Losing 150 lbs to Fighting at MSG, MMA Fighter & Entrepreneur Discusses Balancing Ups And Downs In Life & Business
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
Nick Lamagna
5.0 • 101 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with the return of guest John "The Manimal" Beneduce! John is a professional MMA fighter and 2nd degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt who is an entrepreneur and business owner who has had an incredible journey going from almost 300 pounds to fighting at Madison Square Garden for Bellator at 145 lbs and winning! He has a master's degree in History & Forensic Psychology, he runs The Manimal Training camp and is the Host of The Manimal Zone Podcast . He is a native of Brooklyn New York and has overcome obstacles and experienced all the pro's and cons of life and always kept a great attitude and never let life defeat him. He joins us for the second time for a fun discussion.
Topics In This Episode Include:
✅ The consequences of improperly dealing with stress
✅ The dangers of fake info on social media
✅ The myth of self limitations
✅ Why Being protective of your time is NOT selfish
✅ Why less options in Jiu Jitsu and life allow you to make necessary quick decisions
✅The styles of Renzo Gracie lineage BJJ schools
✅ Fighting at MSG for Bellator, Combat jj worlds ➡️ MORE!
See show notes for all the ways to connect with The Manimal and make sure to contact Nick to start doing some real estate deals together!
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| 0:00.0 | All right. Welcome to the A game podcast today. It's the Thursday episode got out a little bit midday, but we got it out. |
| 0:06.0 | My guest today once again for the second time is the return of John, the minimal Beneducci is a fellow training partner of mine. |
| 0:13.0 | Been a friend for over a decade now. |
| 0:15.0 | Inspirational story. This is the second time he's been honest with definitely go back and check the first episode he was on when we talk more about his journey and where he is. |
| 0:22.0 | And now we're kind of taking her from there and just going into where life has bought him. |
| 0:25.0 | And he is one of the most unique characters anybody who knows him or has heard him on past podcast of his own or my own. |
| 0:32.0 | Definitely knows that you never know what he's going to say you never know what he's going to do and that keeps it exciting. |
| 0:36.0 | So he is one of a kind. He was one of my first guests. He was very supportive from me right from the beginning. |
| 0:42.0 | So I'll always have him on anytime he wants to talk. It's always great kitchen up with him. |
| 0:46.0 | You know, I definitely want to just say as usual. |
| 0:48.0 | Thanks to sponsors go on Nicknicknick.com slash links. |
| 0:51.0 | You guys can find all the ways to connect with me and I definitely want everybody to reach out and find a way to do real estate together. |
| 0:57.0 | I give the whole spiel every time by property cell properties partner on properties, whatever you want to do. |
| 1:01.0 | You can contact me through Nicknicknicknick.com slash links and you can go on Nicknicknick.com slash. |
| 1:06.0 | Bigger pockets to get a free calculator. |
| 1:09.0 | But I do want to before we get into this episode. |
| 1:13.0 | You know, take a moment. There was, you know, I've John on and I've been training with him for a long time and it made me think of. |
| 1:19.0 | You know, the old days back at Ray Longos and even on Herrick's road. |
| 1:23.0 | The old days at Sarah's and he's meadow and then you know, Longos first place and just all the people that I've met over the years there that I've been, you know, training next to on and off for. |
| 1:33.0 | I don't know, 12, 13, 14, maybe even longer years and, you know, I want to respect the privacy because I haven't seen much on it. |
| 1:42.0 | But, you know, somebody that we've known a long time from there, we lost this week and I do not expect to hear that. |
| 1:50.0 | And it just made me think about all of the nice things that this person did for me over the years. |
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