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The Fighter & The Kid

Jon Jones Turned Down $30M Fight?! UFC Drama Breakdown | TFATK Ep. 1173

The Fighter & The Kid

Thiccc Boy Studios | PodcastOne

Comedy, Sports, Society & Culture

4.217.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen break down the biggest stories in MMA right now — including shocking UFC contract drama, fighter pay concerns, and major behind-the-scenes issues.

The guys react to reports that Jon Jones turned down a massive $30 million fight, raising serious questions about the UFC’s matchmaking and negotiation tactics. They also dive into Colby Covington’s recent comments about being “iced out” by the UFC and how fighter politics may be affecting careers.

Plus, discussion on rising stars like Alex Pereira, Sean Strickland vs Khamzat Chimaev potential matchups, and whether new competition like Netflix-backed fight cards could challenge the UFC’s dominance.

Is the UFC still the top destination for fighters, or is the business model starting to crack?

Topics include:

Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall fight drama

Dana White and UFC contract structure

Colby Covington controversy

Alex Pereira’s rise

UFC vs boxing / crossover fights

Future of MMA competition

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0:00.0

Yes, we did, because we back at it again.

0:02.2

It's the fighter and the kid.

0:03.7

This is really the fighter and the kid.

0:06.9

Come on, baby.

0:08.7

Yeah, we're talking about you guys, in the middle of the conversation about those whoops or the...

0:15.2

Technology and all that shit.

0:16.8

And my thing about that, I wore one of those that tracks my sleep and all that shit. Here's the problem. I would look at it and be like, you didn't get enough sleep. And I was like, oh, I'm tired now. I took that shit off because I don't want to know about the fact that I'm, I only had six hours of good sleep and not too. It's going to get in my head. I don't have time for that stuff. You can't get to work. Dog, that happened with me. I had that, I don't know if you saw a couple episodes I was wearing that aura ring. My girl got it from me for,

0:41.4

for, It's going to get in my head. I don't have time for that stuff. You're going to get to work. Dog, that happened with me.

0:38.6

I had that, I don't know if you saw,

0:40.2

I forgot about episodes I was wearing that order ring.

0:50.8

My girl got it for me for Christmas. And then I was just focusing on, I'm only getting this much rim. And my workouts were shitty because I'm just being cranky. Because I guess I'm not sleeping. then I'm like getting mad at my girl.

0:52.5

I'm like, what are you doing in the middle of the night that I'm fucking awaking twice a night?

0:55.6

You know what I mean?

0:56.2

And then I'm like, and then I took it off.

0:58.1

I'm like, what are you doing in the middle of the night that I'm waking twice a night? You know what I mean? And then I'm like, and then I took it off. I'm

0:58.1

like, oh, my workouts are fucking sick if I just don't give a shit. You know, I just try and get good sleep as best I can. Not giving you shit is a huge part of it. It's like if you want to accomplish something. And you were talking about Dustin on Rogan, who said, you know...

1:09.9

Well, I've said this for the longest. Like the whoop stuff, all that optimization, you get to work, man. Like, you'll go tell my dad when he's working fucking two jobs. Hey, buddy, today you didn't get six hours of optimal sleep. We're going to need you to stay home. It's just not just all this stuff, just great softer, just great softer people. I read a, I read a thing on, that's what it's designed thing. I agree with you. I read a thing on Jerry Rice. And Jerry Rice, like, his shoulder was burning, his leg was hurting, and it, blah, blah, he was coming, but, but he ran his hills. He ran his routes.

2:01.4

It was like, those guys, to be great, you do that. You just, you just dial it in. You don't take that time off. You can't to be really, really good at something. You're not going to feel like doing it all the time. On the scientific side of it all, too, like people wear those Apple watches, they wear all those things to tell you how many calories they burn,

2:07.6

which is up to anywhere from 20 to 80 percent inaccurate like if all these people are going to the gym like I burned 1,000 calories in the gym today no you didn't you may be burned

2:12.2

100 because they have it constantly running the whole time you're not working out the whole time

2:16.4

you're in the gym you're taking most of the time you're in there you're at rest what's it does it do it do it based off

2:21.2

your heart rate is that what it's doing yeah which is so inaccurate yeah it's so inaccurate i always

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