This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by the Head Coach of American Kickboxing Academy Headquarters in San Jose, California, “Crazy” Bob Cook. Even though the two have known each other for a long time, Nick has Bob talk about his childhood and how traveling around on a boat and going to school in many different places shaped him. Bob talks about meeting and starting to train at the infamous “Lions Den” with the “who's who” of early MMA at the time. Nick asks about what it is like to be witnessing the earliest stages of the sport, and Bob shares some inside stories about the beginning of The Ultimate Fighter’s start. They talk about what Bob looks for in new fighters coming into the gym, some tales of Daniel Cormier and Cain Velasquez when they first started training together, and much more. If you are an old school or current MMA fan, you will definitely want to check out this episode!

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