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Multi Division CATCH Wrestling Champions Ian 'The Mongoose' Jones opened up about his childhood, Martial Arts Journey and targets for the future.

This is the timeline, to give you an idea of some of the crazy subjects we covered:

00:00 – Intro
02:01 – The journey began with kickboxing
02:35 – buying heroin at 14.
03:33 – Craig shitting in bread bags and pouring it on my head
04:20 – Why I have a phobia of pool playing
06:01 – Finding roadkill to throw at club goers
07:05 – Nicking clock hands from Tower
08:46 – Gagging on a pair of knickers
10:00 – Getting blamed for wank stains
11:00 - Being used as a getaway driver
17:52 – Transition in to boxing
19:30 – The tale of Armpit hairs
20:45 – Dealer forcing us to buy his drugs on Amsterdam
21:23 – Why I transitioned to thai boxing.
23:01 – Biting my opponent in the face during a thai fight
24:12 – Why I moved to MMA
26:15 – The people who got me started in juijitsu
29:12 – Falling out of love with MMA
31:48 – Roy Wood changed my Journey direction
33:28 – The art of MAT wrestling
34:40 – Using jits to beat wrestlers and wrestling to beat jits guys
36:45 – Catch As Catch Can is “Jiu Jitsu on steroids”
38:05 – Suicide amongst male athletes.
39:10 – Walking in the woods wanting hang myself.
42:20 – Next competitive goal – across the pond
44:40 – competing against former UFC Champ, Josh Barnett
53:25 – My ‘Catch’’ wrestling accolades
56:35 – Won by dog-shit chocke
01:00:02 – Leaving a part of your soul in the ring
01:02:04 – My current nemesis
01:04:05 – Was due to fight Kazushi Sakuraba
01:06:06 – Importance of Mindset
01:09:03 – The 70/30 approach
01:12:15 – Fighting style of Tommy and Brett Hawthorn
01:13:11 – The war with Mick Sinclair
01:16:02 – Toughness of the late Ian Bromley
01:20:19 – This Referee hates me
01:25:30 – The black dog YouTube clip
01:29:10 – Roll with the host





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