Forrest Griffin: Most Important Fighter in UFC History| #ThePlaybook 111

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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On Episode 111 of #ThePlaybook, Forrest Griffin, UFC Hall of Famer and Vice President of Athlete Development For The UFC Performance Institute, chats about: Why mixed martial arts is the best sport for individualization [2:00] How platforms like YouTube have forever changed fight sports [4:47] The impact that the vision of the UFC’s leadership team has on the rest of the organization [10:20] Why he thinks that MMA will become the second-most popular sport worldwide [15:25] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook, I have the toughest Buddha I've ever met.
0:04.3	That's right, UFC Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin.
0:07.8	He's best known for the greatest fight of all time, the one that exposed the
0:11.7	UFC to the world and made it what it is today.
0:14.8	He now works with the UFC's Performance Institute and is leading away with Player Development.
0:20.4	This is entrepreneurs, the playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the board
0:35.5	room.
0:36.5	I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing, David Melzer. This is Dave Melzer here with Entrepreneurs The Playbook and I have the toughest guest
0:48.8	I've ever had on.
0:50.4	Not only because he's born in Ohio. I have Forrest Griffin, world champion,
0:55.3	UFC fighter, Hall of Famer,
0:58.0	but most importantly now, we have this great establishment
1:00.9	the UFC Performance Institute,
1:02.4	which you are the
1:03.2	vice president of athlete development for and we had a tour earlier and all I
1:07.4	kept thinking as you toured me around this facility is we stole this stuff
1:11.8	from some good people.
1:13.0	We stole it from the best.
1:15.0	That's what you were thinking. It's like the top home, right?
1:17.0	You just stole everything.
1:18.0	Yeah.
1:19.0	But it's awesome.
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