Retired Chael is the undisputed king of content

Chael sees proper twelve bottle in the back* “This begs the question, how good is Conor mcgregor.”

10 years ago Brian Ortega was given a choice..

Love how this channel is expanding on its content. Keep it up please!

Chael makes Big John look like Extra Medium John.

The man who's seen it all in the octagon!! 👏

3:21 Big John lagged out but Chael still knows what he said

Ngannou vs Derick Lewis was a long fight.

Ate you ready? You ready? Let’s get it on!

0:21 - how do I get an invite to Big John's bar?

I feel like Big John was talking about BJ Penn when he said the comission should step in on fighters who wont retire

Big john interviews Chael Chael: it’s my turn

Chael legit has a crush on Felicia Spencer

19:57 "Got anything you wanna get off your chest? Hopes, dreams, fears... Wanna start a rumor?"... Exactly what he said to TJ for him to start talking about the EPO

Gotta love Big John, always says it how it is, but is very kind and respectful to everyone who deserves it. Really seems like a guy super enjoyable to have a conversation with.

Just a couple legends chilling on skype.

Is Chael interviewing Big John or Adam Sandler?

The question remains... just how good is Denis Siver?

Big John "lookit" McCarthy

Great interview! Keep up the good work brother

If they change the rounds from 12 to 7. It would be only fair to decrease the price of the PPVs as well.

Good angle on intensely important content. One humorous critic is the pace, mostly, as it appeared to be following the, consiquential pace, displayed impressively with Mr Big John...lol

Good ole chael always brings positive chemistry with his guests

I could listen to these two all day. Great upload. Love the channel

This was a Great Video Chael, thanks for touching topics like Chris Cyborg situation and Rounds on Boxing etc etc.

This new call in stuff is grate chael keep it up

This is awesome plzz do more of these

Loving the content!

Happy to see Chael staying undefeated.

Loving these interviews Chael! Best production in West Linn!

great conversation. i love these 2 guys!

I am very grateful for your consistent dialogue about this topic, but I am curious if theres there anything more you guys could do about this problem besides bringing awareness to the issue, or if you know what steps one needs to take to make these changes. As someone who trains, the "if you go out 3 times you're done" rule is another good idea in my opinion. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Legends. Thanks guys nice one.

Always a great show

Dope, love the interview

Thanks g great vid 👍

For boxing, yes. MMA? No. Because MMA has the grappling factor which needs more time.

At 17:35 Chael looking like he may cry but I feel him whole heartedly.. life has its up n downs but u gave it ur all Chael, n then some.

Big J is such an awesome guy. Great conversation Chael P.

This is a great conversation guys.

135 DJ vs prime Cruz was one of THE highest level MMA fights of all time, no question.

8:35 ESPN doesn’t allow that Chael .. Also it’s great to see Big John McCarthy .. GOAT 🐐 Referee 👊💥

2 of the best brains in the business, they should have a podcast show together, both are fn. legends........

Both of you guys are tops!

One of the best podcast shows out there 👍

Chanel you are the man 👏

Tony ferguson

this is going to be glorious. crack a beer light a joint and listen to the biggest guns outta the mean streets of East Lynn Oregon

One of the reasons I like five round fights is because the 10 point must scoring system is so terrible over three rounds. If the round duration is ever edited I think it needs to be ediited along side the scoring system. When boxing went from 15 to 12 rounds the scoring system was fine. It was still plenty of rounds to get a clear winner. That cant be said in modern MMA.

Great conversation between two legends

Big John is just as responsible for making the UFC huge as Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Anderson Silva, and all the other fighters. Period.

Love this discussion. Big love to Big John. The UFC reminds me of Marilyn Manson's song "Dope Show." In the song it says they love you when you're on all the covers, when you're not then they're loving another. I get the feel that UFC wants other faces to promote and wants Cyborg out of the picture. As a free agent she will kill it.

You have a valid point Chael. I dont even consider the health aspect but it is kind of insane that championship fights are 5 rounds and normal fights are 3 rounds. A fighter can have a skillset he put to use to earn a titlebout and now suddenly his skillset is degraded because of the importance of a good cardio. It is almost like changing the sport. Imagine if it was the case in soccer. You played regular matches and then "big final" matches that are 40% longer giving the physical teams a huge advantage.....it's absolutely insane. If an organisation wanted to use 5 rounds they should introduce an entirely new variant to the weight-classes. Then one could compete for the belt in e.g. Heavyweight 3 rounds, 5 rounds or even in 7 rounds. That would be kind of interesting to see if any fighter was so well-rounded that he could get the belt in all of the different kind of fight distances.

I love how you keep it real.

Love the interview rather than monologue. Keep doing this!

Infectious enthusiasm for the fight game between these two legends. Could listen to these two converse over fights every week.

Chael out here saving lives

These 2 legends are the supreme court of mma. Whatever these 2 say is the law of the land.

I need more of this

Could sit here all day listening to these two.Learn us well boys.Get him back on asap chael

Raquel Penningtons coaches were wrong for letting her continue against Amanda Nunez now that's more wrong than a fight that's scheduled for too many rounds

Imagine if big john have his own podcast he knows everything going on inside the cage like he knows what fighters saying each or how they get knocked out. Come on man give big john his own podcast

Great thoughts Chael and John. I agree with three rounds across the board. I sure dont support watching men and women get paid to beat an opponent to death, nor do I support athletes training themselves to injury to prepare for a trivial 25 minute timeframe. Keep the momentum on these topics - let's make change

Big John is the man!

Ay liked hearing you guys talk. Co-podcast?

Hand to hand is always about who can better who in the shortest amount of time and there is no 60 second period in which to recover and adjust the strategy.

“Want to start a rumor???” That’s was hilarious

Every sport has its own sort of overtime to reach a victorious contestant. Look how long some baseball games can go for sometimes 14 innings. That can put a serious strain I the pitching rotations and subbing players with so many active position players.

Lookit, big John is prepping for cyborgs switch to Bellator

Big John McCarthy is my favorite UFC memory

2:40 CHAEL I was just telling a buddy of mine who's new to mma about the CRUZ vs MIGHTYMOUSE! absolute classic! crazy fight from both of em

Great show! The ending killed me 😂😂 chael: "anything to get off your chest John? Wana start a rumour?" 😂😂 Your the man Chael 😂😂

You know I’m clicking when I see the legendary Big John.

The two of you could produce the best fight show ever made... and I mean that.

What about the impact of the standing 8 count in boxing? Wouldn't eliminating that end many fights earlier as you don't allow a concussed fighter a chance to recover enough to take more damage?

Big John - "lookit." Uncle Chael "okay, great."

less rounds results in a much different pacing. idk if it would do much. i could be totally wrong but less rounds just means you empty the take earlier. harder punches over less rounds is worse than more punches with less power?

I just gotta ask, just how good is Marcus Brimage?

Two big legends

You had me at "Whiskey Bar"... Did they discuss anything else I missed?

How do I go visit Big John?

Big John just slamin whiskey and doing lines. Freedom

Israel vs gastelum, Robbie vs (fill in the blank), jon jones vs DC, jones vs Gustufson, could had never been 3 rounds had to be 5

You would need an odd number of rounds and judges in order to reach a decision. And like Chael stated previously that not all fights are scheduled for 5 rounds at 5 minutes each, that is reserved only for championship fights and main events.However the fight is only in the fighters hands so the faster you finish your opponent the less rounds you gotta compete. Same for all combat sports. At that point you would be leaving it in the hands of the judges.....

can anyone clarify what big john keeps saying randomly between sentences. something like "look it" "look here" ???

Always give Chael a thumbs up just off strength

Big John , legend, pioneer. The best there ever was. God bless him.

The GOAT of MMA talking to the GOAT of reffing.

Does Chael have one of those Bluetooth headsets on? What is it? 2009?

Wouldn't reducing the number of rounds force someone, who knows they are definitely going to lose in case of a decision, to fight more recklessly, whereas more rounds might give them more time to catch up. So in a 5 round fight even if they lose the first two they have three more to make up for that but if its three rounds they will only be focusing on getting that win and get themselves hurt trying.

When I was growing up Steve Young would get a concussion literally every game. Shit is cray

It is so hard to be a referee that people dont hate, or just tolerate for mma. Big John needs to be in the Hof for his impact on the sport. He is the most likeable and influential ref of all time.

Big John with the Proper 12 in the back. What a man

Id love to see chael and big john start up a podcast together

A lot on the time now with testing fighters say I retire so they get out of testing pool and when they want to come back they get the 60 days testing in.

Two legends of the game.

I feel like mma as a sport would benefit long term if there were a fighters union.

Rounds themselves are more dangerous. Rest, recovery means they hit harder, which means more risk. This equation boils down to what is the least risky way to run the competition that still provides entertainment that people will follow and pay for.

Spencer vs. Cyborb I saw a fighter that had very little in the way of defence. I saw a young fighter who is the recipient of the type of damage that is being talked about here. In Spencers fight she couldn't aviod eating a bunch of jabs to the face either. Her top game is GREAT. If she dosent start developing CTE by next year.

"you wanna start a rumor?" 😅😅 I gotta use that