TTP Ep. 409 with Jacob Rosales, Jose Avalos, and 2024 Title Predictions

    A1 Combat 16’s Jacob Rosales Interview (2:20)

    Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat 16 featherweight, Jacob Rosales. Rosales shares some information about his fighting mentality from the early parts of his career. Taking on the mindset that he had forced him to do things like fight on the Contender Series with a broken femur. He shares that whole wild story as well as many others. Plus, he talks about how he changed that and got his body right as well. Now at a better weight class of 145lbs, Rosales is ready to make a run. He’ll start that process at A1 Combat 16 this Friday.

    Combat Countdown: 2024 UFC Title Predictions (18:02)

    UFC 296 was an absolute banger of a way to end the year. Now that we have no more UFC fights, we look forward to the year 2024 and what might be. Gumby and Shockwave play their favorite game guessing who will and won’t keep their titles in the new year. After going 6-5 each last year, they look to do better this year – and there are more than a couple difference between the hosts. For this segment, all odds via FanDuel Sportsbook.

    A1 Combat 16’s Jose Avalos Interview (39:39)

    Closing out this edition of TTP is our interview with Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat 16 bantamweight, Jose Avalos. Avalos joins our other guest, Jacob Rosales on this weekend’s A1 Combat 16 fight card. Before the fight, he talks about his love for gi jiu jitsu and why he feels like it helps him in the sphere of MMA. Plus, he talks about competing at gi worlds while not 100% and still putting on an absolute show. Now he looks to take that show to California this Friday. He breaks down that fight with Abdikabyl Kaldar and gives his thoughts on how he’ll get the job done.