Mike Rogers Deep Dive Ep 163
Mike Rogers is one of the founding fathers of the Midwest Mixed Martial Arts scene; a black belt under Rodrigo Vaghi and the owner of St Charles MMA gym.
Mike Rogers takes us through his dealings within the early Mixed Martial Arts scene that includes incredible stories about promoters that are no longer with us.
This is a really fun listen for those curious about the legendary No Holds Barred era of fighting.
Timestamps (Completed by Andrew Mendoza)
0:00 Lytes Out Intro
0:19 Guest Introduction
0:30 Interview Start
0:37 Relationship with Steve Berger
4:15 Winning Golden Gloves 2x
5:35 Fighting at Pops Nightclub
7:07 Relationship with Rodrigo Vaghi
8:30 Rodrigo Vaghi recieving Black Belt from Royler Gracie
10:32 Carlson Gracie Senior
11:41 Fight Breaking Out at Gracie gym
15:17 Getting bit During a Fight
16:22 Mike Rogers vs Richard Dodd
18:07 Promoter Brian Madden
19:57 Universal Challenge Championship 4 man tournament
20:48 Mike Rogers vs Rob Smith
23:53 UFC being Influenced by HooknShoot
24:48 Mike Rogers vs Mike Delany
25:40 Steve Bergers opponent pulling out after weigh ins
30:22 Mike Rogers students
31:39 Tyron Woodley
35:45 Josh Sampo
36:42 Fighters not being loyal to their coaches
39:51 Cornering Josh Sampo for UFC fight
41:58 Josh Sampo vs Antonio Banuelos
44:39 Promoter Randy Greenman
46:42 Reality Submission Fighting card
49:10 Randy Greenman death
56:18 Matt Ricehouse vs Ryan Coutore
58:30 Zach freeman vs Aaron Pico
1:01:16 Mike Rogers vs Brad Kohler
1:04:31 George Allan
1:05:50 Mike Rogers vs Vernon White
1:07:56 king of the cage not competing with the UFC
1:10:22 Lance Benoist
1:13:11 Mike Rogers vs Alex Stiebling
1:13:47 Randy Greenman reputation
1:17:24 Mike Rogers vs Jason Lambert
1:19:01 Bad Breed Grappling Tournament
1:21:15 Jeff Monson “protest”
1:23:38 Jeff Monson prank
1:27:19 Breaking jaw during fight
1:29:15 Deciding to be a full time trainer
1:32:49 Ryan Antle Vs James Wade/ slapped by Joe Jordan for bad stoppage
1:37:44 Promoter Skip Olsen
1:41:13 Mike Rothmeyer
1:41:34 Tyler Bishop
1:42:03 Selling of Fake Black Belts
1:44:37 Becoming a Black Belt
1:45:09 Interview wrap up
1:45:59 Outro
Mike Rogers Deep Dive
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