Episode 778: The Winning Mentality with Frankie Edgar & Dante Rivera

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On today's episode, Dennis sits down with 3x UFC Champion Frankie Edgar and UFC Fighter and BJJ Legend Dante Rivera.

Frankie Edgar's amazing career began in Toms River, New Jersey, Frankie wrestled at Toms River High School East, making it to the New Jersey state championship tournament on three occasions, placing second as a junior and fifth as a senior. Edgar is the oldest of 3 children, Edgar went on to compete in the NHSCA Senior Nationals and placed second before he finished high school. He continued wrestling at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where he qualified for the nationals all four years there. Edgar entered his first mixed martial arts fight with only a few weeks of training outside of his wrestling background. Edgar originally trained with Rob Guarino of Rhino Fight Team, but today he is part of the Gracie system under Ricardo Almeida in Hamilton, NJ, who is part of the Gracie Barra team. Since seventh grade Edgar has wrestled with Steve Rivera at Elite Wrestling NJ in Jackson, NJ. His boxing trainer is Mark Henry of Millstone, NJ. Edgar became the UFC Lightweight Champion at UFC 112 when he defeated BJ Penn by unanimous decision. In the history of the UFC, no fighter has spent more time in the Octagon, just under 6.5 hours. These days, Edgar is a New Jersey legend, raising his family in Toms River, not far from where he grew up himself.

Professor Dante Rivera is the Founder and Head Instructor at Dante Rivera Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy located in Freehold, New Jersey. Professor Dante Rivera is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt who studied under the legendary Ricardo Almeida, Renzo Gracie's first American Black Belt. The IFL & UFC veteran currently fights for Bellator and was a featured fighter on The Ultimate Fighter, Season 7. Dante Rivera is a multiple time Grapplers Quest and NAGA Champion, as well as a long time training partner of Ricardo Almeida, Renzo Gracie, Frankie Edgar, Tom DeBlass, Nick Catone and many other veterans. Professor Dante held the following titles: Ring of Combat, Combat in the Cage, Cage Fury, Reality Fighting, & N.A.B.C. 185-lb Champion. Dante was recently inducted into the New Jersey State Martial Arts Hall of Fame where he received the Pioneer Fighter Award.

Today, Frankie and Dante discuss their upbringing and history in the UFC, the transition from fighting to coaching, the effectiveness of BJJ training for DT, dealing with the haters, the best way to start training BJJ, importance of being in shape and having a winning mentality.

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0:00.0	So the first step for the guys is to get in shape.
0:03.7	Get on a treadmill three days a week.
0:05.6	Do cyber, swim, play racquetball, do some type of cardio
0:09.7	where you could outlast, because the average guy's tired in 30 or 40 seconds fighting.
0:13.8	I don't care where you are.
0:14.8	You're gonna if you don't train a fight.
0:16.5	Professional fight is a train of fight get tired and around.
0:20.8	It happens.
0:21.8	It's a different kind of, it's a different kind of it's a different kind of cardio so if you get
0:25.2	outlaster person that's your first step now if you had some skill technique
0:28.8	to that imagine the two together you could subdo a guy or can save guys who get choked to death or
0:34.3	a knee on his head or hit with a stick or tased and him in. Hey guys check up the
0:38.2	2023 Street Cop Conference April 23rd through the 28th Gaylord Convention Center.
0:43.2	It's going to be the event of the year.
0:44.8	Key note speakers include Rob O'Neill, the guy who killed bin Laden,
0:48.8	Kyle Carpenter the youngest living medal of honor recipient,
0:51.7	Navy SEAL Jason Redmond
0:53.4	Fox News host Tommy Laren, Marine Corps Special Forces and leadership coach Cody Alford,
0:58.5	Sheriff Wayne Ivy, Sheriff David Clark, and Sheriff Mark Lamb.
1:02.1	It's going to be one Helvin event.
1:04.1	And on top of that, we have all of our instructors
1:07.0	and additional instructors from other companies
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