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Coyote America
Mentioned by Chad Mendes · at 01:52:32 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Former UFC featherweight Chad Mendes joins Joe Rogan to discuss his retirement from MMA, transition to bare-knuckle boxing, and the toll of weight cutting. They also explore hunting experiences, wildlife management, the carnivore diet's impact on autoimmune conditions, and Mendes's outdoor brand and grass-fed beef company.
What they talked about
- Retirement from fighting and identity shift
- Fighter pay and entertainment value in MMA
- Weight cutting and its effects on performance
- Transition to bare-knuckle MMA with two-minute rounds
- Carnivore diet curing psoriasis
- Hunting bison, bear, and wild pigs
- Coyote population dynamics and breeding
- Guiding first-time hunters and sheep hunting in Alaska
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