So I really have a great appreciation for this art form. It's the kind of art form that takes a lot of practice. I'm getting in incredible shape – better shape than I've probably been in my life and I'm going to be 41 years old on Aug. 10. It’s a wonderful sport and I would encourage all moms and dads to get their kids involved in jui-jitsu and in martial arts in general. This is a wonderful time for me in my career.

Doug Jeffrey: Now having done this, would you – could you – if you could go back in time, desire to participate in mixed martial arts because you have that sports background?

Gus Johnson: That's very interesting. I wanted to box when I was a young – I was a wrestler as a kid among other sports. Mixed martial arts – to say whether or not I would like to compete, that's a whole different mentality. I've never had that kind of warrior mentality from a professional standpoint. I don't know. I mean, it's a very interesting question because what I'm finding in terms of the jui-jitsu side, I'm good and I'm going to be much better. But would I want to go out there and risk my life or risk really getting hurt, I don't know, but what I can say is I have a great appreciation for any man or woman that walks in that cage.

Operator: We'll go next to Tom Hoffarth with "Los Angeles Daily News."

Tom Hoffarth: Gus, from the feedback that you got from the first telecast did you get a feeling the average viewer figured out what was going on as well as the hardcore fan and if there was any negative feedback like, oh, this was too barbaric, I couldn't watch, were you able to understand that and sort of tell the person just give it a little more time and you'll get into it?

Gus Johnson: Oh, I got great feedback. A lot of people came to me and said they watched. I had guys come to me and say ‘I didn't like that mixed martial arts stuff but I sat there not only by myself but I sat there with my entire family and we watched the entire show from the very beginning until the very end and it was barbaric, it was bloody, but for some reason, we all liked it. We saw the brilliance and the genius in it on a number of different levels.’

I mean, everybody's talking about James “Colossus’’ Thompson and how Kimbo hit him in that ear and that's probably one of the most passed around or downloaded pieces of video on YouTube. So the criticism was that it was too barbaric, that it was too violent, but at the same time, I think people understand that mixed martial arts -- because it combines so many different styles -- is a simulation. As a matter of fact, the New York Times after the show had an article about how the United States Army is starting to conduct mixed martial arts' demonstrations and starting to allow their soldiers to train in mixed martial arts for combat purposes.