Eric Van Lenten and Jalen Kellams

Podcast Hosts

Podcast: Outside the Cage

Why We Started The Podcast - We both grew up as more traditional basketball, football and baseball fans. But as we got older, we both started to turn into MMA fanatics. One night during a UFC card, we were texting each other the whole time about every fight and having some really good conversations. After the card, Jalen said “We should start an MMA podcast” and the rest was history.

the rest was history.

Favorite Sports Moment

Jalen - Lebron winning the 2016 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors to bring the Cleveland Cavaliers their first championship in history.

Eric - USC beating Penn State in the 2016 Rose Bowl

Favorite Five Athletes Of All-Time:

Jalen - Stephen Curry, Israel Adesanya, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Rajon Rondo

Eric - Kobe Bryant, Eli Manning, Andre Ethier, Jeff Gordon, Michael Bisping

Favorite Five Athletes Currently:

Jalen - Sean O'Malley, Stephen Curry, Joe Burrow, Israel Adesanya, Mike Trout

Eric - Sean O'Malley, Daniel Jones, Clayton Kershaw, Max Verstappen, Alex Volkanovski