Quiggin' Out Podcast

Welcome to the NEW Quiggin Out Podcast. Yes you read that right. The MMA has been dropped and the direction of this podcast has stepped aside from being just focused on MMA but open to pop culture and amazing creators like the one featured on this episode, GeekFireInk. Richard and I, henceforth Zuni, have been connected for the better part of a year where his videos would come across the daily fee...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 73 featuring returning guests and friends of the show, Matt and AJ Marsden! In this episode, The Marsden's discuss the Bellator acquisition and subsequent "pink slip" if you will from an organization Matt has been a part of for over a decade and one that AJ had just about half of that time. The Marsden's discuss life after Bel...

The Quiggin Out MMA Podcast Episode 72 is here now with BKFC welterweight, Ja'Far Fortt "Knox"!! This was an exciting episode to do as one of the first fights that I attended live included Matt Frevola vs. Ja'Far Fortt "Knox"! In this episode, Fortt and I discussed his entrance into MMA, where he went for 7 years and how he came to be at BKFC and what this last year has...

The Quiggin Out MMA Podcast Episode 71 is here now with BKFC title challenger, Gogo Slaveski! Sometimes it's all about timing and that's exactly what this was. In this episode, Gogo and I discuss that fateful meeting, what it means to represent his country and be the first Macedonian BKFC champion and so much more! Gogo goes on to talk about BKFC as a sport, how he came to America at 19 an...

The Quiggin Out MMA Podcast Episode 70 is here now with the "Subway Hero" himself, Joe Lozito! This was an interview that has been on the bucket list, so to speak, for a very long time. Lozito and I have been talking on and off for the last decade and it was finally time to get him as a guest on the show. We discussed in detail that very day that gave him the title of "Subway Hero", what an amazin...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 68 featuring one of Royce Gracie's first BJJ black belts, Professor Rob Kahn! This has been a LONG time coming and super excited to share this with EVERYONE! Professor Rob Kahn is one of Royce Gracie's first five Black Belts, something that was news to me as Professor Kahn is always referred to as "Gracie's First Black-Belt&quo...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 69 featuring Bellator and BKFC vet, Jessica "Black Widow" Borga! No we haven't forgotten how to count so episode 68 will be coming out later next week due to scheduling. This episode was a fun one and is certainly one for the books. As stated above, Borga is a multiple time Bellator veteran as well as recent BKFC fighter, where sh...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 67 featuring a special sponsor showcase with the owner of Fat Boy BJJ himself, Juan Santiago! This was such a great episode (not like the rest aren't) but this truly was a lot of fun! Fat Boy BJJ has been a "sponsor" of mine for almost 50 episodes and we felt it was time to put a face to the brand and truly get to know Juan! Santi...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 66 featuring BJJ Legend and one of the nicest guys in all of MMA/BJJ, Master Ricardo Liborio!   This episode start definitely caught me off guard because Master Liborio wanted me to tell everyone how we met. And as you can tell by watching, I was happy to oblige as it's a fun story that I DON'T think I have shared on the show before.  Mas...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 65 featuring recent Knucklemania 3 winner, BKFC Heavyweight Josh Watson!    Right off the bat, we waste no time getting right into how many shows Watson has done this week, dealing with the new popularity and so much more. Watson's story about his day job and the run in with Human Resources was absolutely hilarious.  Going a differen...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 64 featuring former UFC and recent Bellator fighter, Aalon Cruz! After a long hiatus the show is BACK with a good friend of the show in Aalon Cruz. As mentioned on the show, Cruz was one of the first guests on the original Quiggin Out MMA Podcast so it was great to have him on the new and improved one. Cruz talks about his UFC run and how it change...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 63 and features BKFC's first strawweight champion, Britain Beltran (She went with Hart Beltran for the show since that's how everyone knows her)   Beltran makes her 2nd appearance on the podcast, first coming on the show for episode 23 and she definitely makes up for lost time and gets right into it.   We discussed everything from he...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 62 and features BKFC's newest middleweight champion fresh off his BKFC victory, David "Redneck" Mundell!    We get right into as Mundell talks about fighting his friend, winning the title, and how life after MMA birthed his entrance into the world of Bare-Knuckle fighting.  This was a fun one as we've been watching Mundell fight from...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 61 and are back with one of the friends of the show and recently announced BKFC lightweight title challenger "The Gentleman of Violence" himself, Tom Shoaff!   We already know what you're going to say. Tom was just on the show just a mere 8 episodes ago. How much could have really changed since then? A LOT.  This episode was exciting to film as Sho...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 60 and have none other than current Invicta FC atomweight, Jillian "Lionheart"DeCoursey! This has been a long time coming! This episode digs deep into the world of Mental Health, what has changed since winning the belt and the amount of hats she wears on a day-to-day basis. It's really fascinating. DeCoursey talked through her fight preparations, l...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 59 and have none other than current Bellator flyweight champion, Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche!    This episode had an incredible amount of significance as Carmouche was the first fighter that I interviewed ELEVEN years ago when I was just starting in the MMA journalism field. The nerves and panic were real and it was an amazing experience a...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 58 and have none other than BJJ Black Belt, friend of the show and of course, Sapateiro 30 competitor, Kevin Gallagher!    Gallagher brings such a different approach to Jiu-Jitsu and life and we talk about it all. He really brings us into the lowest of lows and how life hit him with every submission it could, all at once. But Jiu-Jitsu became a bea...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 57 featuring The Godmother of Drumming, Dorothea Taylor and the one and only Jiu Jitsu Grandma! This episode was unlike anything I have ever done. It all started with my father, also a drummer, sharing a video of Taylor. I have been watching her for years and had this crazy idea to get her and Jiu-jitsu Grandma together. And it worked! So many thin...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 56 featuring Eddie "Stache Mouth" Martinez!    For those of you who are unaware why this episode is so important, go ahead and watch the link below first before listening to this episode.   https://fb.watch/dBKm3WnE8X/ around the 137 minute mark ... Eddie was in the middle of documenting the weigh-ins when he learned that o...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 55 featuring not one, but two guests as the title spoiled for you. This could not have come together any better than it did. This episode was almost filmed 10 years to the day of UFC on FX 3, which happened to be the first UFC event that I ever attended. It was an immediate love for live sports and the first day I had met any fighter, being Ian McC...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 54 UFC lightweight and Ultimate Fighter Alum, Vinc "From Hell" Pichel!  It was Friday the 13th when we recorded this episode and it turned out to be one of the most challenging yet rewarding shows to date. Connection issues aside, which were kinda fixed in post production, led us down some crazy topics and jumped around for a while before land...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 53 featuring BKFC standout Tom "A Gentleman Of Violence" Shoaff and not one, but TWO special guests!  Shoaff is fresh off his dominant victory at BKFC FT LAUDERDALE against Bruce Lutchmedial and for being in a BKFC fight, Shoaff is wearing it well.  Shoaff discusses, while at his OWN celebration party held by none other than the 'Bad Boy'...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with Episode 52 and features not only a Forged In Fire Competitor, but BJJ Black Belt and Gym Owner, Gene Click!    A firm warning to all those about to immerse yourself in this one. There will be some opinions you don't agree with and some things said that may strike a nerve and even some dark, dark things that may trigger you but Gene is one of the...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with EPISODE 51 and our season 3 premiere with ANOTHER BATTLEBOT team, TEAM JACKPOT frontman, Jeff Waters! We decided that after the success of our last episode, why not jump right on into another aptly named "Com-Bot Edition". This episode is packed with comparisons between MMA and Battlebots (again!), the challenges that exist within the filming schedule, Jac...

The Quiggin' Out MMA Podcast is back with EPISODE 50 and our season 2 finale. Our guests? None other than the minds of a BATTLEBOTS team, TEAM MALICE featuring Bunny, David Lau and David Rush! This one was a bucket list. Ever since I was a kid, I had wanted to build my own Battlebot and now getting the chance to talk to one of the teams that actually does it? Mind-Blowing. This episode is packed w...