Bas Rutten Pancrase Years DEEPDIVE - Episode 100 / #ufc
Bas Rutten grew up in the Netherlands but became a household name in the UFA. Bas Rutten joins us to talk about his beginnings in the Pancrase organization.Bas Rutten had an incredible fight career prior to beating Kevin Randleman for the UFC title. In this episode we go deep to Japan and even touch on the Dutch mafia's control in the late 1990's.
This is episode 100 and that is cause to celebrate - and what better way to party than inviting the great Bas Rutten for a SERIOUS interview discussing his Pancrase days.
Bas Rutten Pancrase Years DEEPDIVE - Episode 100 / #ufc
Bas Rutten grew up in the Netherlands but became a household name in the UFA. Bas Rutten joins us to talk about his beginnings in the Pancrase organization.Bas Rutten had an incredible fight career prior to beating Kevin Randleman for the UFC title. In this episode we go deep to Japan and even touch on the Dutch mafia's control in the late 1990's.
This is episode 100 and that is cause to celebrate - and what better way to party than inviting the great Bas Rutten for a SERIOUS interview discussing his Pancrase days.
0:00 Intro
1:55 Sports as a Child
3:35 Starting Kickboxing
4:35 Bas 1st Street Fight
7:15 Dirty Dutch Fighters
8:15 Rene Rooze Kickboxing Riot
11:29 Frank Lobman Fight
16:25 Leaving Holland for Pancrase
18:37 Ryushi Yanagisawa
23:00 Gym & Show Fighters
26:04 Manager Don Clovis
28:14 Takaku Fuke Fight
30:58 Japan & Jet Lag
32:25 Masakatsu Funake Fight
34:15 Fighting and Fighting
35:00 Japan hated my Fight Shorts
36:00 Vernon Tiger White Fight
38:31 Kazou Takahashi Fight
43:34 Finishing Minoru Suzuki
46:23 Throwing Knees & Footwork
48:24 Leon Van Dijk Street Fights
50:40 Famous in Japan
53:17 Ken Shamrock & Rivalry
56:58 The Birth of the UFC
56;45 Orlando Wiet
59:42 Frank Hamaker Red Light District
1:01:55 Bulldog Hash Shop- Hank De Vries
1:04:27 Car Bomb & Ron Nyquist
1:06:05 The Murder of Rob & Erik Driesson
1:07:50 Apy Echteld & Simon Rutz
1:08:42 Japan Yakuza
1:10:14 Gerard Gerdeau & Yuki Nakai
1:11:43 Dirty Bob Schrijber Stories
1:13:28 Jason Delucia was Strange
1:17:05 Frank Shamrock MMA Debut
1:20:42 Frank was Better than Ken Shamrock
1:22:50 Manabu Yamada Almost Died
1:24:56 Ken Shamrock Conspieracy
1:27:00 Giving up the Mount in Pancrase
1:31:44 Pancrase Contract
1:33:12 Fixed Fights in Japan
1:34:35 Rolling with Japanese Fighters
1:36:04 Pride FC Implosion
1:37:45 Kidnapping of managers
1:38:25 John Peretti & UFC
1:40:04 Game plan for Kevin Randleman
1:41:26 Frank Shamrock Rematch
1:42:43 Stage Diving at Biohazard Concert
1:45:11 Jan Plass Dutch Mafia Head
1:49:02 Closing with Bas
1:49:32 Wrap Up with Mike and Miguel
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