Episode #486

Brendan Schaub & Bryan Callen

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MMA fighter and former football player Brendan Schaub joins actor and comedian Bryan Callen, his co-host on The Fighter & the Kid, for a wide-ranging conversation. They discuss combat-sports economics and longevity, fear and evolutionary behavior, fitness and nutrition, hunting, MMA history and matchups, steroid testing, celebrity fitness, and hypothetical fights.

What they talked about

  • Coffee quality and climate change in Ethiopia
  • Caveman Coffee Company and Keith Jardine
  • Decline of boxing vs. UFC marketing
  • Rise of Russian fighters in MMA
  • Epigenetics and inherited trauma
  • Brendan Schaub's winner-takes-all fight with Mark Hunt
  • Stakes of fighting vs. other sports
  • Gi vs. no-gi jiu-jitsu training

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