BJJ Fanatics 639: Kurt Osiander

<p>Roberto Godoi returns to talk about competition for Masters athletes. He covers mindset, conditioning, tactics and conserving energy. He also explains how being "starstruck" when competing against a famous athlete is something to be completely avoided!</p> 

Shawn Melanson joins the show to talk about running a gym specifically for competitors, how anxiety has impacted him on and off the mats, and developing take downs. He also shows his impressive reptile collection (check out the video episode on YouTube) 

Robert Drysdale joins the show to share his latest research on the history of BJJ. He also discusses the ways that commercialization has helped and hurt the art and his thoughts on professional grappling's influence on the culture and future of BJJ 

<p>The former <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MOX-Jon-Moxley/dp/163758038X">three time AEW World Champion</a> gets into why he likes to bleed during his matches and what went into creating his Texas Death match masterpiece with Hangman Adam Page. He also sings the praises of AEW ... Show More

Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo are teaming up and entering the ring of podcasting together for a brand new weekly show, Pound 4 Pound. Every week, you can expect interviews with athletes and celebrity guests + breakdowns of everything going on in the fight game. and whatever else th ... Show More

<p>Join Josh McKinney, host of the &quot;I Suck at Jiu-Jitsu&quot; podcast, as he interviews BJJ black belt and author Robert Drysdale about his new book, &quot;The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.&quot; Discover how Carlson Gracie Sr. shaped modern BJJ, delve into less ... Show More

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could hear a diss track from any pro wrestler, who would it be? Dave and Kaz recap a history-making night from AEW Dynasty: Bryan Danielson and Will Ospreay wrestled in what many are calling the greatest match in American history (05:40) S ... Show More

One of the most decorated champions in UFC history, Israel Adesanya, makes his debut on the Daniel Cormier YouTube channel in the latest edition of the DC Check-In! Izzy gets into his beef with Dricus Du Plessis, and why he doesn't "hate" Dricus, but still wants to put him out Sa ... Show More

Watch the Pound 4 Pound episode reacting to all the clips and talking about all of the recent MMA news: https://youtu.be/K8krAATtiUo Henry Cejudo met up with Khabib Nurmagomedov in the gym to talk about all the news around MMA, including Ilia Topuria's decision to call out Charl ... Show More

<p>The Celtics have won a game and Hank has not slept in 2 days and is delirious and half drunk. We talk about who has the must wins now and more (00:00:00-00:16:21). Lakers get swept and Lebron threatens to retire. Jokic is the best player in the world and the Nuggets rule (00:1 ... Show More

<p>Woj suspended and the internet sucks beyond belief (2:18 - 12:20). Bubble Trouble in Orlando as the first groupie has been invited and Ben Simmons cant even hit the ocean with a fish (12:20 - 22:29). UFC Fight Island recap and who's back of the week and the world may be made o ... Show More

Busted Open’s Dave LaGreca joins to celebrate the launch of SiriusXM’s first-ever 24/7 Pro Wrestling channel! He explains how it all came together after 16 years, the fight to convince SiriusXM execs that wrestling fans deserved their own channel, and what fans can expect from th ... Show More

<p>Smylie Kaufman is joined by two-time major champion Xander Schauffele on our latest longform conversation with a Tour pro on "The Smylie Show." We go all the way back to Xander's college days, the pressures of Q School and the Korn Ferry Tour that followed, and the manner in w ... Show More