#950 - Craig Jones - Drugged In Colombia, Escaping Jail & Defeating UFC Wrestling

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Craig Jones is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete, owner of B-Team and Founder of the Craig Jones Invitational. From wild nights in Medellín to ketamine trips with Ethiopian locals, Craig Jones has turned his life into a world of fun and chaos. From rolling with legends, clowning on traditions, and building a jiu-jitsu empire that’s as unorthodox as it is elite, Craig proves every day that you can be world-class without following the old playbook. Expect to learn what happened to Craig Jones while in Colombia, what it was like meeting Pablo Escobar’s sister, why Craig Jones was in Ethiopia and doing ketamine with the locals, why Craig got an MS13 Tattoo and why he subsequently went missing for a while, the biggest updates from the world of BJJ, UFC, and wrestling, Craigs thoughts on Greg Souders, Jon Jones & Gordon Ryan and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	That would be good. You could do like an Andrew Huberman's morning routine and my morning routine compared.
0:04.6	Well, I think we start pretty similar by messaging five different women we missed.
0:12.3	Are we recording? I hope that's it. Cut that in.
0:14.5	Yeah, that's in. All right, man. Hello. Welcome back. How are you?
0:18.3	Good to see you, mate. I'm still alive, unfortunately.
0:20.7	Yeah. Last time we were together was C.J mate. I'm still alive, unfortunately. Yeah.
0:21.6	Last time we were together with C.J.I.1.
0:23.6	And I think I left you at a strip club around 7am.
0:27.6	No, that was someone else that looked like me.
0:30.6	James Smith.
0:31.6	That was James Smith.
0:32.6	How did you celebrate after CGI?
0:34.6	Ah, shit. I mean, we went to Cahana, Colombia and went on a five-day bender, pretty much.
0:41.4	Came out very unhealthy, but survived it.
0:45.2	Direct from Vegas.
0:47.2	Yeah, so we left the after-party,
0:49.3	flew straight in there,
0:50.8	the secret investor threw us a party,
0:53.6	and it was the hardest five days of my entire life.
0:56.7	It was growing.
0:57.7	In Colombia?
0:58.9	In Colombia, yeah.
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