MMA History

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1785377/open_sms] Ep 279 Hermes Franca Career & Controversy  Hermes Franca fought some of the toughest guys in the world during his time at the UFC; inside the cage he seemed to be in complete control…. Outside of the cage was a different story.  In his first interview in over a decade, Her ws joins us to talk about his career and path to a world title fight  #americantopteam  Ep 279 Hermes Franca Career & Controversy  0:00 Disclaimer  0:56 plugs/ promotions  1:36 Lytes out intro  2:09 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 2:33 interview start  3:04 beginnings in Jiu Jitsu  5:23 connecting with American Top Team  8:52 Hermes Franca vs Mike Brown 12:35 Hermes Franca vs Don Kaecher 13:57 Hermes Franca vs Anthony Hamlett 14:38 Hermes Franca vs Ryan Diaz 16:10 thoughts on Jeff Monson  17:53 Hermes Franca vs Rich Crunkilton 22:25 Hermes Franca vs Caol Uno  23:42 Hermes Franca vs Josh Thomson 26:30 Hermes Franca vs Yves Edwards 29:11 connecting with Murilo Bustamonte 32:03 fighting Manny Reyes after online argument  35:36 returning to American Top Team  36:27 issues at American Top Team  38:10 first Black belt awarded at ATT 39:31 experience with Pacatau  40:16 Hermes Franca vs Yves Edwards rematch  41:04 Hermes Franca vs Ray Cooper  42:42 Hermes Franca vs Ketetsu Boku  43:30 opening up the Armory gym  44:34 controversy around with Kurt Pellegrino 48:05 Hermes Franca vs Gabe Rudiger 51:37 Hermes Franca vs Ryan Schultz  53:05 Joe Jordan short notice fight 55:15 Hermes Franca vs Jamie Varner  56:41 Hermes Franca vs Nate Diaz  1:00:09 Hermes Franca vs Spencer Fisher  1:05:38 choosing to stay sober  1:08:20 early life trauma  1:11:48 popped for PEDs after Sean Sherk fight  1:15:50 1 year suspension  1:17:53 Hermes Franca vs Frankie Edgar  1:18:56 giving the finger to ATT in photo  1:21:16 Hermes Franca vs Marcus Aurilio 1:26:11 Dana White paying for knee surgery  1:30:22 addiction to alcohol  1:34:15 Hermes Franca vs Ferrid Kheder 1:38:16 interview wrap up  1:40:05 outro/ closing thoughts Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MMAHistoryPodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/s3mV6wyNgv Socials:  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbw Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809  Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb  Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: Cutthroatmma@gmail.com / ph#: 773-491-5052  Follow the #LOP team on Instagram:  Chris Lytle - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle  Mike Davis - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Joey Venti - Assistant - @aj_ventitre Tyson Green - Producer - @ty.green.welding Andrew Mendoza - Timestamps - @ambidexstress Andy Campbell - Social Media Manager - @martial_mindset_ Josh Campbell - Contributer John Perretti - Historical Contributer Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcast Support the show [https://cash.app/$mikedavis1231]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1785377/open_sms] Ep 278 Roberto Traven ADCC & MMA Deep Dive  Roberto Traven beginnings in the sport takes us back to the war between Lita Livre & Gracie Jiu Jitsu  Very rarely do we ever get such an early look into a time in the sport when there was such chaos.  Phenomenal listen  Ep 278 Roberto Traven ADCC & MMA Deep Dive  0:00 plugs/ promotions  0:42 Lytes out intro  1:14 guest introduction 1:44 interview start  1:47 plugs/ promotions  2:48 learning Jiu jitsu at 16  4:18 Luta Livre vs Jiu Jitsu  4:48 Rickson Gracie vs Hugo Duarte beach fight  10:25 interactions with Ryan Gracie  11:55 unable to vision popularity of Jiu Jitsu  15:32 paving the road for modern BJJ  17:34 Rolls Gracie  18:40 interactions with Gabi García 19:35 training with George Medhi 21:36 thoughts on Paqueta  23:54 Injuring shoulder at the first IBJJF  25:07 Roberto Traven vs Dave Berry 27:53 cornering Fabio Gurgel 28:31 cancelled bout with Mark Coleman due to injury  29:44 coaching Fabio Gurgel during fights  30:39 Absolute fighting championship 2 33:03 Don Frye cornering Leonid Efremov 34:34 Roberto Traven vs Leonardo Branco 36:01 training with Claudio Coelho 41:30 Roberto Traven vs John Machado 41:47 getting invited to ADCC  43:26 Jeff Monson in the absolute devision  44:09 Roberto Traven vs Hayato Sakuri 45:50 ADCC having success  47:09 Roberto Traven vs Mario Sperry 49:25 Terere promoted to black belt after 5 years 50:23 Fabio Gurgel having keys to the gym  50:59 Roberto Traven vs Gueorguiev Txvetkov 52:47 experience training Luta Livre  55:39 Marco Ruas respectfully calling out Rickson Gracie  57:10 Roberto Traven vs Dave Menne 58:07 Roberto Traven vs Tom Erickson 59:09 experience in Australia  1:01:32 forming a super team  1:03:44 student Ethan Garrison 1:04:21 Rory and Adam Singer 1:05:15 Mario Esfahan McCord 1:05:44 Robert Drysdale 1:06:48 Leo Vieira 1:07:16 Chris Moriarty 1:08:29 advice for Jiu Jitsu athletes  1:10:16 interview wrap up  1:10:29 outro/ closing thoughts  Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MMAHistoryPodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/s3mV6wyNgv Socials:  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbw Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809  Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb  Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: Cutthroatmma@gmail.com / ph#: 773-491-5052  Follow the #LOP team on Instagram:  Chris Lytle - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle  Mike Davis - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Joey Venti - Assistant - @aj_ventitre Tyson Green - Producer - @ty.green.welding Andrew Mendoza - Timestamps - @ambidexstress Andy Campbell - Social Media Manager - @martial_mindset_ Josh Campbell - Contributer John Perretti - Historical Contributer Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcast Support the show [https://cash.app/$mikedavis1231]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1785377/open_sms] Ep 277 Mac Danzig & Kenny Florian The Ultimate Fighter  Mac Danzig joins us for a part 3 on his career interview, joining the interview in TUF 1 finalist Kenny Florian.   We get a peak into Kenny Florian’s career prior to the UFC in this historic interview  Ep 277 Mac Danviz w/ Kenny Florian The Ultimate Fighter  0:00 plugs/ promotions  0:42 Lytes out intro  1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 1:48 interview start  2:00 Kenny Florian vs Nuri Shakir 6:16 beating Drew Fickett to get o 9:08 Dr Lenny Waice   9:51 Mac Danzig offered TUF after Pride fc buyout  13:22 TUF coaches picking teams  16:14 War machine replacing Roman Mitichyan  18:42 Mac Danzig vs Joe Scarola 23:00 recognized in public after TUF aired  24:27 Andy Want receiving hate 28:42 surviving financially after TUF  30:47 training sessions during TUF 33:59 portrayed negatively on TUF 37:55 staying quiet about being in the finals  40:24 Mac Danzig vs Tom Speer 44:52 moving past TUF after show finale 48:04 corner during Tom Speer fight  49:31 Mac Danzig self coaching early  54:02 coaches having no fight experience  59:34 what it takes to be a great coach  1:02:36 moving down to 155lbs after winning TUF  1:03:54 Mac Danzig vs Mark Bocek  1:07:31 Mac Danzig vs Clay Guida  1:12:10 Mac Danzig vs Josh Neer  1:19:09 learning from tough opponents  1:20:16 comments after 2 straight losses  1:24:04 Mac Danzig vs Jim Miller  1:29:39 smelling blood from ringside during fights  1:30:41 interview wrap up  1:31:19 outro/ closing thoughts  Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MMAHistoryPodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/s3mV6wyNgv Socials:  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbw Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809  Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb  Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: Cutthroatmma@gmail.com / ph#: 773-491-5052  Follow the #LOP team on Instagram:  Chris Lytle - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle  Mike Davis - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Joey Venti - Assistant - @aj_ventitre Tyson Green - Producer - @ty.green.welding Andrew Mendoza - Timestamps - @ambidexstress Andy Campbell - Social Media Manager - @martial_mindset_ Josh Campbell - Contributer John Perretti - Historical Contributer Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcast Support the show [https://cash.app/$mikedavis1231]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1785377/open_sms] Ep 276 Seth Petruzelli Deep Dive  Seth Petruzelli career is filled with incredible moments; from fighting Bob Sapp in Japan to crashing the EliteXC organization after knocking out Kimbo Slice.  Seth Petruzelli completely peels back the curtain when discussing his experiences in this incredible interview.  Seth Petruzelli Deep Dive Ep 276 0:00 plugs/ promotions  0:42 Lytes out intro  1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 1:36 interview start  1:38 current life  2:30 teaching Japanese Karate  4:57 wrestling in high school  6:46 connecting with Tim Catalfo  10:29 fighting Kevin Randleman on Rooftop  15:07 Hammer house partying  15:59 sending student to accept HOF award  18:16 Seth Petruzelli vs Mario Neto 23:13 experience with Frederico Lapenda  24:00 interactions with Darrell Gholar  25:13 Seth Petruzelli vs Gan McGee 27:31 Seth Petruzelli vs Mike Ward 28:48 Seth Petruzelli vs Rocky Batastini 30:58 Seth Petruzelli vs Brian Hawkins 33:27 Switching to Marcio Simas gym 35:23 Seth Petruzelli vs Dan Severn  38:28 manager Chris Cordiero 39:00 Seth Petruzelli vs Bob Sapp 40:01 interactions with Bob Sapp 43:37 Seth Petruzelli vs Alexander Pichkunov 45:08 audition for TUF 2 46:58 Rashad Evans story  48:41 pranks during TUF 2  50:55 not fighting on TUF 2 finale  52:10 Seth Petruzelli vs Dan Christianson 53:24 overtraining during TUF 2 filming  54:42 experience with Matt Hughes  54:59 Seth Petruzelli vs Brad Imes 56:03 health issues after filming TUF 2  57:09 experience with Joe Silva  57:41 Seth Petruzelli vs Matt Hamill 1:01:30 getting cut from the UFC  1:02:12 Seth Petruzelli vs Wilson Gouveua 1:03:37 experience with Jamie Levine  1:05:52 cancelled bout with Cyrille Diabate 1:07:03 originally fighting on undercard for Elite XC 1:08:29 Ken Shamrock pay issues for Kimbo slice fight  1:11:56 doing color commentary for fights  1:13:55 finding out about fighting Kimbo Slice  1:18:23 conversations after Kimbo Slice fight  1:19:22 Dana White comment on EliteXC 1:20:00 mentioning being paid to keep fight standing  1:20:54 finding out EliteXC is out of business  1:23:51 experience with Charles Bennet  1:25:05 Bart Vale  1:26:22 sparring with Wanderlei Silva 1:27:42 Ariel Gandula 1:29:00 Rob Kahn 1:29:56 plugs/ promotions  1:33:21 interview wrap up  1:34:09 outro/ closing thoughts  Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MMAHistoryPodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/s3mV6wyNgv Socials:  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbw Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809  Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb  Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: Cutthroatmma@gmail.com / ph#: 773-491-5052  Follow the #LOP team on Instagram:  Chris Lytle - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle  Mike Davis - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Joey Venti - Assistant - @aj_ventitre Tyson Green - Producer - @ty.green.welding Andrew Mendoza - Timestamps - @ambidexstress Andy Campbell - Social Media Manager - @martial_mindset_ Josh Campbell - Contributer John Perretti - Historical Contributer Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetectiv Support the show [https://cash.app/$mikedavis1231]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1785377/open_sms] Ep 275 Wilson Reis BEFORE the UFC  Wilson Reis came to us through a legendary team consisting of Macaco & Godoi; Reis witnessed the split between the two master coaches.   We talk about the highs, the lows and the controversy between Godoi and Macaco Special Thank You to Matt Giancarlo for sitting in and lining this up  Ep 275 Wilson Reis BEFORE the UFC  0:00 plugs/ promotions  0:42 Lytes out intro  1:14 guest introduction 1:42 interview start  2:13 American jiu jitsu vs Brazilian Jiu Jitsu  2:59 making adjustments training in the US 6:58 4 toughest American grapplers  9:19 beginnings in Jiu Jitsu  11:27 finding Acadamia de Macaco 14:15 fallout between Macaco and Godoi  19:43 Macaco and Godoi black belt ceremony  21:16 choosing to stay with Godoi after split  25:24 experience with Charles Oliveira  27:26 plugs/ promotions  28:32 becoming a world champion at brown belt  29:50 rumor of switching to Gracie Barra  31:11 motivation for moving to the United States  32:53 relationship with Lloyd Irvin 34:18 Wilson Reis vs Baba Shigeyasu 36:26 Wilson Reis vs Justin Robbins 37:58 Wilson Reis vs Bryan Caraway 41:44 Elite XC financial issues  43:07 Wilson Reis vs Abel Cullum 45:29 training with Eddie Alvarez  46:50 managed by Matt Stansell in Bellator  50:28 experience at Bellator 2  51:27 hanging out with Hector Lombard  53:13 thoughts on Alexis Vila  53:50 switching management to KO Reps  55:10 struggles fighting Brazilian opponents  55:52 training partner Matt Makowski 56:45 training partner Jared Weiner 57:08 problems with X guard in MMA 58:32 Wilson Reis vs Deividas Taurosevicius 59:21 Wilson Reis vs Zac George 1:00:32 Wilson Reis rematch with Patricio Pitbul 1:01:30 cancelled bout with Farkhad Sharipov 1:03:15 released from Bellator  1:03:27 Wilson Reis vs Bruno Menzezes in Brazil  1:05:00 coaching on TUF 16  1:06:19 thoughts on Myles Jury  1:08:04 Billy Vaughan 1:09:07 Wilson Reis vs Owen Roddy 1:10:43 cancelled bout with Hugo Viana 1:12:01 Wilson Reis vs Ivan Menjivar  1:16:39 advice to fighters  1:18:59 interview wrap up  1:19:46 outro/ closing thoughts  Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MMAHistoryPodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/s3mV6wyNgv Socials:  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbw Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809  Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb  Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: Cutthroatmma@gmail.com / ph#: 773-491-5052  Follow the #LOP team on Instagram:  Chris Lytle - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle  Mike Davis - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Joey Venti - Assistant - @aj_ventitre Tyson Green - Producer - @ty.green.welding Andrew Mendoza - Timestamps - @ambidexstress Andy Campbell - Social Media Manager - @martial_mindset_ Josh Campbell - Contributer John Perretti - Historical Contributer Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcast Support the show [https://cash.app/$mikedavis1231]