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Mind Of The Warrior

SDP Episode 4: Colton Smith

Mind Of The Warrior

Dr Mike Simpson

Mma, Philosophy, Combat, Self-improvement, Education, Nutrition, Mixedmartialarts, Military, Fitness, Health, Society & Culture, Medicine

4.8900 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Tim and Doc interview Soldier, MMA fighter, and all-around Sheepdog, Colton Smith.

Sergeant First Class Colton Smith is an Active Duty combat veteran with 10 Years of Service. He is Ranger, Sapper, Airborne, and Air Assault qualified. He won the UFC’s Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV and is currently a top ranked MMA fighter. Colton is Special Operations Combatives Program Certified, a Modern Army Combatives Program Level 1-4 Instructor, and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. He has worked alongside and instructed several Government / DOD agencies during OCONUS & CONUS assignments.

Tim Kennedy’s legend began at his local Army recruiter’s office on September 12th, 2001. His training to earn his Green Beret was featured in the book “Chosen Soldier.” Kennedy is now a Ranger qualified Special Forces Sniper with deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and multiple other deployments around the world. He is the only soldier to win the grueling 3 day All Army Combatives Tournament three times. Kennedy has a black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Modern Army Combatives. He is also one of the top ranked mixed martial arts fighters in the world, a position he achieved while simultaneously serving his country at the highest levels of special operations. He is currently ranked among the top Middleweights in the UFC. Tim has been featured on many television shows, most recently “Hunting Hitler” on the History Channel

Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.

Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars with Tim Kennedy on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.

Colton Smith: @ColtonSmithMMA

Sheepdog Response: https://sheepdogresponse.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheepdogresponse/

Twitter: @TimKennedyMMA @DrMikeSimpson

Email: [email protected]

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Sheepdog Project. Everybody with me as always is my co-host

0:16.8

Mr Tim Kennedy. Good afternoon.

0:24.0

I am Dr. Mike Simpson and very special guests with us today.

0:28.7

Good friend of both of ours, mixed martial artist, fellow sheepdog, Mr. Colton Smith.

0:35.0

Hello, all you wonderful people?

0:38.0

Good friend. I mean, how are we defining good like his behavior or our relationship with him

0:45.8

I thought it was more on a scale of one to ten type thing okay so like our intimacy

0:52.2

our I mean how how what are the parameters that we're defining this?

0:57.2

How comfortable would you be in a cold weather situation spooning with cold and I think that's

1:02.2

the big question on everybody's mind.

1:04.0

I think we're good friends. Yeah, I think that's that is a proper barrier.

1:09.0

No, no, no, no, I would be toasty that night.

1:12.0

No worries at all.

1:14.0

I was gonna drink my topo chico

1:16.0

which is laced with a smidgen of

1:19.0

pomegranate juice.

1:20.0

That's delicious. I'm sure it is my friend. I'm sure it is.

1:26.0

So Colton, for those that don't know, Colton recently returned from his what number

1:31.6

tour was it?

1:33.0

Third tour in Afghanistan came home safely.

1:36.0

America, yeah, yeah, combat tours are awesome!

1:40.0

So tell us what else you've been up to?

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