone.  FROM THE DWN: Brian Reinhardt from NC State features top-ranked Hayden Hidlay on the NC State athletics website, GoPack.com. Reinhardt also hosts the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast here on the network.  Tim Hands at FivePointMove.com breaks from his traditional U.S.-based Greco-Roman coverage to do an interview with Egypt’s Mohamed El Sayed, who recently won two world championships in the span of a month - actually shorter.  IAwrestle.com does a quick recap of things Iowa State had answered at their annual Cyclone Open. Jake Torkelson with the words there.  Shannon Scovel of NCAA.com does the same, only she focuses on the top-ranked team in the land, the Penn State Nittany Lions.  On Veterans Day, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame outlines the long history the sport’s had with our nation’s armed forces.  Tom Housenick of the Allentown Morning Call writes a stellar feature on a family of wrestlers from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and the struggle the girls had to try to find other girls to wrestle. While the Bibeau kids all love the sport, the girls picked it up as their dad taught their brother. Now the oldest, sister, Avia, will head to East Stroudsburg University next year to wrestle, but still struggles to try to get girls in her own high school to wrestle, because there’s no PIAA sanctioned girls wrestling and if they come out for the first time, they’re still wrestling the boys.  More from the world of girls wrestling, Fox 6 in Milwaukee notes the sport is one of the fastest growing in the country, especially the Midwest. The story features girls of all ages and their love for wrestling. Now, one thing I want to make very clear - do you see all the news coverage that girls wrestling is getting? This is a positive for our sport. It’s showing the sport is truly accepting of all shapes, sizes, colors and genders. To that portion of the population who wants to berate 17-year-old girls for the poor administrative decision of athletic departments 25 years ago, move on. It’s not these girls fault we didn’t let them compete 30 years ago. End rant.  MMA journalist Damon Martin tweeted last night that three-time NCAA champion Bo Nickal of Penn State had signed with First Round Management, indicating Bo’s drive to compete in MMA after a run at 2020. The tweet was attributed to First Round Management’s Malki Kawa.  Ommcom News reports the region of India known as Odisha, on the Bay of Bengal, is in line to host the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships. India has a huge wrestling following and the metrics discussed by United World Wrestling on the YouTube videos verify that claim. Their news isn’t always on point, but they do churn out a lot of it. This is probably legit.  In lieu of talking about every single wrestler of the week award, rest assured the ones I find, will be in the newsletter, I just don’t want to dedicate the entire section of what’s in the Daily Wrestling Newsletter to WOWs, even though … wait for it … they may have WOWed us this week. One worth noting is TheOpenMat.com named Tate Orndorff its Wrestler of the Week. That one deserves a mention. He beat a pair of All-Americans in Tanner Hall of Arizona State and Jordan Wood of Lehigh on Sunday. He good.  On The Network Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com return with another episode of On The Mat. Their guest this week is Gary Abbott, the longtime Director of Communications at USA Wrestling. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame recently announced Gary would be part of its 2020 induction class, earning the Order of Merit for his years of service.  You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. Sign up for free at mattalkonline.com/news and get the day’s top wrestling stories from around the world delivered to your inbox for free every single morning.  The Mat Talk Online Daily Newsletter is sponsored by Resilite. Short Time Shots is sponsorless. Want to contribute? 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Remember, you’ve always got time, for Short Time.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHORT TIME WRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS (Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script of the show, there may be minor errors sprinkled throughout and no, it's not in APA style or anything that resembles a journalistic published work. Some shows will also be devoid of show notes, as they're done on the road from a mobile device).

Yoel Romero Manager Malki Kawa talks: --Gold Star Supplement Settlement --Thoughts on fighting arbitration --Regulations on Supplement Companies --Yoel Romero Staying in Ridiculous Shape

UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor takes place this Saturday, October 6th, 2018, and we spend the entire first half of this week's show previewing the main event fight between UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. In the second half of the episode we run down the rest of the UFC 229 card, as well as The National Labor Relations Board's dismissal of employee status for UFC fighters, manager Malki Kawa's side of the Jon Jones' USADA suspension reduction, some recent changes to the USADA suspension announcements, and the retirement of Bellator fighter and former UFC Interim Bantamweight contender Michael McDonald. Hosted by Steve Jeffery, David Abraham and Greg Persson.  Listen to us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, find @SteveJeffery on Twitter, or just email us.

Eddie Law talks Malki Kawa on Jon Jones, Teddy Atlas on JRE and Brendan Schaub on Ali Abdelazziz.

First Round Management agent Malki Kawa joins the show to discuss Miami's buzz nationally and the NFL talent on the roster.

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, live from Las Vegas, site of Mayweather vs. McGregor, Ariel Helwani speaks to Phil Baroni (00:24:05) and Stephan Bonnar (00:29:52), Malki Kawa (00:48:18), Michael Conlan (01:08:23), and Al Bernstein (01:30:44). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, live from Las Vegas, site of Mayweather vs. McGregor, Ariel Helwani speaks to Phil Baroni (00:24:05) and Stephan Bonnar (00:29:52), Malki Kawa (00:48:18), Michael Conlan (01:08:23), and Al Bernstein (01:30:44). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special edition of The MMA Hour, live from Las Vegas, site of Mayweather vs. McGregor, Ariel Helwani speaks to Phil Baroni (00:24:05) and Stephan Bonnar (00:29:52), Malki Kawa (00:48:18), Michael Conlan (01:08:23), and Al Bernstein (01:30:44).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Malki Kawa (00:25:07), Anthony Johnson (00:51:21), Frank Mir (01:20:15), Rashad Evans (01:42:58), Sergio Pettis (02:03:01), Shane Burgos (02:18:23), Cat Zingano (03:10:28), Tyron Woodley (03:35:36), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:10:30) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:41:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Malki Kawa (00:25:07), Anthony Johnson (00:51:21), Frank Mir (01:20:15), Rashad Evans (01:42:58), Sergio Pettis (02:03:01), Shane Burgos (02:18:23), Cat Zingano (03:10:28), Tyron Woodley (03:35:36), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:10:30) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:41:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Malki Kawa (00:25:07), Anthony Johnson (00:51:21), Frank Mir (01:20:15), Rashad Evans (01:42:58), Sergio Pettis (02:03:01), Shane Burgos (02:18:23), Cat Zingano (03:10:28), Tyron Woodley (03:35:36), and NewYorkRic for Ric's Picks (04:10:30) and to answer your questions during The MMA [After] Hour (04:41:52).

Ariel Helwani speaks to Luke Rockhold (00:08:09), Justin Gaethje (00:32:25), Anthony Pettis (00:50:10), Malki Kawa (01:04:30), Matt Hughes (01:30:59), Aspen Ladd (02:04:17), NewYorkRic (02:19:24) for Ric’s Picks, Kelvin Gastelum (03:11:02), and NewYorkRic (03:34:27) once again to recap the week in MMA.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Luke Rockhold (00:08:09), Justin Gaethje (00:32:25), Anthony Pettis (00:50:10), Malki Kawa (01:04:30), Matt Hughes (01:30:59), Aspen Ladd (02:04:17), NewYorkRic (02:19:24) for Ric's Picks, Kelvin Gastelum (03:11:02), and NewYorkRic (03:34:27) once again to recap the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Luke Rockhold (00:08:09), Justin Gaethje (00:32:25), Anthony Pettis (00:50:10), Malki Kawa (01:04:30), Matt Hughes (01:30:59), Aspen Ladd (02:04:17), NewYorkRic (02:19:24) for Ric's Picks, Kelvin Gastelum (03:11:02), and NewYorkRic (03:34:27) once again to recap the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three guests join this week's edition of the CanesInSight podcast presented by CanesWear. Malki Kawa - UFC super agent and NFL agent. Represents David Njoku, Reuben Foster, Malcolm Lewis, Jermaine Grace, Standish Dobard and more. We discuss a wide spectrum of topics including the "Miami mentality" he looks for when recruiting top prospects. Corey Gaynor - Miami offensive line signee reports to school in less than three weeks. He gives the latest. Coach Jose Duasso - NGHTMR 7v7 program founder and Killian assistant coach Jose Duasso brings his insight on the behind-the-scenes of Miami's recruiting efforts.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Khabib Nurmagomedov (00:12:18), Tom Lawlor (00:32:29), Marloes Coenen (00:55:55), Johny Hendricks (01:15:58), Derrick Lewis (01:36:06), Greg Hardy and Malki Kawa (01:57:28), Artem Lobov (02:31:03), Holly Holm (02:46:38), Tyron Woodley (03:08:23), and NewYorkRic (03:37:07) to recap the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Khabib Nurmagomedov (00:12:18), Tom Lawlor (00:32:29), Marloes Coenen (00:55:55), Johny Hendricks (01:15:58), Derrick Lewis (01:36:06), Greg Hardy and Malki Kawa (01:57:28), Artem Lobov (02:31:03), Holly Holm (02:46:38), Tyron Woodley (03:08:23), and NewYorkRic (03:37:07) to recap the week in MMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Khabib Nurmagomedov (00:12:18), Tom Lawlor (00:32:29), Marloes Coenen (00:55:55), Johny Hendricks (01:15:58), Derrick Lewis (01:36:06), Greg Hardy and Malki Kawa (01:57:28), Artem Lobov (02:31:03), Holly Holm (02:46:38), Tyron Woodley (03:08:23), and NewYorkRic (03:37:07) to recap the week in MMA.

Ariel Helwani speaks to John Pollock (00:08:23), Malki Kawa (00:27:59), Eddie Alvarez (00:47:38), Brian Stann (01:08:42), Mike Dolce (01:26:23), Daniel Cormier (01:45:12), NewYorkRic to take your questions (02:16:55 & 03:29:25), and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (03:11:10). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to John Pollock (00:08:23), Malki Kawa (00:27:59), Eddie Alvarez (00:47:38), Brian Stann (01:08:42), Mike Dolce (01:26:23), Daniel Cormier (01:45:12), NewYorkRic to take your questions (02:16:55 & 03:29:25), and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (03:11:10). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to John Pollock (00:08:23), Malki Kawa (00:27:59), Eddie Alvarez (00:47:38), Brian Stann (01:08:42), Mike Dolce (01:26:23), Daniel Cormier (01:45:12), NewYorkRic to take your questions (02:16:55 & 03:29:25), and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (03:11:10).

Leave it up to Jon Jones to give us even more to talk about during the biggest UFC fight week they've ever held. SIRIUS XM Rush 93 host and MMAMania.com writer Michael Stets (@Michael_Stets) joined Jay Kelly (@JayKellyMMA) on Rear-Naked Choke Radio to talk about Jones' latest mishap, the cringe-worthy press conference, what this means for his future and his would-be opponent, Daniel Cormier. Jones failed a test administered by USADA and was removed from the UFC 200 main event. Expected to face the light heavyweight champion, Cormier, Jones instead is looking at a two-year suspension and is in the court of public opinion after ruining the main event of the biggest UFC fight card in the history of the organization. Fans are livid over the fact that they will not witness Cormier vs. Jones 2, but the champ is suffering the most. Not only was this Cormier's chance to avange his sole loss, it was undoubtedly the biggest payday f his life. Stets and Kelly talked about possible option for keeping Cormier on the card and ho the champ handled himself at the press conference when the news was broke that Jones was out. Jones' press conference, however, didn't go as well. Jones was in tears and appeared to show an emotional side, but at times flashed a grin of arrogance. He was hard to gauge. His manager, Malki Kawa, fieled questions for Jones, which nobody was a fan of. Then Jones' PR woman, Denise White, capped off the press conference with an awkward short speech. Stets and Kelly touched on how bizarre the whole ordeal was. Listen to Rear Naked Choke Radio (@RNCRadio) by subscribing via iTunes, Stitcher or by checking us out via our content partners at CombatPress.com. Don't forget to like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RNCRadio, and find us YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1xs5I0-enSyN5ddDbqORwA. The all-time archive of RNC Radio is available on Talkshoe at http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=25116&cmd=tc.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Georges St-Pierre, Mirko Cro Cop, Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett, Cathal Pendred, Rico Verhoeven, and Malki Kawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Georges St-Pierre, Mirko Cro Cop, Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett, Cathal Pendred, Rico Verhoeven, and Malki Kawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Georges St-Pierre, Mirko Cro Cop, Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett, Cathal Pendred, Rico Verhoeven, and Malki Kawa.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Alexander Gustafsson, Ben Rothwell, Dustin Poirier, Patrick Cummins, Aisling Daly, Malki Kawa, and Peter Carroll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Alexander Gustafsson, Ben Rothwell, Dustin Poirier, Patrick Cummins, Aisling Daly, Malki Kawa, and Peter Carroll.

Ariel Helwani speaks to Alexander Gustafsson, Ben Rothwell, Dustin Poirier, Patrick Cummins, Aisling Daly, Malki Kawa, and Peter Carroll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Hey Guys The Podcast we will be going over the latest news, I guess we can call it news, in the Jon Bones Jones - UFC Saga.    Malki Kawa, Jon's manager, wants us to believe his client is being mistreated in the court of public opinion without due process... I believe Jon Jones needs to stop trying to define the word dumb with his actions.    Listen to this episode to learn the latest coming out of Jones camp concerning his latest situation and what the reality is for him. My opinion on what he really will do next and why.   Agree, disagree, let me know, reach out via Twitter and Instagram @HeyGuysPodcast and e-mail by writing to orlando@theguyblog.com and heyguys@theguyblog.com    

Featuring Daniel Cormier, Anthony Johnson, Junior dos Santos, Ryan Bader, Malki Kawa, Michelle Waterson, Jessica Penne, and Luke Thomas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring Daniel Cormier, Anthony Johnson, Junior dos Santos, Ryan Bader, Malki Kawa, Michelle Waterson, Jessica Penne, and Luke Thomas.

Featuring Daniel Cormier, Anthony Johnson, Junior dos Santos, Ryan Bader, Malki Kawa, Michelle Waterson, Jessica Penne, and Luke Thomas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring Glover Teixeira, Herb Dean, Joseph Benavidez, Joe Warren, Malki Kawa, John Hackleman, and Dave Meltzer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring Glover Teixeira, Herb Dean, Joseph Benavidez, Joe Warren, Malki Kawa, John Hackleman, and Dave Meltzer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring Glover Teixeira, Herb Dean, Joseph Benavidez, Joe Warren, Malki Kawa, John Hackleman, and Dave Meltzer.

Featuring Duane Ludwig, Vinny Magalhaes, Pat Healy, Malki Kawa, Sara McMann, and a check-in on the UFC 159 conference call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring Duane Ludwig, Vinny Magalhaes, Pat Healy, Malki Kawa, Sara McMann, and a check-in on the UFC 159 conference call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring Duane Ludwig, Vinny Magalhaes, Pat Healy, Malki Kawa, Sara McMann, and a check-in on the UFC 159 conference call.

Featuring Jon Jones, Cesar Gracie, Malki Kawa, Mike Pierce, Dustin Poirier, Jason Hehir and Mike Chiappeta.

Featuring Matt Mitrione, Malki Kawa, Brad Pickett and Jason Hehir.

Featuring Ben Henderson, Krzysztof Soszynski, Marloes Coenen, Ronda Rousey, Malki Kawa and Ben Fowlkes

Featuring Benson Henderson, Ross Pearson, Ken Shamrock, Diego Brandao, Malki Kawa, Shannon Knapp, Niklas Backstrom, and Paul Lazenby.