Todd Medina Career Deep Dive Ep 175
Todd Medina is an MMA pioneer that has first American allowed to train with the original Carlson Gracie fight team located in California. Todd Medina addresses the Brazilian Top Team split from Carlson Gracie and who he believed to be the main person behind it.
Todd Medina has with been apart or witnessed MANY controversial moments within the No Holds Bars days of the sport... he does NOT dodge any of the questions. TODD MEDINA EPISODE IS INCREDIBLE
Todd Medina Career Deep Dive Ep 175
0:00 Lytes Out Intro
0:19 Interview Start
1:28 Todd's Jeet Kune Do Instructor
3:21 Relationship with Kimo and Joe Son
3:47 Double-Crossing the Gracie's to get Kimo a win
7:00 The start of going to Jiujitsu Tournaments
7:53 Early "Full Contact" matches/fights
8:45 Early Mexican Promotions and the Cartel
10:56 The individual who "invented" the octagon
11:52 Getting the invite to UFC 5
14:08 Todd's Business Plugs/Spiritual Grappler
17:22 Kimo and Joe Son asking for donations to fight
18:58 Preparing against UFC 5 opponent
20:43 Chaos backstage after the first UFC fine ever
22:52 Cornering in UFC 6
24:57 How Chris Brennan got in the corner
26:47 Main event at Rage in the Cage in 2003
31:22 Fighting in Japan
33:26 Getting approached to fix fights
34:37 Amount paid to lose fights
37:34 Tank Abbot grabbing a microphone to promote a fight
40:30 Craziness when fighting in Aruba
45:25 Relationship with Carlson Gracie
46:40 Being a blue belt in Gracie instructionals
51:40 Todd's experience with Ricardo Libório
52:19 Fighting in Russia in 2000
54:50 Fighting in King of the Cage in less than 15 days after
55:36 Not being listed as a black belt under Carlson Gracie
56:55 Being the first American Black Belt under Carlson Gracie
57:25 Brazilian Top Team split-up
1:01:18 Potentially targeted by the Japanese fighters
1:02:33 Sakuraba's only time in America and was in audience at King of the Cage
1:03:06 Wanderlei Silva interactions before and after fight
1:06:38 Melee backstage during King of the Cage event
1:10:12 Ken Shamrock fighting Mark Hall in bathroom
1:18:43 Working out with Jeff Newton
1:20:01 The Best, The MMA Detective
1:20:29 What happened at Sonnen vs Babalu fight
1:26:35 Experiences with Joe Moreira
1:30:27 Todd's message to the community
1:32:42 Outro
1:34:18 Plugs/Shoutouts
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