MMA History Podcast

Send a text #CoreyAnderson #UFC #MMAHistory Corey Anderson UFC Career and Beyond DEEPDIVE (ep. 127) Corey Anderson joins the #LytesOut Podcast to sit and go thru his rise in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. With just a handful of fights under his belt Anderson joined the UFC roster, so he did a lot of his MMA learning on the job. Corey Anderson is active and on the Bellator roster where he is unde...

Send a text #JasonDeLuciaPancrase #JasonDeLucia #PancraseHistory Jason DeLucia Pancrase Career DEEPDIVE (ep.126) A truly historic podcast, the LytesOut crew including Chris Lytle sit down to talk with UFC 1 veteran Jason DeLucia. After back to back appearances in UFC 1 and 2, DeLucia joined Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den and dedicated himself to fighting for Pancrase in Japan. When he ended h...

Send a text Melvin Guillard has been in the fight game since his teens, whe he earned the nickname "The Young Assassin." Two decades into his #FiftyfightClub career, we catch up with Melvin to look back at the early days of his career. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 2:35 Joe Ancona & his “Policies” 6:28 Marco Macera Jiu Jitsu 7:18 Getting on The Ultimate Fighter 12:20 Calvin Martin - Melvin Gu...

Send a text #NeilMagny #UFC #MMAHistory Neil Magny - UFC Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 124) UFC star Neil Magny came aboard with the LytesOut crew to talk about his UFC career.  Magny is a mainstay in the welterweight b division, where he has gone 7-3 in his last 10 appearances.  Chris Lytle has been training with Magny in recent weeks and the "big guy" makes a return appearance on this one as we...

Send a text #DanLambert #ATT #mmahistory  Dan Lambert -  American Top Team Founder DEEPDIVE (ep. 123) Insider alert. Dan Lambert has worked behind the scenes in MMA since the mid 1990s and here he sits with the LytesOut crew to talk about some of his contributions to the sport. If you know Dan, you know this is a rare chance to here the ATT founder talk shop. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 1:38 Going Public...

Send a text #MattMitrione #MMAHistory #UFC  Matt Mitrione Career Close DEEPDIVE (Ep. 122) UFC and Bellator veteran Matt Mitrione returns to the LytesOut Podcast to keep the talk about his MMA career going with the #LytesOut crew. Podcast host Chris Lytle was part of many of Mitrione's training camps and often worked his corner, leading to a lot of little nuggets of detail. 0:00 Intro  2:15 Ja...

Send a text #RobertEmerson #MMAHistory #LytesOut Robert Emerson Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 121) Veteran slugger Robert Emerson joins the #LytesOut Podcast for a look back at his remarkable career. The term "unsung hero" comes to mind as Emerson found himself competing with the world's best since the very beginning of his career. Emerson gave his all and he continues to compete to this day...

Send a text #EddieAlvarez #BeforeTheUFC #mmahistory  EDDIE ALVAREZ Before the UFC DEEPDIVE Eddie Alvarez is from the fighting city of Philadelphia and you can add his name to the list of fighting legends hailing from the City of Brotherly Love. Here, he joins the #LytesOut team for a DEEPDIVE through his early career. Alvarez has been fighting for close to two decades now, but it all started in Ke...

Send a text #KevinRandleman #EricSmith #MMAHistory Kevin Randleman DEEPDIVE w/Eric Smith (ep. 119) Hammer House's Eric Smith fought hall of famers Jose "Pele" Landi and Dan Henderson in his MMA debut. The 2x All-American from Ohio State was with Kevin Randleman's college teammate and he was there for many of "The Monster's" earliest MMA fights.  Talking Kevin Ran...

Send a text #KidYamamoto #EnsonInoue #MMAJAPAN Kid Yamamoto Career DEEPDIVE w/Enson Inoue (ep. 118) Norifumi Kid Yamamoto under the tutelage of Enson Inoue was the brightest star of Japan's MMA scene during it's heyday, the mid-2000's. Taken from us too soon, Kid Yamamoto passed away from stomach cancer in 2018. We ae joined by Enson Inoue himself to remember Norifumi "Kid&quot...

Send a text #BradPickett #UFC #BritishMMA Brad Pickett - WEC & UFC Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 117) Brit Bradley Pickett returns to the LytesOut Podcast to talk about his MMA career once he made it to the UFC and international acclaim. Pickett is one of the groundbreaking fighters who fought as a fly, bantam and featherweight at the sport's highest level. For a treat, at the end Brad walks us th...

Send a text #BradPickett #UFC #BritishMMA Brad Pickett - WEC & UFC Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 117) Brit Bradley Pickett returns to the LytesOut Podcast to talk about his MMA career once he made it to the UFC and international acclaim. Pickett is one of the groundbreaking fighters who fought as a fly, bantam and featherweight at the sport's highest level. For a treat, at the end Brad walks us th...

Send a text #JeremyHorn #MidwestGrind #mmahistory  Jeremy Horn - Fighting in the 1990's DEEPDIVE (ep. 116) We are joined by Jeremy Horn for another of our DEEPDIVE conversations on the early days of MMA. Horn has literally seen it all in this sport and in this DEEPDIVE we concentrate on the man's start in Omaha, Nebraska and we don't make it out of the 1990's. 0:00 Podcast intr...

Send a text #MarkColeman #UFC #Wrestling Mark Coleman - Before The UFC DEEPDIVE (ep. 115) In this DEEPDIVE the MMA Detective Mike Davis sits down with UFC legend Mark Coleman to talk about his fighting career before the UFC. Coleman is still passionate about his encounters with Mike Overmyer, the town tough guy. Unedited interview, Mark Coleman in the raw. All respect to Mike Overmyer who has pass...

Send a text #VladimirMatyusneko #Wrestling #MMA Vladimir Matyushenko Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 113) Vladimir Matyushenko was part of the "Real American Wrestlers" (RAW Team) in the early days. His story starts with his defection to the United States after a wrestling meet where he defeated the legendary David Schultz. Once in the USA, it was his rivals in the wrestling community that took him...

Send a text #MarkSchultz #DaveSchultz #wrestling MMA Detective Mike Davis and Miguel Iturrate talk legendary wrestler Dave Schultz with his brother and fellow Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz. Our first DEEP DIVE with Mark went so well we had to have him back on. As always. Mark reveals several inspiring stories about his and his brother's career. For the hardcore's. Only in the LytesO...

Send a text #ScottBessac #LionsDen #KenShamrock Lion's Den Tell All - Scott Bessac (ep. 111) Original member of the Lions Den speaks about the roots of the world's most famous MMA school. Scott Bessac was there when it all started. Bessac has never pulled punches and he was not about to start now. Take a listen and hear how it all began... **Scott contacted us, he is not sure that jump i...

Send a text #SteveNelson #MMAPioneer #TexasShootfighting Steve Nelson - MMA Pioneer Career DEEPDIVE Back in the late 1990's Texas was a hotbed for "Shootfighting" and that was because of one man - MMA Pioneer Steve Nelson. An Oklahoma State wrestler, Nelson comes  from a family of professional wrestlers and his USWF promotion operating out of Amrillo ws at one point a bigger attract...

Send a text #ColeMiller #UFC #ATT Cole Miller put his work in the regional Georgia/southeast MMA scene before joining ATT and making it to the UFC. Here, Miller takes us through his path from the grassroots fight scene all the way to the "big show." CHAPTERS: 0:00 Start 1:07 Fighting Family 4:18 Finding Team Praxis 10:47 Phillip Peterson Fight 15:50 Joel Weldon Fight 18:17 Early MMA stru...

Send a text #ThiagoAlves #UFC #ATT Thiago Alves - Before The UFC DEEPDIVE (ep. 108) From Brazil to Florida, Thiago Alves was a "fighter" from the start. With American Top Team (ATT) Alves became a professional and a UFC fighter. Obviously there is a lot of miles and stories in that journey, and we invite Thiago to join the LytesOut team to tell us ALL about it. Subscribe to the Lytes Out...

Send a text #DaveHerman #UFC #MMA DAVE “PEE WEE” HERMAN - Career DEEPDIVE Heavyweight Dave Herman came up working his way through the Indy grind. He arrived in the UFC with a gaudy 20-2 record, with experience in Japan and Bellator. He won his UFC debut but dropped 4 fights in a row in the big show. Despite still having heaps of potential, Herman was done by 30 years old in the fight  game... The...

Send a text #JoeStevenson #UFC #MMA Joe Stevenson Early Career DEEPDIVE #FiftyFightClub member Joe Stevenson takes the Lytle crew's DEEPDIVE. To this day, Joe "Daddy" works as a coach and keeps a positive outlook on everything he does but he first fought at fifteen years old and we got Joe going on this stroll down memory lane... 0:00 Podcast intro 0:19 Guest intro and interview sta...

Send a text #JaredGordon #UFC #MMA Jared Gordon - Before The UFC DEEPDIVE (ep. 105) Long Island's Jared Gordon has seen a lot of life BEFORE he started fighting in the UFC. Riding a three fight UFC win streak with a fight scheduled in April, Gordon joins the LytesOut crew to talk about how he got there. This is his early career DEEPDIVE - thank you to Jared for all the honesty. Chapter Timing...

Send a text #JonFitch #MMA #TeamAKA Jon Fitch - UFC Career DEEPDIVE (ep.104) Jon Fitch returns to the LytesOut Podcast to talk about his contentious UFC career. Fitch had a long winning streak to start his UFC run and that led to  title shot against Georges St Pierre. An undefeated challenger for an all-time great champion? What is not to like? Well, it wasn't all a bed of roses for Fitch on...

Send a text #TravisLutter #MMA #ADCC Travis Lutter - MMA Career DEEPDIVE Travis Lutter is not someone fight fans have gotten to know. The introverted Lutter is a 2x North American Abu Dhabi Qualifier champion and he was the winner of the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter Season 4. After winning TUF, he earned a title shot against the great Anderson Silva. Though he was ridiculed for not making weigh...