The Blueprint with Eliot Marshall

Helwani has covered mixed martial arts professionally since 2006. He joined ESPN in May 2018. He is currently the host of Ariel Helwani's MMA Show Podcast. At ESPN he is also the host of "Ariel & The Bad Guy" with Chael Sonnen and reports on the UFC for all ESPN platforms.

This weeks dose: dialing in your routine to crush your day. 

Alistair Overeem is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, interim DREAM Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and one of only two fighters to hold world titles in both MMA and K-1 kickboxing at the same time. He holds dual victories over Fabricio Werdum, Mark Hunt and Vitor Belfort, and has also beaten former UFC champion...

In this week's dose, Eliot talks about the value of gratitude. 

In this episode, Eliot sits down with student John Boyle to talk about why he left his trajectory with Easton Training Center to do his own thing and open a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy in Panama City, Panama. 

In this week's dose, Eliot discusses his latest video post, "No Victims."

Alberto Crane is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a lightweight. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is a former King of the Cage and Ring of Fire lightweight champion.   Crane moved to Brazil shortly after high school to train at the Gracie Barra academy in Rio de Janeiro, and then Belo Horizonte full-time. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu u...

Joseph Benavidez is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a flyweight in the UFC.  As of July 1, 2019, he is ranked #1 in the official UFC flyweight rankings. 

Rich Franklin is an American retired mixed martial artist and former UFC Middleweight Champion. As of June 2014, Franklin has been the Vice President of ONE Championship.

Jeff Novitzky is the current Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance for the UFC. He previously served as an agent for the FDA, investigating the use of steroids in professional sports. Before April 2008 he was a special agent for the IRS who investigated the use of steroids for over five years.

Andrea Lee is an American kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the flyweight division. She is currently signed with UFC and as of June 25, 2019, she is #7 in official UFC women's flyweight rankings.

Rebecca Baack has been working as a leader in the fitness industry for over 13 years. She founded and opened CorePower Yoga's first franchise and expanded to two successful yoga studios before merging with another franchise, Level 4 Yoga. At Level 4 Yoga, Rebecca lead operations across 12 CorePower Yoga studios, ran the Studio Expansion Team responsible for opening new studios, and created and ran...

Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fifth degree black belt under Carlos Gracie, Jr. and also at the same time a brown belt in Judo, and a Muay Thai expert. He has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for over 18 years. He has instructed mixed martial arts and grappling champions.

Adam Wheeler is an American wrestler, best known for his bronze medal performance at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is now a jiujitsu blackbelt and teaches at Prime BJJ in Colorado Springs. Adam's book is called "Believe and Achieve: Overcoming Obstacles to Excel" now avaiable on Amazon. 

Ryron & Rener Gracie are American Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners, head instructors at the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy, and creators of Gracie University. Members of the Gracie family, they are the grandsons of Grandmaster Helio Gracie, and the second-eldest son of Grandmaster Rorion Gracie, who was among some of the first family members to bring Gracie jiu-jitsu to the United States. Ryon & Rener...

Clifford Starks is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division for the World Series of Fighting. A professional competitor since 2009, he has formerly competed for the UFC, Bellator, and Shark Fights.

Coach Landow is a world-renowned movement and sports performance expert. He has trained thousands of athletes of all ages and abilities, including over 700 professional athletes competing in the NFL, NHL, MLB, UFC, and WNBA, as well as Olympic medalists. He has worked with over 70 NFL All-Pros and over 20 first round draft selections in the NFL.   In the summer of 2012 he served as a Strength and...

Rhadi Ferguson is an American mixed martial arts trainer, strength and conditioning coach, motivational speaker, and black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Erica Peng is a leadership coach and founder of Deep Stream Leadership. She also teaches a course, "Interpersonal Skills & Embodied Leadership" with the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley.

Cody Scott Donovan is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt and a retired professional mixed martial artist, who is perhaps best known for his four-fight stint in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC and has also competed for Bellator.

Orlando is an American born Jiu Jitsu black belt under "Zé Radiola" who competes in the ultra heavyweight division for the Gracie Barra team (grappling). Orlando Sanchez is also known for his past drug dependence, which he overcame through practising Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, becoming in the process one of the fastest Americans to have reached the degree of black belt in the sport (4 years).

Tyrone Glover Jr. is Paragon's first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt and former professional MMA fighter (6-0). In 2005 he abruptly left the sport behind and entered law school. After graduating law school he also quit his corporate law job to become a public defender. Tyrone attributes his victories to a certain mentality, constant fight and struggle are a theme in his life and it was only natural...

Mike Dolce is one of the world's top weight management coaches, known for training the best fighters in the world of professional mixed martial arts. Mike has been the man behind the likes of Ronda Rousey, Thiago Alves and Carlos Condit.

In this episode, Eliot has a conversation with his teacher and business partner to discuss life stories and philosophies--which can all be connected through a concept know as "Amaling."    Amal Easton is a veteran Muay Thai competitor and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie, regarded as a pioneering figure for BJJ in the United States. He is the founder of the Colorado based martial...

Jay Jack is a martial arts expert with black belts in both Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. In this episode Jay and Eliot reminisce coming up together under Amal Easton (Renzo Gracie), trade stories and discuss their philosophies on life. Jay Jack currently owns and teaches at The Academy--Maine's premiere Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA facility. He and his wife, Amanda, also founded Next Level Dogs--a...