Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen kick off the New Year with a wide-ranging conversation on parenting, fitness, comedy careers, content creation, and the changing landscape of stand-up comedy. The guys talk about raising kids, staying disciplined with fitness, setting realistic New Year goals, and how the comedy world has evolved in the age of podcasts, social media, and constant content. Bryan reflects on being a lifelong stand-up comic, while Brendan discusses adapting to modern media, building businesses, and navigating relevance in today’s entertainment world. This episode of The Fighter and The Kid blends humor, honesty, and real conversations about getting older, staying motivated, and figuring it out in 2026. #TFATK #TheFighterAndTheKid #BrendanSchaub #BryanCallen #ComedyPodcast #MMAPodcast #NewYearEpisode #PodcastClips #StandUpComedy #UFC #ComedyTalk #podcastlife Get this episode and all future episodes AD FREE + 2 extended episodes, Fan Questions, exclusive behind the scenes content and more each month at https://www.patreon.com/tfatk True Classic - Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at trueclassic.com/FIGHTER! #trueclassicpod Magic Mind - https://magicmind.com/ For more The Fighter and The Kid visit: http://www.fatkz.com/ Brendan's Tour Dates: https://www.fatkz.com/brendan-schaub-tour-dates/ Bryan’s Tour Dates: https://www.bryancallen.com Follow Brendan on social media: Twitter https://twitter.com/brendanschaub Instagram https://instagram.com/brendanschaub Thicccboy YT https://youtube.com/c/thicccboy Follow Bryan on social media: Twitter https://twitter.com/bryancallen Instagram https://instagram.com/bryancallen “Best Of” series, new episodes drop every Monday https://youtu.be/LqB7FOkLwqs TFATK Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCohZMReM1dQ5BMeYOlr71mA The Fighter and The Kid on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefighterandthekid/ Listen to The Fighter and The Kid on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fighterandthekid Subscribe to The Fighter and The Kid on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighter-the-kid/id706421907?mt=2 Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:30 Bryan's son is a gearhead 1:30 Odds of being an F1 driver 3:50 Tennis vs other sports debate 5:50 Naoya The Monster Inoue 6:45 Bryan doing stand up on NYE 10:03 Bryan learning standing chokes 11:16 Bryan demonstrating his new chokes on Brendan 15:50 New Year's goals 16:45 Stand up evolution 23:00 Brendan and Joanna using vision boards 27:40 Young people ditching social media 30:10 Super Bowl picks 33:45 New Year's plans 37:40 Current Events 39:20 Stranger Things explanation 46:35 Kelly Osbourne dramatic change 51:23 Somali daycare controversy 55:08 Arman Tsarukyan vs Shara Bullet 56:26 Viral fishing videos 59:37 Toyota Untold