I had a great talk with Frank Trigg for this episode.
We discussed his tough upbringing as one of seven siblings until grappling came along (0:41), Thoughts on Bellator’s system for upcoming prospect wrestlers (1:36)…..
Frank debuting by beating three guys in one night making $500 in a Texas tournament (3:51), being part of that legendary Rumble on the Rock tournament w/ Condit, Anderson, Shields, etc (5:35), getting inducted into the hall of fame and thoughts on Matt Hughes entertaining getting back into mma (7:26), Any interest in combat jiu jitsu for EBI (8:42), How reffing mma fights has informed his perspectives on the sport (11:11)…
“There’s fighters in the hall of fame that have no understanding what the rules are” (14:51), Doing stunt work for Lethal Weapon, the latest Amy Schumer film, Hawaii Five-O, and future roles (15:51)…..
having to shave the beard for work and bonding as bearded broadcasters (16:29), Having an on-screen fight against LL Cool J (17:02), Getting duffle bags filled with wads of cash while fighting in Japan for PRIDE (19:20)……
beating the criminally underrated Kazuo Misaki after coming out of retirement (21:02), What it was like fighting in Israel (23:28), Bouts that never came to fruition and wishing he competed in the cage against his friend BJ Penn (25:55)……
The ideal weight class for GSP to return at and the money fight era (27:41), Frank Trigg’s match at TNA No Surrender with AJ Styles in Oshawa (31:38), Having his opinion on cannabis dramatically shift recently (35:50), and more!
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