Episode Details

In this episode we talk to Eugene Bareman, businessman, fighter and coach of two current UFC champions.

Show notes:

1.50 Between Three Beards?

3.46 Training professional fighters in Level 4 lockdown

9.27 The link to Eugene through his sister Sarai Bareman

11.06 Back at Massey High School: rugby, study, and the turning point of his life

21.45 Family fundamentals: Provide for your children, back yourself, learn from your mistakes

25.15 Law school and falling in love with fighting

31.07 Eugene Bareman: the fighter

35.06 On mental toughness

39.32 The ambition to get to 50 fights

43.26 Has this journey gone better than imagined?

46.13 Getting into the UFC

51.00 Israel Adesanya

1.00.05 Behind the scenes of a UFC fight night: locker room and between rounds

1.12.13 Reacting to losses in combat sports

1.18.53 City Kickboxing: Changing lives

1.26.10 The weight of responsibility

1.29.52 Hard work, pranks and banter

1.34.23 The role of the trainer in combat sports

1.39.37 Getting recognised overseas

1.41.31 Last words from Steven, Seamus and Eugene

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