My Mom's Basement - EPISODE 220 - MICHAEL BISPING RETURNS (PLUS A MAILBAG!)

Episode Date: July 22, 2022

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Hey, My Mom's Basement listeners. You can find our episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube, and Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. Just stupid boys making basement noise in the basement, noise in the basement Just stupid boys making basement noise in the basement, yeah, yeah Hello and welcome to Me Mom's Cellar. That's right, it's Robbie Fox and I am back here in London with another episode of My Mom's Basement presented by Barstool Sports and 3Chi. I am here for another Patty the Batty fight. Last time I came out to watch Patty the Batty take over the O2 with Meatball Molly.

She was not yet a Barstool employee, but she obviously got herself a contract with one of the most crazy KOs of the year, if not the craziest. Today I am here with a great interview with Michael Bisping, and then afterwards I'm going to do something I haven't done in a while on the podcast, a Q&A, a little mailbag. Put the call out on Twitter. I got a bunch of great questions from you guys, so I'll go through the list and answer them all. But before we get into anything, you know I got to remind the people about 3G. Whether you live in a state where marijuana is legal or not, 3G now offers offers federally legal dispensary grade Delta 9 THC products that deliver straight to your door. In case you didn't know, Delta 9 THC is the active

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former UFC middleweight champion, current UFC Hall of Famer. Fox Basketball Sports, your mama's basement. That's right. What are we doing? We're doing a quick interview about UFC London. It's Robbie Fox. It's Michael Bisping. We're here in London. I just landed. I feel bad. I'm still wearing the basketball shorts, a lot of thighs showing here. You look more British than anybody British here. Really? I think that is I feel bad. I'm still wearing the basketball shorts, a lot of thighs showing here. You look more British than anybody British here. Really? I think that is a big compliment.

Yeah, you do. I mean, I'm talking about the complexion of the legs. You know what I mean? The skin tone. Not much of a compliment, actually. Well, no, it's not. You look like the average British person. The sun's out, the shorts are on.

You know what I mean? You could be English all day long until you open your mouth, and then you just ruin it all. I do, yeah, that's tough. Every time I see Dana, he says, you've got to get more sun, get out of your mom's basement. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In fairness, though, that guy gets sun, he goes pink right away. He goes very

red. Yeah. Lobsterish. I'm not calling the boss lobster, man. No, that's what you called him. Yeah, I guess I did, I guess I did. Anyway, should we quickly change subjects? To UFC London, yes. Oh, there we go. That's why we're here.

That's what we're here for. What are you most excited for on this UFC London card? It's stacked top to bottom like March was. Yeah, yeah. No, no, it's unreal. I mean, to be honest, I mean, it's hard to identify one of the fights in particular. Obviously, the main event is the main event for a reason. I think Tom Aspinall is incredible, as is Curtis Blades.

I know Tom more, but I know the body of work of Curtis Blades way better. But to answer your question of what am I most excited for, I'm most excited to see if the crowd will be as good as last time. Because last time in March, the crowd was absolutely, can we swear? Oh, say anything you want. Fucking ridiculous. Yeah, no, it was amazing. You know, I mean, obviously I'm biased,

but we've got the best crowds in the fucking world. I agree. Yeah, so I'm very excited for that. What can you say about the crowd, the aura, the environment, to describe it to someone who hasn't experienced it? Because when I came over, I've been watching MMA my whole life. When you see the London Cards, you see you versus Silva,

you see the crowds, how they were for that, it's like, oh my God, that looks special. And then you look at it when you're actually there and it's different. It's another animal. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but you should have seen it when I fought Dan Henderson at 5 o'clock in the morning. Because if you think they were having a good time and they were rowdy at 9 o'clock, you should

have seen these animals at 5 o'clock in the morning. But, yeah, I mean, listen, they know how to have a good time. On top of that, it was you know, three years I think until there was a UFC event. So I think a lot of the buying public or the

UFC fan base that we have here in the UK, of which there is a lot, they were thirsty for it. You know, it'd been far, far too long. And I think maybe they were feeling overlooked. Obviously, it was the pandemic. That was why they haven't been here, because we know the UK market is absolutely crucial to the UFC. But yeah, it had just been so long, you know. And then, of course, on top of that, with it being so long, of course, there was a lot of anticipation for the UFC. But yeah, it had just been so long. And then, of course, on top of that, with it being so long, of course, there was

a lot of anticipation for the fight. But then the fights themselves delivered. It was unbelievable. So many finishes, so many great fights. And of course, as I said, the crowd were amazing. And I was just happy there and very honored to be a little part of the show. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to it.

And Tom Aspinall got a huge win last time. He's looking to get another one this time. Do you think he can reach that level of upper heavyweights? Oh, absolutely. I do. Listen, I don't know if he's going to win on Saturday night. He's got a very, very tough task. But when you look at Tom, he's special. You know, he doesn't move like other heavyweights.

And Curtis himself even identified that. He said, I know I'm not dealing with the run-of-the-mill average heavyweight. I know Tom is special. I know he's very light on his feet. He's well-rounded. Tom can grapple as well. Obviously, that would be a big advantage that he can point to for Curtis Blaze, the wrestling ability.

But Tom's a good grappler himself. He's very, very well-rounded. He's been bred pretty much since he was a child for this moment, you see his father Andy with him all the time, he's absolutely instrumental to his career, so yeah Tom is coming into this one extremely confident, in the best shape of his life

he's strongest he's ever been, he's the fastest he's ever been, he's been training with Rico Vanhoeven one of the best kickboxers on the planet he's had access to a lot of great wrestlers. So he's done everything he can. But when you speak to Curtis Blades, Curtis is just as confident. You know, he's had a great training camp.

He's got great wrestling. He's got knockout power. Knocked out Junior Dos Santos. That was crazy. For crying out loud. Last time out, Chris Dorcas in the first round, I believe. So it's got all the makings of a heavyweight classic. And what I like about this one

is that these two heavyweights, they do kind of break the mold of what some of the older, old school UFC heavyweights were like. And by that, I'm trying to be respectful. Some of them, you know, some of them aren't, they're big guys. They're powerful guys. They're formidable

and scary guys, but sometimes not the most explosive or fastest athletes. These two are top of the food chain athletes, and, yeah, it's going to be a good one. What about Barstool's dynamic duo, Patty and Molly? How do we feel about their fights this weekend? Of course, I was waiting for those names to be mentioned. Yeah, look, listen, come on.

They're awesome, aren't they? How much fun are them two? And they do make a perfect little duo. You see one, you see the other. They're always together, whether that's in camp or here at the fighter hotel. But behind all of that, there's a lot of hard work going on. Molly's been an athlete her entire life.

Paddy's just a natural fighter. They're both very, very skilled. But it's going to be fun because obviously we know there's a bit of back and forth with Paddy and Jordan you're always in with Paddy I was just talking to Jordan before and I think

the smart thinking is that for Jordan to have an opportunity to win this fight it's got to go to the ground and Paddy's been very open he said I'm going to come forward I'm going to punch a hole in his head I'm going to take him out of there in two minutes' time. And I was like, you know, he had me convinced,

because Paddy, that's what he's doing. He's convincing everyone. He's selling himself. After talking to Jordan, I think he's going to be a little tougher than what he expects. Don't tell me that. He's going to be a little tougher than what he fucking expects. Don't tell me that.

He's been training with Armin Sarukyan for the last eight weeks. I don't like putting that energy into the universe. Armin Sarukyan is a bad motherfucker. He is, but you also say his opportunities to get Paddy to the ground. Paddy, first degree black belt. Paddy's pretty damn good on the ground himself. 100%.

100%. Look, listen. Hey, I'm a commentator. Yeah. I cannot put favoritism out there. I can't. It's hard because I'm British. You know what I mean? I'm English, and I root for all the English guys, but at the end of the day, I've got to be impartial. It's hard because I'm British, you know what I mean?

I'm English, and I root for all the English guys. But at the end of the day, I've got to be impartial. That's all you've got to say, roots for all the English guys. No, I do. I do. I mean, listen, I've known Tom for a while, do you know what I mean? But may the best man win on the night, you know what I mean? And if that's Jordan, if that's Curtis or whoever, then congratulations to them.

Yes, I have relationships with people, just like you do, just like we all do. But when it comes down to it on the night, you've got to be professional. You've got to take that out of the equation and call the fights as you see it and not root for anybody. Yeah. We just got a couple of fights announced. I want to read these three to you and see which one you're most intrigued about. I wonder if it's going to be Sean O'Malley versus Kiarian.

It's one of them. Charles O'Malley versus Jan. Charles O'Malley versus Islam Makote Young. It's one of them. Charles O'Malley versus Young. Charles O'Malley versus Islam Makachev. Yep. And what's the third one? Go on. Bilal Mohamed versus Sean Brady. You're like, yeah.

The third one is Nate and Hamzat. Oh, Nate and Hamzat. Of course, of course. Which one of those three strikes intrigues you the most? Which one intrigues me the most? Well, it isn't Hamzat and Nate Diaz. No. That doesn't intrigue me. Okay. You know why? You think Hamzat's going to run over him?

He's going to run over him. But do you think there's interesting questions there in terms of like, can Diaz survive? He doesn't get finished often. Oh, listen, Diaz is as tough as they come. Yeah. You know what I mean? Don't take what I said as that being insulting to Diaz. I just, you know, he's very tough. He's very game. He always comes in shape. He never gives up. I mean, don't take what I said as that being insulting to Diaz. I just, you know, he's very tough.

He's very game. He always comes in shape. He never gives up. I mean, look, listen, he was getting outclassed by Leon Edwards for five rounds. Did he give up? Did he almost finish him in the fifth round? Yes, he did. And that's what people love about Nate Diaz.

That's why, you know, that never say die attitude, you know, and that has to be respected. And, of course, he will have that in this fight. And we know he's got great jiu-jitsu, always comes in great shape. The man, you know, competes in triathletes, et cetera. But Hamza's a bigger, scarier dude. Diaz has struggled at 170. He's a natural 155, let's be honest, fighting at 170. But you never know. Listen listen nothing's given in this sport do you know what I mean if you take someone lightly

if you take anything for granted that can come back and bite you in the ass so is it the Jan and O'Malley fight or is it the Islam

and Charles fight no it's the Islam and Charles yeah 100% just the best of the best at 155 O'Malley

and Piotr Jan I mean I think that's I mean I love watching Sean O'Malley fight I love everything about I mean I think that's I mean I love watching Sean O'Malley fight I love everything about him to be honest I love his whole I don't know

his persona you know I love the way he dresses I would never pull that shit off I don't know even though at the start they were saying

I was very Alamode whatever the fuck Alamode means but you know he's cool he's cool he's got swag

he pulls it off. And on top of that, with the way that he fights, I love watching him strike. He's got beautiful footwork, excellent combinations. But, of course, I mean, we're talking a massive, massive step up in competition. I mean, Pedro Munoz, I thought Pedro won that first round, but whatever, it ended because of an eye poke.

You know, so anything could have happened. I mean, he's gone right from the fringe contenders to now he's swimming with sharks. So, hey, fair play to Sean O'Malley. The kid's got balls for sure. Yeah, absolutely. I think he'll be here this weekend. I think I saw him. Yeah, that's right.

So look out for Sean O'Malley. I'm taking Dana White's job. I'm hosting the press conference. Are you really? Yeah, O'Malley's going'll be here this weekend. I think I saw him. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. So look out for Sean O'Malley. I'm taking Dana White's job. I'm hosting the press conference. Are you really? Yeah, O'Malley's going to be here. You're looking at the new El Presidente. Unreal. Maybe the next UFC president over here.

Yeah, okay, okay. Fucking Dana's watching this right now. Get him out of here. Looking back at your experience on The Ultimate Fighter, both as a competitor and as a coach, what sticks out to you the most in that journey? Oof. I mean, they're two very, very different experiences. As a competitor, I mean, that was one of the most exciting times of my life

because, you know, you start on this path of being a fighter and then when you get to The Ultimate Fighter, you know, and you're living in that house and competing in that gym, it's all around you. You know, you're almost a part of the UFC. You're almost in that house and competing in that gym, it's all around you. You're almost a part of the UFC. You're almost in the club. You're almost one of the boys, but you're not quite. You've still got to win. And I think a lot of people took that for granted.

I went there to win, simple as that. I didn't go for any airtime or a bit of fame or nothing like that. I went to get in the UFC, and obviously that's what I did. What stood out? I came off that a completely different fighter. I learned so much. Tito Ortiz, he ran a great camp. He had great assistant

coaches. That just inspired me and made me hungry to have success in the UFC. Did it impact how you coached when you eventually did coach? Yeah, I mean, it's always a work in progress. success in the UFC. Did it impact how you coached when you eventually did coach? Yeah, I mean, it's always a work in progress, but yeah. Also, you mean on the Ultimate Fighter

when I coached on that? Yeah. Not really, no, because Tito, I mean, he was great, but we were training seven days a week. Oh, yeah, no rest. Seven days a week, two, twice a day. That's called overtraining. That's not smart, do you know what I mean? That's some old school MMA stuff out of Tito, right? I needed time to go to the pub, do you know what i mean that's plus i needed time

stuff i needed time to go to the pub do you know what i mean i said we can't have seven days a week we need we need a day off it yeah you know uh no it was great though i i i'm a huge fan of the ultimate fighter and what it did for my career what is the happiest you've ever been to see someone else win a fight oh Oh, good question. Happiest I've ever... I don't know. That's really tough. I'm trying to think of some, like... I should be saying someone English,

but my mind's instantly going to Charles Oliveira. Really? Yeah. Yeah, for some reason. I mean, obviously, because I'm just inspired, and, like, look at the journey that Charles Oliveira had.

You know, at 145, the man was known as a quitter. You know, I think he got stopped eight times. And now he's on top of the sport in the toughest division that there is. You know, he's knocking guys out, knocking out Chandler, just engaging. You know, I mean, who else? I mean, just. Feels like in every fight he's proving that he's not a quitter, too. Oh, well, there's no quitting

that man. I think when he was at 145, the weight cuts. Like, being tired will make a coward out of everybody. I'm not saying he was a coward, but when you're tired, it doesn't matter how good you are. It doesn't matter how much will you have. When you can't fucking breathe, right,

you're done. That's why cardio is so important, but the point i'm making is when you go through these really extreme weight cuts you're going to get tired faster regardless of how much work you do so i think at 155 even though he hasn't exactly been perfect on the scale there let's be honest uh he doesn't get as tired he's not quitting he's phenomenal he's the most excited fighter in the sport if if you ask me. Yeah. I'm sure you might have had a lot of these over the years

because you had a long career, but what was the best war you ever had behind closed doors? Oh, behind closed doors? Yeah. Oh, geez, Louise. I just get my ass kicked nearly every day. I mean, yeah, I always, that's just the way I always trade. Every sparring session

was almost a war really yeah yeah and it would always be the same like well

if I was training for a fight it was different but a lot of time even just in between camps we'd be like alright

we'll just keep it nice and light yeah just keep it nice and then boom immediately yeah someone lands one

so then they get one and then all of a sudden it's all out the window but yeah I was very much, you know, an idiot, if you will. I never wore headgear. You sparred a lot? I sparred nearly every single day.

Wow. Because I loved sparring, you know, and that's why I ended up fighting, because I love to fight. So for me, the best part of it was sparring. And believe it or not, that's the best preparation for a fight. If you want to get good at tennis, go and play tennis. If you want to get good at rugby, play rugby. Of course, you've got to drill specifics and all the rest of it,

but you've got to put it all into motion. And you've got to train the way that you're going to fight. You know, if you don't push yourself to the limit, if you're not having multiple sparring partners jumping on you, putting you under pressure, you know, and really pushing you to the limit, then when you're in the fight, if you're feeling like shit, you're not used to it. But, yeah, I mean, I loved sparring.

It was one of the best parts of it for me. Yeah. All right, this is only my second time in London. I was here in March, here now. Okay. What are Michael Bisping's must only my second time in London. I was here in March. Here now. Okay. What are Michael Bisping's must-try things in London? Oh, well, you've got to have some Indian food. Oh, yeah, I didn't have Indian food last time.

Oh, yeah. I did the Nando's thing. Oh, the Nando's thing. I'm actually going to Nando's as soon as this is done, only because it's good, clean living. What's your order there? I get the four chicken thighs. I get the coleslaw and the macho peas.

That's it. Boom. Keto, baby. Okay. Any of the hot saucelaw and the macho peas. That's it. Boom. Keto, baby. Any of the hot sauce? What level of hot sauce? Oh, no, no. I'm a pussy when it comes to that. I'm on, what is it? The garlic and lemon. Okay. I don't give a shit. I'm not trying

to act tough with my spices. No, you've proved enough. People, oh, yeah, what's wrong with you, pussy? I'm like, no. I just don't want to have my mouth burned. People call Michael Bisping a pussy at Nando's. You'd be surprised all the time. All the time. I get no respect.

Do you know what I mean? Until I fucking take it. That's right. And then they don't fuck about. No, I'm joking. You and DC are in a feud over Nando's right now, right? Yeah, yeah. Well, no, because I went there yesterday

and these two very nice young men paid for my Nando's. And then, of course, on Twitter, all the talk was, oh, look at this guy letting people pay for his Nando's. I was talking around, talking to the guy's friend, and as I was doing that, he tapped his card on the machine to pay. A little sneaky move. And I was like, oh, my God. I said, yeah, we're going to do that.

That's so kind. So I put him on social media, because they were tickled, the big UFC fans. And in fact, saying that, I can't escape this guy. Because then last night, I was at a restaurant over there. The same guy. He's like, you want me to pay? Alex.

I was like, oh, shit, actually the paper is. Fuck. I didn't do that. He was probably standing there going, oh, look at this. I got the Nando's. He's getting the fancy restaurant. Yeah, but didn't occur to me. Shit, I'm sorry, Alex.

What was the question? So what are the must-try things in London, to come back to that? The must-try things. I mean, listen, you guys think English fish and chips, right? But you don't do fish and chips the way we do fish and chips. You've got to go to a chippy, a proper chippy to get fish and chips. You'll get it served in a piece of newspaper. Well, I know what that looks like from the outside, or is that just like?

Proper fish and chips. The Yu Yang, I mean, don't get me wrong, it's very nice. A chippy, what's a chippy? It's good quality. It's basically a takeaway for fish and chips. All right. It'll be like a terrace house, just like a house, and the front part has been transformed into a chippy.

All the little neighborhoods will have them. One of the most streets is just a house, and they've decided to start selling fish and chips. But it's very, very greasy, very unhealthy. Like a hole in the wall, yeah. Yeah, yeah. You're going to have like a steak and kidney pudding. Steak and kidney pudding, that's good.

Does it have the consistency of pudding? No, so the outside is suet. It's suet. Yeah, don't ask me what suet is, but I just know that's what it's called. I am starving. I say kidney pudding is unbelievable. Chips, peas, and gravy. Oh, my God, come on.

You'll get fat, though. I can't. You need to bulk up a little bit. I physically can't gain weight. Well, listen, that's what I thought. How old are you? 24. Yeah, when I met my wife, we moved into this little house.

And on the first day when we moved in, the kitchen was a shithole. So full of enthusiasm, I ripped the kitchen out, slung it in the garden. Forgot, though, that I was broke. And we didn't have a kitchen in that house for about three years. I'm like, the kitchen's got to go. Ripped it out, but of course we had no money to buy a new one. So we lived off pizza and fish and chips. Well, it wasn't fish and chips.

Even that was too expensive. The fish was too expensive. Just the chips. The chips and, you know, like a steak and pudding, whatever. You think you can't put weight on. You should have seen me in 2002. Fucking hell. It was not a good look.

I tried when I was in high school. And my wife. It's like normally when you get older you look worse. Me and my own missus when we got together we looked

like shit. Do you know what I mean? But now we look just ageing like fine wine. I mean that's one way of putting it

yeah but we definitely were pale and pasty and fat. No offense babe love you. I actually thought I was going to be a pro wrestler

when I was in high school like WWE. I don't see it. Yeah you. I actually thought I was going to be a pro wrestler when I was in high school, like WWE. Yeah, I don't see it. Yeah, neither do I at this point. But I went into wrestling school after doing a gallon of milk a day. That was how I tried to put weight on. A gallon of milk a day. They called it Go Mad, yeah. Surely that would make you throw up.

It did, a lot. Yeah, yeah. Shockingly, it made me throw up a lot. A gallon of milk. That's a lot of calcium, though, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. It made my bones strong. Yeah, it never broke a bone. Oh, God. Do you want lot of calcium though, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. Made my bones strong. Yeah, never broke a bone.

Oh, hey. Should we try, do you want me to try and break one? No, no, no. I reckon I could do it. Meatball Molly gave me a leg kick recently. Oh, did you really? I thought she was going to break a bone.

Oh God, Molly. She's hilarious. All right, a couple kind of British questions for you. Please, go ahead. Beatles or Stones? Ooh, tough one. Beatles.

And then into that, John or Stones? Ooh, tough one. Beatles. And then into that, John or Paul? Well, I'm older than you. Yeah. But I'm not old enough to know John Lennon. No, not know him, it's music I'm saying. Yeah, well, yeah, or music. But I'd say, yeah, John. John, if you're talking music.

Like Paul McCartney, I'm a fan of his. I've heard him many times on the Howard Stern Show and stuff like that. And he just seems like such a cool, down-to-earth guy. I was going to say, I've never heard of John Lennon in the interview because he was dead way before my time. Or I don't know, was he? I don't even know. But still, whatever, I'm rambling.

John. How old are you? 43. Is that rude to ask? No, not in the slightest. 43, mate. He died in 80. Did he? I was born in 79 not in the slightest. 43, mate. He died in 80. Did he?

I was born in 79. There you go. All right. You were alive for it. And then I know last time we did an interview, we talked about Oasis and Blur. You're a Blur guy. I'm an Oasis guy. Well, I know that.

Because of Manchester. But be honest, Blur did better music, I'd say. You would be slightly incorrect about that. But on the Oasis side, Liam or Noel? Oh, Liam all day. Okay, good. Noel's a fucking idiot. Little pompous prick sitting in Notting Hill in his big mansion.

Did you ever meet either of them? No, I didn't. No, I'd love to meet Liam. That surprises me. I think he's hilarious. Yeah. I love Liam Gallagher. One of my favorite pastimes, if I'm'm bored is just watching his interviews on YouTube.

Agreed. Because he's hilarious. I do the exact same thing. I love it. It's brilliant. Yeah, I do the exact same thing. Favorite British TV show? Oh, favorite British TV show.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. I mean. Are you a big TV guy? Not so much these days. I don't have time for anything. I don't even have time for myself. But TV shows, I mean, oh God, I can't think of any,

but I'll say Only Fools and Horses. Okay, and then final question from me. Any lasting memories from your days as a nightclub DJ?

Oh, many lasting memories, believe it or not, because I wasn't, as George St. Pierre might say, I was intoxicated. But,

I mean, I had good times, you know. I was never like a Carl Cox. I don't know if you know who that is. No, I mean, I had good times. You know, I was never like a Carl Cox. I don't know if you know who that is. I was never a big time DJ, but on the Northwest region, you know, I did alright. DJ Mikey B was okay. I had a good little reputation. DJ Mikey B, was that the name? DJ Mikey B, I had a good little

reputation. Do you have DJ Mikey B shirts? I do not. No, but I should do that. You need some DJ Mikey B shirts. It's coming for the YouTube merch. DJ Mikey B. But yeah, no, I spun a set recently, last year. Really? Yeah, and I get asked all the time. I did it last year and I was like, yeah,

I remember why I stopped doing this. You and Idris Elba, you guys are like... Because well, see, he's doing fucking very glamorous locations. Where I was doing it was not a glamorous location. Where I'm from from there's a lot of gypsies do you know what i mean and then like so in this nightclub i used to dj out there was just kickoffs every week the violence you know what i mean we're talking nasty fights and it's

just a bunch of people out of the mind on drugs a bunch of scruffs and gypos you know what i mean i'm like yeah it's not for me and at that point were fights like spilling over onto the table and then you're like like do you know well no sometimes so there was a couple of times i doubled up i was on the door and djing as well wow because you only do like an hour so i was filling in for a dorm and this is back before i was fighting but when i won the ultimate fighter that was when i stopped djing altogether because i like, it's not conducive to an athletic career if I'm out all hours of the morning. I'm a weak guy. You put me in that environment.

Oh, you're a weak guy in that sense. Yeah. Weak will. Yeah. I succumb to temptation a little bit. Throw me in a nightclub, the odds of me coming out sober are pretty low. Like you said, George Smith. You know what I mean?

So I was like, I can't do this. I want to be a world champion. So I knocked that on the head. And yeah, it's a bit of fun though. I still mess around at home. It's a nice little escape from fighting because my life now, even though I'm retired,

obviously with commentary and all the other things that I do, it's all centered around the fight world. So it's a nice escape from the world of mixed martial arts. Well, I hope to see some DJ Mikey B merch on sale soon, because I'll be the first to wear it. A DJ Mikey B bucket hat, I'll be in. I'll be throwing you 10%.

I would love it. I don't think anyone's buying a Mikey B bucket hat anytime soon. But I love your optimism. Thank you for doing this. Appreciate the time. My pleasure, Robbie. Put it there. All right.

I really appreciate Michael Bisping for once again joining the show. That was our first in-person interview together. The previous one was a Zoom interview. It was another good one, though. So if you enjoyed that, go back through the archives, listen to the first one as well. Now let me tell everyone about HelloFresh before we get into our mailbag. HelloFresh delivers fresh, quality produce from the farm to your door in less than a week so you can savor summer flavors right from home. Choose from 55 weekly options featuring pre-portioned, high-quality ingredients picked at peak ripeness. Select meals from the Taste of Summer series that are sure to become everyone's new favorites,

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MMA show as a live show and podcast. It's got its own feed on Spotify, Apple, and everything. So if you're more into the MMA side of things, I would recommend checking that out. It's myself, Jack Mack, and Big Ev from Barstool, as well as intern Lee. Three great MMA minds, to be honest, that all bet on MMA very heavily. So it is a good perspective where I love MMA, but I don't really bet on it. All of those guys do. So you'll get the double sides. I would say other than Conor, this might surprise some people.

My white whale guest would probably be like a Conor rival or opponent because I've never really gotten to sit down with somebody like that. Nate Diaz, Khabib, honestly, like I don't think I would ever have the opportunity to sit down with either of them. But if that came across my desk, I think it would make for a very fascinating interview, maybe a tense one, but that's content, right? So I would probably have to say that. Funny story, part of my take was supposed to interview Nate Diaz, or at least had the opportunity come up when he was fighting Jorge Masvidal at Madison Square Garden. It's right down the block from our office, and I believe the story goes that they were basically offered an interview if he won. They were told, hey, if he wins, he'll come through the office that week,

and you could do an interview. The only requirement being you can't bring that annoying McGregor kid. Talking about me. So I don't think the Nate Diaz one is coming anytime soon. Big Ev said if we did get Nate Diaz, he would let Diaz choke him out live on air. So I would have to go with Nate or Khabib. Up next, Jake Patterson wants to know, what's a Marvel character or storyline that you would like to see adapted in the future? I have two, one realistic and one long shot,

Daredevil Born Again and Infinity Warps. I think that would be some fun chaos with the what-if animation style. I love that. Daredevil Born Again, that's the Frank Miller story. I believe everyone loves that. I haven't read it myself. My comic knowledge on the Marvel side especially mostly comes from friend of the show, Jose Youngs. Great guy, great brain for comics, and great storyteller when it comes to comics. If you've listened to his episodes, you know that.

The ones that he's told me about that intrigue me the most are probably a lot of the Hulk ones, like World War Hulk, Immortal Hulk, stuff like that, but also the Midnight Suns, which is a team, I think it has like Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, The Punisher, maybe even Spider-Man at some point, I might be wrong on that one, but I'd like to see some Midnight Suns stuff. I was a big Punisher guy growing up, I liked that video game that was way too violent for a kid my age to be playing, so I'd like to see that. Thank you for your question, Jake. Loyal listener there. JD wants to know, has Doom been in the MCU all along? Potential

Pym Tech buyer in Ant-Man 2, the Power Broker in Falcon and the Winter Soldier, etc. Could these people be all working for him to acquire tech to build the MCU's Doomworld, especially if he's hunting for vibranium? I love that idea. I absolutely love the idea of someone lurking in the shadows all along. If you listened to our Stranger Things podcast last week with KFC, we kind of talked about that. Like, I won't give anything away for Stranger Things if you haven't seen that yet, but something happened in Season 4 where it was revealed there has been someone or something in the shadows all along, and I love when they go back and execute that in a cool way. So someone like Doom, someone as big as Doom, yeah, that would make sense for him, and I would like that.

Frank, another loyal listener, wants to know, What announcements I hope to see from San Diego Comic-Con this week. Is anyone from Barstool out there? Nobody from Barstool is out there, unfortunately. I used to apply for press credentials to San Diego Comic-Con very frequently, to be honest, and I got denied every year. I applied for probably three or four years, which is strange because New York Comic-Con usually credentials me, and I think they're run by the same people. So I don't know what San Diego's issue with Barstool or me or whoever is. We got no one out there this year. I love San Diego Comic Con, though.

It's always been a dream of mine to go. And after visiting San Diego for the first time, I don't know, a month or two ago, I really want to go even more now. Because San Diego, one of the most beautiful places on earth. I envy any listeners that live in San Diego. I'd like to see maybe an official announcement for the Batman 2. I don't expect to see a trailer or teaser, you know, anything because I don't even know if they've started writing a script for that yet, but we all know it's coming. So I think an official announcement would be cool. And I really want to see the big guns out of Marvel. I want to see X-Men. I want to see Fantastic Four announcements.

I want to see some sort of clarity on where the MCU is going. I know we're going towards this big Kang saga, but I don't know. We just feel like we're floating a bit right now. So I would like some kind of confirmation there. The X-Men and Fantastic Four, though, I would say are my two biggest hopes. Maybe some casting announcements there, or even the announcement of a new show, or a new release date, whatever that may be, a new director for Fantastic Four. I've heard they're trying to go for someone big.

There was a rumor that they were going for Spielberg. I have no idea if that's true or not, but it sounded cool to me. So I'm looking for X-Men and Fantastic Four more than anything. All right, Mason Gambino wants to know, if Charles Oliveira beats Islam and Jones, John Jones, becomes heavyweight champ, do you think the UFC might be in trouble considering they'd have five champions, Alexander Volkanovski, he's listing them, Alexander Volkanovski, John Jones, Israel Adesanya, Charles Oliveira, and Kamaru Usman,

who are clearly above their competition with nobody else to fight. No, I don't think this would mean the UFC's in trouble. I mean, when we have unbeatable champions, they're only unbeatable for so long. And even in those five you listed, you forgot Valentina. I would put her in that class as well. But Volkanovski, we saw Ortega almost choke him out in that fight, right? Jon Jones, we've seen him taken to his limit with Dominic Reyes and Tiago Santos put up a great fight against him Israel Adesanya I wouldn't say unbeatable either when he's got a fight against someone who just

knocked him out coming up next not just knocked him out but knocked him out back in the day Oliveira another guy he's gotten dropped in his title fights. I wouldn't call him unbeatable, so above his competition. And Kamaru Usman, he's, I guess, the one where you could say that, but even Gilbert Burns rocked him. So these guys, I really do buy into the, like, you're unbeatable until you ain't, and then eventually the next guy's coming in. The sport turns over so fast. I mean, you say if Charles beats Islam,

but someone could even say if Islam beats Charles, he would be as dominant. He's the favorite in that fight, a pretty heavy favorite, might I add. So I don't think the UFC would ever be in trouble. Even if they had 10 unbeatable champions or what we called unbeatable champions, give it a year or two,

someone's coming in and beating them. It's MMA. There's just so many ways to lose. No, I don't think the UFC would be in trouble because of that. Dylan has a serious question. He says, what is the most difficult part of running my mom's basement on your own that us basement dwellers wouldn't think of? That's a great question. I don't know what the answer to this is though. I guess it's when the normal job, the barstool job affects it. Like right now I'm recording this week's episode at midnight, 1230 London time, the day it's coming out. I'm usually not so last minute, but when a trip like this comes out or comes on my schedule, it does make things difficult. You know, right now, Barstool's pushing a lot of social assets. Get your show out there, which I totally get. And they want

three clips a day on Twitter and three clips a day on Instagram and three clips a day on TikTok and three clips a day on YouTube and three clips a day on Facebook. It's really difficult to get that amount of clips out. If you're just one person, you have nobody helping you out like I do. I think I respectfully to everyone at Barstool might be the only one in this position out of every podcast here. I don't know if anyone else that edits everything down to, you know, the social assets and the captions, and I'm not complaining. I actually love it. But one of the things that people might not think about is how much time is spent on exports. Like my computer, just exporting things. I'm up at least one night a week till two, three, four o'clock in the morning, just exporting things

and redoing exports and redoing captions and stuff like that. Again, not complaining. I love doing the show. I'm fighting to keep the show alive, to do it myself and whatnot. So don't take that as a complaint, but that's maybe one thing you wouldn't think about. A lot of export time. All right, before we get into the rest of this Q&A, let me tell everyone about the American Handball Company. They've been supporting the show. Speaking of keeping the lights on, these guys are legitimately keeping the lights on for us. Handball is a hard-hitting, high-scoring sport that combines the best parts of basketball, hockey, and soccer. It's super popular worldwide, popular over here in London where I am, but it's finally coming to the U.S. thanks to the American Handball Company.

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for the next year I have is. Man, right now it'd be a little difficult for me not to say Vince steps down officially is like a, you know, bold prediction. Because while it seems like maybe that's going to happen, and he stepped down temporarily, it would still be a shocker. I mean, Vince McMahon not running the WWE would be insane. And then AEW, I have no insight towards this. This isn't a scoop. This isn't even a feeling. Just something that I felt would be a bold, big thing would be MJF resigning with AEW long-term. Like if the story comes out that, hey, MJF is resigned for six years or, you know, something big like that, I think it would shock a lot of people, especially after his last promo.

So I'll say Vince steps down officially on the WWE side and MJF signs with AEW long-term on their side. All right, this next question features a bit of a Thor Love and Thunder spoiler. So if you haven't seen Thor Love and Thunder, I would skip ahead about a minute into the podcast. I won't talk about it too long, so a minute should be okay. It comes from Aaron Coleman. He says, do you think the post-credit and ready? I'm about to spoil something, so if you're not ready yet, I'm about to spoil it. Do you think the post-credit Valhalla scene in Thor Love and Thunder was a missed opportunity to tie in Loki by just having a where's Loki moment where someone says, oh, I thought he was

with you, and that's how they find out he was still alive. Felt like that could have been a perfect mic drop moment. Aaron, I think that could have been great. I liked that post-credit scene, didn't love it, where the first one I loved, the mid-credit scene. The post-credit scene I thought was okay. You know, it made you feel good inside, but I think your version of the post-credit scene is even better.

All right, Chauncey Dupu wants to know which fictional city or universe I would most like to live in and then least like to live in, inspired by the Gotham Rent memes the other day. I saw some of those. People were just tweeting, you know, Gotham Rent must be whatever, and very funny memes about Gotham City.

As far as universes I would like to live in, I'd probably pick Naboo from Star Wars. Obviously a huge Star Wars fan. I think that's the most beautiful planet from the prequels. It's Space Italy, as some have called it, because they literally filmed it in Italy. And then places I wouldn't want to live, Gotham City's top of the list,

but that would be a cheap cop-out to just pick that, being it's what the question's based on. I'm going to pick Hoth from Star Wars. I'll stay in the Star Wars universe. I have Raynaud's, where your hands and feet and nose and ears become super cold and numb when you're in the cold, so Hoth is just, that's not for me. Tim Hitchings wants to know if there's gonna be another weird loss for the Spin and backfist parlay this week. I sure hope not. We've got a parlay every week that seems to be cursed because we're getting the weirdest losses in human history. A fellow Robbie, Robbie Wadlow, wants to know who Conor McGregor is fighting next.

I have three names that come to mind right away. I think it's going to be one of these three names. I think either Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson, Rafael Dos Anjos. I think one of those three will probably be the next opponent for Conor in early 2023, probably January, February, March. I'm going to guess that. Elrod21 wants to know my favorite Motley Crue album. This is a tough question. It's easier for some bands than others. Motley, it's a tough one. They got a couple albums that are neck and neck. I would say Dr. Feelgood though. You have to go Dr. Feelgood. You get that title track, you get Kickstart My Heart, you get Same Old Situation. You get Don't Go Away Mad. You get Slice of My Pie. I gotta give an honorable mention to MC-94, though. The one record without Vince Neal. It's got John Karabi on lead vocals. It's more of a grunge sound from Motley Crue.

They add in another rhythm guitar that John Karabi's playing. It's Tommy's best drumming album. He said so on this show. Yeah. Honorable mention to MC94. But when you're looking for a classic Motley sound, Dr. Feelgood's the one. Coach M. Ed wants to know who wins the Moxley-Punk unification bout when that eventually happens. I think Punk wins. I think you bring Punk back and you give him a big celebratory he deserves to be the champion win. So I think you put Punk over there. I wouldn't be mad if Moxley went over there. I'm one of the bigger Moxley fans on Twitter, I feel like.

All right, getting towards the end here. The final question from Denzel. It's a really good one. What are your top five British bands not named Oasis? And now he said bands, so I'm not going to do solo artists. If I did solo artists, if I included them, I'd probably include David Bowie, Elton John, Amy Winehouse, right? Before I get into my top five, I'll name two honorable mentions. The Clash and the sex pistols it was hard for me to leave them off the list but there's so many great british bands

so i'm gonna go number one the beatles obviously that should come as no surprise to anyone that knows me number two i'll go queen another one where how could you how could you not? Number three, I'll go Led Zeppelin. And then four, I'll go The Who. And five, I will go the band that inspired Oasis the most, I think, The Stone Roses. So I'll go The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Stone Roses, Honorable Mentions, The Clash, Sex Pistols, and then the solo artists that I love that should be on that list.

Kind of replacing the Who and the Stone Roses if you did British artists would be Bowie, Elton John, and then Amy Winehouse. All right, this was a fun podcast. This was a fun mailbag edition of the show. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Maybe I'll do some more. Tweet me if you did enjoy that and say, hey, do some more of those mailbags, do some more Q&A. I could even give you guys a heads up, you know, a week in advance maybe so you all get your questions in. It's not so much of a last minute thing. Thank you for tuning in though. I hope you enjoyed the Michael Bisping interview as well. And tomorrow, check the Barstool Sportsbook for some promos on Patty and Molly. Let's go, Scousers.