Matt Frevola Talks Paddy Pimblett at MSG, Barstool Sports & Ray Longo | Morning Kombat RSD
Morning Kombat
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🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell are joined by rising lightweight Matt 'Steamrolla' Frevola. Matt discusses how he found Matt Serra and Ray Longo, How Ray reshaped his striking style and when he wants to return to the octagon. Will it be November vs. Paddy Pimblett? Tune in to find out.
(00:01:40) - Ray Longo Shirt
(00:02:20) - Finding Serra-Longo MMA
(00:04:20) - Moving Back to Long Island
(00:05:20) - Tampa Florida
(00:07:00) - Amateur Fights
(00:09:40) - Man of the People
(00:10:50) - Becoming a fan of MMA
(00:11:30) - High School Wrestling
(00:14:00) - Realizing MMA Could be his Profession
(00:15:00) - Power in Matt's Hands
(00:17:15) - Paddy PImblett
(00:21:00) - Fighting Style
(00:22:00) - Family
(00:23:30) - What's Next for Freevola?
(00:24:40) - Barstool Sports
(00:26:30) - Paddy Pimblett Fight
(00:27:30) - Fighting at MSG
(00:30:30) - Robbie Lawler
(00:32:00) - Ray Longo
(00:34:00) - Beer of Choice
(00:36:00) - Boxing with Ray Longo
(00:39:00) - Thailand
(00:42:00) - New York Sports
(00:45:00) - Freevola Beach House
(00:47:50) - Aljo vs. Merab vs. Dana
(00:53:10) - Arman Tsarukyan
(00:56:00) - Lightweight division
(00:59:00) - BMF Belt
(01:00:50) - CTE
(01:02:30) - Lifting Gloves
(01:03:30) - Trt Luke Thomas
(01:06:00) - Billy Q
(01:07:20) - Perfect New York Bagel
(01:08:20) - Frevola Badminton Tournament
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| 0:00.0 | Back on the couch. Back on the couch where we belong. Right? Yeah. Because it's a couch |
| 0:11.4 | where we get inside our guests. But more in like a mental way. What's up? I'm Matt |
| 0:18.6 | Fervola. They call me the steam roller. We're out here in Jersey City. I had to have a nice |
| 0:24.4 | little talk with Luke and Brian. I've been listening to Luke Thomas for a long time for |
| 0:34.8 | like 10 years. He's got awesome breakdowns and he's the man. What about Brian? I don't |
| 0:40.9 | know shit about Brian. What's going on guys? It's me. Brian Campbell. All right it's time to |
| 0:49.3 | sit on that crusty couch. Let's do this. Ready to go. Be ready to go. You know we only want the true |
| 0:56.5 | maniacs on this show and we have found that if you go to a strong island they are plentiful. |
| 1:02.7 | Our next guest is a man who has worn many hats including military police in the United States |
| 1:07.8 | Army is also looking for one patty. Pimble it. We'll see if we'll get it. But he has an interesting |
| 1:13.9 | story to tell and he's going to do it today. It is steam roller. Matt Fervola. Rock and roll |
| 1:23.0 | bang that horror. How are you doing Matt? No cell is strong already. It's right off the |
| 1:30.4 | star. You know what? How are you doing Matt? I'm doing good man. You know I don't make my |
| 1:35.8 | way out to Jersey too much but for you guys I'm here. Well you know what? That's a good |
| 1:40.3 | way to not get lights is to avoid Jersey. It's really a strong move. We recognize the t-shirt |
| 1:44.7 | because I mean this guy is wearing a a Grand Theft Auto rate long go mafia shirt. Put the camera |
| 1:50.2 | on him. Yeah. Incredible. Can you stand up for just a second? I know we got it. I'm now |
| 1:54.3 | asking you to do all the look at this show. Wow. All right now with that in mind do us a solid |
| 2:00.3 | what is the story behind this shirt? Oh man this is a classic Anakin Florian shirt and I got |
| 2:07.1 | this shirt and I've pretty much worn it to like every UFC fight. Every ring of combat fight. Every |
| 2:12.6 | CFFC fight when we got guys fighting and it's my it's my lucky shirt now. Yeah. All right. |
| 2:18.4 | How did you end up at long go? I mean obviously you're in Long Island. They're the big gem. |
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