Submit your questions to the show!Marquel Martin is a former UFC employee, former CAA agent, and former agent to MMA stars like Francis Ngannou, Georges St. Pierre, Yair Rodriguez, Khalil Rountree & Kevin Lee. He discusses the current state of UFC, why athletes get the short-end of the stick in MMA, his new business 3point0 Labs, and the journey with Francis Ngannou from UFC to Saudi Arabia and boxing Tyson Fury & Anthony Joshua!#MMA #UFC #EricNicksick #FrancisNgannou #GSP 0:00:23 Guest introduction0:01:11 Being on the road together during the UFC days0:02:01 Eric sleeping with sleeping headphones0:03:01 How’s life going for Marquel and what’s been going on0:04:48 What is 3point0 Labs0:06:38 Marquel growing up playing football and going to Nike Speedcamp0:13:22 Getting hurt and losing his scholarship after getting hurt andwalking on UNLV0:14:48 Trying to go pro in the NFL and trying out0:16:03 Marquels final injury before retiring from NFL0:13:40 The early days in the UFC from 2011-20160:20:03 Being with the UFC during the best time in companies history0:20:52 “UFC is not a promotion its a marketing company”0:22:05 When the UFC was sold it was doomsday0:24:03 The way the UFC handled the buy out was the worse; UFC ranlike a mom and pop shop0:26:36 Marquel going to CAA after getting laid off from the UFC0:27:41 Needing to have heart surgery before insurance lapses0:29:31 Getting the phone call from CAA while thinking about joinanother agency0:31:01 walking into CAA for the first time COLD OPEN0:31:35 Getting the offer from CAA and moving to California0:32:06 Starting CAA’s combat sports division0:33:45 Marquels approach to running the combat sports division atCAA0:35:10 Signing Francis to CAA and being Marquels biggest client0:37:09 Meeting Francis for the first time0:37:44 MMA is a small pond0:38:11 Dude wipes being a sponsor0:38:36 People signing with CAA to get into movies and the best deals0:39:33 Marquel's presentation to Francis to try and sign him0:40:41 Finally signing Francis to CAA after a year of trying0:43:21 Forming the super team behind Francis0:44:46 Francis winning the Curtis Blaydes fight when they wanted him tolose0:45:26 Marquel calling Eric after the Cain Velasquez fight to being himinto his corner0:46:46 Randy linking with Francis after UFC0:47:56 Eric getting invited to the camp after the JDS fight0:48:41 Eric turning down Francis the first time they talked to himabout him0:51:19 Eric’s favorite trip was the first covid show in Jacksonville0:52:46 Francis walking down the hallway in front ofjarzinio0:55:14 Eric talking to Joe Mazzula about being down in the finals0:58:04 Giving advice to Jay Harbaugh soon about football and MMAcoaching0:59:24 Eric having a non traditional path to MMA and the culturebeing different0:02:55 Being a specialty in MMA as a coach1:03:54 Looking forward to seeing the evolution of MMA1:04:59 Who is the next fighter who is coming up and a specialist ateverything1:07:51 What are some of the biggest mistakes agents make in MMA1:11:06 Doing business right helps you sleep at night1:11:46 BEING A MANAGER IS BEING A BABYSITTER1:13:21 Being put into the position as a bad guy doing what your clientwants1:16:04 Business is a sport and very competitive1:18:06 Dana white using the same tactics they used against himwhen he managed Tito1:22:26 The BTS stories can get really nasty; wanting to do things fair1:25:26 Marquel knew Saudi was going to be a big player in combatsports in the beginning1:26:57 The journey to Saudi and getting the fight wit