Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal is an American mixed martial artist. He is signed with Bellator and Rizin FF, and is a former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and Rizin Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion.
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal is an American mixed martial artist. He is signed with Bellator and Rizin FF, and is a former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and Rizin Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion.
00:00 Trailer.
01:53 Brian’s thoughts on the episode.
05:15 Brian’s Introduction
05:48 The Dirty Dirty and London.
07:30 The reason for Muhammed being in London.
08:06 Definition of a throw-back fighter.
08:37 “King Mo” willing to take on anybody.
09:24 Hard work is smart work.
10:22 Life for Muhammed growing up in a one parent Muslim family in Kentucky,
12:52 The Dirty Dirty, “Hustle & Flow” and rap music genres.
16:55 Mental focus differences between Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu,
22:51 The Wrestling Room pits of hell where you’re taught not to break.
26:23 Steel sharpens steel, mental toughness.
31:02 Stop learning, you stop winning.
33:43 Try out for wrestling’s ultimate goal, the Olympics, in 2008.
37:19 A throw-back fighter in the MMA, “King Mo” walks out in Japan.
43:18 The changing face of MMA.
45:00 What Muhammed would do differently if he could turn the clock back 10 years.
45:54 Wrestling far more stressful than MMA.
48:07 Muhammed’s view of rumoured Floyd Mayweather Jr v Conor McGregor fight.
51:58 Muhammed’s opinion of Conor McGregor.
57:30 Dagestan is like Sparta.
58:59 Muhammed’s take on the UFC, Dana White and Scott Coker.
1:02:03 How it felt to fight Mark Kerr towards end of his career.
1:02:57 Rolling with former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink.
1:04:54 Michael “Venom” Page and his fight with Evangelista Santos.
1:09:36 Muhammed thought he would die from Staphylococcus.
1:16:32 Friends in the MMA community and who is not.
1:19:33 Quinton Jackson is not intimidating Muhammed.
1:22:59 Muhammed assiduously studies and learns from different fighters and styles.
1:24:06 Muhammed’s argument with the Nevada Athletic Commission.
1:26:30 Prospect for Joshua v Klitschko fight and for David Haye and Shannon Briggs.
1:28:56 “King Mo’s” legacy and what he will he do after he finishes fighting.
1:30:21 Success secrets.
1:31:19 Who Muhammed thinks of as successful.
1:32:21 Muhammed’s metric for his success,
1:32:55 What Muhammed has recently changed his mind about
1:33:27 Living in Trump’s America.
1:35:44 What keeps Muhammed awake at night.
1:37:28 You would never expect Muhammed to like this.
1:41:26 Brian fancies some rose gold grills.
1:43:09 Phone call to the 20 year old Muhammed Lawal.
1:43:42 Best advice ever received.
1:44:36 Advice to the 20 year old would be MMA fighters listening around the world.
1:46:37 Brian’s summing up.
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