Fighter vs. Writer: Frank Trigg On Working ‘Book of Boba Fett’ and Why More Fighters Don’t Become Judges or Referees

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🗓️ 1 February 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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UFC Hall of Famer Frank Trigg joins the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer as he discusses his move into acting as well as refereeing since calling it a career. Most recently, Trigg can be seen in the popular Disney+ series “The Book of Boba Fett” where he stars alongside Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen in a show that follows the exploits of the infamous bounty hunter in a new “Star Wars” spinoff. Trigg details how he got involved with the show as well as the success he’s found since transitioning into stunt work since his retirement from fighting. The former UFC welterweight title contender will also discuss how he got involved in refereeing in the state of California where he was recently spotted as the third man in the octagon at UFC 270 in Anaheim. Trigg also explains why it’s not likely that more fighters will follow in his footsteps to get into refereeing or judging in mixed martial arts. All this and much more on the latest edition of The Fighter vs. The Writer. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify Read More: MMA Fighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.0	Welcome back to The Fighter vs The Rider. I'm Damon Martin your host as always, and today I'm
1:37.0	joined by a man who is partially responsible for actually giving me a career in mixed martial arts.
1:44.1	Going back many, many years, one of my first interactions with The Fighter was when I used to
1:48.4	call into Ryan Bennett's MMA Weekly radio show called Sound Off, and he was having a coast competition
1:54.6	once upon a time, and I was one of the finalists, and the other guy who was another finalist who ended
1:59.5	up winning the competition for obvious reasons, is my guest today, and a guy who kind of introduced
2:05.0	me to the world of mixed martial arts media through that contest, and then from there, I had
2:09.2	worked with MMA Weekly and got on and done stuff since then. So today, I am very happy to welcome
2:15.2	him. A good friend, UFC Hall of Famer, legend in his own right, Frank Treg. Treg, what's going on?
2:21.2	Hey, man, you were to find your own way, man, I'm not doing me. I just had to be the
2:25.8	thing. You were to find your way there. Easy. It's so crazy. It's so crazy, thinking back about like
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