MMA History Podcast

Send a text #DenisKang #MMA #MMACanada Denis Kang joins the LytesOut Podcast for a DEEPDIVE interview. Kang is in the #FiftyFightClub with more more than fifty professional MMA bouts under  his belt. Kang is a BJJ black belt who speaks four languages. Half-Korean, Kang made a career for himself in South Korea and Japan as well as fighting in the UFC. Starting out in Vancouver, he spent the heyday...

Send a text #ChrisBrennan #LytesOut #MMAHistory CHRIS BRENNAN - Early Career DEEPDIVE Now Chris Brennan is an old school guy, but you may not have realized just how OLDSCHOOL he is! His MMA roots go back to 1993, the first time he was choked out in Brazil was by the legendary Fabio Gurghel and he calls the controversial JJ Black Belt Marc Laimon a friend... So, once Lytle and company got to talkin...

Send a text #MarcusDavis #LytesOut #UFC Marcus Davis, known as "The Irish Hand Grenade" is a former pro boxer turned MMA fighter who fought on The Ultimate Fighter TV show and in the UFC's welterweight division in his heyday. Owner of an 8-1 record at the start of his UFC career, Davis takes us through his path getting there. We will tell you this much, it wasn't easy... Get to...

Send a text #UFC #ScottFerrozzo #UFCHistory The UFC was a different animal in the 1990's, back when Scott "The Pitbull" Ferrozzo stepped into the octagon to operate. A solid wrestler with a 117-7 amateur record and a reputation as a tough guy on the streets, Ferrozzo saw one of the earlier events and said "that is for me." He made his debut at UFC 8 in Puerto Rico in Febru...

Send a text #GeraldHarris #UFC #UFCHistory Gerald Harris - UFC Career Interview (ep.73) Gerald Harris UFC Career The awesome Gerald Harris returns to the LytesOut Podcast to finish up where we left off! Gerald is here to talk about his UFC Career and finishing up in the world of MMA. Gerald Harris was also with the #LOP for Episode 60. 0:00 Podcast intro 0:19 Guest intro and plugs 2:33 Interview s...

Send a text Marloes Coenen Women's MMA Legend Early Career DEEPDIVE Holland's Marloes Coenen becomes the second woman to join us or a #DEEPDIVE on the LytesOut Podcast. Coenen made a name for herself fighting in Japan, where she won the 8 woman Remix World Cup 2000 and a considerable prize for the day... More than a decade later, Coenen reinvented herself from a fighter of the old school...

Send a text #MattSerra #UFC #UFCHistory MATT SERRA - Before UFC DEEPDIVE Matt "The Terror" Serra is a BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie who went on to capture the UFC's welterweight title. In this interview with former rival and friend Chris Lytle and his LytesOut team, Serra takes us back to his Long Island roots and talks about his rise in the fight game. Serra has never been know...

Send a text Stephan Bonnar - Before The UFC (Episode 70) / #ufc   Stephan Bonnar fought Forrest Griffin in the Finals of The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 in a match that is credited with saving the sport at the Zuffa owned UFC. But how did Stephan Bonnar get to that historic spot in MMA history? Here, "The American Psycho" takes the DEEPDIVE with Chris Lytle and company to talk about his ro...

Send a text #SethBaczynski #UFC #MMAHistory UFC veteran Seth Baczynski fought his first fights in the rugged Southwest scene of Arizona and New Mexico. a football and basketball player, Baczynski stepped into his first fights with ZERO training and progressed from there all the way to the UFC. Known as the "Polish Pistola", Baczynski owns UFC wins over the likes of Matt "The Immorta...

Send a text #MarkSchultz #UFC #Wrestling Olympic wrestling Gold Medalist Mark Schultz joins the LytesOut crew for a look at his UFC 9 appearance where he faced Gary Goodridge. A highly anticipated return to the UFC didn't happen and his flirtations with Antonio Inoki didn't work out. Oh yeah, we also talk wrestling and the infamous showdown with Rickson Gracie... No Foxcatcher and no rea...

Send a text #IanHeinisch #UFC #UFCHistory Ian Heinisch is scheduled for a UFC return on February of 2022. The active UFC middleweight stopped in for a chat with the Lytes Out crew and let's just say that Ian felt like talking! We assure you Ian has a back story like few others. A high school wrestling champion who was expelled in his senior year, his life took a turn where he was an internati...

Send a text #LeonardGarcia #UFC #MMAHistory Texan Leonard Garcia is remembered as one of the WEC and UFC's premiere featherweights, he was a crowd pleaser every time he competed. Garcia went out on a high note in 2021, retiring after a win in the BKFC (Bare Knuckle). Now he joins Chris Lytle and the LytesOut crew for a look back at his early MMA career, dating back to the 1990's. 0:00 St...

Send a text Canadian Mark Hominick represented Canada in the lower weight classes during the early days of the sport. He did it with dignity and grit and he is here to tell us all abbout it! 0:00- Mike and Miguel Intro  3:33- Chris and Mark join 5:42- UFC 58, Canada vs USA 8:08- UFC statement, feeding Mark to Yves Edwards  11:00- Undefeated in Canada, Winless in USA heading into UFC debut 13:14- K...

Send a text #AntonioMcKee #UFC #MMAHistory Antonio McKee has been a fixture of the California and West Coast MMA scene since back in the 1990's Currently, he runs The Body Shop gym, and among others, his son AJ McKee is undefeated in his fighting career. This is Antonio McKee live and unfiltered. McKee goes through his early career with King of the Cage and Rage in the Cage figuring prominent...

Send a text Pedro Rizzo  UFC Career DEEPDIVE - Episode 63 / #ufc  Pedro Rizzo tenure in the UFC was one that we consider legendary. Pedro Rizzo is the greatest fighter to never adorn a UFC title; in this episode we discuss Pedro Rizzo career and why we make the argument that he is the UFC uncrowned champion. Pedro Rizzo represented Ruas Vale Tudo back in the mid-1990's when he fought for the...

Send a text #MarkColeman #UFC #UFCHistory Mark Coleman was enshrined in the UFC Hall of Fame's pioneer wing as the first ever UFC Heavyweight Champion. Coleman, an Olympic wrestler in 1996 turned to the world of No Holds Barred and never looked back. Known as the "Hammer" and "The Godfather of Ground and Pound" it is hard to argue at one time, he held the mythical title of...

Send a text #MattMitrione #UFC #UFCHistory Bring on the heavyweights! Heavyweight fighter with a personality to match, this DEEPDIVE takes us into the career of Matt Mitrione. Mitrione is one of those rare fighters who started off his MMA career on the big stage, in the UFC.  That doesn't mean the main has seen his fair share of adversity. We get into it "DEEP" with Mitrione, who is...

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Send a text #DrewFickett #UFC #MMAHistory Drew Fickett Early MMA Career DEEPDIVE - Episode 59 / #lytesoutpodcast  #fiftyfightclub member Drew Fickett joins Chris Lytle and company to take us through his early career in the Mixed Martial Arts. Fickett cut his teeth in the same Arizona/NM scene that produced the likes of Diego Sanchez, JJ wiz Gustavo Dantas and many others - but Drew was there first...

Send a text #JonJones #UFC #UFCHistory UFC star Jon Jones has made the news again and for all the wrong reasons.  In this clip, MMA Detective Mike Davis takes the LytesOut crew and our listeners through some of the major Jon Jones incidents throughout the years. The man known as "Bones" made his MMA debut back in 2008 and in 2012 came his first arrest, when he crashed his Bentley in his...

Send a text #JoshThomson #UFCHistory #UFC There was a time where Jossh Thomson was in the conversation for the #1 lightweight in the world... and then the UFC dumped the weight class... Thomson takes us through his early career all the way to the UFC  fight with Yves Edwards. Josh never pulled punches before and he isn't about to start. 0:00 Podcast intro 0:19 Guest intro, interview start 1:3...

Send a text Photo Credits: Keith D. Mills, Author of "A Declaration of the Independents." A true photographic documentation of the early NHB and MMA years from a man who was there. 0:00- Pre intro by Mike and Miguel 3:30- Intro with Chris and Rich 7:00- Intro to Martial Arts 10:00- First MMA fight 12:10- Shin Jitsu 13:45- Jamie Levine and Krazy Horse  16:50- Ben Earwood in Iowa 18:30- Se...

Send a text Dan Severn Insider Tell-All - Freddie Rodriguez - Episode 55 / #lytesoutpodcast  Freddy Rodriguez worked on UFC legend Dan Severn's promotion "The Danger Zone" in a myriad of roles, from fighter to referee to matchmaker. He contacted us to talk about the behind the scenes workings of Danger Zone. After years of working as Dan Severn and sidekick Becki Levi's "f...

Send a text #ChrisLytle #HectorLombard #MMAHistory Feared Cuban slugger Hector Lombard sat in with the #LytesOut team for a #DEEPDIVE that takes a look at the years he spent living and fighting in Australia. Hector embraced the career retrospective flavor of the interview and he wanted to talk. Hector performed for Cuba at the Australian Olympic games in 2000 and he stayed behind and defected afte...

Send a text Welcome back to the Midwest Grind, courtesy of Derrick Noble. We are joined by the rugged Illinois native to look over his #FiftyfightClub career.  Noble is one of the unsung heroes of those early days, as his list of opponents is a whose who of the era - and more than one of them went down to 'The Eraser." 0:00 Podcast intro 0:19 Guest intro 3:07 Interview start 3:53 Undocum...