Henry Cejudo on Merab Dvalishvili, Winning Olympic Gold, Sean O'Malley's Weaknesses

The HJR Experiment is back for this week’s episode with 3 MMA icons: Henry Cejudo, Quinton Rampage Jackson, and Frank Mir!
This episode gets started with Henry describing his mindset going into his upcoming fight with Merab Dvalishvili on February 17th. The guys start joking about what it would take for them to accept a bare knuckle boxing fight and give a shoutout to Mike Perry for his recent success in the sport. Frank moves on to ask Henry about his experiences entering the Olympics at only 18 years old and winning a gold medal in wrestling.
Henry gets real about his hardships growing up in a poor family with 7 siblings and his father in and out of jail. He goes on to describe the ways that wrestling saved him and shaped him as a competitor. Henry and Frank talk about their wishes for their kids growing up and the importance of sports for developing mental toughness.
The discussion then shifts to Sean O’Malley’s recent KO win over Aljamain Sterling to capture the bantamweight championship. Henry is unsatisfied with the stoppage and says he wishes referees would be less eager to stop title fights. They analyze where Sterling went wrong and Henry exposes a few weaknesses he sees in O’Malley’s style.
Next, Henry and Frank get technical talking about anticipation in grappling and always thinking one step ahead of your opponent. Henry talks about working with Islam Makhachev and Jon Jones before their most recent fights and applying this same concept in their training.
The episode wraps up with Henry talking about himself being a better competitor than a fighter and doing whatever it takes to win!
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[@trapperjohn8481]

Rampage looks like he's about to say "Frank, will you shut tf up for a second"

[@funonvancouverisland]

He's high on kratom 😅

[@luklopskywalk]

You can hear the table being hit constantly And frank mir is breathing like a dragon

[@samipatel7118]

So many good podcasts have this issue it’s so annoying

[@windytv7511]

They need some type of shock mounts for those podcast mics and frank just needs a balloon up that nose big time

[@joshuaandress7320]

Lol frank talks a 100mph

[@ryanguilfoile2746]

Cause Frank chases the dragon. He is tweekin like a mofo!

[@kennwin]

It's okay on speakers but headphones is absolute no go for me

[@user-iw5fb4th3r]

Rampage is sitting there like why am I here rn lol! It’s got to be hard for Rampage to not get a word in.

[@Pootie_Tang]

Judging by how diligently Henry pronounces Merab's surname I assume he saw Merab's video lecture on the matter =)

[@ihatemyjob418]

they should let rampage talk more, mir and cejudo are good talkers but they should do a seperate podcast together imo

[@HappyJohnKillsNi88Rz]

Typical social autist.

[@dudetrustme8320]

Rampage decided to start talking only at the end of the podcast. LET'S GO CHAMP!

[@alexhudson-]

Frank Mir is so awesome you can tell he's the kind of person that really cares about people and would be an awesome friend.

[@TheHJRexperiment]

💯💯💯

[@emmanuelibukun5398]

​@@TheHJRexperiment good podcast. Is franks arm still weird? I felt for him when i saw it on the CVVs podcast

[@kennylopez1853]

Either rampage or mir breathing hella hard on the mic 😂

[@bigben42]

This is a heavy breathing ASMR experience

[@anthonyhewitt9397]

100% Mir is a heavy ass breather.

[@Mr-E.]

22:03 Didn't realize Rampage and Frank did a podcast recently with Mike Tyson. That just slipped out casually lol

[@eqvtimebaramidze7954]

Watching and listening to rampage makes me realize that he’s one of the realest and down to earth man in fighting industry or in life in general . Real champ ! Would love to train with you brother ! God bless !

[@bigben42]

Down to flat earth, to be clear

[@Pootie_Tang]

@@bigben42 wut😶

[@bigben42]

@@Pootie_Tang rampage isn’t quite convinced that the earth is round

[@Pootie_Tang]

@@bigben42 i searched YT for "rampage jackson flat earth" and didn't find anything, do you remember where he said it? If it's true that's so funny and silly of him 😁😂

[@bigben42]

@@Pootie_Tang yeah if you look up the podcast “raw talk” with him or the last Brendan Schaub fight companion he talked about it on both. He seems like a nice guy but it’s crazy lol

[@Real_Iceout]

From my heart, thank you for this. There is some invaluable information in this. I’m about to listen to it for the third time.

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Thank YOU!!! Means so much to us! 🙌🔥

[@Guru-ue2yp]

Frank mir talks like chuck liddell😂

[@Mr-E.]

Just 2x the speed lol

[@xMister.Misterx]

He’s not THAT bad, c’mon now 🤣🤣🤣

[@Davpache81]

Great conversations, guys! I love it

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Appreciate you!!

[@RevolutionRepublic1907]

awesome podcast@

[@Pootie_Tang]

That's a beautiful collection of different generations' mma legends, kudos to this channel, I LOVE to see and hear active and retired mma (and sports or arts in general) people meet and discuss stuff, one of the best and more in-depth types of content out there usually, rare too

[@TheHJRexperiment]

We appreciate that very much!! 🙏🏆

[@ssanta8058]

Great interview, Frank and rampage are great on this

[@espinomauricio23]

Great pod 🔥

[@TheHJRexperiment]

🫶🏿🫶🏿

[@Duhbiee]

This is some real shit! I really enjoyed this

[@Guru-ue2yp]

Frank talks like he’s on coke! Slow down frank mir, slow down😂

[@allanthomas6097]

I was just thinking the same

[@allanthomas6097]

He had a holywood before the podcast

[@dkamsekeeshigdk3439]

amazing guests, I’m surprised it doesn’t have millions of views

[@TheHJRexperiment]

We’ll get there 👍👍👍🔥🙏 Appreciate you

[@sugar3557]

great quality and solid podcasts but you guys do a horrible job marketing and truly getting more eyes on your stuff.

[@josiericaro3347]

I never knew this even existed

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Working on that 💯💯💯😅 Thinking Mir needs to do it shirtless next time. More eyes for sure 👀

[@rrai-]

​@@TheHJRexperiment hey bro first time seeing u please dont say rear end anymore😂💙 this is a great thing u got going, happy to watch ur stuff💪🏽💪🏽

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[@jesusiskingofkings4428]

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[@user-mp3zj9wc6v]

Rampage is an amazing person. And Frank Mir too. Frank was my favorite fighter ❤️👊🌄

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Both are legends.

[@Curley2046]

Rampage and frank's breathing. Beasts! Like bepob and rocksteady haha. Legends no disrespect great podcast!

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Appreciate you

[@mjmcg73]

Three solid minds together. Great content how the F did you get these guys?!?

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Good question!

[@howardroark3670]

I stumbled on this podcast recently. I had no idea it ever existed.

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Welcome!! 👋

[@jesusiskingofkings4428]

When the quality of the product is there, the exposure will come. Keep focusing on marketing and promotion brother, God speed

[@TheHJRexperiment]

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[@tylerdurden271]

“Don’t put any human on a pedestal” 💯💯

[@TheHJRexperiment]

🔥🔥🔥

[@darensparks]

Motormouth Mir dominating the conversation as always

[@Maartun]

This is awesome! More UFC fighters please!

[@chaboi7]

I like frank but bro needs to control himself lol

[@BiggieSmalls946]

I could listen to Frank talk all day

[@BBD-JITZ]

Well this is the perfect podcast for you 😂

[@Nameplease12blacknobility]

@@BBD-JITZ😂

[@Mockracy]

Legends table 👍

[@samipatel7118]

Solid podcast. Wish this was longer and rampage was more involved… also wish the mics were adjusted so we’re not listening to them breathe loud as fuck.

[@azadmoradi6240]

Rampage hit the damn nail on the head. When you’re out of the house… You can only be their friend. Rampage is the best!

[@markisokawa2067]

I really like this podcast. It has similar dynamics to the Jaxxon podcast. Quentin is HILARIOUS!!!

[@TheHJRexperiment]

🙌🙏🙏🙌

[@syntholshoulders1842]

Am seeing rampage everywhere hes a celebration every podcast

[@TheHJRexperiment]

🫡🫶🏿

[@killumiinatii96]

I don't like how they weren't letting rampage talk as much and I feel like they lowered his mic volume

[@langtryvlogme]

Not Mir roasting Cejudo 😂 Shorter but stronger Quinton: Oh you went there huh 😂 I knew this was gonna be gold when I read the names

[@TysonFuryOfficial]

Frank Mir sounds like the drunk Uncle who always needs another drink 😂💀 Constantly spitting and sputtering through his sentences while he’s talking. He finishes sentences like Joe biden when he’s randomly just finding words to fit in

[@jesusiskingofkings4428]

😂😂

[@Guru-ue2yp]

Frank talked the entire time! Shut up, we came to listen to rampage and ccc, the other two talk way too much

[@Nameplease12blacknobility]

100% I waited for 10 mins and when Mir dominated the convo I left. Sad cause it was a crazy lineup at the table

[@Gloomylagoon]

For this to grow Henry needs to stop monologues Frank and Rampage are very strong communicators they shouldn’t have to be this silent to get their points through

[@oneyedthing]

I wouldnt be surprised if Cejudo requested not to zoom out the camera angle

[@bradleyschaefer8360]

Lol, all i can hear is frank mir breathing like it the first 10 seconds of the first round of one of his fights.

[@KHALABEEB]

HENRY CALLING OUT DC 🤣 He said, medical issues my ass! Everybody's sucked out! Animosity 🤔

[@TheHJRexperiment]

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@alcottdevalte7440]

Everyone must have been too high in this one. From Rampage being too quiet; Cejudo telling the Tyson story completely wrong and actually thinking he taught Islam and Khabib something, and Frank remembering the Khabib vs Conor fight all wrong. LOL... But nice lessons from Frank anyway .

[@dizzle3232]

Henry you’re the easiest matchup in the top 10 for suga

[@runecarpenter-jones4861]

No gay shit but Rampage looking good he really slimmed down since fasting

[@domanisarapeggio]

People giving Mir shit. Bro let the champ talk. Cejudo and Mir are actually having a good talk. Mir spent like 5 minutes giving props to Cejudo for his wrestling accomplishments despite his troubled youth. It just how the conversation went.

[@Thehairdo]

Frank mir sounds like miocic, but a lot more clearer

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It TheHJRExperiment Guys.

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Thank you! 🙏 🙌🔥

[@_brandonkeith-te5oj]

Henry is right, 8lbs in wrestling is a HUGE difference and at high level they will go you up with ease.

[@jaydeadly6976]

Whos the guest?

[@user-hv9zc6mu6v]

Add time stamps

[@GHOST_-bn3ht]

I feel like Frank mir was there every moment in my life hiding in the shadows and narrating my life before I had a chance to tell my life story

[@jonpicojones4032]

Frank Mir is the man.

[@user-jm6yl2yw5z]

frank talks so damn much

[@timslee0618]

Now I see why Frank Mir's Daughter put her MMA career on hold after going 3-0 to try for Olympics

[@jon7713]

frank please talk more .....

[@germantaboada5843]

How did I just find out about this podcast? Dude I grew up Watching Rampage beat people up and Fran Mir making foos cry mama hahha

[@Nameplease12blacknobility]

Rampage has his own and better podcast, called Jaxxon podcast .. where he can actually get a word in

[@DD-ro1zk]

They all look baked

[@TheHJRexperiment]

🤤

[@funonvancouverisland]

Frank is on that kratom y'all

[@deinger1100]

wow he learned how to Pronaunce merabs lastname. 😂😂 Probably he watched merabs lesson. What a good student he is

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Whatever it takes 🔥

[@lizerta]

GET HENRY A BOOSTER SEAT!

[@trapperjohn8481]

The audio guy needs to learn how to use a noise gate.

[@Boscoe264]

Henry is so full of himself. When they asked the question about business at 14:00 you know he wanted to sound sweet

[@jlol933]

Frank and Stipe Miocic got the same accent

[@JesusLopez-ce2gx]

Mir and Henry need a stand alone pod. Pure fire.

[@MikeyNunez-ql8cp]

Yea sure 2 ppl talking over each other and neither of them wanna shut up for a sentence to be made by the other is annoying

[@sirrichter5336]

Bro frank cutting people off and explaining how they are feeling is so annoying. Like hear henry’s full thought for once!

[@giorgiimedashvili5851]

You talked about eveyrthing but not about next fight. Talked about O’Malley the way like Merab is easy fight for him 😂 triple C will struggle a lot against Merab

[@AdventureHealth]

I gotta say. I really appreciate Frank Mir's viewpoints with keeping Henry Humble. Out of Love.

[@eastwood111]

Mir is talking way to much. You can tell rampage is sort of frustrated with Mir. There’s nothing more annoying when one person tries to dominate a conversation

[@Nameplease12blacknobility]

Yea that’s why I could only stay for 10 mins. Rather watch jaxxxon podcast where rampage actually talks. Mir is like Woodley who both love the sound of their voice AND also think they have the most wisdom to share every single word they say lol

[@themikarenolds2910]

its a good fight mer rob is difficult with a winning record

[@ProdByT1000]

quietest rampage ever entered a room lol...wtf

[@TheHJRexperiment]

🔥🔥🔥🤷‍♂️

[@miguelcastro224]

Mir talk fast af lmao 👃🏾💨

[@TheHJRexperiment]

😅

[@markdavis8430]

Before u start get your magnifying glasses out Henry’s somewhere in the building Jokes ✌️

[@Kzombie]

Frank Mir does not need to worry about spoiling his kids… if he talks like this around them 😂

[@ordinarypete]

13:10 in and realized Rampage won’t talk anymore and nobody wants to hear Henry talk about himself so much. I hit the 👍🏽 for MIR but I’m outy 5000. Lgb

[@sjshines71]

Rampage is kind hearted. Telling you soft men. Keep your kids in the home. The women are reckless, kind and useless with your children. They will be worse off. Thats even if she never moves on with someone else. Nightmare is extreme if there are 1 or more step dads in their life.

[@roofusteinthatsmynamedontw2798]

cejudo wanted to smoke one 🤣🤣

[@Oroenua]

😅😂 CCC on his booster seat

[@xMister.Misterx]

Who’s breathing into the microphone like that??

[@TheHJRexperiment]

It’s a mystery guess. Winner gets memorabilia mailed to them lol 🔥

[@xMister.Misterx]

@@TheHJRexperiment I was not expecting a response let alone THAT response 🤣🤣 But, since you actually read the comment…tighten up on that! You guys have a unique perspective that we want to hear and can’t that distracting from the discussion. We love hearing the behind-the-scenes stories and thought processes during all these fights we have watched.

[@riccardozinesi8926]

Frank Mir SHOULD LET other guests talk

[@christiangjerpe2748]

Frank likes to talk..

[@cashdro1673]

Mir don’t shut up. Geez!

[@pluggedev8464]

Frank is one of my favs but he needs to get is nose fixed, he is almost snoring while he is awake

[@forever1909]

I did the same

[@blindcolorent3815]

All you can hear is rampage breathing heavy as hell lmfao

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Was it Rampage?

[@deantzambazis1525]

Just lost respect for Frank because he thinks Omaley is more problematic than Volk .. WTF !!! Volk is a huge problem for anyone ! Omaley himself says he doesn't want anything to do with Volk !

[@MrGeonicolas]

If triple C gets with Merab with that attitude he will get rag dolled. Because Merab is hungry

[@jon7713]

audio so bad

[@dizzle3232]

Tell rampage stop breathing in the mic😂

[@Nameplease12blacknobility]

It’s frank lol

[@jimkuranc8061]

Is that rampage breathing heavy into the microphone because he is not saying anything?

[@alcottdevalte7440]

It's Frank. Just too many injuries from fighting.

[@morganweller1491]

Bruh Frank need to shut up a little Rampage is so funny and great in podcasts

[@TheHJRexperiment]

😅😅😳

[@Rob-ns9hd]

Who’s breathing so loud

[@TheHJRexperiment]

😅😅😅

[@drakealvarez1986]

why i feel like frank is trying to prove he doesn’t have cte by trying to sound smart

[@willbilson7210]

The moderator here is not even necessary

[@TheHJRexperiment]

Per usual 😅

[@thafightgame5383]

33:10 Henry on gameplan against Khabib: *Don’t hit the ground man* 😂 he thinks he’s smarter then he is shit he says is common sense

[@lethallee6754]

someone breathing into the mike is super annoying. Good pod other than that

[@jon7713]

franks sleep apnea

[@sammerritt4272]

Franks def on coke lol