Arman Tsarukyan Presses the Nelk Boys and Discusses Fighting on the White House Card!

Summary

Full Send Podcast – "Arman Tsarukyan Presses the Nelk Boys and Discusses Fighting on the White House Card!"

Release Date: April 8, 2026
Key Guests: Arman Tsarukyan, Nelk Boys, Dr. Mike, Santa Cruz, Steiny, Danny, Kyle

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Episode Overview

This high-energy episode features UFC contender Arman Tsarukyan joining the Nelk Boys to talk about the fight game's shifting landscape, the business of fight promotion, and Arman's recent social media dominance. The crew also riffs on viral sports stories, health trends, LA party life, high-stakes betting, and sets up some hilarious challenges. The tone is irreverent, locker-room raw, and packed with both wild anecdotes and serious insights about fighting, content creation, and ambition.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

LA Party Culture and Wild Anecdotes

[02:00–13:43]

• The boys reminisce about merch booms after infamous events (e.g., Tiger Woods’ mugshot, previous arrests fueling sales).
• Stories include the infamous coke prank in Mexico (03:00–03:59) where they unknowingly filmed with actual cartel members and feared for their lives:
  • “...it was like, after you got... you got scared even though you knew you were safe.” — Santa Cruz, [03:09]
• Wild LA house parties and open-door party policies, weird guests, Ring camera evictions, and unexpected party crasher stories; Steiny’s live-in aftermath after a wild night (11:12–13:43).

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Hangover Science & Health Trends

[04:03–07:27]

• Dr. Mike gives tips on hangover mitigation: Pre-drinking with vitamin C, hydration, and activated charcoal:
  • “...before you drink, you should be doing vitamin C...after you drink...activated charcoal pills.” — Dr. Mike, [05:13]
• The group jokes about starting their own supplement line to combat hangovers and trade anecdotes about failed and successful remedies.

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Hot Takes on Celebrity Scandals & Cultural Observations

[07:28–14:10]

• The crew jokes about Tiger Woods’ rehab in Switzerland and tabloid-level rumors, and riff on the idea that “addiction to a type of woman” might be real.
• They muse on the blurred lines between genuine scandals and viral marketing: “This might be marketing. Is that not Sunday Red logo?” — Santa Cruz, [08:42]

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UFC Talk, Social Media Strategy, and Arman’s Rise

[30:25–33:39, 34:37–38:44]

• Arman Tsarukyan discusses building his brand through content after being snubbed for a title fight:
  • “When I didn’t get my title fight, I said, okay, now I gotta work on my social media...they couldn’t say you're not famous.” — Arman, [32:17]
• On why he prefers a small, closed gym:
  • “We want to have a small team...not a lot of eyes in the gym. If something happened, it stays there.” — Arman, [31:19]
• Notes UFC’s tendency to protect its marketable stars like Paddy and how behind-the-scenes politics impact title opportunities.
• “Even UFC knows that Paddy, he’s not the best fighter. That’s why...they didn't give [me] the fight.” — Arman, [33:43]

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Arman on UFC Politics & Business Philosophy

[34:37–39:34]

• Arman hasn’t pressed UFC for more money yet but promises negotiation:
  • “Right now, yes. But like, when I’m gonna be a champion, I’m gonna ask for big money.” — Arman, [35:30]
• He sees his future as breaking defense records and supporting his family, stating plans to stay loyal to the UFC if he achieves champion status.

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UFC Fights, Division Prospects, and Behind-the-Scenes

[36:01–49:36]

• Dana White potentially apprehensive about building megastars after McGregor, Jones, etc.
• UFC politics: “They want to push Paddy. That’s why they didn’t give me title fight.” — Arman, [36:32]
• On matchups he wants: "Topuria...But I would take Oliveira because he’s number three and has BMF title. That title fits me more." — Arman, [37:31]
• Willingness to fight anyone in top six if title shot lags.

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Life Beyond Fighting: Content, Lifestyle & Spending

[37:51–38:44]

• Steiny digs into Arman’s monthly burn rate: “...PJ to PJ to Mansory, rolls to insane dinners…”
• Arman estimates: “Probably like 500, 700k a month...buy every, every month one watch after my grappling or wrestling.” — Arman, [38:19–38:28]
• He is adamant he’s fighting for legacy and achievement rather than just cash.

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Grappling, Side Quests, and Fun

[40:17–41:12]

• Arman explains wrestling outside the UFC is allowed if it’s not boxing or against other UFC fighters, and not near a booked fight.
• He’s open to content-driven ideas for new food experiences (Kazakhstan horse meat praised, “...good for man’s strength.”).

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Lighthearted Bets, Trash Talk, and Daily Life

[42:28–56:34]

• Plans for a competitive Padel match (high-stakes, potential stream) between Arman’s squad and the boys.
• Banter about Steiny's sports skills, Arman's supposed advantages, and playful girlfriend location-tracking jokes.
• Brief talk about Dagestan training culture and possible fights with old friends (Makachev, Topuria ambitions).

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The Serious and the Silly: Gambling, Peptides, and Porn

[65:36–71:44]

• High/lows of degenerate sports betting, strategy, and coping with big losses:
  • “Sometimes you don’t want to be taking your own picks...take who’s hot.” — Kyle, [65:29]
• Non-judgmental, humorous discussion of peptides for health and recovery.
• Candid conversation about porn, relationships, and mental health — both practical and self-deprecating jokes.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Arman on self-marketing:
  “...this is not just a sport. This is like a show, you know. Entertainment.” — [32:17]
• On UFC matchmaking:
  “They want to push Paddy...they thought this is easy fights for Paddy. That’s why they didn’t give it to me.” — [36:32]
• On future ambitions:
  “I want to break record in our lightweight division, defense as much as possible...I gotta make a lot of money, be a champion, be the best fighter in the world...” — [38:44]
• On fighting anyone, any time:
  “If they tell me, okay, Arman, you gotta fight one more time. Okay, I’ll fight it. I’ll fight anybody.” — [36:32]
• On Kazakh horse meat:
  “It’s the best meat. Yeah, like...in Kazakhstan they eat horse like that. It’s good for man's strength.” — [54:50]

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Additional Highlights by Timestamp

• [20:31]: Dr. Mike warns against letting fans or randoms choke you out for content: “I've been asked over 15 times to choke people out. I'm like, no, absolutely not.”
• [46:26]: Arman on training in Dagestan: “I used to train in Dagestan for sure. Like for how long? Four years.”
• [47:16]: On division and career projection: “But me, I'm gonna take over this sport in one year. So everybody just gonna see me."
• [50:08]: Fight breakdowns: “It’s a fight. For sure, for sure. You never know. One punch, you’re dead.”
• [54:50]: Horse meat as a staple: “You eat horse and then walk around like this, tiny…”

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Closing

The Full Send Podcast once again fuses wild party energy with genuine insight—from viral sports moments through deep dives with rising UFC star Arman Tsarukyan. Arman’s openness about fighting, branding, and life mirrors the boys’ unfiltered honesty—equal parts comedy, real talk, and behind-the-scenes fight business. The episode ends with promises of high-stakes sporting matches and hints at future streams.

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Useful Segments at a Glance

| Timestamp | Segment | Topic | |----------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| | 03:00–03:59 | Coke prank in Mexico | Craziest LA/party story | | 05:13–07:27 | Hangover cures | Health & vitamins, supplement banter | | 31:19–32:55 | Arman on small gym culture | Fight camp strategy | | 32:17–33:39 | Arman on social media | Rise to stardom, UFC politics | | 36:32 | UFC matchmaking hot takes | Business of fighting, promotion | | 38:19–38:28 | Lifestyle expenses | Arman’s monthly spend, watches | | 46:26 | Dagestan training | Career background, team culture | | 65:29–66:20 | Betting habits | Strategies, coping with losses | | 71:44–76:43 | Fitness/meal prep routines | Core transformation, health focus | | 74:07–74:41 | “Could all 5 of us take Arman?”| Group brawl fantasy, human element |

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Episode Tone:
Raw, bro-y, honest, and fast-paced, punctuated by practical wisdom, locker-room ribbing, and Arman’s unwavering confidence and humility.
Best For:
Fans of MMA, sports gambling, internet culture, and irreverent banter with real athlete insights.

Transcript

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[Kyle]

We got the Sunday Red tarp on, boys. Some of the best fitting tarps I've

[Dr. Mike]

seen on the Internet.

[Danny]

I mean, his Sunday Red in the videos were like pretty out. I know from back in merch days. Back in merch days with us, whenever we got arrested, we sold a shit ton of merch. Right, Jesse?

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah, definitely. Trigger some Sales the back end of Sunday Red.

[Kyle]

Yo, maybe that was planned. Maybe that was an ad for Sunday Red.

[Santa Cruz]

His manager huge him a handful of pills. They were like, buddy, we need some marketing. Go take a lap around the neighborhood.

[Danny]

Well, dude, there was a time when I remember we probably sold, like, 20,000 mug shot shirts.

[Santa Cruz]

I know.

[Danny]

And this is Tiger Woods.

[Kyle]

What was the first thing you guys got arrested for? I was in, like, high school, just

[Danny]

geeking, stacking, like, 10 pizza boxes and going to someone's door and saying, like, hey, these. These pizzas are for you.

[Kyle]

And the lip.

[Danny]

The lady got so triggered. It was. It's always the stupidest you get arrested for, right?

[Kyle]

I mean, dude, the craziest ever. I think Adele Kishri is just. You guys actually doing the coke prank in Mexico. That was ridiculous.

[Santa Cruz]

That was one that's, like, heated the moment you're. I mean, I was scared as I was still running it, which I was like, bro, we got the clip. Let's go. But then when we got that translated, because we know what they're saying. So we slept at a fan's house, and someone translated it, and it was like, we're gonna drop this guys in the desert and, like, take their money and their coke. And like, dude, it was like, after you got. You got scared even though you knew you were safe. It was like, oh, no.

[Danny]

The.

[Santa Cruz]

The. We went to a fan's house that spoke Spanish, and he, like, translated the video to us. And we were like, oh, like, this is the cartel, and they wanted to kill us, and they thought we had real coke in the. In the car or the van or whatever. Do we have a van? Was it in the Scion? No, it was your car, was it? Dude, that was heavy.

[Danny]

Have you ever been arrested, any of you guys?

[Kyle]

I haven't, dude. I just got arrested.

[Dr. Mike]

But when I was young. When I was young, I got arrested for. It was a fake id and I was already sort of on the health wave, so I was, like, out using a fake, like, with my buddies drinking, and I literally had vitamins in my pocket because I would go out and drink, and I would have, like, vitamin C, magnesium, activated charcoal, and acetyl. The cop is, like, patting me down. He's like, dude, he's like, empty your pockets. I'm like, yeah, no worries. And I pull out a handful of pills, and he goes, what the hell is that? And I'm like, it's vitamins. And he goes, dude, sure it is. And I. I get in an argument with. Bro, I'm like, no, it's vitamins. And he's like, yeah, I've heard that one before, buddy. So what happened is he starts lab testing these things and he's sure it's going to be ecstasy or drugs or whatever. And I'm in the back of a cop car and it wasn't XC or drugs. And I think he felt embarrassed because when I get to the station, they go, you are getting charged with a felony false impersonation for having a fake id.

[Arman]

I go, what the.

[Dr. Mike]

I got out of there in a day. All the charges got dropped. It was all good. But, yeah, be careful with your vitamins when you're out drinking, bro.

[Santa Cruz]

That's wild.

[Kyle]

You think those vitamins and those hangover pre. Pre drinking things work at all? I see that purple tree ad everywhere. I mean, I've ripped them, but it

[Dr. Mike]

depends what's in them. And like. Yeah, I don't know, man. I mean, yeah, before you drink, you should be doing vitamin C. You should be hydrating with electrolytes. You could take N acetylcysteine, which absolutely amazing for your liver. It boosts glutathione, which is your body's master antioxidant. You could rip glutathione like you were talking about. And then like after you drink, or maybe like with like your third or fourth drink, you can start taking activated charcoal pills. So, like, if you get alcohol poisoning, they will pump you full of activated charcoal at the hospital. But you can, like, kind of take like small amounts of activated charcoal and you'll notice you're hanging.

[Danny]

How. How does one consume activated charcoal?

[Dr. Mike]

Capsules. Get little capsules and take like two or three of them.

[Danny]

I think once the damage is done, it's done. In my opinion, I think the pre is more important than the post when it comes to a liver.

[Kyle]

Like, like when the. You know, to protect the liver or something.

[Danny]

When the damage is done, it's fucking done. So I think a combination of a pre before you drink and then an after to kind of soften up the

[Dr. Mike]

blow a little bit.

[Danny]

I think if we made that.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, there's some cool research on vitamin B1. Vitamin B1.

[Danny]

Santa Cruz, we should make it. We should make it. Me and. Freezer.

[Kyle]

Freezer.

[Danny]

You need it? I need it.

[Kyle]

Yeah.

[Dr. Mike]

You guys can do all the market testing, dude. Just every weekend tweaking formulas.

[Danny]

Should we make it Santa Cruz?

[Dr. Mike]

That'd be pretty fire, bro. I. I know some. I know some stuff that could actually work.

[Santa Cruz]

If you were saying after drinking, it's like, how much Water I drink and electrolytes before I go to bed is like a big difference to tomorrow if I got drunk and passed out.

[Danny]

Hangover is a. A number of things, right? Santa Cruz. Do you know what causes it? It's like lack of sleep, dehydration, and then what's it called?

[Dr. Mike]

Aceldehyde, Acetyl aldehyde. Basically, like a poison that alcohol, you know, alcohol is a poison. At the end of the day, it can be a fun one for people. I get that. But, like, the main things you can solve are sort of that sleep dehydration and then you can make some meaningful progress in the detoxification pathways. And then there's just basic stuff that happens when you go out and drink, like blood sugar dysregulation. So, like, you could look into something like a methylated form of vitamin B1 in there, which would help. So, yeah, it could be interesting. I bet the. Because some of these shots, bro, it's like, oh, the hangover cure. And you look at, like, what's in there, and it's like, bro, this is like a shot of coconut water. And they're just taxing people. It's kind of fun.

[Steiny]

Yeah.

[Dr. Mike]

People just waking up hungover as. But that company made their money. Like, they're like, it.

[Danny]

Do you guys see Tiger? He got accepted to go to Switzerland for rehab. A judge gave him.

[Kyle]

I heard that's like the finest of the.

[Arman]

Isn't he addicted?

[Dr. Mike]

Isn't he addicted to Swiss, like, white chicks? Like, isn't that his type? Like, Swiss white chick?

[Danny]

I think Tiger does like white women for sure.

[Santa Cruz]

Can you be addicted to a type of woman?

[Danny]

I think you could be addicted to a type of women. Yeah.

[Arman]

Yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

I take it back.

[Danny]

That's a pretty good gig, though, getting to go to rehab in Switzerland. Just getting to off completely, Honestly. Yeah. That if there's a photo that you got to ship them to Switzerland after that, bro.

[Dr. Mike]

That's me on my ayahuasca trip right there, dude. Same pose.

[Santa Cruz]

Is this a video, though? Like, it shows him screaming.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, there wasn't any, like, video right from the back part.

[Steiny]

Why is he rapping? I don't know. He's probably.

[Danny]

He probably knows he's on camera, right? He's probably trying to hide his face.

[Kyle]

Dude, that first one is just.

[Arman]

Wait, go back.

[Santa Cruz]

Go back to everyone.

[Kyle]

Guy actually looks like Mother Teresa in the first.

[Santa Cruz]

Go back to that other photo, bro. This might be marketing. Is that not Sunday Red logo?

[Arman]

Look at this.

[Steiny]

No, this is not. This is AI, dude.

[Dr. Mike]

Mother Teresa Just off a hydrocodone.

[Danny]

Sunday Red, I guarantee you Sunday Red is booming right now.

[Kyle]

Booming.

[Steiny]

Dude, him dropping. I just got off the phone with the President is like the craziest, hardest line I think ever.

[Danny]

What do you, what do you think, how do you think that convo went down? What do you think Tiger said and what do you think Trump said?

[Steiny]

I don't think Trump actually answered. I think Tiger just said that.

[Kyle]

I think he just said that to be like, yeah, buddy, yeah, like just shit on him quick.

[Danny]

I don't know though. I feel like if Tiger woods is calling Trump, Trump is actually picking up no matter kind of what meeting he's in. I think if he's in the middle of a Russia, Ukraine negotiation and his phone looks and he sees Tiger, I think he's saying, one second, fellas, and he's picking it up.

[Kyle]

That's he's going to fuck is good with this. Yeah, he' like, what's something can't be going?

[Danny]

No, I mean, because he knows.

[Steiny]

Well, maybe, but he knows if Tiger's hitting him up out of the blue, it's for something not good.

[Danny]

Trump is one of the boys first and a president second, I think. I think if Tiger woods is calling him and the. I think geopolitics comes second.

[Santa Cruz]

What do you think Tiger Woods's name is in Trump's phone? Do you think he's got like a little Tiger emoji or like do you think it's just Tiger?

[Kyle]

Gotta be just Tiger.

[Steiny]

I don't know how he gets away with this. His car.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, his car side. If his car wasn't sideways, he might have been able to somehow, you know.

[Kyle]

Yeah, I need to see how he even did that on a road like that. That seems like it's pretty hard to do.

[Santa Cruz]

It's kind of impressive, I'm not gonna lie.

[Steiny]

Somehow.

[Kyle]

But yeah, like, did he just zing the curb and do a barrel roll in 60?

[Santa Cruz]

Tiny. How was your weekend, buddy?

[Steiny]

It was good.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah? What'd you do?

[Steiny]

Yeah, rage until 6:00am last night. Jesse, if you really want to know, my house is absolutely destroyed.

[Danny]

You had a party last night?

[Steiny]

Yeah.

[Kyle]

So you're, you're seeing stars right now, Steiny?

[Steiny]

Pretty much. I mean, I'm good, but it got a little out of hand. It escalated very, very quickly.

[Danny]

What is it, the pre Coachella crowd or.

[Steiny]

Yeah, there's a lot of people here in LA and I don't know what the. Dude, it literally like it went from four of us to having dinner to like 80 people in my living room. So, dude, yeah, my house is so destroyed. I wish I could do like a cam so you guys could see it. But it's.

[Danny]

That's the thing with LA is house parties spread so fast so fast and like, like is there another city where the address just like spreads around so quick? I remember that from living in la.

[Steiny]

No, dude.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah, like is New York like that

[Dr. Mike]

you can't get to luxury apartments like in New York and Miami, you're not like getting up to the, the penthouse and yeah, you roll up, you're right

[Santa Cruz]

there, you say you're like McLovin's cousin and you somehow walk in.

[Danny]

I feel like LA is more of like an open door policy too when you have a house party because someone could have been at like fucking Leonardo DiCaprio's party last weekend. So if they pull up to your house and you're like, yo, like I can't let you in, they get like, they like feel away about it too and they're like, what the fuck? Like, you notice that's tiny or no. Yeah, like people don't accept when you say you can't come in.

[Steiny]

Yeah, I don't really. Honestly, I didn't have that last night, thank God. But I don't care to say like, yo, dude, there's no chance like, you know what I mean? Like, dude, I don't want you in my house. Like, yeah, I don't know, they're showing you something. I've had a couple weirdos before, bro. Am I at my house? This is when I stopped doing this in my house. Two years ago I got a selfie from this guy that was like the most face tatted guy you've ever seen. Like on a, like a TV show, like a Beyond Scared Straight. And this guy text me, he's like, yo, are we running it back tonight? And I was just like, you're at my house last night? And I was like, I'm done. Done with this. Not judging but like, dude, it was crazy.

[Kyle]

I got a crazy ass first time in LA for the Bieber and then

[Steiny]

wait, I had a. I had the people across the street from me send the their ring camera footage to my landlord and it was like 400 people outside of my house and the guy I got evicted, but it's like whatever for?

[Kyle]

Do you remember that bedroom you slept in up top in that Airbnb I rented? Bieber Weekend? Yeah. Guy just pulls up in Gucci flip flops. I'm hung dick after the Justin Bieber album listening party and I'm like, gun. I don't hear anyone. Dude, you're tripping. And he's like, dude, someone's upstairs. And you already dipped. This guy's just walking around perked out in our crib. That house was like $8,000. I'm like, Gunner grabs him by the neck on the stairs. He's like, what the are you doing in here, guy? And he's just like, I'm looking for something I left here, like a bag. And we're like, dude, you gotta get the out of here. Then Gunner. Gunner's still blacked out. Freaking out on him, walked up, we walked him up by his collar up three sets of stairs and just threw him out the gate. Pretty fucking nuts.

[Danny]

That's insane.

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[Santa Cruz]

Remember that Tory Lane party, Kyle? And like the cartel son shows up and he's just like, bro, let me in. He's like, do you remember that?

[Steiny]

Yeah, I wish.

[Arman]

So bad.

[Steiny]

I just went to Santa Cruz's house last night and just had a.

[Kyle]

Like, that just sounds grass fed.

[Dr. Mike]

R. You would have been. You would have been.

[Steiny]

Watched a movie.

[Danny]

His.

[Steiny]

Your girl has bone broth soup and

[Dr. Mike]

we're chilling pretty much exactly.

[Steiny]

I'm low key probably on half a zan and you're not. And it's just like the best day.

[Dr. Mike]

I was asleep by like I was out by 10:30.

[Arman]

Dude.

[Dr. Mike]

You feel like you're so much better than us.

[Steiny]

I just

[Danny]

feel.

[Dr. Mike]

I do feel better right now, but I'm not.

[Steiny]

The other thing that I actually want to bring up really quick is like, I can't get over like. And I've thought about this all week, but we talked about how you want to live to be 140.

[Dr. Mike]

Like, yeah, I'm gonna do it. Whatever you're saying, I'm gonna do it.

[Steiny]

But it's like, dude, why do you. You want to be 140 where you like have to walk around with a staff and you're wrinkly as and you can't really move that you.

[Dr. Mike]

A staff sounds kind of cool. A staff sou. You should have said a cane. Because a cane.

[Steiny]

Okay, whatever. You can't get laid. You can't. You can't do anything athletic. No, he said, yeah, he's Gandalf the Gray, bro. It's like. But not with any of the. You could do. I don't know.

[Dr. Mike]

I just thought about that if I can surf. If I can surf on my 100th birthday, which I'm going to. I'm literally going to do that. I'm going to be on a wave on my 100th birthday. I'll text it to you, you know.

[Steiny]

Okay.

[Danny]

Or whatever.

[Steiny]

I would love to be there to see that.

[Santa Cruz]

I'm gonna back Santa Cruz on this. I'm sorry, Sonny.

[Steiny]

You're gonna Santa Cruz?

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

Dude, when you think about when you're 39 and you're in bedroom, I bet

[Steiny]

you 10 grand that Santa Cruz is not surfing at 100 years old.

[Dr. Mike]

All right, dude, you gotta. You gotta adjust for inflation. $7 million on that.

[Santa Cruz]

You're not gonna be alive to pay me the Money,

[Steiny]

that is.

[Dr. Mike]

I'm 33.

[Steiny]

Yeah, I don't think I'll be there to pay it, but I'll put something aside. I'll put in the will.

[Dr. Mike]

You'll live to 100, bro. We got science, man. We got modern medicine. Steiny, we got you. You're gonna be good, bro.

[Steiny]

Okay, well, I'm relying on you for that.

[Kyle]

Keep the fellas in here in the loop on any new things we gotta get on right away, too. That's all I'm. I need to hear.

[Dr. Mike]

Dude, go to. Go to Brian Johnson's house, dude. Stay with him for a few days, bro.

[Steiny]

Dude, I could not spend, like, a

[Danny]

day at that guy's house.

[Steiny]

It'd be so weird.

[Danny]

I don't know.

[Steiny]

I don't know. I don't know what we, like, have in common. You know what I mean?

[Danny]

I could do a day.

[Dr. Mike]

He rips workouts, dude,

[Kyle]

that's.

[Danny]

Dude.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, you can't have me going to. Dude, if my. If my hair ends up like that, I'm gonna be in turkey getting something, man. I'm up.

[Danny]

That's pretty good flow for 100, bro.

[Kyle]

That's good. Lucky, dude.

[Danny]

Yeah, for a hunch for triple digits, that's not.

[Kyle]

That's like the side Moly Tech, dude,

[Dr. Mike]

I look like that guy. I look like that guy in Italy that dances with, like, a bunch of chick and has the yachts. That guy's living life, bro.

[Danny]

You guys see Jake Paul's talking about Drew Ski's skit and saying that he's going to do a blackface.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, that was hilarious, bro.

[Kyle]

Is that fair game or what?

[Danny]

Honestly, I think it's fair game.

[Dr. Mike]

Feel like it's fair game. Like, if. If something's funny, if he does something that is genuinely funny, I'm all for it. Like, I don't. Humor trumps everything.

[Santa Cruz]

I think that's the key word, though.

[Danny]

If it's not funny. Yeah, it's. If it's not funny, it's not funny. If Drew Ski's wasn't funny, then it would have been bad, too. But as long as it's funny, so I guess it's up to the person, right?

[Kyle]

I mean, is Robert Downey Jr. The first to do that in Tropic Fire?

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah, he's playing a guy that thinks it's okay to be blackface and stay in character, but, like, just straight up

[Dr. Mike]

doing it, dude, your guy Trudeau up there, maybe not. Maybe not your guy, but he. Trudeau was rocking blackface up there. And the problem is Trudeau Tries to be all woke and this and that. That's the thing. Jake Paul doesn't try to be that. So I think he could, you know,

[Danny]

I think Jake Paul could kill it and make it funny.

[Dr. Mike]

He's not in that space. When you operate in that space, you try to be all woke and this. Yeah, you can't do it.

[Danny]

But I still can't believe Trudeau is plowing Katy Perry. Like, that's just an ins. The most insane turn of events ever.

[Santa Cruz]

Are you.

[Danny]

You didn't know that?

[Kyle]

Rinsing Katy Perry. That's like, yeah, bro.

[Danny]

Guys. Guy dug the country into the dirt for 10 years, leaves, and then starts banging Katy Perry.

[Kyle]

You think he rinses her to the song? Fireworks. Trudeau's dust.

[Danny]

Crazy.

[Kyle]

I'm just dying at Steiny. No knowing how Steiny feels right now, because I feel brutal.

[Steiny]

That's my one night partying in, like, two weeks, and I'm just over it. So stupid.

[Danny]

Dude.

[Kyle]

Yeah, dude, come live to us Wednesday. Look at my face. It's bloated from all the stews. I hate it.

[Santa Cruz]

Danny passed out.

[Dr. Mike]

Oh, yeah. Clap went out. Oh, yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

What drugs. What's he on?

[Steiny]

He had someone choke him to sleep.

[Arman]

Whoa.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah. So he had his boy choke him to sleep, because I think Armin choked his friend. So they're like, oh, this would be funny. His boy did hold it a little too long because Clive goes out. You can see, and there's. He's still holding it, bro. Like, I have fans come up at my meetups and ask me to choke them out. And my lawyer a while ago was like, hey, never do that. No.

[Santa Cruz]

So unhealthy.

[Steiny]

Why the would you want to volunteer to do that?

[Dr. Mike]

People ask me every single meetup. I've been asked over 15 times to choke people out. I'm like, no, absolutely not.

[Santa Cruz]

I saw Poirier just did it to a fan.

[Dr. Mike]

Sucks, man.

[Santa Cruz]

I was like, what the.

[Steiny]

I just don't get that.

[Arman]

Yeah.

[Dr. Mike]

My lawyer is basically saying they could come back and be like, well, I didn't expect to get, like, whatever damage they get. And then, like, it could be a whole thing. But I've been choked out before. It sucks, bro. It's not, like, by who? It kind of sucks. Just at Jiu Jitsu. Just, like, not tap into, like, you

[Steiny]

let him do it or you just.

[Dr. Mike]

No. Stuck in a guillotine. I thought I could escape, and then next thing I know, I'm kind of up, and I'm like, oh, yeah, you went out for a second.

[Danny]

I guess Lizzo said she would only lose her virginity after winning a Grammy. Lizzo's always saying crazy.

[Steiny]

I feel.

[Santa Cruz]

Wait, she's a virgin?

[Dr. Mike]

Is she skinny now because of she on Reddit?

[Danny]

Lizzo's definitely been stabbing Ozempic.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah.

[Dr. Mike]

Pull up Lizzo, like, currently.

[Arman]

Yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

I don't even know what she looks like anymore.

[Danny]

What does Lizzo even do? Does she make music?

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah.

[Danny]

I only know Lizzo for just being, like, fat and saying crazy.

[Santa Cruz]

She plays, like, the violin or some. I saw some viral clip for, like, violin or flute or, like, I don't know, isn't that a thing? Or am I tripping?

[Dr. Mike]

My thing is, if fat. If fat is so beautiful, if being fat is great, then why do you get on Ozempic and make yourself not fat?

[Santa Cruz]

Because everyone wants to be fit.

[Dr. Mike]

I agree. I agree with that. Like, fat is healthy. You saw, like, the Jillian Michaels debate where these fat people are like, no, like, being fat is healthy. But it's like, okay, Lizzo claimed the same. Like, why are you. I mean, good on you for losing

[Danny]

weight, but she lost some lbs.

[Dr. Mike]

Ozempic or not, you know, I think Ozempic can be valuable for people like that. And, like. But yeah, then talk about it. Be like, hey, I was fat and it was super unhealthy and I felt

[Santa Cruz]

horrible, and this is what I did to fucking fix it. You know? Like, who cares? Just say it.

[Danny]

I feel like it's a part of her brand to be fat, so she's probably like, fuck, I can't get too skinny.

[Dr. Mike]

74% America is overweight or obese. So when you. When you rock that as your brand, a lot of people are going to identify with it.

[Santa Cruz]

But, like, you could also be like, or. Or I could motivate all those other people that looked up to me to, like, lose weight, and that's a positive. You know what I mean? Like, I feel like comedians deal with that too. They're like, oh, like, I'm only funny if I'm fat. And it's like, you're just. I think that's a stupid way to look at it. Like, someone. Someone's a fan of you, and you're gonna be like, oh, sick. I'm gonna get fit now too.

[Kyle]

JB's boy. He's like, God, let's just get you up to 280 pounds, 290. And have you started Netflix show? I'm like, like, yeah, dude, I'm. I'm doing the opposite of that. Okay?

[Danny]

It is true. You're funnier when you're fatter, I think.

[Kyle]

Yeah. Honda PI gave that.

[Steiny]

Yeah. Gabe is example of that 100.

[Danny]

Because when you're fat, you could get away with it. Like more because it's like, oh, he's fat.

[Santa Cruz]

Like, but then that means you gotta up your talent, right? Like, I don't know.

[Kyle]

My talent will go up once I'm 185 and just shredding birds. I just feel as like you were

[Danny]

leaning on like the fat freezer. If you, if you do that, you'll be a douchebag for sure.

[Kyle]

Oh, Honda. I mean, that's, that's what I'm trying to hit.190. I'm at 206 right now. So that's, that's my goal, Kyle. That and scratch.

[Danny]

So road to scratches not going good.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, Kyle has a lot of, a lot of goals out there. 10 body fat roads.

[Steiny]

How's the road to scratch going?

[Danny]

Not good.

[Steiny]

Any improvements?

[Danny]

Not good, bro. I, I, I might have bit off more than I could chew.

[Steiny]

What's your timeline again? How much time do you have, dude?

[Kyle]

Make it road to five handicap, man.

[Danny]

No, we'll keep it road to scratch August, August 14th.

[Steiny]

See if four months to become a scratch golfer.

[Danny]

Four months.

[Steiny]

And your handicaps. What?

[Danny]

I don't have an official handicap, But I shot 91 the first day. It was a bad day. It was a bad day.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, it was a bad day.

[Steiny]

That's a cool goal to set.

[Danny]

After Coachella, I think I'm going to be pretty much living on golf courses.

[Kyle]

Yeah. What's your, what's your scad looking like for this? Have you talked to a golf coach yet? Someone just hit me up about being.

[Danny]

Yeah, I gotta, I got a couple golf coaches, but pretty much I'm just gonna be probably practicing for like four to six hours a day, six times a week.

[Santa Cruz]

Wow, that's.

[Dr. Mike]

You need a golf simulator. A golf simulator in your house, bro.

[Danny]

I might, I might just dip Miami for a little bit too. I think after Coachella, I might maybe go to Zona. I'll go to Zona or Jupiter and, and post up there for a bit. And then, and then we might get an RV freezer. Big John's in and too. And we might just roadie across the country and just stay at Golf Course or Torrey Pines. Just park the RV on the golf course and just practice every day.

[Santa Cruz]

That's sick.

[Danny]

Yeah, because it's, it's so absurd that

[Kyle]

it's like, what did Big John shoot?

[Danny]

We played alternate shot. Me and Big John versus Salim And DOD we beat them by one.

[Kyle]

Let's go.

[Santa Cruz]

I don't know enough about golf to understand how hard being a scratch golfer is.

[Danny]

It's fucking hard, bro.

[Dr. Mike]

You can't make, like, mistakes.

[Kyle]

There's just no mistakes. Yeah, that's the thing about mistakes. You can't make it just, like, beating yourself, you know?

[Danny]

But it's cool because it's like, I've already done the fitness thing a little bit, so this is more of like, if I could achieve this, it kind of just shows if I could do this, Anything's possible. Because this is just fucked.

[Kyle]

You're not there in four months, I think you still keep going for it.

[Danny]

Yeah, no, I'm gonna. I'm gonna get there. I'm gonna get there.

[Kyle]

It's. I'm stoked because now I gotta lock the in.

[Danny]

I know. You can't freezer. If I ever beat you in a 1v1 on the golf course, that's what I said.

[Kyle]

Yeah. You don't want to be.

[Danny]

You do not want that.

[Kyle]

I wanted to know what your coach said, though, because mine's making a schedule for me, and I'm like, all right, let's fucking do this. Two hours in the sim a night, you know, roll putts for an hour a day.

[Danny]

An hour a day of putting, an hour, a day of chipping, and then 45 to an hour of range, and then probably play three to four times a week.

[Steiny]

You want to know something weird? That just crossed my mind is Wyndham Clark. Chad. You know Wyndham. He's on the tour. He won the u. S. Open, didn't he?

[Kyle]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

We used to go to the golf course, and that guy would be in a trap, a sand trap, and he would be in there for five hours practicing his shots. Like, that's the kind of dedication these guys.

[Kyle]

The golf pro's mental is probably 400

[Steiny]

balls in there, and I've never seen any. Like, we did a whole lap and he was still there, and I was like, dude, this is different.

[Danny]

It's all up and downs too.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah.

[Kyle]

No going out of bounds, no doubles. It's just like how when I play my best, it's like, I usually get, like, 13, 14 pars and then a few bogeys, and that's like, what, 76, 77? I'm like, I need. You need birdies, too. And that's what I don't get to get scratched.

[Danny]

What's your lowest score ever?

[Kyle]

70, like, five times. And I missed a pot.

[Danny]

72.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

Damn.

[Kyle]

And I missed A. I used to be dialed as. That's why, like, right now, I'm probably, like, a eight handicap, which is, like, not good for me right now. I'd say, like, I can go out there and shoot high 70s, low, low 80s right now.

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[Steiny]

What do you.

[Danny]

What do you think that should be?

[Steiny]

This is skewed because if you shoot 80 one time, that doesn't mean anything. You'd have to shoot 80 consistently. Like, if you do it three or four times.

[Danny]

Breaking 80, though, like, so just has to happen. Yeah, for the first time. For the first bet, like, Kyle will break 80 by this date, and then the next one will be like, Kyle will shoot even by this date, yes or no?

[Kyle]

Let's get cruising Jesse on some handicap lines. Let's get all the boys caps down. Let's all get a starting point at the range, bro. With that beanie on and a mulch piling at the range.

[Danny]

Jesse and Santa and Steiny. Road to road to Double digits.

[Dr. Mike]

That would be hard to get there.

[Danny]

Road to 99 for Steiny.

[Steiny]

I've shot 90 many times, bro.

[Danny]

Steiny, you cannot break a hundred.

[Dr. Mike]

Yes, I.

[Santa Cruz]

What?

[Kyle]

The clips I see of Steiny are the funniest clips. Just hawking his clubs in the water.

[Arman]

Time.

[Danny]

Arman.

[Dr. Mike]

Arman. What up, champ?

[Steiny]

Where are you? At your daddy's crib.

[Arman]

What happened?

[Steiny]

You at your daddy's crib?

[Arman]

No, rental house.

[Steiny]

Are you in Newport?

[Arman]

No, in Beverly right now, but I'm going to Newport.

[Steiny]

Oh, it's good to see you, my friend.

[Arman]

Yeah. How are you guys? You good? Good.

[Danny]

How are you? Armand, thank you for joining us.

[Arman]

Thank you. How many people there is? 1, 2, 3, 4.

[Steiny]

There's five of us.

[Arman]

Nice to meet you guys.

[Kyle]

Nice to meet you too, bud.

[Arman]

How are you?

[Dr. Mike]

All right, well, I'll get this cracking. Okay. So Armand, do you think what you guys are building at Santo Studio right now, what Barrett's building over there, do you think it's gonna surpass the legacy of places like Greg Jackson, Greg Jackson's aka Because it seems like what you guys are building there is already very special. But do you think it's going to go on for a decade? Two decades?

[Arman]

I don't think so. Because it's more private. It's more private gym. We don't like let a lot of people come and train, just a smaller group of people. My, my, my people, Hamza's people. And we are not looking for a big team. We want to have a small team and you know, not a lot of ice on the, in the gym. If something happened in the gym, stay there, you know. Yeah. So we want to just push like with the big names and who wants to join us and we always welcome but like if you're one and all and like amateur fighter, we're not gonna take you and like teach you something. We need like a, like a legit fighters, you know, in 155 or Hamza's way class.

[Danny]

What sparked like the content creation for you? Because like you've obviously been killing that. You've been everywhere. Your videos have been entertaining, funny, you're doing a ton of collabs. What made you want to get into doing that?

[Arman]

When I, after, when I didn't get my title fight, I said, okay, now I gotta work on my social media. And then when the times come, they have no, no excuses. They, they, they couldn't say you're not famous. They couldn't say like you're not. Yeah, you have no big name. People not gonna Buy purple views and we need like a Patty, like to sell Timo Ballerin or something like that, you know. And I said, okay, I'll work on it. Because you see, you see, this is not just a sport. This is like a show, you know, entertainment.

[Steiny]

I think the UFC posted. Was it Gaichi? And they announced Gaethje and Toporia and then you did an April Fools of you and, and Tuporia and your post got more likes than the ufc.

[Danny]

That's crazy.

[Arman]

I don't have too much followers, but my followers is real and like whatever I like posted, it's like, it's like a blowing up, you know, and, and people wants me, people wants to see me fighting for the title in the White House. And this is the big mistake for ufc, you know, if they put me, it would be way bigger than, than Ilia versus Gage 100.

[Danny]

Was there ever talks of you, Armand, fighting Patty or Gaethje?

[Arman]

No, Gaethje, they never, they never gonna give me Patty because it's easy money for me and they, they're not gonna risk it with his name, you know. So, yeah, even UFC knows that Petty, he's not the best fighter. That's why they put not against me for the interim title. They put against the Gage and they thought Petty is gonna win and fight for the title, but he's, he's a trash cane. So like I said before. So he lost even for, he lost even to, to Gaethje, who is almost retired.

[Steiny]

You know, it's pretty interesting to think about. I think if you really looked at every fighter, you are probably the most famous one right now in terms of going on social media. You're going to see Armand more than

[Arman]

any other fighter on social media.

[Steiny]

Yes.

[Dr. Mike]

It's who everyone's talking about. There's only a few fighters that actual people are talking about. I don't know why the ufc. Yeah, I don't know why they're not.

[Steiny]

What happened with you? Dana said in a press conference that he's. I don't know if he said he wasn't too happy with you or you guys aren't doing well. What's that relationship like right now?

[Arman]

I have no idea. I've never had the conversation with him. I have no idea what's going on. But I, I, I talked to Hunter and our relationship is good. I don't know why he's. I was saying we have a problem with Armand. I have no, no clue what's going on. I've never had a problem with contracts. Whatever they send me, I Signed it never, like a negotiation and say, like, oh, I need a little bit more money or something. I need this fighter, that fighter. Maybe because of headbutt or like, all that stuff that. Or that. I. I. Last time, maybe I punched the guy that I wrestled. Maybe because of that, he was mad, so I have no idea.

[Steiny]

That's the most interesting thing is you're not even really fighting for the money, so you got to be the easiest guy to deal with.

[Arman]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

You're not gonna go back and forth, right?

[Arman]

Yeah, right now, yes. But, like, when I'm gonna be a champion, I'm gonna ask for big money. I'm not gonna, like, yeah, when I'm. When I become a champion. Okay. My. My goal was a champion, and then I'm gonna make money and, like, like to build the legacy, like, take care of my family, you know, because. Yeah, that is good. But I have make my own money.

[Santa Cruz]

Have you seen the UFC switch up a bit ever since you, like, kind of changed, like, your. Your star power?

[Arman]

Yeah, they told me I'm doing a good job, so that's good.

[Dr. Mike]

I think Dana White might be, like, a little bit scared of building up huge stars, because when you look at what happened with McGregor and even, like, Jon Jones, I think there's some aspect of the ufc, like, they tell these fighters, oh, we want you to be huge star like this. But then they seem to almost get a little scared when people get really popping. Like, they want to create their own narratives and stuff like that. And then it, like, for the fans, it ends up in the situation where everyone wants to see Armin fight, and they seem, oh, no, we wanna. Let's give it to Gaethji. And it's kind of a weird situation. They need more stars.

[Arman]

No, they. They want to push petty. That's why they didn't give me title fight. They. They thought, like, this is easy fights for Patty. That's why they didn't give it to me. So. And then they said, oh, Armand had. But that's why we didn't give him title. But this is just excuses, you know, Everybody knows that. But it's okay. I take this, and I'm still waiting for my chance. If they told me. If they tell me, okay, Arman, you gotta fight one more time. Okay, I'll fight it. I'll fight anybody. So I'm not gonna wait just for the title fight, because I'm on my prime right now, and, like, I know I can beat everybody, and, like, if they want to see me beat again, they can just Give me name and I, I ask anybody, I asked, like, for anybody in our division, who is in top five, top six, you know,

[Santa Cruz]

if they called you tomorrow and said, yo, you can pick any fighter you want, who would it be? Would it be Tapuria?

[Arman]

Yeah, Tapuria. But Tapura has a coming up fight, so I would. I would take Oliveira because he's number three and he has BMF title. I think. I think that title fits me more like a BMF title than Oliveira.

[Steiny]

Yo, can I ask you something completely off topic?

[Arman]

Yeah, yeah, bro.

[Steiny]

What do you think your monthly expenses are mine? Because I see the way you move. Yeah. It's like PJ to PJ to Mansory, rolls to insane dinners, traveling the world, like.

[Santa Cruz]

But I imagine part of that's for content.

[Arman]

No. Yeah, that's a full content as well. But it doesn't.

[Steiny]

It doesn't matter.

[Arman]

Yeah. If you're not buying something or what if you're buying watches and everything.

[Steiny]

Yeah. Including shopping everything. Buy a white tee for 2500 bucks. Like it's nothing.

[Arman]

No. I don't know, but probably like 500, 700amonth.

[Kyle]

Damn.

[Arman]

By every, every, every month. One watch after my grappling or wrestling. But like one watches cost like 250. Gonna go there like 200,000. So it's already.

[Danny]

Oh, my God, like a fl. And you're saying you want. He's saying he wants big money when he becomes champ. Hunter's watching this. Like, no.

[Arman]

Yeah, yeah. No, they worry about that I'm gonna get. Get the title and leave ufc, but like, I'm gonna. Where I'm gonna live if I become a champion. So I wanna. I wanna be the best in UFC and to be with that company because they build me and I appreciate it that they signed me and make me a star and they gave me like a good fight, many events, and I want to be a champion. I want to break record in our lightweight division, defense as much as possible. So Islam did four, I want to do five or six, and then we'll see. So I'm not young anymore, too. I'm 29, so I gotta. I have maybe six, seven years. You know, I gotta. Yeah, I gotta make a lot of money. I gotta make a lot of money, be a champion, be the best fighter in the world, and then, yeah, I can live.

[Dr. Mike]

I think the fans like a lot that you don't need to fight. You're not trying to reach this goal of some amount of money. You just like fighting and then like the training that you guys do. Is insane. Guys, we need to hit a training lab workout, a boys training lab workout at some point.

[Arman]

But I just explained, like, for example, I just beat the guy on the freestyle wrestling, right? They, they, they called me, like, right away. Do you want to, like, Uriah Faber? I said Uriah Ferber. He has no name. What do I need? Like, just give me. Pay me good money. I'll go there. I'm doing this for money right now. Like, why I need Uriah Faber for what? Like, freestyle wrestling, right? They pay me good money that I can. I can spend all month that money. So why not?

[Danny]

So what is the loophole, Armand in the raf? Because I'm surprised that the UFC lets active fighters do that.

[Arman]

It's a, it's a freestyle wrestling. We don't get hurt. We, we do. Like, it's a six minutes, like three rounds, two minutes. It's easy for the fighters. And, like, it's like a side quest if you don't have a fight. Yeah, it's good. It's not boxing, you know, and it's not an rf. They don't want to compete with ufc. It's completely different. And they have a good relationship, and they let us. They let us wrestle, but they don't let us wrestle with active UFC fires. But, like, so that's the issue right now.

[Santa Cruz]

So as long as it's not a competitor, like a direct competitor with UFC and you can't get hurt. That's the contract pretty much.

[Arman]

Yeah. But wrestling and grappling and. But you have. If you have a fight coming up before eight weeks, you're not allowed to wrestle and grapple.

[Santa Cruz]

I see.

[Danny]

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[Arman]

Nothing. They just asked, can you choke? I said, bro, like, if you want, I can choke you, but don't sue me,

[Kyle]

bro.

[Danny]

That's such a tight rear naked choke.

[Arman]

Yeah.

[Danny]

Ah, hell nah.

[Arman]

Would you do that?

[Danny]

Ah, I mean, I wouldn't.

[Arman]

It doesn't.

[Danny]

It doesn't look fun. It doesn't look fun.

[Arman]

Yeah, I mean, he's a. They're. They're teenagers, you know, they want to do something fun. I said, okay, if you want. If you want to do that, I'll do it.

[Danny]

This is good.

[Arman]

This is not bad for the brain. Sometimes it's good.

[Santa Cruz]

Give the brain a little break. So you're.

[Kyle]

So you're saying the boys should all give it a go?

[Arman]

Yeah. Yeah. Once a month if you need. Come here.

[Steiny]

Armand, what's your best sport outside of mma?

[Arman]

I like to watch or play.

[Steiny]

To play.

[Arman]

Play tennis.

[Steiny]

Really?

[Arman]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

I'd. I'd dust you into a little pickleball.

[Danny]

Are you good at tennis?

[Arman]

I'm not bad, but I'm not bad. But I used to. I. I was good maybe three years ago, but right now I play less because of my knees, so I don't want to even. Like, it's like when you play a lot of tennis and then you go wrestle your. Your legs so sore. So that's why I'm. I stop right now. I play sometimes paddle instead of tennis.

[Danny]

Steiny, we should get a. We should get a high stakes 2v2 going.

[Steiny]

He's message. He's responding to my stories. Armand, I'm ready whenever. I will back him.

[Arman]

Where are you at?

[Danny]

We're gonna be in Cali this week. We should. Do you get a partner. Me and Steiny versus you and your partner.

[Arman]

Let's do it.

[Steiny]

How long you been playing backgammon? Five years.

[Arman]

Yeah. What about you?

[Steiny]

Okay. I've been playing for like seven or eight years.

[Arman]

It doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.

[Steiny]

Okay, well, we'll play 400 a point. Whatever you want.

[Danny]

I'll tap out on backgammon.

[Arman]

But what about pickleball or padel? We Play Padel. Padel sounds good. I'll bring the. My. My partner.

[Steiny]

Where's your Internet girlfriend?

[Arman]

Internet girlfriend? She's in Miami keeping a close tab on her.

[Steiny]

Do you guys share each other's locations or. No.

[Danny]

Sometimes Tiny wants it. Steiny wants the location.

[Arman]

What do you think if you. You. If you're gonna have a sparring with her? Who. Who is gonna win? Who is gonna be? I think. I think Nina gonna.

[Steiny]

Boxing.

[Arman]

Nina gonna beat you. 100.

[Steiny]

Send the contract, my boy.

[Arman]

I put all in on Nina.

[Danny]

Okay, dude, let's do that.

[Arman]

You're gonna get. You're gonna get tired.

[Steiny]

Wait, are we taking an MMA or boxing?

[Arman]

MMA street fight?

[Steiny]

She might have me there. I'm not gonna lie.

[Arman]

Yeah, for sure.

[Danny]

100. I've seen Nina's kicks from me.

[Arman]

She always translates. So.

[Danny]

100.

[Arman]

Bro, he's gonna choke you out.

[Danny]

She's used to like standing beside Armand Merab and then she's got to go against you.

[Kyle]

It's.

[Danny]

She's probably gonna be pretty confident.

[Arman]

That's for sure.

[Steiny]

Yeah, we'll see.

[Dr. Mike]

How's your grappling, Steiny?

[Steiny]

I have zero. I'm a messy guy's got heart. I got hard. I got. I got hands.

[Danny]

Yeah. Stein is a boxer.

[Arman]

Stein, how will you play?

[Steiny]

I play tennis my whole life, so I can play pickleball pretty well.

[Arman]

Nice.

[Steiny]

But I'm.

[Kyle]

I prefer 1v1.

[Steiny]

We could play tennis.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah.

[Arman]

That doesn't matter.

[Steiny]

Okay.

[Danny]

You know, Armand's partner in Padel's nasty though. He looks like a guy.

[Steiny]

He's gonna bring some ringer. He's a hustler. I know how he's gonna do it.

[Danny]

I know. Yeah. Yeah. He's a hustler.

[Steiny]

He's gonna bring some guy that acts like he hasn't played one of his Armenian friends and hustle us. That's what he's going to do. And then we're going to have to fight after.

[Arman]

Yeah, like in a then. So you. You. Not.

[Steiny]

Except for you look bad here, bro. You do not look like you have a good hand eye when you're born.

[Arman]

Basketball? No, not my thing.

[Steiny]

You got swatted by neon.

[Arman]

Yeah, right. Neon plays very good basketball.

[Dr. Mike]

He shoots, actually. Yeah.

[Steiny]

Yeah.

[Arman]

He.

[Steiny]

No, he's a good player.

[Arman]

Yeah. Basketball in US So popular in Russia. Not. Not that much in Russia, brother. Street fight.

[Steiny]

Have you trained in Dagestan or. No?

[Arman]

I used to train Dagestan for sure. Like for how long? Four years.

[Steiny]

Oh, really?

[Arman]

Yeah. I always. I always prepared there for my fights when I. Before the ufc.

[Danny]

So at that time, would you ever mesh with, like, the Khabibs and the Islam in that group?

[Arman]

No, I. There is a. Like, a bunch of different gyms. Like, American top team Kill. There is the same. So I was in the. On Kalaev's team.

[Steiny]

Okay.

[Arman]

So I. I used to train with Ankalaev and his team.

[Danny]

Obviously, you want the Toporia fight, and that's probably gonna happen, but do you. Is the. Is the Makachev fight still on your. Your wish list? Like, do you see that happening one day down the line? I know he's at 170 now, but do you see that happening?

[Arman]

No, no. Really?

[Danny]

In your. In your mind?

[Arman]

No. Really?

[Santa Cruz]

Never?

[Arman]

No. Maybe because he's going to retire, I think. In two fights.

[Kyle]

Yeah.

[Arman]

One, two, five.

[Steiny]

He's.

[Arman]

He's. He's gone. So. But me, I'm gonna take over this. This sport in. In one year. So everybody gonna. Just. Just gonna see me. When they see me, they think about ufc, you know, because I'm gonna be a face of ufc. Just. I need a title to show up.

[Steiny]

I think 100.

[Arman]

I'm gonna travel around. I actually need you with that title and fight.

[Steiny]

Everywhere we all go, you find it and we'll come.

[Danny]

I mean, now it's kind of a blessing in disguise too, because, I mean, Armand versus Toporia, now that's a big fight. Would be one of the. Not a bit. I. I mean, I think one of the biggest fights in UF UFC history.

[Arman]

Yeah. Like top five. Yes, in top five. Because number one is Habib versus corner number two. I don't know. So maybe number two is gonna be

[Steiny]

us, because I know number two is probably Connor. Nate.

[Arman]

I mean, where was Connor? Everywhere is big, so he is the biggest. But like, nowadays, you know, a lot of sports and like, and a lot of. A lot of, like, famous people in ufc, but before was just only corner. But now we got like, a. A lot of, like, a different. The champions.

[Santa Cruz]

What's your take on the. On the Gaichi fight? You think it's just, like, a bad

[Arman]

matchup, just worse matchup, waste of time. So you step. Step out and let me step in.

[Santa Cruz]

But do you think anything could happen? Like, could Gaethje get the upset? Like, just. It is a fight.

[Arman]

Oh, it's a fight. For sure, for sure. You never know. Like, one punch, you're dead. So that's why, like, there is a chance, like a lucky punch. But Hila, he's. He fights so smart. He's not gonna be open, and. And he fights Like a comp. He compact, you know, like he never like opens so much and like I. I don't see how, how Gage, you can beat him, but never know Gage is sometimes go and show up like a good fights like he did with Petty.

[Santa Cruz]

What do you think Gaethje should do though? If everyone's saying it's a bad matchup, like, should he just make it a brawl, make it messy?

[Arman]

Just old Gaethje, he should pull up, pull out and give it to me. That's the best game plan for him.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah, that's it.

[Arman]

Yeah. There is like a 1 or 2% of chance to do lucky punch.

[Santa Cruz]

I think higher than that. I think like 25.

[Dr. Mike]

I think it's a tough matchup for Gaethje. I mean, like, even if Gaethje starts throwing like hard leg kicks, Ilya throws these like nasty hooks. He gets inside of this boxing and yep, he could counter that. It's gonna be tough.

[Santa Cruz]

It's a weird sport though, man. Like, it's a fight. That's why I'm always just like. And I love an underdog story, but

[Arman]

no, I wanna, I wanna hear more about like Gan versus Poatan. What do you think, guys? That's, that's the, that, that, that fight, like 50, 50 for my mind.

[Santa Cruz]

In my mind, yeah, it's a good fight.

[Arman]

What do you think? Who's gonna be?

[Danny]

I think Pereira takes it.

[Kyle]

I'm never putting a dollar on that guy again. I'm down 80k and Pereira.

[Dr. Mike]

You're down 80k in Pereira.

[Kyle]

Yeah, the fight in Vegas.

[Danny]

Me too. I bet against Pereira and I lost huge money.

[Kyle]

Sitting with Steve will learn my lesson.

[Danny]

I learned my lesson.

[Kyle]

I know. And then the next fight. Yeah, what are the odds losing twice, bro.

[Dr. Mike]

Cyril's a bit. Cyril's a big dude, you know what I mean?

[Arman]

Yeah, I don't know. He moves so fast, he's quick.

[Dr. Mike]

His boxing's really good. I don't know if he's gonna use. I wouldn't any grappling and like get, get para up against the cage, not give him space.

[Arman]

But I wouldn't. It's tough put money. I'm hammered on this fight.

[Kyle]

I don't even know who he is, but Cyril's getting hammered by me at least 25k. Plus I learned my lesson against prayer. Guys.

[Arman]

Dust gone. He moves like a lightweight in heavyweight. So heavy.

[Dr. Mike]

Heavyweight's a different animal. It's really difficult to bet on heavyweight because those dudes hit so hard.

[Danny]

Did you guys see the video of Jon Jones?

[Arman]

Yeah, I Did the last.

[Steiny]

What happened?

[Dr. Mike]

He was.

[Arman]

I think he just wanted to. To have a hype. So he got it. Yeah, probably kid. Just like a guy like. Like all of a clickbait.

[Kyle]

Rage bait.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, I think he probably knew it was John.

[Arman]

Yeah, he. He knew that and started like filming like a beach, you know, that's. That's the worst thing. And the like, how you can like talk to even Jon Jones, like if you're a man, like John, if you're more. If you're a man, like turn off your phone and talk to him. Like you like, like a. Like filming what? Like, I hate that shit.

[Steiny]

People don't fuck with you like that, Armand, do they?

[Danny]

I saw one guy say that to Armand. He's like, we're gonna. He said he was gonna fight you after or something. I don't know where you were.

[Steiny]

Oh, a cameraman.

[Arman]

Where?

[Steiny]

Yeah, the paintball. He was like, yeah, don't shoot my cameraman or I'm gonna fight you. He was serious.

[Dr. Mike]

No, that's. That's Wando.

[Arman]

No, no, he was. He was playing. He was joking. Yes. And then he said, I had them. I said, you have. Have you had the fights? Yeah, I had the one street fight with the girl and she. She beat me. And I said, okay, you're guy, so I don't want anyone to talk to you.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, that's Wando. He. He's like a professional troll. So.

[Arman]

Yeah, so.

[Dr. Mike]

But bro, road rage is crazy, dude. I used to roll around with a Todd Duffy, UFC heavyweight, and he's a. Not that great of a driver, but people would road rage on him and he has tinted windows and they would be like, pull the over. And it's like, bro, you're talking to a 6, 4, 250 pound heavyweight. So road rage can get you killed if you start talking to the wrong person.

[Danny]

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[Arman]

It's a lot of different. Like, I've never done Indian food. I've never done Thai food. Like, no. A lot like Mexican food I haven't done yet. So what else? But I wanna. I wanna do. I haven't done the Kazakhstan's. Kazakhstan main thing they eat like the horse with. With bread.

[Dr. Mike]

That'd be fire. I'd be so down for that.

[Danny]

Have you ever ate horse?

[Dr. Mike]

I haven't eaten horse. I haven't. That'd be. How is it?

[Danny]

House horse.

[Arman]

It's the best meat. Yeah, like. Like a kangaroo in Australia. In Kazakhstan, they eat horse like that.

[Steiny]

Really?

[Arman]

Yeah, it's good for my. For men's strengths. Tiny sty. You need that.

[Steiny]

Okay, I'll eat horse.

[Arman]

Yeah, you eat. You eat horse and then walk around like this. Tiny.

[Steiny]

Like what, bro? I'm in the gym, dog. Look at that.

[Arman]

No, man. Man strength. Man strength. Tiny bro.

[Steiny]

I ride a horse, fam. I'm like that. I'll pull up to your crib on a horse, beat you in paddle, take your Internet girlfriend and go home, brother.

[Arman]

You always tell this but never show up. Never sure.

[Steiny]

No, I am now.

[Arman]

Never sure.

[Steiny]

Kyle, when do you get here?

[Danny]

I'm flying out to LA tonight.

[Arman]

I already.

[Steiny]

We need to play a couple times and then pick your ringer and then we'll play. Me and Kyle. No, no, no.

[Arman]

Right? We go and play. I don't even like practice. Just go and play. Put the bet, shake the money and then go. What's the bet with 10k.

[Steiny]

I can whoop his ass. I know I'm better than him. I'm better than him, bro. You don't know how good I am.

[Danny]

But we don't know who. I know. I know Armand has a nasty partner Too.

[Steiny]

You see him playing basketball.

[Danny]

Basketball and racket sports is totally different.

[Arman]

We'll play Padel this week.

[Danny]

We'll play Padel this week.

[Arman]

So I'll bring. Even. I'll bring the girl, like, who can play a little bit. That's tiny. Gonna be. He's gonna not gonna, like, be angry that I bring, like, a professional player.

[Steiny]

Okay, perfect. Let's do it.

[Danny]

We'll make a bet. We'll make a bet.

[Arman]

Los Angeles. Who is the best female Padel player? Reach me out.

[Steiny]

Damn, Armand. All right, let's do it this week. We'll see you this week, my boy.

[Arman]

Sure, sure, sure. All right.

[Danny]

We appreciate you, bro.

[Arman]

Thank you, guys. We'll see you. Bye. Bye.

[Kyle]

But, guys, a goat dude.

[Steiny]

He's the best, man.

[Danny]

He actually is a beauty.

[Steiny]

He's also, like, so humble. He's just such a cool dude.

[Danny]

I don't want to just, like. I don't want to make a bet just for a video and lose 10k.

[Steiny]

No, we'll. We'll shop at 5k each.

[Dr. Mike]

Steiny said he's amazing. Pedal you guys got.

[Danny]

Steiny's good Stein. He's good at Padel. Signee's good at Padel, but there's some nasty Padel players out there.

[Steiny]

I can get an arm on set easily.

[Danny]

I know, but he's a smart. He's gonna. Yeah, I know, but we don't know who his partner is, so we gotta get in there. Let. Let me negotiate a little bit. We gotta feel it out, maybe get some odds. You know what I'm saying? Like you said, 4G always gets an edge.

[Steiny]

Yeah, yeah, no, I'll let you handle that, but let's run it for sure.

[Kyle]

Can you beat Jimmy? Gamble's in tennis.

[Steiny]

Jimmy's good, but. Yeah, we've played multiple times.

[Kyle]

I would put up insane amounts of cheese and pickle. Or tennis.

[Steiny]

That's against Jimmy.

[Kyle]

No, I was number one varsity as a freshman. He would kill him. You kidding me?

[Danny]

Well, Freezer might have to fly to LA then, bro.

[Dr. Mike]

I'm gonna grapple with Armin. He would absolutely cook me, but I just want to feel that. I want to feel that.

[Danny]

Well, we should do. If you guys want, let's do a stream day with Armin. We'll stream this.

[Dr. Mike]

All those big food spreads at the end. Eat some horse or whatever.

[Danny]

Oh, do you guys see this? A baby was born at a hockey game.

[Kyle]

Yeah, that's.

[Steiny]

Oh, my God. That's. Oh, my. Why are you going to a hockey game if you're that dude?

[Danny]

That kid is destined for the show. That kid's gonna be on skates before he can walk. His hands are gonna be going before he can speak.

[Steiny]

But Santa Cruz, can you attest to the fact that you probably shouldn't attend a hockey game if you're like that, pregnant?

[Dr. Mike]

Oh, I 100 agree, bro. Like, yeah, when my wife's pregnant, I'm just gonna have her walking on the. Be home. Like, that's it, bro. It's a simple routine. There's no wait.

[Steiny]

So who delivered the baby? The husband had to do that.

[Danny]

Was it an Oilers fan? Judd?

[Kyle]

Yeah. Hondo P. Fucking Oilers fans are insane.

[Steiny]

Did it happen in Canada?

[Danny]

Yeah, bro.

[Steiny]

Oh, I mean, that's. That makes sense.

[Danny]

That wouldn't happen in an American hockey arena.

[Dr. Mike]

That's some Canadian ass, dude. I just know the husband of that, that, that wife is just the biggest hockey fan. He's like, look, I have tickets. We're going.

[Danny]

That kid's just gonna be a legend in Canada. Like, if he's growing up playing hockey, like being born at a hockey game, like, you just. That kid's gonna be disgusting. Get him on skates the second you can. Like, I want to meet that kid. He's. He's gonna be probably future captain of Team Canada.

[Santa Cruz]

Did you play mini sticks, Kyle, growing up?

[Danny]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Kyle]

Best ever. I built the whole arena. Boards, Jumbotron, everywhere.

[Santa Cruz]

Americans did it too.

[Danny]

High stakes. Mini sticks would go crazy.

[Kyle]

If you see my arena, you'd be like, wow, you went way too hard at that. Like, boards and everything.

[Danny]

How about UFC this weekend? Who you guys got?

[Kyle]

I don't even know.

[Dr. Mike]

I'm stoked.

[Steiny]

Who do you got?

[Danny]

Santa Cruz.

[Dr. Mike]

Hey, as long as Yuri didn't blow out his knee or whatever on stream with Neon. He looked fine though.

[Danny]

Yuri Prosca's 1.6x.

[Dr. Mike]

I got Yuri. I got Yuri in that one.

[Danny]

And then I might hammer Yuri right now.

[Dr. Mike]

I got Yuri. I got Murza Khan off as well.

[Arman]

The.

[Danny]

I'm throwing 20 on Yuri right now.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, smart. Hey, you know, you know who to watch out for. It's Josh Hokit.

[Kyle]

Tonight is the March Madness final, boys.

[Steiny]

I'm firing. I don't see how you can't fire Michigan after.

[Kyle]

Yeah, Michigan all day. Michigan all day.

[Santa Cruz]

What about Walker and Reyes?

[Dr. Mike]

Santa Cruz, That's a tough one. I kind of have Walker in that one. I feel like Ray is just getting a bit older. He's really talented. But if you can pull up Josh Hokut post fight interview, you guys will become a fan of this dude. Pull it up right now. Josh Hokut, post fight interview. This might be the next like most exciting heavyweight. And the thing is, the dude is legit. Like he has a legit wrestling pedigree. And he's just, I mean, dude, he has the personality to take over the heavyweight division. If he wins this fight, you're going to be hearing this dude's name everywhere. Because the post fight like interview that he's gonna rip is gonna go crazy. Holy.

[Kyle]

This guy looks like he's Hell's angels volume on this.

[Danny]

I gotta piss.

[Kyle]

Thunder, the one who can end world hunger, the bees knees, the big cheese and me losing in a fistfight, huh? N word, please. I got the plums. This is my new guy. Size of drums in a Division 4 of Tweedle D's and Tweedle Dums on Paramount plus where I will make the viewer combust with one thrust. And I got one name on my mind. He's a deadbeat father. Other not to one kid, but to nine. Waldo Cortez Acosta, you absolutely suck. And that's the bottom line. And P S. Brittney Griner is a man, bro. This is unreal. Spew. How have I not seen this?

[Dr. Mike]

This dude is fighting this weekend, bro. Brittney Griner is a man. That's how he ended.

[Kyle]

Sounds like me tripping on my reels, dude.

[Dr. Mike]

Not for real.

[Arman]

For real.

[Kyle]

I'm hammering buddy this week. I just need Santa Cruz to pick out the fighters he thinks I'd like and I'll start becoming a fan that way.

[Steiny]

A YouTube thing. I wanted to see if you guys saw. Did you guys see Mr. Beast did the streamer games?

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah, I watched it.

[Steiny]

He. He live streamed the last day. Did you see that?

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

And bro, he. I'm a Mr. Beast guy now because it was live streamed and he crashed out and like freaked out on the competitors and was awesome. He would have never done it if it was like in a YouTube video. So you got to see the authentic guy and it fired me up.

[Santa Cruz]

Did you watch it when the guy who won Rage his live stream, dude, it was.

[Steiny]

I mean, he made half a million dollars.

[Santa Cruz]

How weird that he gave it away to all his people.

[Steiny]

I'll explain it because I. I actually was really interested in this. So if you won the streamer games, you were given a million dollars to give to your subscribers. So he goes live and his subscribers go up to like 400,000.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

So he made all that million back? Pretty much, yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

But then he wanted to subscribe. You wanted to subscribe. So then he just had a free million to give away.

[Santa Cruz]

But did you not think it was weird that he's like, I'm giving 150 grand to this guy who's my manager. I'm giving 100 grand to my editors. I'm giving 200 grand to, like, my. What's it called? Like, the people run your chat, your mods. And then you'd be like five grand to this random subscriber and this. But, like, I don't know. I didn't read the comments. I don't know if people are already talking about it or not. But, like, my whole time I was like, meal prepping, watching it. I'm like, is he not just giving his money to his team while making all this money in the stream? Felt a little weird. Like, wasn't the whole idea to be, like, giving it just to random people?

[Steiny]

They, like, we're giving away, like, Lambos. So, like, everything went to your subscribers, so you're basically playing for your subs.

[Santa Cruz]

I just felt it was like an influencer one. And then he just started giving all the money that you're supposed to give away to, like, his team.

[Steiny]

Take back what I said, Mr. Beast. A boner.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

Like, no offense. Would you ever. Would you ever go to the bar with some chicks with Mr.

[Santa Cruz]

Beast for the story if he was like, bro, you want. I got two chicks. You want to go to the bar? I'm like, yeah, yeah.

[Kyle]

I mean, just for this podcast, I would rip it off.

[Danny]

I wouldn't be too fired up, but,

[Kyle]

oh, my God, yeah. Who gives a.

[Danny]

Wait.

[Steiny]

I want to see what her trade value was. What did you. What did they get for her? First round pick?

[Santa Cruz]

180.

[Danny]

Does anyone actually watch the NB? WNBA? I could barely. I. I barely watch NBA, bro.

[Steiny]

Caitlin Clark is an absolute generational talent. So I will.

[Kyle]

Yeah, Caitlin Clark is a bucket.

[Danny]

But, like, you'll turn on a WNBA game.

[Kyle]

Game. No, I'm just curious.

[Danny]

I'm not hating. I'm just asking.

[Kyle]

When it. When it gets deep into the summer, I'll start throwing chat on it. When I'm sick of betting on mlb, I'll start throwing money on wnba. That's the only time, though.

[Arman]

Geez, dude.

[Dr. Mike]

This gets real. D gen, dude, because, Freezer, can you name five WNBA players?

[Kyle]

Definitely not.

[Steiny]

Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Sophia Cunningham.

[Dr. Mike]

Freezer, you're throwing money on a sport where you can't name five players?

[Kyle]

Well, no, I get. Get picks. All right, for certain sports that they're sharp. All right, I got I got all the intel I need.

[Dr. Mike]

How sharp is it? If you all then tell you can't name five players.

[Kyle]

Sometimes you don't want to be taking your own pigs. You take who it's like shooting in basketball. Who's ever hot on the team, take who's the hot hand.

[Steiny]

How do you handle if you have like a huge bet or if you have like a huge day of betting and you just like outright lose? We'll say like you're bigger, a bigger loss. Like you 20, 50k. How do you handle that?

[Kyle]

Depends if I'm feeling like I should go. I always have a gut feeling that's like the best part about me betting is I can go on a crazy run to go up a ton. The most I'll lose is like 20k in a day.

[Steiny]

So if you lose 20, do you just get up after or what?

[Kyle]

No, absolutely not. That's how things spiral. That's when I start betting on. That's when you lose big Hung at night, day, dude. The Jimmy Gamble's method was that UFC night with Pereira and Togi and those guys. Terrible.

[Steiny]

Yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

I can't do this.

[Dr. Mike]

Tough to bet on, bro. Fighting is tough.

[Kyle]

He was minus 500, bro. Last second, my parlay for like 20, 30k and Pereira lost again. And I'm like, I can't believe this guy. I'm literally filming it in my house. Woke up the whole house

[Danny]

are some of the hardest.

[Steiny]

Gambling on sports makes it so much fun, but it's so stressful. Like you can't even enjoy.

[Kyle]

I've been disliking NHL lately.

[Danny]

Hockey's really. Hockey's so hard to bet on.

[Kyle]

I mean, the other night, by the way, was the sickest thing ever. I was hammered sending you guys Conti, but literally we're texting Cole before the game. I'm like, score a goal tonight, buddy. Find the back of the net, warm ups. He shoots a puck at my head. And I was on my phone sipping a beer about drop the beer. And then second period is on our side. He goes and scores one. And I told him I dump a beer on my head if he comes and sellies. So they come over on our side to go dap up the team. And Slavosky, Slavsky or whatever the his name is, he like went like this to me on my head. So I just poured my beer on my dome. It was nuts. But I 3k on him to score a goal for 9 and then had them minus 1 and a half. 1 like 25k on the Canadiens.

[Steiny]

I can't, like, talk to anybody about talking about peptides. What do you think about Retta and the bc, the other one that's super popular? I don't know what the BC one does.

[Dr. Mike]

Bpc, probably bpc. Look, man, I think. I think Retta and peptides, okay? So it depends which peptide. But if we're talking about Retta for somebody that's like, really struggling to lose weight or they want to lean out, I don't think, like, low dose Retta is a bad thing. The problem is when people who are already kind of lean go on Retta, they develop micronutrient deficiencies because they just don't eat. And it's really hard to, like, hit all your micronutrients if you're just starving yourself. You can get other issues. I don't think it's the worst idea in the world, but yeah, then bpc, if you have any injuries. I'm a fan of bpc. You know, like, if you have any pre existing tumors or cancers, there's some evidence. Like, not evidence, but there's some theories that it might feed those basically through angiogenesis. But, like, I'm not, you know, people expect me to think to be against peptides because I'm like, all natural and just like, walking around barefoot getting sun. I'm not, like, against them, bro. I think they can have uses.

[Steiny]

It doesn't do anything for muscle growth.

[Dr. Mike]

No. BBC 157 is not anabolic. Retatrutide is definitely not anabolic. There's peptides like Tessa Morellin, Sermorelin that can stimulate your natural growth hormone secretions. And those could arguably be slightly anabolic, but I'm thinking about those.

[Kyle]

Cj.

[Dr. Mike]

It's not gonna make you like, jack,

[Kyle]

my wrist is up right here. And you're supposed to put the BPC as close as possible, right? It's like, where the am I shooting?

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah. My arm.

[Steiny]

Oh, bro.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah. I used to be scared doing it in my shoulder, and now I'm pretty like, you just gotta my shoulder. I'm good.

[Kyle]

But I'm saying if it's in my wrist, just

[Dr. Mike]

so you can go in at it. You can go in at an angle, you know?

[Kyle]

Y. Yeah, that's how you usually go

[Dr. Mike]

in, at a pretty good angle. And yeah, it. You'll be fine. But then you also have to do all the rehab exercises. I like, I talked to the guy who works with, like, all the pro sports teams on the rehab. Like, he currently works, like, I think the giants and the 49ers like, he's. He just got hired for the 49ers, I think, because, like, they had a bad season with injuries, so I need this guy. Anyway, the dude's like, yeah, BPC is cool for injuries, but if you're not actually doing the rehab exercises, it's not gonna, like, magically. Magically fix anything. So he's, like, combining those. Yeah, it could be valuable, but, yeah, you gotta do everything. Same thing with Reddit, bro. If you don't lift weights and you just, like, you don't even want to look like that. Dude who just takes Reddit. Doesn't lift.

[Kyle]

You exactly.

[Dr. Mike]

Does not the body. You want to look shredded and.

[Arman]

Jack.

[Kyle]

Yeah.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

When was the last time you watched porn? Porn?

[Dr. Mike]

I don't. I literally. That's, like, one of the things, bro. I really. The last time I watched, I mean,

[Danny]

dude, like, two days ago.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah. Like, right now, like, I got TV back there, but.

[Steiny]

Yeah, yeah, no, I'm. A couple days ago. No, but I want to know Santa Cruz.

[Dr. Mike]

I try to not watch that. I think it's like. I think it just does something weird to your dopamine system. But, bro, I also live with my wife, so, like, it's like a different.

[Steiny]

I agree.

[Danny]

I think. I think when you have a girl, I think porn can be. Definitely be detrimental. But when you're single, I think it's. I think it's great.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, I think there's a lot of decisions in life where if a dude, you know, busted one before, they'd probably make a better decision. So if you're, like, a single guy, like, you know, you could probably control some bad decisions by, you know, letting off some steam. But, like. Yeah, like, living with my wife, like, what am I gonna do? Like, run to the bathroom and, like, what? Like that? I'm. That's.

[Steiny]

Yeah, that's exactly what you're gonna do.

[Danny]

I've never.

[Steiny]

You know how many times I've told my friend, I have a Zoom Call call. Like, baby, you got to get out of the room. I have a Zoom Call.

[Dr. Mike]

That's my Zoom Call on pornhub.

[Steiny]

She's like, how'd your call go? I was like, it was great.

[Dr. Mike]

Nah, man. I don't like that feeling of guilt, bro.

[Kyle]

Yeah, I don't either. I don't like being guilty, man.

[Santa Cruz]

I feel like it's like a sleeping.

[Arman]

Yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

When you're single, I'll just rip one off just to pass out.

[Danny]

It saves you time, too, because, like, sometimes you maybe want to hit up a chick, and then it's like, you gotta hang out with her and you gotta watch a movie and then you gotta like, like, then, then you get down to it and then she sleeps over. You get a shitty sleep if you just hit a quick jerk. And I'm not like, I'm a one to two video. Like, you find a video and you get it done. Like, I'm not. It's not a whole thing for me. Like, it's like, it's like, it's like brushing my teeth where it's like, bro, I'm jerking and I'm done. I don't know that. Like, the porn addiction to me is so weird when people say.

[Dr. Mike]

People just people.

[Danny]

I watch it all day and I like, I'm like, like, dude, what? Like just. Yeah, just beat off and move on.

[Dr. Mike]

Like, yeah, you could probably, like, when you're single, you could find out if you actually like a chick kind of by like, you know, you jerk one off, then you're like, you know what? I still like this chick. Okay? Like, that might give you some insight.

[Danny]

So usually right after you beat one, you're like, oh, thank God. I didn't like, waste my time with that.

[Steiny]

Of course now you can actually.

[Danny]

I don't like, get work, get work done. Like, you save so much time.

[Dr. Mike]

Time, dude. So Armin stream, you guys are gonna play him in Padel. Wow, that's gonna be fire.

[Danny]

We should do a stream with Armand when we're there. High stakes Padel.

[Dr. Mike]

Maybe cook me maybe if I can last. If I can last 15 seconds. Maybe grappling him.

[Kyle]

That maybe you could last 15 seconds would be crazy.

[Dr. Mike]

You'd be surprised about how quick people can tap people that are like Armin's level.

[Danny]

True, true. Do you have a belt? Like, are you at a certain level?

[Dr. Mike]

I'm a blue belt in jiu jitsu.

[Santa Cruz]

Okay.

[Dr. Mike]

Solid blue belt.

[Steiny]

What is that? Second? What does it go? Doesn't it go like white, yellow, blue,

[Dr. Mike]

white, blue, purple, brown?

[Steiny]

Second bell.

[Danny]

Oh, yeah.

[Steiny]

You're flexing a second belt, bro.

[Danny]

I'm not.

[Dr. Mike]

I. I didn't flex the belt. I said I'm gonna Talking all this

[Steiny]

time about like rolling around with these guys and you're in blue belt, bro.

[Dr. Mike]

I got some moves, man. You haven't seen my leg lock game. It's intricate. You're a rookie. I am a rookie.

[Steiny]

I thought you were a black man.

[Santa Cruz]

You don't even have a belt on, bro.

[Dr. Mike]

I'll talk a big jiu jitsu game versus, like, like, versus like a normal person. I won't Talk a big jujitsu game versus Armin. I'm saying in last 15 seconds. That's not. It's not great.

[Danny]

I wonder how many of us it would take the tap Armin out.

[Arman]

3.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah,

[Santa Cruz]

he's still ragged. All on us. I don't know.

[Arman]

But.

[Dr. Mike]

But that's, but that's in just grappling. If it was fighting, bro, that. That conversation always gets fascinating. Because the reality of that conversation is there's a human element to it where we would. Okay, maybe we go near him, someone's gonna get slept, and then we got.

[Steiny]

I don't.

[Dr. Mike]

I don't know if. Yeah, yeah. Then you're like, it's cooked.

[Danny]

Do you think all five of us could take Arman?

[Steiny]

Yes.

[Dr. Mike]

I don't know. No, I actually know because. Because of that. I don't know. I don't. Because of that human element that I just talked about. So somebody goes up first.

[Steiny]

We each take one fucking limb.

[Dr. Mike]

You say that, but if you watch somebody get their jaw broken, then you're going to be way more hesitant to approach. Like, we go up where they have this plan and then someone gets.

[Danny]

He's just gonna throw a right hand at somebody. Someone's gonna get knocked out. Then the other four are gonna be like, oh, you're gonna be way more

[Dr. Mike]

timid on that plan. You're gonna be like, all right, now I'm gonna grab this dude's leg.

[Danny]

Like, then the next person's gonna eat, like a rib kick or a leg kick.

[Santa Cruz]

We would all agree we have to just like, cloud him. You have to cloud him.

[Danny]

Yeah. You would just have to swarm them. You have to swarm them. Yeah.

[Santa Cruz]

Because then, like, at least one person could just start, like, throw a knee to his face. Like, someone would have to have. He's like scrambling with three dudes and someone could just like, Santa Cruz, you'd

[Steiny]

have to just charge him with a flying knee, bro. With your blue belt?

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, with my blue belt.

[Steiny]

When we do it, can you wear your blue belt?

[Dr. Mike]

I could. I got it in my closet, dude.

[Steiny]

Intimidate him a little bit and actually

[Kyle]

act like you're very stoked on it too, and be like, buddy, I got a blue belt.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah.

[Danny]

Yeah.

[Kyle]

All right. I have a quick question for Cruz. I'm going on a two week detox. What's the first three days looking like? The shred as fast as possible. All this blowed off. What's my.

[Dr. Mike]

Getting that sauna, bro. Getting that sauna. Hydrate. Getting the sauna. And honestly, I mean, just walk. Hella Are you, are you like a running guy? I don't run a lot actually.

[Kyle]

I'm a big runner. I think I'm gonna do two walks a day.

[Danny]

Okay.

[Dr. Mike]

Then hit that, hit that incline. Hit that incline. Treadmill like crazy. Easy. Yeah.

[Kyle]

Yep.

[Steiny]

I've been doing 17000 steps a day. I've been walking to the gym and back.

[Dr. Mike]

I'm in the best shape of my life. Yeah, that's beast. Honestly, like that's really good.

[Steiny]

And I bought like. Is it too Try hard. I bought one of those weighted vests.

[Dr. Mike]

No, I'm a fan of those, man. Like you can increase your caloric burn with that and just like it's just adding some weight. I think that's legit. No, I mean dude, like we troll but Stein, you're, you're not like you're not. Not locked in. Like you party a bit and I

[Steiny]

mean I could show you guys right now, but I don't want to do some gay and then like whatever.

[Dr. Mike]

No, people troll you and it's like I don't.

[Arman]

I.

[Steiny]

You guys want to see what my. My. What's it called?

[Santa Cruz]

Let's see it.

[Dr. Mike]

Sure.

[Steiny]

My progress. Okay, I'll show you guys.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah, we gotta cut this out though

[Steiny]

because it's weird now.

[Kyle]

Now it's going in. Dude,

[Dr. Mike]

I'm not, I'm not playing, bro. You look good.

[Danny]

Core's looking good. It's all.

[Steiny]

What do you think though? I've slimmed down for sure, right?

[Danny]

Your core looks good.

[Arman]

No, you have, you have.

[Dr. Mike]

You're looking good.

[Kyle]

Hey, your core looks transformation.

[Danny]

Last three months I've seen you people

[Dr. Mike]

thought I was trolling when I was like, oh, you're stronger than me in like a clip.

[Steiny]

No, like I've just been lifting five days a week and I walk. Honestly, dude, I walk like 17000 steps a day.

[Santa Cruz]

Dude, you should add that.

[Steiny]

Add 100 push ups a day.

[Santa Cruz]

4. Dude, I'm doing it for like three years and I, I haven't touched a gym in like three years. It's like, like it still gives you.

[Danny]

What are you eating? I saw your story.

[Santa Cruz]

I'm on like a crazy deficit. It's been really hard to like get back to my. The weight I was at, but the I meal prep like a load of cauliflower, rice, mushrooms and 99 lean turkey ground. And I make like a bunch of little meals but like it's like a pretty filling meal but it's only 300 calories and pretty much pure protein and I'll eat Like three of those a day and then burn about a thousand to fifteen hundred calories on treadmill.

[Dr. Mike]

I'm gonna send you meal prep from Tallow Organic. I own part of this restaurant. It's like the most dialed in. Meal prep comes in glass, all seed oil free.

[Kyle]

That's super high protein, dude.

[Dr. Mike]

Because you're in the area. It's like area.

[Santa Cruz]

I used to do that right now it gets so expensive and like, I don't know, maybe. Yeah, maybe. Eventually it takes me like two hours meal prep, dude.

[Steiny]

Wait, did you guys see the video of Tim Walls?

[Arman]

No.

[Kyle]

No, bro.

[Steiny]

This guy goes. He was at some sort of addressing the media and he's like, I can't go outside my house without someone driving around, passing my house and calling me a.

[Dr. Mike]

It's the funniest thing ever.

[Steiny]

Well, he does. He says the R word. But I guess a bunch of people have just been driving about around his house and he's like watering his grass and people are just yelling retard at

[Dr. Mike]

him out the car.

[Danny]

Like, that is funny. I can just picture his face. His face, his face is just. Look at his face. Yeah, wait, let's watch this.

[Dr. Mike]

This is too good.

[Danny]

Creates danger. And I'll tell you what, in my

[Kyle]

time on this, this is incredible.

[Danny]

I'd never seen.

[Steiny]

We might have to go to Minnesota

[Danny]

by my house and using the hard work in front of people.

[Kyle]

That's my hometown.

[Santa Cruz]

This is shadow Shameful.

[Danny]

And I have yet to see an elected official, a Republican elected official, say, you're right, that's shameful. You should not say it. So, look, I'm worried. We know how these things go. They start with taunts, they turn to violence. So deeply concerned.

[Dr. Mike]

This is funny, bro.

[Danny]

It's funny. That would suck. Just every time you step out of your house, retard.

[Kyle]

Yeah, I'd be like this, man. I'm done being governor.

[Danny]

I know.

[Steiny]

He's also so dumb for saying that because now so many more people are gonna do that.

[Dr. Mike]

Yeah.

[Steiny]

Come on.

[Danny]

I think this is solid, boys.

[Steiny]

I gotta.

[Danny]

I gotta head out your guys way, Cali. I gotta make a flight right now.

[Arman]

Sweet.

[Dr. Mike]

Nice.

[Danny]

So I'll see you. I'll see you boys this week.

[Santa Cruz]

Sounds good.

[Danny]

All right, we'll see you next week.

[Steiny]

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[Danny]

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