Matt Horwich MMA Career DEEPDIVE - Episode 150 / #lytesoutpodcast
Matt Horwich stopped in to talk about his #fiftyfightcclub career. Horwich has always been known as an eccentric and for starters, he was using Starbucks 'internet to hook up with us. What comes across here is the journey of a lifelong martial artist who sought out the best to train with throughout his entire career.
0:00 Podcast intro
0:19 Interview start
0:50 Matt's beginning in MMA
1:36 Leaving Gracie academy
2:17 Matt Hume, AMC
Pankration
2:48 Finding a home at Team
Quest
3:31 Matt Horwich vs Cory
Devela at PPKA UFN 2
6:51 Matt Horwich vs Shane
Davis at PPKA URC 6
7:57 Matt Horwich vs Rich
Guerin at DB 9
8:23 JC Taylor and Dennis
Hallman as promoters
9:27 Choked out by Dennis
Hallman story
11:23 Matt Horwich vs Kyacey
Uscola at RatR 10
12:11 Matt's fighting style
14:15 Matt Horwich vs Joshua Burkman at SF 1
17:28 Becoming submission specialist
18:45 Close teammates at
Team Quest
19:50 Matt's top coach: Matt
Lindland
20:58 Team Quest promoters:
Chael, Randy and Matt 22:12 Chael Sonnen's persona
23:36 Matt Horwich vs Glover
Teixeira at SF 3
25:59 No wrestling pedigree
28:21 Current employment
29:03 Perspective on housing
30:01 Matt's mother
31:10 Thoughts on Evan Tanner
34:57 Phil Baroni
37:18 Jason "Mayhem" Miller story
39:45 Views on religion & Science
42:07 Flat Earth discussion
45:19 Matt Horwich vs Chris
Kiever at CFC 1
46:34 Matt Horwich vs Mikko
Rupponen at PaF
47:30 Training with Werdum and Machida at Kings MMA
48:32 Thoughts on Fabricio
Werdum
49:21 Fedor Emelianenko
50:18 Matt Lindland vs
BodogFight
52:10 Matt Horwich vs Paul
Purcell at SF 5
55:52 Matt Horwich vs Antony
Rea at APEX CF 1
57:05 Experience fighting internationally
57:55 Matt Horwich vs Jason
MacDonald at EFC 3
59:02 Training with Mike Dolce and Chael Sonnen
1:00:05 Eddie Bravo and 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu
1:02:17 Rolling with Joe Rogan
1:03:05 Weight cutting and weight classes
1:03:59 Matt Horwich vs Jason
Lambert at WEC 12
1:05:30 Matt Horwich vs Trevor
Prangley at SF 9
1:07:01 Matt Horwich vs Travis
Wiuff at EC 62
1:08:38 Interaction with Don
Frye
1:09:43 Don Frye vs Dennis
Hallman barfight incident
1:11:14 Experience with Jeff
Monson at ATT
1:12:10 Ricardo Liborio, Marcelo Garcia, Hector Lombard
1:13:20 Matt Horwich vs
Krzysztof Soszynski at FF
1:14:27 Missed Ultimate Fighter 3 opportunity
1:19:13 Chris Leben on TUF
1:20:30 Matt Horwich vs
Vernon White at SF 12
1:22:24 Matt Lindland's personal hygiene
1:23:30 UFC politics
1:24:17 Favorite training partners
1:24:48 Least favorite: Jacob
Harman at Calvary Chapel
1:26:03 Malachy Friedman
1:27:15 Sponsors
1:29:00 Matt Horwich vs Brian
Ebersole at Strikeforce
1:30:15 Petras Markevicius and
Roan Carneiro at WCFC
1:33:19 Matt Horwich vs Jamal
Patterson at IFL 1
1:35:32 Matt Horwich vs Mike
Pyle at IFL 5
1:36:32 Matt Horwich vs Ryan McGivern at IFL 6
1:37:22 Matt Horwich vs Brian
Foster at IFL 18
1:38:27 Matt Horwich vs Benji
Radach at IFL 19
1:41:43 Training with Rafael
Cordeiro at Kings MMA
1:42:34 Rolling with Jeremy
Horn
1:43:06 Conor Heun at
Legends MMA
1:44:02 Both fights with Thales
Leites
