#51 - UFC Head Trainer/2021 MMA Coach of the Year/Xtreme Couture MMA - Eric Nicksick

Danny talks with Eric Nicksick, the 2020 and 2021 MMA Coach of the Year, about how he and his family has been since the last time we had him on the podcast back in June of 2021, a recap of UFC 270 where Eric’s fighter - Francis Ngannou *The Heavyweight Champion* retained his championship belt vs Cyril Gane, the advancements of Francis Ngannou as a mixed martial artist and how big of an influence Xtreme Couture MMA has played into his success, UFC Fight Night: Hermannson vs Strickland where Eric had 3 fighters compete including Julian Erosa/Punahele Soriano/Sean Strickland, a funny behind the scenes backstory leading up to Julian Erosa’s fight of the night, analyzing Puna’s performance and how much potential he has going forward, Sean Strickland’s phenomenal performance and what’s next for him in the stacked middleweight division, Eric’s coaching style/psychological approach and why we at Alternate Take believe its superior to other coaches, how big of an issue bad judging is in MMA after a bad scorecard on the Hermannson vs Strickland fight, what solutions Eric has to fixing the issue of bad judging, what’s going on with Eric’s other fighters Aljamain Sterling/Meisha Tate/Dan Ige/Ion Cutelaba/Casey O’Neill, what’s next for Francis Ngannou, Francis’s appearance on ‘Jackass Forever’, what fighters Eric’s keeping his eye on and potential matchups for his fighters, his predictions for UFC 271.

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