Charlie Valencia Before the UFC

Send a textCharlie Valencia Ep 167Charlie Valencia was known internationally as one of the best fighters in the world at the 145 pound weight class, the issue was that Charlie Valencia weighed less than 135 pounds at the time...Charlie Valencia story is about dealing with family, work and life pressures while competing against some of the worlds best athletes. Charlie Valencia does NOT shy away from hard subjects in this interview and we address some pretty heavy subject material.Special thank you to Joey Venti for continuing to push his friends our way, Joey is a large part of why this podcast is specialCharlie Valencia Ep 1670:00 intro 1:55 Start in Wrestling 3:05  Larry Landless8:10 Wrestling with Armenian champions 14:00 Submission Factory “speak easy”17:00 Shady Weigh In’s 18:25 Cobra Fighting Federation (official debut)24:00 Charlie Valencia vs Eddie Bravo,39:30 Dave Velasquez 43:05 Bobby Gamboa 46:00 Velasquez rematch 49:00 Greg Mayer51:10 Joe Camacho RIP57:00 training at the Boy's and Girls club1:06:00 New Breed BJJ John Ouano/ Johnny Ramirez108:15 Eben Kaneshiro Controversy 114:10 Broken Orbital1:24:10 Randy Valarde Manny Tapia1:26:30 Betis Mansori/ Marcel Lozado1:29:50 Tony De Suza 1:35:15 close out/ wrap upSubscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnyrswDJ9PkNHqFLOMfIdZw Also, don't forget to join our clips channel for more short-form content - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcebSeWpoMqcotWR_1rHnQ Socials: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LytesOutPodcast/ Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Patreon - [email protected] the show