Chances are you recognize the guy on the left as Punkass from Tapout. The chucklehead in the middle is Ryan Loco, while Evan Shoman is the dude rocking the white.

Last week, Shoman took time from his insanely busy schedule to talk all kinds of shit about Loco, his co-host on Tapout Radio and world class slacker friend.

Since Shoman and I spent a solid portion of the interview dragging the good name of the Pride of Encinitas, California through the mud, the only reasonable thing to do was to reach out to Loco himself and give him an opportunity to tell his side of the story.

The results are brilliant... and sometimes insulting.

This is the K2 Interview Series... with Ryan Loco.

What's up Loco?

So we're recording an interview for reading. That's weird. Do you have to type it all up?

Yeah, I have to sit and transcribe your words later which...

That's awesome.

For the few people out there in reading land who have no idea who you are or why I would be interested in interviewing you, how would you explain what you do in the world of Mixed Martial Arts?

There are more than a few people; 99.9 percent of the population has no clue who I am.

D'you know what's funny? I was just talking with [TUF 10 contestant] Matt Mitrione and said I had to do this interview with you, and his exact words were, "Who is Ryan Loco?"

Sweet... then first off I'd like to say to Matt whatever the hell your last name is "Go fuck yourself!" because I would never say that about Matt.

I think Matt is a tremendous guy; strong, really religious and devoted to his faith, and one time he wrestled a bear. See? I do my homework.

But for everyone else, I don't know. To classify who and what I am is the hardest thing in the world because I don't even know what I do. I get paid to wake up and go to Starbucks every day.

I write for Fight! Magazine, I host Tapout Radio with Crooklyn and Evan Shoman, and I have my own reality show The Loco Life, and Jaco Clothing sponsors that, as well as takes care of me just to be the face; the guy who runs around and gets in the mix.

For a young, very attractive man like myself, it's a great deal.

Do you know that you're my hero? There's a montage of you doing SFA other than hanging out at fights playing in my head right now with "The Wind Beneath My Wings" as the soundtrack.

It's not easy when they call you up and say, "Hey, you have to go to Dallas for UFC, after going to Portland for UFC" and "Hey, you have to host a party... hey, this girl wants to hang out with you... hey, can you go to this car tradeshow... hey, we got tickets for you to this giant car show in Vegas... hey, will you be interviewed on Facebook?"

It's a chore.

It sounds like a rough life. I can't believe you're not more stressed out than you are.

It's not easy. Lemme got through a typical day for you right quick so you can see what I have to go through.

I wake up whenever I feel like it and then I go to Starbucks. Maybe I go to the beach, I don't know; I...