Marcus Deegan: Achilles Rupture Ended My Fight Before It Started | DSH #1757

Summary

Digital Social Hour – Marcus Deegan: Achilles Rupture Ended My Fight Before It Started | DSH #1757
Release Date: January 15, 2026
Host: Sean Kelly
Guest: Marcus Deegan

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Episode Overview

In this candid episode of Digital Social Hour, Sean Kelly reconnects with entertainer and podcaster Marcus Deegan. Marcus opens up about a pivotal Achilles injury that abruptly ended his foray into boxing, shares reflections on his storied career as a performer, and discusses recent health challenges with unfiltered honesty. The conversation ranges from celebrity boxing mishaps and the pressures of ring announcing, to loyalty, personal relationships, and facing prostate cancer. Woven throughout are frank exchanges on politics, masculinity, and life philosophy, revealing Marcus' distinctive perspective on resilience and reinvention.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Politics, Culture & Social Media

• Navigating Political Discourse

  • Marcus asserts he tries to avoid political conversations due to their divisiveness:
    “You can lose half your fan base.” (00:03, 07:12)
  • Strong opinions on current leadership and polarizing policies:
    “Just the craziness of the left. I'm just absolutely blown away by the mental illnesses in that party...” (00:08, 07:24)
  • Disillusionment with exposure to politics via social media, and how it's become unavoidable:
    “When I was younger... I never talked about it, but now it seems inevitable.” (00:32, 07:51)

• Conor McGregor & Social Media Detox

  • Marcus notes the significance of McGregor deleting his Instagram, attributing it to focus and prepping for an upcoming UFC card:
    “He completely deleted his Instagram. He's obviously locking in and getting focused to the White House card next year.” (08:43)

• Impact of Social Media on Global Awareness

  • Both acknowledge double-edged nature of social platforms, with Sean remarking:
    “That's one of the downsides of social media. We know...what's going on everywhere.” (08:38)

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Injury & Career Pivot

• Achilles Rupture Ending Boxing Aspirations

  • Marcus recounts the boxing injury preventing his much-anticipated ring debut:
    “My boxing career was over before it started.” (01:40)
  • Despite pain and slow recovery, Marcus underscores his drive:
    “You can't. I don't let little injuries mess with me, you know?” (01:02)

• Celebrity Boxing Anecdotes

  • Describes how he was preparing for a celebrity-fight against a Jake Paul lookalike, in an event organized by Damon Feldman: (01:18)

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Ring Announcing, Dyslexia & Public Mistakes

• Nerves & Name Mix-ups
  • Marcus admits to making a major blunder during a live ring announcement due to dyslexia:
    “Worst mistake you can do in ring announcing is announce the wrong winner... I ended up calling him afterwards. I said, bro, I'm so sorry.” (02:56–03:19)
  • Reflects on the pressure and extra challenges faced:
    “When I say dyslexia, like I'll swap the first letter and the last letter around, or if there's a bunch of names...” (03:26) “My eyesight's not the best, those, the names were so small... a little bit of pressure, but, you know, it was a learning experience.” (03:41)

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Reflections on Law, Jail Experiences & Reform

• Short Stints in Jail

  • Both share lighthearted stories about brief jail experiences stemming from minor offenses:
    “I did 17 hours at the Clark County Detention center...” (05:24)
  • Marcus observes the importance of maintaining freedom and learning from youthful mistakes:
    “I value my freedom too much, you know what I mean?” (06:49)

• Views on Marijuana Legalization & Incarceration

  • Discuss injustice of long jail terms for cannabis now widely legalized:
    “Imagine the people that are in jail for like, 25 years for stuff... that's legal now.” (06:57)
  • Criticizes politicians like Kamala Harris for their roles in past prosecutions:
    “Especially the ones that got prosecuted by Kamala Harris.” (07:05)

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Mindset, Loyalty & Lessons from McGregor

• Mindset & Success

  • Marcus credits Conor McGregor for teaching the primacy of belief and loyalty:
    “That mindset is everything... And loyalty... I've always stood by his side.” (09:18)

• Life at the Top and Its Dilemmas

  • Discussion about rapid wealth, success, and handling the accompanying mental challenges:
    “He was a young kid that went literally from zero money to millionaire status in four years... You can't mentally prepare for that.” (10:04)
  • Sean relates with his own story of making and losing millions in his twenties:
    “I didn’t make 100 million, but I made millions and lost it at that age...” (10:14)

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Relationships, Masculinity & Regret

• Body Count & Masculinity

  • Honest talk about past lifestyles, relationships, and changing values:
    “Having a low body count shows, like, who you are as a person. Doesn't value it. Tells a lot about you.” (12:16) “I don't think any man wants to marry someone that’s got like a 20 or 30 body count. I don’t care what you say.” (12:31)

• Life as a Performer

  • Marcus reflects on years as a Thunder from Down Under performer, the ease of fleeting relationships, and eventual regret:
    “Mine was up there like it was rocks... touring the world for a predominantly 98% female audience.” (12:42–12:51) “I kind of just looked down. I was a bit of a sleaze, a bit sleazy... I wouldn't have it any other way now.” (13:49)

• Finding Long-Term Love

  • Meeting his partner Jenny, and transformation from womanizer to committed life partner:
    “Her beauty stood out to me first... She's just got a massive heart, is a real sweetheart, not a liar, not a whore, not... No ego, and funny as hell.” (15:18)

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Entrepreneurship: Old School Energy Drink

• Values-based Product Development

  • Marcus explains his proud involvement with Old School Energy, emphasizing transparency in ingredients and health aspects:
    “It’s the great one to go to because it's just less toxic than all the other ones.” (16:09) "You know, with the thiamine and l thynine and, you know, the real cane sugar, and it's a clear liquid. No dyes or colorings." (16:53)

• Broader Critique of Beverage Industry

  • Critiques mainstream energy drinks and praises the taste of Mexican Coca-Cola with cane sugar:
    “Have you ever drank a Coke from Mexico compared to a Coke... It's completely different. Kind of tastes healthy.” (17:03)

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Health Crisis: Confronting Prostate Cancer

• Discovery & Attitude

  • Marcus details his diagnosis and the clinical process, warning other men about the importance of regular checks:
    “You need to stop right now. Your levels that are at a stage where it's precursor for prostate cancer and you're about to have a stroke.” (17:51)
  • Going through blood tests, biopsy:
    “My prostate was enlarged by like four times, so I was pissing like 40, 50 times a day... Migraine headaches, super tired...” (17:51–18:10)
  • Stresses early detection:
    “Definitely go and get a, you know, your PSA and your PSI levels check because prostate cancer... kills a lot of men here in America.” (19:23)

• Mindset During Crisis

  • Expresses a resolute, faith-driven approach:
    “I'm not worried. I'm not scared. I'm not crying about it. I'm not even bothered...” (19:32) “When you hear the word cancer, automatically everything kind of changes for you. Like, things that kind of worried me before don’t really now.” (19:48) “It’s kind of reset myself and reset my priorities and my personality and my moods even.” (19:54)

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Facing Mortality & Faith

• Discussing Death & Support
  • Marcus and Sean bond over close calls and concern for loved ones left behind:
    “I feel more for her. Like, it worries me about what she would do... and we're just best friends, and we're just so connected…” (20:39) “I have my faith in the Lord, and I believe in God, and I talk to God all the time… This is maybe gonna be a reset, and this will. It's here to teach me something.” (21:14)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Loyalty & Mindset:
  “That mindset is everything... And loyalty.” – Marcus Deegan (09:18)

• On Career-Ending Injury:
  “My boxing career was over before it started.” – Marcus Deegan (01:40)

• On Public Mistakes:
  “Worst mistake you can do in ring announcing is announce the wrong winner... I ended up calling him afterwards. I said, bro, I'm so sorry.” – Marcus Deegan (02:56–03:19)

• On Changes After Cancer Diagnosis:
  “When you hear the word cancer, automatically everything kind of changes for you... it’s kind of reset myself and reset my priorities.” – Marcus Deegan (19:48–19:54)

• On Reflections About Past Behavior:
  “I kind of just looked down. I was a bit of a sleaze, a bit sleazy... I wouldn’t have it any other way now.” – Marcus Deegan (13:49)

• On Faith and Facing Adversity:
  “God doesn't give you things that you can't handle. You know what I mean? This is maybe gonna be a reset... Just another chapter in the Marcus Deegan story, bro.” – Marcus Deegan (21:14)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Political Views & Social Media: 00:00–00:32, 07:09–08:38
• Injury & Boxing Dreams: 00:55–01:40
• Ring Announcing & Dyslexia: 02:41–03:53
• Jail Stories & Marijuana Laws: 05:24–07:09
• Lessons from McGregor: 09:15–10:09
• Relationship Philosophy & Regret: 12:09–13:49
• Energy Drink Entrepreneurship: 16:07–17:23
• Health Scare & Prostate Cancer: 17:23–19:54
• Mortality & Faith: 20:07–21:26

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Where to Find Marcus

• Socials: @marcusdeegan
• Studio: Double Down Studios (Opening January 2026, across from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas)

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For listeners seeking raw, unscripted insights on adversity, mental resilience, and self-transformation, this episode offers both candid reflection and motivating perspective.

Transcript

[A]

What have you been thinking about politics lately? Do you stay out of it or do you talk about it?

[B]

You know what I do. I try to stay out of it because it can get you. You know, you can lose half your fan base. However, it's just something that's in my face all the time. And just the craziness of the left. I'm just absolutely blown away by the mental illnesses in that party and just the policies that are thrown out, how they're trying to say that, you know, everything that Trump's doing is bad when pretty much what he's done in nine months is dropped the taxes and closed the border and pulled men out of women's sports and all this transgender. So I think that he's done a great job when it comes to that. Do I just agree with everything? No. However, I think he's doing a better job than the last admin do.

[A]

Agreed.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

When I was younger, growing up, I never talked about it, but now it seems inevitable to talk about politics. All right, guys. Got someone I met three years ago at the first podcast studio I ever started filming at a Sticky Paws. We got Marcus here, Sean Kelly.

[B]

It's about time.

[A]

He's been prom.

[B]

You've been promising me for years, and finally it happened out of the blue.

[A]

Yeah. The first time I promised you, you were limping. You had a nasty injury.

[B]

Yeah, I ruptured my Achilles.

[A]

Geez.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Still working.

[B]

I was still working. I was in a ass, but I was still doing my thing, you know, you can't. I don't let little injuries mess with.

[A]

Me, you know, that's more than a little injury.

[B]

Yeah, it was. It was actually devastating. It's actually still gives me a bit of grief to this day.

[A]

Geez.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

How'd you rupture it?

[B]

Boxing.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Boxing.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I was just training. I was getting ready for. So David Feldman, who is the brother of. Sorry. Damon Feldman is the brother of David Feldman. David does bkfc. Damon does celebrity boxing. They booked me to do a fight with the Jake Paul lookalike. They wanted me to do the whole Conner thing.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I was getting ready in camp and I just popped him.

[A]

Holy shit.

[B]

So that my boxing career was over before it started.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I know, right?

[A]

So you're done doing any sort of martial arts fighter?

[B]

I mean. Yeah, I mean, it was. It was one of those stages that I went through. You know, I interview all these guys, and I just wanted to do that walk and just try it once, you know what I mean? But you Know, different.

[A]

Wasn't meant for you.

[B]

No, it wasn't meant for me. I'll just stick to interviewing them.

[A]

Sit the podcast there.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

How's the show doing, man?

[B]

You know, show's been on pause a little bit, but I'm still putting content out there. You know, we're in the middle of. We're on the finish line of our new studio, which is going to be opening up soon. Double down Studios. No, 6,000 square foot, massive venue with.

[A]

Oh, I saw you guys as one of the prizes.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Big sound stage and. Yeah, so we've had a little bit of a pause for about a year. I mean, I've been doing my bits of content. I've been doing some ring announcing and stuff like that. So it was good to have a little break, good to have a little reset, but I'm looking forward to get. I think we're opening in January.

[A]

Nice. Let's go, baby. Yeah. You've been going to the UFC and Power Slap and all that?

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I cover Power Slap every event. And, you know, I go to my USC and of course, the bkfc. I was there with Connor a couple of months ago. Nice. And I. I was. I did some ring announcing for Mike Perry's Dirty Boxing.

[A]

Oh, that's sick.

[B]

Yeah, it was good.

[A]

How was that compared to.

[B]

I dropped the ball a little bit. Really? I was a bit nervous. I was a bit unprepared, but it was a great experience. And, yeah, it was good to meet everyone. Jon Jones and the whole crew was.

[A]

There, I gotta say. Yeah. Announcing is more difficult than it looks because you gotta memorize all the names. Right.

[B]

And that's the thing. And because I have dyslexia, sometimes I mix the names up. So I said the wrong winner for one of the best fights of. And just. I felt my blood drain out of my face when I did. It was just like the worst mistake you can do in ring announcing is announce the wrong winner. And I was so. And everyone kind of just looked at me. And then the guy that won looked at me and I was like, oh, my God. I ended up calling him afterwards. I said, bro, I'm so sorry.

[A]

I remember the moment. I still remember. I think it was Steve Harvey at.

[B]

The World's Same Thing, but Bruce Buffer's done it as well.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean? It's just one of those things that happen. And when you have dyslexia, especially when you're under pressure, it tends to, you know, it exuberates and expands and when I say dyslexia, like I'll swap the first letter and the last letter around, or if there's a bunch of names down the front there, I'll read this one on this side instead of this.

[A]

I do that.

[B]

It's really, really bad. And because my eyesight's not the best, those, the names were so small. When you're trying to read it off a card and everyone's looking at you, there's a little bit of pressure, but, you know, it was a learning experience. It was good.

[A]

You're not going to get Lasik.

[B]

I'm thinking about it.

[A]

My mom got it, but the problem is it only lasts like 20 years. Yeah, that's what I heard. So I guess if you get it, you should get it when you're old and then you're good. Toyota.

[B]

Speaking of Lasik, let me take these glasses off. You're not gonna get it.

[A]

I'm scared of it. Also, I have a look with glasses.

[B]

Yeah, I was gonna say it's part of your look.

[A]

It matches my brain. I personally think I look weird without glasses. Oh, really? Yeah. I don't think I've ever seen you without glasses exactly. Like, it's like neon, like. Have you seen him without glasses?

[B]

Oh, man. Yeah. Did you see what's going on in the latest with all that? Those bunch of guys with, they're saying now the island boys are the ones that did the home robbery on Six Nines House.

[A]

No.

[B]

Yeah. So they're getting all the footage together and you can hear him say, hey, Red. Which is his brother's now obviously, like they're comparing like body shapes and the way they stand, the way they walk and it's looking like they were the guys that did it.

[A]

So they're done.

[B]

I mean, they've been done for a while in the public eye, but you know what I mean? But those guys. Yeah. Pretty bad, right?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Unbelievable.

[A]

Wow. Yeah, Yeah, I saw that robbery and they got no money, right?

[B]

No, they didn't get anything, but they held a gun to his 63 year old mother's head, which is just a unimaginable, you know what I mean? But yeah, so, yeah, pretty messed up. But those guys kind of been going down the wrong track for a minute, right?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[A]

What do you think? A6 9's come back on social media?

[B]

Listen, I think it's good. But he's going back to jail, I heard, for another nine months. Yeah, I mean, you can't mess around with that, you know, once you start doing the criminal element side of things, especially when you're in that industry. You know, there's only one way. Well, there's two ways to go. It's jail or dead. And, you know, that's why I don't mess with the criminal side of anything. I'm not a criminal. I don't break the law.

[A]

You've never been to jail.

[B]

I did 17 hours at the Clark County Detention center down here.

[A]

You were drunk?

[B]

No, I just. I hadn't paid a ticket and I was speeding and I got pulled over. Really? And he wouldn't let me off and he locked me up. It was miserable.

[A]

How fast were you going?

[B]

I think I was not that fast. I was doing like 80 on the freeway.

[A]

He did not like you.

[B]

No, he didn't. He didn't.

[A]

Yeah, I, I've been too, unfortunately. Trespassing.

[B]

Clark County.

[A]

No, it was in Jersey. I was dumb and I cut through a backyard Halloween if all. At least eight hours. It sucked. I was by myself, too, so it made it worse.

[B]

No, I was in a. I was in a holding cell. Here's a funny story about that. I was in a holding cell with maybe 15 guys and there was nowhere to sit except right next to the toilet. They had this little wall next to the toilet. So I'm sitting down and this guy walks up, pulls his pants down, drops a on the floor, picks it up, picks it up with his hand and put it in the toilet. And I'm like, the are you doing, bro? Right in front of me. Right in front of me.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Pulled his pants down, took a shit on the floor, and then picked it up and threw it.

[A]

And there's no way to wash your hands there.

[B]

No. I was absolutely, absolutely dumbfounded, bro. What the. This guy was doing, man?

[A]

Did you. You called him out, though?

[B]

Absolutely. I was like, dude, what the are you doing right in front of me, man? Yeah, it was bad, but yeah. No, the jail is not a place for me.

[A]

Yeah. So you've behaved pretty well then.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, listen, I, I. When I was younger, I was a bit of a. And sold a bit of weed.

[A]

Everyone did that.

[B]

You know what I mean? Yeah, I sold some weed and, and, you know, but nothing that's going to get me locked up. I value my freedom too much. You know what I mean?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I saw. I sold weed. I never got arrested for. I think statute of limitations were good to say that.

[B]

Yeah, we could say. But it's legal now anyway, right?

[A]

Legal.

[B]

Imagine the people that are in jail for like, 25 years for stuff.

[A]

Something that's legal, people got a lot of time for. Especially the ones that call with weight.

[B]

Yeah. Especially the ones that got prosecuted by Kamala Harris.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What have you been thinking about politics lately? Do you stay out of it or do you talk about it?

[B]

You know, I do. I try to stay out of it because it can get you. You know, you can lose half your fan base. Yeah. However, it's just something that's in my face all the time, and just. Just the craziness of the left is just.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm just absolutely blown away by the mental illness that's carried on in that. In that party and just the policies that are thrown out and how they're trying to say that, you know, everything that Trump's doing is bad when pretty much what he's done in nine months is, you know, obviously dropped the taxes and closed the border and pulled men out of women's sports and all this transgender bullshit. So I think that he's done a great job when it comes to that. Do I just agree with everything? No. However, I think he's doing a better job than the last administration. Agreed. Yeah.

[A]

When I was younger, growing up, I never talked about it, but now it seems inevitable to talk about politics.

[B]

It wasn't until I came to America, actually, you know what? It wasn't until 2016 when I really started looking into it.

[A]

Yeah, same. Yeah, about that time, like, when I was in college 10 years ago.

[B]

Yep. Yep.

[A]

That was it. I didn't give a shit before.

[B]

I couldn't get. And you know what? To be honest with you, it was better when I didn't give a shit because it. It mentally affects you. Like, yeah. I'm like, what are these people? Are these people crazy or what?

[A]

But, hey, and that's what they want.

[B]

It is the great divide, bro.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Right.

[A]

You know?

[B]

Yeah. And then with everything that's going on with the, you know, with the Muslim Brotherhood takeover all through Europe and then what's going on in. In. In Dearborn, Michigan, right now, and it's just crazy, you know, Three Eye Atlas and everything else is going on there. The second coming of Christ. What's going on.

[A]

Right. That's one of the downsides of social media. We know what. What's going on everywhere. Yeah. Good and bad.

[B]

Yeah. That's why it's funny. I don't know if you know this, but Conor McGregor deleted his Instagram million followers about three days ago. He went offline maybe about a Month ago. But, yeah, he completely deleted his Instagram. He's obviously locking in and getting focused to the White House card next year.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, but I'm sure that with 45 million followers, he'd be making some money on. On Instagram, right?

[A]

Yeah, a lot.

[B]

So, yeah, he complete, like, not. It hasn't been paused. It's. It's gone. It's gone crazy. Yeah.

[A]

What's the biggest takeaways you've learned being around Conor McGregor?

[B]

That mindset is everything. And that you have to completely believe in yourself and that you. You have to. And loyalty.

[A]

I suppose he's big on that, right?

[B]

Huge on it. And that's. I suppose that's why I have a close relationship with him, is because during all the times of his, you know, dips in popularity or whatever, I've always stood by his side, and he's known that. And I've been around since pretty much day dot com. So, yeah, I think definitely your mindset is everything. Yeah, it's literally 90 of everything.

[A]

I've seen him talk about it recently. How you get to such a pinnacle and then there's these waves.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And dealing with that mentally is very difficult.

[B]

Yeah. Well, I mean, it's like, people don't understand that. He was a young kid that went literally from zero money to millionaire status in four years.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You can't mentally prepare for that. Going from nothing to everything.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, it's got to be a difficult thing. I mean, can you imagine what you would have been like at 24 with, you know, $100 million?

[A]

Well, the same thing happened to me. I didn't make 100 million, but I made millions and lost it at that age, you know.

[B]

You did?

[A]

Yeah. Because you're not mature enough to handle that amount of money.

[B]

Did you just blow it?

[A]

Yeah, I invested in stupid shit, bought dumb stuff, physical goods and. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Spend it on your friends.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Blowing hookers.

[A]

No hookers. No hookers. Just got married, bro.

[B]

You're not allowed to say that kind of stuff anymore. But you just had a girl on your podcast that drinks her menstrual blood.

[A]

Yeah, but she's cool with that. But she's not cool with hookers.

[C]

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[B]

No, I don't think any wife would be cool with. What about from the past, though? Are you allowed to talk about stuff from your past?

[A]

She's my first real girlfriend. Only girl I've ever slept with.

[B]

Oh, is that right? Oh, wow, that's awesome.

[A]

So I could talk about my past and she's cool with it.

[B]

And what about her?

[A]

I won't disclose that for her.

[B]

But does that do your head and do you get angry over that or does that affect you? No, not.

[A]

No.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because as long as it's not in a crazy body.

[B]

Yeah, it sounds like 10 or 12 or something weird.

[A]

Like if I were single now, you'd have to be below five.

[B]

Yeah. I think as you get older, that kind of stuff doesn't matter as much. But having a low body count shows, like, who you are as a person. Doesn't value it. Tells a lot about you. It's like, you know, I don't think any man wants to marry someone that's got like a 20 or 30 body count. Yeah. I don't care what you say. You can say that, but it's never.

[A]

I mean, even for me when I'm friends with guys, it might be a little gay to say this, but, like, if their body count's super high, it's kind of like a turn. It's turn off for me.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, I won't say how high mine is, but I was in Thunder. I was in Thunder from Down under for like nearly 30 years, so. Well, that's a legitimate. Mine was up there like it was rocks.

[A]

That's a show here, right?

[B]

Yeah, that's a show here.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I retired in 2020, but I toured all over the world with that. So I literally, as a young, single Australian guy, touring the world for a predominantly 98% female audience. Yeah, you know, I'd recommend anyone to do it. We were. I went crazy. However, now looking back on it, I repent for those sins and I wouldn't, I wouldn't. You know, I've been with my girl for 12 years now. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[A]

So you actually do regret it.

[B]

Yeah, I kind of do, to be honest with you, because it kind of made my who I am as a person. I'm just not that guy anymore. And it's a little bit tacky and a little bit.

[A]

Yeah, I'm sure you've run into them.

[B]

And you're like, no, actually, no, I. I've never really ran into any. No, I've never really ran into any of them. But just as I suppose this Marcus looks down on that Marcus, whereas if it was opposite. Yeah, I kind of just looked down. I. I was a bit. Bit of a sleaze, a bit sleazy, a bit. Bit tacky and a bitman. Ori.

[A]

I feel that. I think a lot of guys go through a similar phase, you know.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

When they're younger, in college, partying and. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Mine was different level, though. I got. So sometimes two or three a night, you know what I mean? Holy. Yeah. And we would be in one town one night, then we'd pack the gear up, we drive to the next town, and then the next town I'd be on the road for nine months. So it was. It was different kettle of fish. And it wasn't as if it was hard to get women because it was so easy because you're on stage, you're taking your clothes off, you can literally do it non verbally.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean? But, yeah, looking back on it now, you know, it was fun at the time, but I wouldn't. I would never do it again.

[A]

Would you say you had a sex addiction back then?

[B]

I don't know if it was a sex addiction or it was just ego. Being able to get whatever you want because it's the same old story, right? You work in a chocolate factory and for the first, you know, couple of years, you can eat all that chocolate you want. It's great. But then after a while, gets a little bit old, so you just, instead of going, you know, picking up one girl, you're like, let me do two or three or, well, let's have a competition and who can get the most. So, yeah, it kind of lost its novelty. And you crave for what you don't have, so you crave for the relationship. You crave stability and monogamy and. And that's what I craved in the end. Which kind of, you know. Then I met Jenny and everything was, wow.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

That's awesome. Did you meet her at the show?

[B]

Actually, I did meet her at the show. She was there for her sister's bachelorette party and she was going to the bathroom and I saw her and I was like, oh, hello. Anyway, we ended up chatting afterwards and, you know, a couple of. Then I went to China and did some shows over there, came back and we rekindled and. Yeah, it's been.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Ever since.

[A]

What about her, like, stood out from the other girls that made you want to.

[B]

Her beauty stood out to me first and her smile. And then when we sat down and talked, she was very kind of shy, but very sweet. And, you know, the red hair and yeah, obviously it was physical straight away. And. And then it just. I grew, you know, once I kind of got to know her a little bit better. She's just got a massive heart, is a real sweetheart, not a liar, not a whore, not. No ego and funny as hell and really, really takes care of that. It really takes care of me.

[A]

So the looks drew you in and personality won you over?

[B]

Absolutely.

[A]

That's cool. How's the old school energy you drink doing?

[B]

Yeah, old school energy is going great. We've just opened up in a bunch more stores over in Boise, Idaho, once again. We're still looking for a couple of investments to close so we can make it go a little bit more global. But yeah, man, it's a great company. The guys are awesome. The drink's great. Everyone loves it.

[A]

Everyone I've given it to has spoken highly about it.

[B]

I mean, look, when it comes to energy drinks, if you want that energy drink experience, it's the great one to go to because it's just less toxic than all the other ones. Yeah, I got the. You know, it doesn't have the taurine and all the syrups and all the dyes and all the chemicals and stuff that they put in it. You know, it only has, as, you know, 12 chemicals, 12 ingredients in it, which just, you know, puts it aside from all the rest. A lot of these energy drink companies don't even tell you what they're putting in, really. Half of the can and half what they put in is really bad for your brain and for your body. Whereas old school is a little bit different. You know, with the thiamine and l thynine and, you know, the real cane sugar, and it's a clear liquid. There's no dyes or colorings or syrup or any other stuff. So it's going really well. And it's just only a matter of time for that company before it kicks off. And the guys are great. I love working with them.

[A]

Yeah, they're awesome.

[B]

You know, David and Mark. And yeah, it's been a passion of mine, that drink company, so I love it.

[A]

I hope more drinks go to cane sugar. I know Trump's trying to get Coca Cola to switch to cane sugar.

[B]

Well, it's like if you have a. Have you ever drank a Coke from Mexico compared to a Coke so good. They sell it at Costco in the glass bottles, right? Yeah, it's completely different. It kind of tastes healthy. It still tastes like Coke, but not that thickness and not that syrupy. You know, I can't drink the Coke here, and I love Coke as well, but yeah, the Coke's nowhere near as good it is that you get from Mexico.

[A]

That's for real. I know you're dealing with some health stuff. We don't have to get too personal about it.

[B]

No, that's fine. We can get into it. So I went to get some stem cells for my lower back, and they took a blood test because they, you know, they have to see where. What's going on in your blood. Then I literally got a phone call from the doctor five days later when my results came in. Yeah, whatever you're doing, whatever hormone replacement therapy you're taking, you need to stop right now. Your levels that are at a stage where it's precursor for prostate cancer and you're about to have a stroke.

[A]

What?

[B]

Yeah, your. Your blood is like syrup. You need to get in here, and we need to do a blood dump. So I went in there, they took out a whole bunch of blood, felt better, went and did some more tests, found out it was cancer. So then they sent me to do an MRI in my prostate. Came back out, they was like, yeah, it's 8 millimeters on the bottom left hand side of your prostate. My prostate was enlarged by like four times, so I was pissing like 40, 50 times a day. Oh, my God. Migraine headaches, super tired, achy back, achy hips, achy knees. So I go in on the 10th of next month to do a biopsy where they go in, they scrape the cancer cell, they tell you what stage you're at, how aggressive it is, and then they determine the treatment. So, you know, if you catch it early, it is very treatable. If it metastasize, you're in a little bit Of a different ballpark. However, I'm not worried. I'm not scared. I'm not crying about it. I'm not even bothered, to be honest with you. When I first, no, when I first heard the news, it was just like blank. It was nothing. It was just like. I don't know if my brain went into protection mode, but I did not feel anything. No, I wasn't shocked, I wasn't scared. I wasn't anything. It was literally no emotion. Now when you sit down and get in your own head a little bit and you think about it. Yeah, it kind of messes you up. I'm more concerned for my girl than myself. I believe I'll beat it. My mindset is so strong. I believe that it's just going to be an inconvenience to me and that I'll get through it. But it just is a warning. For guys that are in my age group. When you hit 50, definitely go and get a, you know, your PSA and your PSI levels check because prostate cancer is, is a, you know, it's, it kills a lot of men here in America, 500,000 a year. So they need to get checked because early detection is the key. We're hoping that they've caught it rather early and. Yeah, so I'll see how I go. But yeah, man, I, I, you know, when you, when you hear the word cancer, automatically everything kind of changes for you. Like things that kind of worried me before don't really now. And I'm kind of looking at it as a reset. Yeah, it's kind of reset myself and reset my priorities and my personality and my moods even. And things that were important to me before aren't so important now. You realize that your health is, is pretty much everything. So fingers crossed everything goes all well. And you know what if it doesn't? Not saying that it will, but if, then that's just what I have to deal with and that's the way it is. And that's what God's put in front of me and I'll deal with it head on.

[A]

Respect, man. Yeah, I actually had a near death experience a month ago.

[B]

What?

[A]

Yeah, it was crazy. I was texting people like this is it like what happened? Dude? I don't know. I got this like the sharpest pain I've ever felt, like in my stomach and it just felt like my appendix burst or something. I don't know what the fuck it was, but all stones or something maybe. Dude, I still don't know what it was. And it was really bad. And I was telling my girl, like, this could be it.

[B]

Wow. Yeah. It's a scary thought, right?

[A]

Yeah. It me up, though, because, like, if I were to die there, I don't know if she would have been all right.

[B]

Yeah. And that's. That's exactly my sentiments with Jenny is like, I know how much she not only depends on me as a man and as a partner, but emotionally, and we're just best friends, and we're just so connected that I. I feel more for her. Like, it worries me about what she would do. And, you know, we've discussed it and talked about it, and she's like, I hope everything's gonna be all right. I can't lose you. This just. This can't be the end for you. And I firmly believe in my mind that it won't be, but you never know. And, you know, I have my faith in the Lord, and I believe in God, and I talk to God all the time. And as it says in the. You know, in the Bible, God doesn't give you things that you can't handle. You know what I mean? This is maybe gonna be a reset, and this will. It's here to teach me something. And it's just another chapter in the Marcus Deegan story, bro, in the Marcus Deegan movie, which has been an epic one so far. It's just. Just one of those things.

[A]

I love it, man. Where can people find the studio, find you and keep up with you, man?

[B]

Listen, man, you can just find me on all my socials. Marcus Deegan. D E E G A N Double Down Studios, opening in January, man. We're right across the road from the UFC Apex. We're taking. You know, we're taking this little next level. I'm looking forward to getting in there. In the meantime, I've been filming at a absolutely fantastic studio, Origin Studios, where you shoot, and I've been down there with David Kollmeier, and I love the people down there, and they're a great bunch of guys. And, yeah, it's kind of been going in there once a week, so it's been kind of helping me with that urge to get back behind the mic, and I love it. And. Yeah, man, that's it.

[A]

I love it, bro. Good seeing you, man.

[B]

Good seeing you, brother.

[A]

Have a good one.

[B]

I will.

[C]

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[A]

Thank you.