ERIK PAULSON- MMA Pioneer Career DEEPDIVE

Send a text#ErikPaulson #MMA #CatchWrestlingErik Paulson - MMA Pioneer Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 99)In this latest DEEPDIVE, the LytesOut Podcast sits down with Erik Paulson, one of the founding fathers of modern MMA. Paulson talks about training with Royce and Rickson Gracie in the garage back in the late 1980's and he fought his first sanctioned MMA fight in Japan months before the first UFC. A pioneer in every sense of the word, Paulson continues to learn and teach Catch Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu and submission fighting. Paulson's podcast and Youtube channel can be found right here  - https://www.youtube.com/c/CSWAssociation/videosCHAPTERS:0:00- Intro4:34- Fighting in Shooto five months before UFC 17:14- Taking private classes with Rickson and Royce Gracie in 198810:44- Shooto seminar and leg locks13:15- Lineage with Dan Inosanto, the Gracies and Gene LeBell16:30- Fight with Kazuhiro Kusayanagi17:37- Second Shooto fight20:20- Adapting to Shooto rules23:20- Japanese crowds30:00- Third fight in Shooto vs Kenji Kawaguchi32:00- Fourth fight in Shooto vs Judo Olympic Bronze Medalist Ben Spijkers38:33- Post Ben Spijkers fight relationship with Shooto40:55- Gerard Gordeau43:24- World Combat Championships 8-man tournament46:29- Cecil Peoples refereeing Erik vs Sean McCully48:30- Getting kicked out of Rickson’s gym for entering tournament50:56- Plaster wraps in Warring’s gloves and hair pulling58:06- Bodog offer from Miguel1:04:08- James Warring in boxing and refereeing1:05:45- Bart Vale vs Mike Bitonio1:09:16- Matt Hume sending Todd Bjornethun to fight Erik1:11:07- Winning the Shooto light heavyweight championship1:17:05- Choosing to break a leg or tear the knee of Kawaguchi1:19:31- Matt Hume1:30:30- Not crossing promotions in Japan1:34:08- Rickson not fighting Sakuraba or Gokor1:36:18- Coleman wanting to fight Rickson1:39:39- Dan Inosanto and other gurus of the early days of the sport1:44:56- Igor Zinoviev1:48:03- Josh Barnett vs Hector Lombard in 30-minute boxing match1:50:50- Hector Lombard1:56:48- Josh Barnett’s reputation in training1:59:15- Dave Herman1:59:53- John Perretti2:01:47- ADCC in Brazil2:05:06- Micro dosing2:11:53- Mike and Miguel 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 Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Follow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MiguelIturrate #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FightPodcast #FightTalk #DEEPDIVE #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcastSupport the show