Coffeez for Closers with Joe Shalaby
May 28, 2026 · 58 min · 13 segments
Six time UFC world champion. Army veteran. Actor. Entrepreneur. Joe sits down with Randy "The Natural" Couture to hear the story behind the legend. The Army days, the Wild West era of UFC, dominating…
Morning routine, uh, take my vitamins and supplements, get my coffee in, and that's about it.
Uh, been doing the intermittent fasting since I retired from fighting i, in 2011.
So, uh, my window to eat is generally from 1:00 to 7:00, 2:00 to 8:00, that six-hour window.
And, and at the age you dominated the sport just defies, like, what the human body can take.
I think the science of athletics has come a long way, and you're seeing that across the board.
You know, obviously in MMA, I, I pushed that to 47, but you're seeing that in a lot of other sports, athletes fighting into their 40s, where I think 30 kinda used to be that cutoff, so to speak.
I think that cutoff has been pushed back now to 40 pretty, pretty significantly across the board.
Smarter about our bodies, what to put in them, how to, how to get the most out of them, and I'm certainly no exception to that.
You know, trying to run a Ferrari, so you gotta put good things in it and, and take care of it, or it's not gonna run very long.
Yeah, I mean, I, I can't imagine the lifestyle you lived to leave the sport as a champion at 47.
Morning routine, uh, take my vitamins and supplements, get my coffee in, and that's about it.
Uh, been doing the intermittent fasting since I retired from fighting i, in 2011.
So, uh, my window to eat is generally from 1:00 to 7:00, 2:00 to 8:00, that six-hour window.
And, and at the age you dominated the sport just defies, like, what the human body can take.
I think the science of athletics has come a long way, and you're seeing that across the board.
You know, obviously in MMA, I, I pushed that to 47, but you're seeing that in a lot of other sports, athletes fighting into their 40s, where I think 30 kinda used to be that cutoff, so to speak.
I think that cutoff has been pushed back now to 40 pretty, pretty significantly across the board.
Smarter about our bodies, what to put in them, how to, how to get the most out of them, and I'm certainly no exception to that.
You know, trying to run a Ferrari, so you gotta put good things in it and, and take care of it, or it's not gonna run very long.
Yeah, I mean, I, I can't imagine the lifestyle you lived to leave the sport as a champion at 47.
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