The #LytesOut Podcast recently caught up with Brazilian fighting legend Johil DeOliviera.
DeOliveira is now fifty two, but he still looks terrific and he was happy to give his first full length interview to an English audience. Like in the mid-1990's when he fought in Brazil's rugged Vale Tudo circuit, DeOliveira still proudly carries the flag of Budokan Luta Livre.
We go through long career, including his famous rivalry with Jose 'Pele' Landi and his infamous run in PRIDE in-depth.
But it all started for Johil when he was 7 years old, when he started training at his father's Luta Livre Academy. His father's school had been opened since the 1960's and his father's partner was Joao Ricardo, Johil's head trainer throughout his MMA career. Let him tell you the rest...
Special thanks to #FiftyFightClub member Carlo Prater for the BIG assist on this one.
0:00 Podcast intro
0:18 Guest intro, interview start 1:36 Helio Vigio and Joao
Alberto Barreto
5:26 Luta Livre and Vale Tudo
15:07 Budokan and other Luta
Livre schools
18:16 BJJ history: Manoel
Rufino vs the Gracies
24:00 Johil de Oliveira vs
Crezio de Souza
31:44 Johil de Oliveira vs Pele
Landi-Jons
1:00:32 Thoughts on Pele's loss to Eric Smith
1:05:12 Relationship with
Sergio Batarelli
1:08:10 Frederico Lapenda and
Sergio Batarelli
1:11:02 Johil de Oliveira vs Wallid Ismail at IVC 3
1:18:50 Thoughts on Wallid
Ismail as promoter
1:21:57 Pyrotechnics accident at Pride 9
1:27:31 Compensation and recovery
1:34:48 Audio cuts out (full version on iTunes)
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