Media Barnett on Rampage podcast

[Ludwig von Mises]

Rampage's podcast is awesome. The content he cultivates by bringing in the the OGs of MMA creates a platform for awesome stories and a time machine like atmosphere. Almost every podcast of his I've watched has been a banger. Rampage has matured a lot and it seems like he's doing well. I'm happy for him. I hespect of heem.

Josh Barnett was the featured guest on this episode. They get into running at the 20 min mark and Rampage says that Barnett would smoke him and Mayhem Miller on their long distance runs in Big Bear at high altitude. This was young athletic Rampage who was chiseled at LHW and young Miller who was a MW and WW.

Rampage continues and says he challenged Barnett to sprints to see who was faster in short distances and Barnett smoked him at that too. Barnett says he was running 6 minute miles as a 260lb HW.

What an absolute animal Barnett was. Usually when you hear about HWs you don't hear about them getting credit for their speed. You always hear about how much faster LHWs and MWs are but when it comes to to elite HWs I don't think that's the case. I think someone like Tom Aspinal is faster than a lot of LHWs and some MWs.

I wonder which HWs today can do a 6 minute mile. I know Nemkov did 5 min mile as a LHW.

 

[stronghulk]

Very underappreciated fighter, real legend!! I would say skillwise, he might be an all-time top-5 HW. He was that good.

 

[Pierced7681]

Did Barnett actually retire? I remember he had a bare knuckle fight awhile ago in ksw but no mma since his issues with Bellator

 

[dogsdonutsdragons]

it really is a good podcast

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I could have sworn there was once a video of Rampage and Barnett training back in the pride days. Barnett kinda casually throwing him around

 

[ssBaldy]

Very underappreciated fighter, real legend!! I would say skillwise, he might be an all-time top-5 HW. He was that good.

In his prime he lost only to absolute best there were and to doping comission. And I don't say that to insult him, almost everyone back then were on the gear in some form.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

In his prime he lost only to absolute best there were and to doping comission. And I don't say that to insult him, almost everyone back then were on the gear in some form.

 

[World eater]

He is playing Magic the gathering now and still wearing tacky heavy metal clothes.
Absolute legend.

 

[svmr_db]

Clickbait title OP, I walked into this thread thinking it was about Chris Barnett.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Clickbait title OP, I walked into this thread thinking it was about Chris Barnett.

Sorry to disappoint brather.

 

[Deceasedxo]

Imagine the MMA landscape if Barnett didn't pop when he did.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Imagine the MMA landscape is Barnett didn't pop when he did.

The real question is how the Affliction fight against Fedor would have went down. I believe Fedor was still good and capable of winning that but Barnett may have given him some problems. Especially considering how he looked in Strikeforce shortly after.

 

[Highway99]

Did Barnett actually retire? I remember he had a bare knuckle fight awhile ago in ksw but no mma since his issues with Bellator

He insinuated as much. He had a grappling match a month or two ago against Phil De Fries where he didn't fare well, after which he admitted at 46 his body cannot heal from past injuries and that achieving proper cardiovascular conditioning is likely beyond him at this point.

 

[JustforBROCK]

Barnett, biggest cry baby there ever was - couldn't win a meaningful fight without juicing, and looked like a fat tub of lard while on steroids. One of the most overrated fighters to ever grace the cage.

 

[filthybliss]

it really is a good podcast

It is fun. That Bear guy needs to chill on jerking off rampage and the guests on every pod. Its nice to be complimentary but Bear takes it to annoying extremes.

 

[Bork Neslar]

Legendary cheater. Caught multiple times.

 

[Poirierfan]

Brendan Schaub was recently on Rampages podcast with Rockhold. Schaub said that being P4P #1 means if you put everyone in a room whoever comes out is P4P, Lmao. Dude was a "fighter" and he doesn't even know how P4P works.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Barnett, biggest cry baby there ever was - couldn't win a meaningful fight without juicing, and looked like a fat tub of lard while on steroids. One of the most overrated fighters to ever grace the cage.

 

[Hassan Mouzine]

this guy got busted for ped's more than any other fighter and even during era's when the testing was less severe. he was juicing to the max
if he would compete in athletics/track and field his wins/achievemenst would have been erased (a bit too harsh if you ask me, but still). barnett cheated throughout his carreer, i cannot give him the respect.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

this guy got busted for ped's more than any other fighter and even during era's when the testing was less severe. he was juicing to the max
if he would compete in athletics/track and field his wins/achievemenst would have been erased (a bit too harsh if you ask me, but still). barnett cheated throughout his carreer, i cannot give him the respect.

Barnett fought in an era where everyone was juiced up.

Jones gets to use this excuse. Barnett should be able to use it too.