Duane Ludwig Early Career Deep Dive Ep 157
Duane Ludwig is the first K1 Crossover star that entered into the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Duane Ludwig hails from Denver Colorado and started his early training under the tutelage of Bas Rutten. Duane Ludwig shares his stories and reminisces about his fights in this incredible episode.
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0:00 Lytes Out Intro
0:19 Interview Intro
0:35 Current business/school plugs
2:31 Fighting in Bas Ruten Invitational 5
3:38 Meeting two very important people
8:59 Starting Grappling Journey
11:33 Fighting in King of the Cage
15:03 Earning first sponsorship
15:50 Most viewed fight
20:20 Fighting Kelly Dullanty
23:07 Meeting Sven Bean
24:12 Fighting the Legendary Alex Gong in K-1
27:40 Fighting Charles "Crazy Horse" Bennett
33:35 The "sick kid" with cancer
34:58 Training style and traveling to train
37:33 Meeting Trevor Wittman
43:04 Martial Arts saving and changing lives
43:35 Fighting Isao Kobayashi in K-1 Max
49:40 First UFC fight getting canceled
50:38 Competing in the TKO organization
54:45 "Will never fight in Canada again unless I'm prepaid"
58:00 Highs and Lows of MMA
1:04:22 Training Camp with Chuck Liddell
1:07:00 "Lucky" Shorts
1:08:19 The Origins of "Bang" moniker
1:08:48 Rumer of Phil Baroni fight
1:10:11 Back to K-1 Kickboxing
1:11:34 Bouncing between MMA and Kickboxing
1:13:33 What makes the Dutch Kickboxing style so different
1:18:25 Contracts w/ UFC and personal choices
1:20:55 Fighting in Ring of Fire at hometown
1:24:23 Leaving Colorodo to train at AKA
1:37:18 Fighting John Wayne Parr
1:45:25 Fighting BJ Penn on 2 weeks notice
1:47:27 Relationship with Joe Silva
1:53:19 Personal Experiences with Team Quest
1:57:39 Justin Gaethje friendship
2:00:08 Outro
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