Submission Radio #133: Luke Rockhold, Colby Covington, Greg La Rosa, Sean Sheehan
This week, Submission Radio chats with Luke Rockhold, Colby Covington, TMT security Greg La Rosa. Also, Sean Sheehan (Severe MMA) joins the roundtable and discusses the MayMac world tour and Weidman vs. Gastelum.
Submission Radio returns this week for another action-packed show, featuring interviews with Luke Rockhold, Colby Covington, Floyd Mayweather’s security guard (and really nice guy) Greg La Rosa, as well as a roundtable discussion with Severe MMA’s own Sean Sheehan.
As always, the video above features clickable annotations and timestamps, and below is a rundown of what to expect on the episode. We hope you enjoy the show!
Luke Rockhold returns to the program (at the 54:00 mark) to discuss:
- His time on the sidelines
- Why his octagon return has been delayed multiple times
- Why he said the middleweight division was "f**ked" and had "no interesting fights"
- Gegard Mousasi leaving the UFC for Bellator
- If Gegard leaving hurts the UFC’s middleweight division
- Anderson Silva refusing to fight him
- Straightening things out with Dana White
- Robert Whittaker beating Yoel Romero to become the UFC interim middleweight champ
- Daniel Cormier ahead of his rematch against Jon Jones at UFC 214
- The animal rights work he recently did in South Africa and more!
Floyd Mayweather's security guard, Greg La Rosa stops by (at the 7:29 mark) to talk about:
- The recent Mayweather vs. McGregor world tour and what the experience was like for him
- The confrontation between him and Conor McGregor
- "Form Voltron" and how close things were to escalating with McGregor’s teammates
- If the many legs of the tour had an exhausting affect on Floyd by the end
- If there were any crazy fan experiences or security breaches throughout the tour
- The young English lad who snuck through with fake printed promoter passes
- What his life is like being Floyd's security and the many misconceptions fans have
- His prediction for the fight and more!
In an incredibly fiery interview, Colby “Chaos“ Covington makes his first appearance on Submission Radio (at the 32:06 mark) to talk about:
- Life since beating Dong Hyun Kim in Singapore
- Why the UFC originally didn't book him for so long
- The "embarrassment tour" he's currently on and what it’s all about
- His fierce callouts of Tyron Woodley and why he doesn't consider him a teammate despite their ATT past
- Why he believes Tyron is “mentally weak” and a “quitter”
- What sparring sessions between him and Tyron were like
- Demian Maia's chances at UFC 214
- Who he wants next and if he’s eyeing Donald Cerrone or Robbie Lawler
- His relationship with his best friend Jorge Masvidal
- His struggles growing up and how his mom helped him and more!
Sean Sheehan (Severe MMA) returns (at the 1:09:35 mark) to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly from the May/Mac world tour, Gunnar Nelson being knocked out by Santiago Ponzinibbio, and Chris Weidman vs. Kelvin Gastelum.
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