Craig Jones, Nicky Rod and Nicky Ryan, together with Ethan Crelinsten are founders of the B-Team, a legendary jiu jitsu team based in Austin, TX. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) – Introduction

(06:21) – B-Team

(11:57) – Winning and losing

(19:43) – Danaher Death Squad (DDS)

(37:13) – Nicky Rod vs Gordon Ryan

(53:47) – Steroids

(1:08:31) – White belts

(1:16:40) – Alexander Volkanovski vs Islam Makhachev

(1:36:15) – Greatest MMA fighter of all time

(1:38:43) – Dagestani fighters

(1:40:00) – Conor McGregor

(1:42:39) – Strength training and injuries

(1:55:03) – Pre-match ritual

(2:01:34) – Toughest match

(2:05:25) – Positional training

(2:11:59) – Perfect training week

(2:14:49) – Overtraining

(2:17:08) – Advice for beginners

(2:25:17) – Takedowns and submissions

(2:30:55) – Ego

(2:35:24) – Lion vs bear

(2:40:15) – Street fights

(2:42:17) – Money and friendship