116: Bob Sapp - MMA, Entertainment, and Financial Planning for Athletes

Invest Like a Boss

Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz

Investing, Business

4.8 • 518 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Bob “The Beast” Sapp is an international MMA megastar, professional wrestler, actor, and former NFL player, WWE professional wrestler, and world champion kickboxer. He mostly fought in Japan where he has appeared in numerous commercials, television programs, and various other media.

He remains the most- merchandised, most-adored, and most-watched fighter in the history of the sport with 54 million Japanese who watched him bully Akebono in 2003.

During this episode, Bob will share how his transition from a fighter to an entertainer has given him long term success. Expect to learn about his personal portfolio including his plans for retirement and future investments. Find out how Bob will add a key element to the MMA industry in Thailand.

Links:

The Official Bob Sapp

Where we are:

Sam Marks - Tampa, Florida
Johnny FD - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Bob Sapp - Washington State, USA

Books:

Time Stamps:

03:04 - Watching Bob Sapp as a kid
08:44 - Bob's background and introduction
11:59 - Transitioning from a fighter to an entertainer
17:43 - Traveling to nearly 200 countries & location arbitrage
23:07 - Investing philosophy to practice as athletes & entertainers
23:53 - “Do your best to no longer be using loans or credit cards” - @BobSappMMA
25:14 - Buying a house with cash in any country
28:03 - Planning for retirement and future
36:12 - The difference between a real fighter and entertainer
38:01 - “They can pay to see you get knocked out or they can pay to see you win” - @BobSappMMA
42:57 - Finding your niche and Promoting your brand
51:06 - Fight recap and match highlights
54:38 - Johnny’s key takeaway from this episode

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast.
0:02.8	I'm Sam Marks and I'm Johnny FD.
0:04.7	We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss.
0:09.0	Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash.
0:18.4	Hey guys, this is Johnny and welcome to episode 116 of the Invest Like a Boss podcast.
0:25.1	I am still in Chiang Mai for another week.
0:27.4	Sam is back in the Tampa.
0:30.4	TPA, bro.
0:31.9	TPA.
0:32.7	Good airport.
0:33.6	You got to say that.
0:34.6	Shout out to the airport.
0:36.1	Not bad.
0:54.4	You know, this is another one of those weeks where I had to ask you before the call, where are you in the world? Because I honestly thought you were still Chiang Mai. I invited you to dinner. As for tonight. I was like, hey, do you want to meet up some of the guys for six-finger sushi tonight? And I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm not going to be anywhere near Shanghai. Yeah, I span the globe on that one.
0:56.1	That's about as far as in the world as you can fly, Shanghai to Florida.
0:59.8	But you know what?
1:00.6	This time of year, it's almost exactly the same.
1:03.2	The weather sublime here.
1:05.3	60s in the night, 80 and sunny in the daytime.
1:09.1	So it's a pretty nice place to land. Okay, so you're not in
1:12.3	Chicago where it's like negative 40 or something insane. Yeah, my flight was supposed to be
1:19.9	through Chicago. And I'm assuming the weather was so bad, you're just going to do it? Yeah,
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