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Erik Paulson - MMA Pioneer Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 99)
In this latest DEEPDIVE, the LytesOut Podcast sits down with Erik Paulson, one of the founding fathers of modern MMA. Paulson talks about training with Royce and Rickson Gracie in the garage back in the late 1980's and he fought his first sanctioned MMA fight in Japan months before the first UFC.
A pioneer in every sense of the word, Paulson continues to learn and teach Catch Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu and submission fighting. Paulson's podcast and Youtube channel can be found right here -
https://www.youtube.com/c/CSWAssociation/videos
CHAPTERS:
0:00- Intro
4:34- Fighting in Shooto five months before UFC 1
7:14- Taking private classes with Rickson and Royce Gracie in 1988
10:44- Shooto seminar and leg locks
13:15- Lineage with Dan Inosanto, the Gracies and Gene LeBell
16:30- Fight with Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
17:37- Second Shooto fight
20:20- Adapting to Shooto rules
23:20- Japanese crowds
30:00- Third fight in Shooto vs Kenji Kawaguchi
32:00- Fourth fight in Shooto vs Judo Olympic Bronze Medalist Ben Spijkers
38:33- Post Ben Spijkers fight relationship with Shooto
40:55- Gerard Gordeau
43:24- World Combat Championships 8-man tournament
46:29- Cecil Peoples refereeing Erik vs Sean McCully
48:30- Getting kicked out of Rickson’s gym for entering tournament
50:56- Plaster wraps in Warring’s gloves and hair pulling
58:06- Bodog offer from Miguel
1:04:08- James Warring in boxing and refereeing
1:05:45- Bart Vale vs Mike Bitonio
1:09:16- Matt Hume sending Todd Bjornethun to fight Erik
1:11:07- Winning the Shooto light heavyweight championship
1:17:05- Choosing to break a leg or tear the knee of Kawaguchi
1:19:31- Matt Hume
1:30:30- Not crossing promotions in Japan
1:34:08- Rickson not fighting Sakuraba or Gokor
1:36:18- Coleman wanting to fight Rickson
1:39:39- Dan Inosanto and other gurus of the early days of the sport
1:44:56- Igor Zinoviev
1:48:03- Josh Barnett vs Hector Lombard in 30-minute boxing match
1:50:50- Hector Lombard
1:56:48- Josh Barnett’s reputation in training
1:59:15- Dave Herman
1:59:53- John Perretti
2:01:47- ADCC in Brazil
2:05:06- Micro dosing
2:11:53- Mike and Miguel wrap up
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