Mar 07 2025 67 mins 4
HIGH-LEVEL MMA TALK IN STUDIO
Tim "Red Hawk" Welch is joined by the UFC Champion head coach Eric Nicksick. The boys go deep on coaching at the highest level, UFC 313 magomed Ankalaev vs Alex Pereira, Justin Gaethje vs Rafael Fiziev, Sean Strickland vs DDP 2, holding pads for Francis Ngannou and more!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:16 PrizePicks Code TIMBO
0:52 Tim Teaches Eric About Nicotine Pouches
1:05 Tim and Eric’s Horrible Nicotine Experiences as Kids
1:51 Eric’s Podcast Verse Us
3:14 How to Fire Up and Motivate Your Fighters
4:19 Eric’s Reaction to Tim’s Corner Advice vs. Merab
5:28 How Eric Structures Pro Practices at Xtreme Couture
8:10 Hard Sparring at Xtreme Couture
9:42 How to Create Leaders
11:11 How Eric Coaches So Many Fighters
12:31 The Problem with the UFC Apex
13:14 The Sacrifice of Coaching
15:08 VIIA Code TIM
15:48 The Power of Accountability
16:10 Tim and Eric’s Mentor Struggle with Mental Health
18:38 Common Mistakes of High-Level MMA Coaches
19:36 Eric’s Best Fighter Who Never Made the UFC
21:17 Losses Changing Fighters
22:03 MMA is the Most BRUTAL Sport in the World
24:00 How to Help Fighters Overcome Prefight Nerves
25:45 Stopping Hard Sparring in the Gym
26:54 Eric’s Unique Sparring Practice at Xtreme Couture
27:47 Turning Away Fighters from the Gym
29:33 Eric Coached Khamzat Chimaev at Xtreme Couture
30:39 Khamzat Chimaev vs Du Plessis BREAKDOWN
32:10 Strickland vs Du Plessis 2 BREAKDOWN
33:44 Eric and Strickland’s Beef Post DDP 2
35:55 The 3 Attributes of Every Fighter
37:11 Randy Couture was ELITE
37:47 Does Eric Do Any Drugs?
38:53 Eric’s Training Schedule
39:55 Merab vs Suga 2 BREAKDOWN
40:54 Cornering Ngannou vs Tyson Fury
42:13 The Secret Ngannou’s HUGE Skill Improvement
46:28 Holding Pads for Ngannou is PAINFUL…
47:30 Do Stem Cells Work?
48:09 Ankalaev vs Pereira BREAKDOWN
54:13 Fiziev vs Gaethje BREAKDOWN
55:07 Advice for Fighters After Getting Cut From the UFC
56:51 Eric’s First Coach
57:06 Balancing Coaching and GM of the Gym
58:11 How to Run a Successful MMA Gym
1:01:48 Eric’s Investing Strategies
1:02:59 How Coaches Get Paid
1:04:42 Some “High Level” Coaches Suck…
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Nick Pappas (@nick_pappas44 on IG)
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Garrett Bueler (@garrettbueler on IG)
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