Horseback Wrestling & Kok Boru: Tougher Than MMA? w/ Nick Willert

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Think rugby is rough? Try playing it on horseback while fighting for possession of a 70-pound goat. Nick Willert says he came out of professional MMA fights less injured than he has from Kok Boru and horseback wrestling—and after hearing his stories, I believe him. Nick joins me to explain two sports I barely knew existed: one where you wrestle another rider out of the saddle, and another where four riders work together to move a goat carcass into the opposing team’s goal. We get into competing at the World Nomad Games, drawing an unfamiliar horse, the match that left him with three broken ribs, and why he keeps going back. Then we shift into Forge Line fieldwear and the gear that has to…