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The Rise of PowerSlap's New Champion: Brandon Bardot | Branden the Butcher DSH #1271
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Meet Branden Bordeaux, the new champion of PowerSlap! 🏆 In this electrifying episode of Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly, Branden shares his incredible journey from MMA fighter to PowerSlap world champion. Hear how he overcame a career-altering back injury, dedicated himself to the sport, and claimed victory through grit, precision, and mental toughness. 💪 Branden opens up about his rigorous training regime, unique techniques for building jaw and neck strength, and what it takes to handle the pressure of competing under the bright lights. From intense matches to wild hunting stories and life lessons from his butchering days, this episode is packed with valuable insights and unforgettable moments. 🐻🔥 Tune in now to hear Branden’s mindset on being a champion, his plans to defend the title, and what’s next for this determined athlete. Don’t miss out on this thrilling conversation that takes you behind the scenes of PowerSlap! Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Post-Fight Analysis 02:12 - Jawsercise Techniques 03:34 - Going Last Strategy 06:18 - Transitioning from MMA to Boxing 09:58 - Mental Resiliency Tips 11:08 - Next Fight Plans 12:46 - Brain Health Importance 13:28 - Recovering from a Broken Nose 16:55 - Training to Avoid Flinching 17:47 - Mental Warfare in Matches 19:08 - Experiencing Dizziness in Fights 21:09 - UFC 270 Overview 22:22 - High School Wrestling Experience 23:39 - Butchering Techniques 26:30 - Bear Hunting Tips 30:31 - Goat Hunting Insights 33:03 - What’s Next for Branden 33:55 - Powerslap Discussion APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Branden Bordeaux https://www.instagram.com/thebutcherbordeaux/ SPONSORS: KINSTA: https://kinsta.com/dsh RXSUGAR: https://rxsugar.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ #ufc #mma #powerslap #highlight #striker
Chapter 1: Who is Branden Bordeaux and how did he become a PowerSlap Champion?
All right, guys. Brandon Bordeaux here, aka the butcher and new champ of Powerslap. Let's go, man. Congrats. Thank you for having me. Appreciate it. What a fight last night. Yeah, it was amazing. Main event and KO, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. First round. I called it. You know, I said it was going to be one and done, and it was one and done. I said, well, he won the coin toss. So I said I was going to eat that first shot and put it out one and done, and then it's nice to speak it into existence and then go out there and make it happen. Yeah. Do you like going first or second usually?
Actually, either way is kind of fine with me. I mean, I would personally rather go first, you know what I mean, and not have to take a shot if you don't have to. But, you know what I mean, I'm plenty confident in my chin to where if I have to take the shot like I did last night, I'm plenty confident that I can do it. turn around, return fire, and put them out in one shot.
Good shit, man. Have you trained your chin, or is it natural?
Chapter 2: What are Branden Bordeaux's training techniques for a strong jaw and neck?
Yeah, well, I've trained... I think sometimes it comes down to being able to have a natural...
chin as well yeah but i also do train a lot like you know i do a lot of neck exercises i do a lot of a lot of jaw exercises these jaws are size that i chew on i've seen those you have to keep your jaw strong those actually work yeah yeah yeah and you can tell like the more i've done them you can almost like your jaw muscles almost form into like like a golf ball damn is what it really feels like and then the neck workouts and stuff that i do i'll go to like four or five different variations of neck work and we're uh we're hitting those like three days a week holy crap so i went through a uh
From December 6th, so I knew the situation, early stoppage, kind of a bad stoppage on December 6th. I knew that night, this March 7th, was coming up. So I got with a new personal trainer and really hit things hard. And we really focused on, we did eight weeks of just strength training. And then we did four weeks of strength training and striking training.
So we really buckled down and really hit things hard this time. And it was nice to go out there and
and uh put the stamp on it like i did that's impressive man yeah i've seen studies on how our jaws are much weaker now because of processed foods yeah people don't eat the gamey meat or whatever yep yep yeah i've heard that a lot you know i mean that's where that jaws are size comes in you know i mean or or like you said you know what i mean people have gone to eating a lot more soft foods and stuff like that so your jaw is not as naturally strong as what it should be is you know back in back in the times when they're chewing on meat or they're chewing on bones or whatever it is you know you got a nice strong jaw but
like you said, with those soft foods and stuff nowadays, people, you know, your jaw's nowhere near as strong as what it should be. So using devices and stuff like that, you know what I mean? It, it, it helps things and helps that, you know, be nice and strong right there, which obviously helps being able to take the shot as well. Yeah. I need to get one of those jaws or sizes. Yeah. Yeah. Right.
Wow. Yeah. Good company. You know what I mean? They've done a great job with, with how they've manufactured and made things. And, you know, I, I firmly believe in it because, you know, I've, I've been using it for the last couple of years and, Actually, from December, what I try to do is I try to do 1,000 reps of that. I do it per night. Holy crap. I like to try to get in seven days a week.
Sometimes, obviously, you miss it. I like to at least try to get in five days a week. You're trying to do about 5,000 reps of that jaw exercise per week. That adds up pretty quick. I think I did, from the December 6th match up until this March match, I think I did over 50,000 reps with that thing with my jaw. That all just plays in the factor of being able to eat those shots.
that on top of the neck strength training that I did. You know what I mean? It definitely helps for sure. Yeah, that's nuts, man. Going last, were you nervous because you had to watch all the other fights first?
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Chapter 3: How did Branden transition from MMA to PowerSlap after a back injury?
That's the wrong mindset to have, man. When you're champion, you constantly have contenders, you know what I mean? Want, want, and,
what you have you constantly have a target on your back and if you're not constantly improving or trying to widen that gap in the competition somebody's gonna catch you yeah somebody's old what's up guys shout out to rx sugar one of my favorite snack brands i'm about to try a flavor i've never had before vanilla cream let's see what we got here that's solid i love vanilla it's my favorite ice cream flavor definitely check them out guys r sugar
always working, right? And now that I'm at the top of the mountain now, now I'm challenging all these other guys to, if you think you're going to beat me, you're going to have to outwork me first. And I promise you, you ain't ever outworking me. I love that. It's impressive because you got a full-time job back home and you're balancing this with that.
So yeah, absolutely. And actually, um, come January, I kind of stepped back from my job. Oh yeah. Yeah. So I, my, my, luckily my younger brother, you know what I mean? He stepped up and kind of really took care of things the last couple of months for us. And, uh, I told him, you know, we all knew what I was chasing. We all knew what I was after. So, you know, I said, I'm gonna,
I got to kind of take a step back a little bit and put a little bit more on his shoulders. I mean, so like I said, shout out to him for being able to take care of all that stuff so I could concentrate on what I needed to concentrate on. And now it paid off. Here we are as world champion. And you want to be a two division champ. So do you want to go up or down and wait?
I mean, personally, I would like to go up. I am the type that I will I want to clear out 185 first. you know what I mean? I want the next, I always want the next baddest motherfuckers. What I said, you know, whether that's the trilogy with the guy I just went against or whether that's the next person, whatever it is, line the contenders up, I'll knock them all down. I'll clear out that division.
And then after the possibility to let me go up and go up to something up there, that'd be amazing. Cause going up way harder than going down, right?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I just don't think for like myself, I don't know if I could go down to one 70, you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. I keep myself like I keep my weight maintained. So I try to stay within, you know, 10 pounds when I stay really disciplined. If there's, Times where I have some time off, I will get up to like 215, 217. Yeah.
So, you know, I mean, I don't like making that cut from 215 to 185. So, you know, this time around, like I said, after December 6th, I knew what was coming in March. So I kept my weight within 10 pounds. I mean, a week and a half, two weeks out, I was already on weight, which benefits me because you get some of these guys who come in there and they kind of water cut everything. Yeah.
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Chapter 4: What mindset and strategies does Branden use to maintain his champion status?
Let me get my one shot off and they let me get my one shot off. And now here we are. Oh, you wouldn't stop later.
World champion. No, yeah, I wouldn't stop bleeding. And then they said something up there like they can't put super glue on it while you're up on stage. So they basically just had to let it go. So they wiped me down. They held it real quick. All right, go. So I got out there and went. So you don't know what I mean.
If the match doesn't get finished on that shot, I don't know what happens because that nose doesn't just stop bleeding. I even asked them while we were up there because Like sometimes in wrestling, if you get a bloody nose, you get a busted nose, we'll shove like cotton balls up there and then we'll just tape around it. So I asked him, I was like, can you just tape it?
Just tape my whole, tape right around my nose. I don't care. I'll keep going. Like, no, we can't do that because of the rules. But I mean, I wasn't letting a little bit of a blood, little blood or a broken nose stop me from winning that world title. That wasn't, you know, I said, you know, a few months ago, his head is the only thing that's in the way of me in a world title. You know what I mean?
So I break my nose. That's fine. I'm going to come take your head off. And I took my world title. Love that mindset, dude. Thank you. Yeah, I had Hawaiian on yesterday. Man, a missed hit can mess you up. He lost a tooth over a missed hit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think that was at Power Slap 8, I want to say, back in June. I remember him saying something about it. Yeah.
Yeah, he took a shot and ripped his tooth right out of there. You guys are hitting hard. It's not like it's a... I mean, it is a slap, but it's still really hard.
Oh yeah. I mean, it feels like, I can tell you right now, it doesn't feel like, it doesn't feel like a, you know, like a slap, you know what I mean? When you get hit and you get hit with a good shot, you know what I mean? It feels, you definitely, everyone's got a button they say. Yes. Everybody does. You know, everybody has a button and it's just about finding that button. And that's what, to me,
Like, yeah, power is huge, obviously. But to me, I think accuracy is bigger than all of it. Right. Because you carry a lot of power. But if I don't hit somebody in the right spot, you might not necessarily knock them out or you carry a lot of power and you hit them in the wrong spot and you club and then you knock them out and you club them.
Well, now you just lost that DQ because, you know, I mean, you fouled and knocked them out. Right. So, you know, it's very important. The accuracy accuracy is killer in this sport. How many clubs do you get? Is it two? So in a three-round fight, you would get two. You get two offensive fouls. And then in a five-round title fight, you technically get three offensive fouls. Damn.
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Chapter 5: How does Branden manage weight and brain health for competitions?
Right, right. What do I got to do to this guy? He just had his hands behind his back. I just hit him as hard as I possibly could. Now here he is laughing at me or screaming in my face or whatever is making a mockery of me. So, yeah, it's important up there to play that mental warfare. And it's also important – to do it to show the judges, you know what I mean?
Because they're judging off, you know, damage or effectiveness of the strikes. So say they hit you and you step out of the box. Well, now that makes it look like their strike hit you and pushed you out of the box. Well, now I go to hit you, right? And you stay right where you are and say, you taught me. Now you didn't move out of that box or anything.
So more than likely you won that round just because I stepped out of that box and it made it look like, you know what I mean? Your strike pushed me out of that box and did more damage to me. So there's a game within, you know, there's a game within the game when you're up there. You know what I mean?
That's what I tell some of these new guys and stuff that are coming in or anybody that I'm coaching. If you're rocked, you got to play it off as you're not rocked. You know what I mean? If somebody catches you and you're really rocked, you just stay right there. Give them a little bit of a taunt. Bring yourself back. Keep your feet in that box.
And then after you've made your gestures, then you take yourself and walk out of that box. Don't make it look like their strike pushed you out of that box. Makes sense. Have you ever been like dizzy and you just played it off?
No. Well, so in December, the second round, Isaiah caught me with it. You know, he caught me with it. probably his best shot. You know, the same shot that he's flatlined, you know, put quite a few people out with. And, you know, I kind of had a lull in judgment and on my defense I kind of slipped up. I was standing a little too tall. You know what I mean?
I was kind of pulling back a little bit when he hit me. And I think that kind of helped me, you know, fall back on my ass and stuff like that. But I hit the ground and I was back on my feet within like three or four seconds, which... Could have been a mistake too, you know what I mean? Sometimes when you get dropped like that, they tell you to roll over, take the knee, you know what I mean?
Wait till you hear six, seven, eight, and then come up. So you could recover more. Yeah. Well, it all happened, you know what I mean? With it being the first time in my career, it all happened so fast. You know what I mean? Next thing you know, you're hitting your ass. Your natural instinct is just to pop right up. You know, I popped right up, looked right at the raft. I gave him a thumbs up.
And I even looked over at the catchers. Like, if I was messed up, I wouldn't be, like, looking at other people. I seen him. I seen one of the catchers that I knew from the reality show. So I looked right over at him. And he told me to walk. And I went to walk. And my foot had just barely caught the mat. So I did the slightest little stumble. And then I go and wave it off.
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Chapter 6: What are the rules and importance of accuracy in PowerSlap?
So we're just sitting there, you know, waiting for it. And the next thing you know, I start seeing these bear carts that's coming in and you start seeing it for the first time in person. Holy shit, this is wild. You know, they got bait barrels down there and stuff like that.
Well, you know, actually when we were climbing up into the stand, I climb it up in front of my dad and I get up there and there's a damn bone from the barrel sitting right on the tree stand. So I'm like, that's my instinct. My first thing was like,
I grabbed the bone and looked at my dad and said, because they're grabbing that bait and they're running up that tree and then they're sitting there eating it. So we're sitting in this tree and I'm looking over and you can see there's bear shit on the tree. And you can see the greasy paws where they're walking on these limbs and stuff and they're walking all over this tree stand.
So when that first bear comes walking in, you can see it kind of looking up out of the corner of its eye at us. And I'm like... that damn bear knows we're here. So I'm just a kid, you know what I mean?
I'm a middle school kid thinking, kind of shit in my pants a little bit because I'm like, this thing's going to, you know, it's going to take something out of the bone barrel and it's going to come running up this tree. My dad has had, him and his buddies used to go up there every year.
Well, one of his buddies had a situation where a bear did come running right up into the tree, right under his tree stand. You know what I mean? So here I am as a kid thinking that's what's going to happen with, you know, I was kind of shit in my pants. But luckily that first one that came in was a really good sized bear. So, and they kind of judge it off, like how tall the back is to the barrel.
They say, they say if the, you know, the, the bear's back reached the top of the barrel, that's probably around a 300 pound bear. So as that one come in, my dad kind of gave me, you know, kind of tapped me and said, go ahead and take that one. Had shot. So, uh, no, I shot, shot it right in the heart. You know what I mean? And at that time, the, uh, bear do what they call like this death moan.
And at that time as a kid, I had never heard it. You know what I mean? So I shot this bear and it kind of went, it only went like 20 yards or so. Well, they do this death moan where they literally like moan for a few minutes. So you're just like, Oh, you know, it kind of trips you out a little bit as a kid, but you know, it's, it was all the experience, you know what I mean?
And being around it and being out there and. You know, it was just more life lessons really being out there and being able to experience a trip like that. It was a lot of fun. I didn't know they were climbing trees like that. That's pretty scary. Yeah, it's wild. That throws you off a little bit. Yeah, because you think you're safe in a tree and then you see it climbing at you.
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