TheFunk-Cast

I appreciate every single one of you who listens to this, and especially to who ever reads these captions 😂 I owe you all my hardest work and thats what this challenge will get me to do. I am very grateful and surprised how well this podcast has done and it's my duty to make my whole platform as great as possible.

Todays guest is an extraordinary human being , Rob from Crosby who is running 84 marathons in 84 days to raise money and awareness for the honeysuckle fund in Liverpool Women's hospital which provide compassionate care to those experiencing pregnancy loss, still birth and neonatal death. Rob is an experienced runner but this is a whole new experience for him, we talk today as he has come into the last 27 days of the challenge.

Arbaaz is a well travelled teacher and very active plus competitive BJJ purple belt and Ammy MMA fighter.Hope u enjoy

Youssef is BJJ brown belt and coach at Next Generation MMA Liverpool, specializing in MMA, S&C and BJJ. Very interesting discussion all from training, competing and health scares.

Cage warriors pro and next gen legend, enjoy

Also check out my Instagram for me on rayans podcast!

Adam is one of Next Gens well established professionals in the gym, with over 20 fights overall in the last ten years and massive wins over some great guys (10-3 pro). Is amazing to get to speak with such elite level people who I've watched develop over the last 10 years. From the Olympia and now to the brink of a UFC contract, listen to this before he's everywhere!!!!

Matty is one of the UKs most feared competitors in BJJ, undefeated on grapple fest and competed on other top shows. He has 15+ years experience and is one of Next Generations coaches and best competitors . Great insight into this podcast, he also is if you don't know already a great human; and if you didn't know that you will at the end.

Paul is a mental health nurse, BJJ black belt and as you will find out much more. One of my day 1s right here

Kevin is a Senior physiotherapist in the NHS and private physio for ReKOvery physio. On top of a strenuous professional role, Kev is a major part of team Next Generation competitor base in BJJ and soon to be amateur MMA. Gaining his purple belt in less than two years is one of many of his feats, listen into find out more about one of the gyms hardest workers.

Back to it after illness.

LETS GOOOO

2ND TO LAST POD OF YEAR

All things diets, misinformation and optimum nutrition for overall wellness.

Jake is one of the biggest prospect in both MMA and BJJ within our gym and in the UK. We talk all things competing, training, coaching and his recent battle with testicular cancer; in where he overcame to come back with a huge W in Cage Warriors on the professional MMA circuit.

I'm joined by my first UFC fighter, and one of the biggest up and coming names in the world of MMA. Shem is a great member of our team at next gen; we discuss all things from integrating to the gym, his passion for MMA and a lot lot more. Enjoy

Ian is a good friend of mine and one good looking bastard. There is some great knowledge shared in this podcast; for life, business and the workspace. Also a very disturbing story at the end that I debated keeping in this podcast, but its a story that really needs to be heard to help raise awareness the harm false allegations can cause and highlight that stalking can happen to men also.Please enjoy and look after yourselves.

No long description needed, easy listen for a commute

Paul is one of the UKs most well known figures within MMA and combat sports. He has worked directly with dozens of UFC and hundreds of professional fighters in both boxing and MMA. His success comes from a deep involvement within the corporate world in his younger years that led him to lead in very senior positions cultivating excellent leadership skills and a lifelong passion for combat sports. Paul now owns/runs Vortex Performance Academy in Chester along with a team of well trained and knowledgable S&C coaches, which works with top level combat sports athletes such as Paddy the baddy and Molly McCann. His team is pioneering the combat sports scenes approach to S&C and weight cutting. This is a podcast for all to listen; especially with the end as you can see his passion for health and wellbeing which translates to anyone

George is a Cage Warriors signed 6-0 professional MMA fighter, Channel 4 TV series Oktogon Challenge winner, European IMMAF champion and 16-1 amateur. A lifelong martial artist and fighter, 16 min 5km runner, lego fanatic and one of the Train 🚂 loving people George is the UKs biggest rising star outside of the UFC; destined to be signed within the next 12 months. If you don't know who he is, get to know him now!

Josh is a fully qualified medical doctor specializing in the treatments of infectious diseases and also a BJJ Blue belt. Please can you share this episode and give it a listen, hopefully some major lessons for people with staph infections in BJJ and insight into the medical industry as a whole.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests. They represent their own views and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any affiliated organizations, employers, or institutions. All content is for informational and entertainment purposes only.

Joel is a final year PHD student, finalizing his study in microbiology. He is without a doubt the smartest person I know and a good supporter of mine with the podcast. Listen to learn a lot about what research he does and he has done and whats next for the cutting edge in microbiology!

Solocast detailing my whole BJJ journey, my favourite solo one yet . I love BJJ and my story getting into it please listen and enjoy

Arran is one of next generation MMAs most talented members to ever set foot through the doors. He rose to purple belt in under 2 years, and now still actively trains + coaches as a first degree black belt under Paul Rimmer. We talk about his BJJ journey, his life taking on a family business at 21 and of course in the last hour a lot of politics. I loved this conversation and hope you do too!

Joined by Bantamweight professional MMA Cage Warriors Champion, first in a series of guests of Next Generations MMAs rising stars. Hope you enjoy listening to a convo between us and gain some insight from his very experienced and accomplished career thus far

Andy is a good friend of mine, a very intelligent, thoughtful and talented person. Please give this a listen

I am rarely speechless and Rob Pope my guest for this episode left me that way. He is the first and only ever person to perfectly emulate Forest Gumps run across the length of the USA 5x just like in the film coast to coast, he also holds the world record for the fastest marathon as a character at 2:36 at London Marathon 2018. Rob is truly one in 8 billion, some insane life lessons in what simplicity it takes to do unbelievable great things. I hope you learn something from listening to this because I have a learned a lot. Life changing.

Sorry for the poor audio and 40 mins, we originally shot for 2.5 hours but the video dropped off at 40 and microphones did not connect. Still worth a listen however! Please give this a share and review if you enjoyed

My first guest is the great MMA mind that is Carl Mounfield, Owner of @BeatdownBreakdowns Carl has worked with the likes of Paddy the Baddy, Meatball Molly and Neiman Gracie. He also holds a purple belt in BJJ & 10+ years of training in the sport.

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UFC predictions and love for the guys fighting and my story of running marathons motivating my sam for her first 1/2 marathon

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Very personal episode if you want to know my BJJ/MMA journey hope you enjoy!

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Episode 1: Q&A getting to know me