Igor Zinoviev Career Deep Dive

Send a textEp 222 Igor Zinoviev Career Deep Dive IF YOU USE ANY OF THIS FOOTAGE, WITHOUT PERMISSION WE WILL STRIKE YOUR CHANNEL Igor Zinoviev made a name for himself at Extreme Fighting 1 when he defeated Mario Sperry.  Zinoviev went on to Fight Frank Sgamrock for a world title and quietly disappeared from the world of combat sports. The low profile Zinoviev has had a lot of questions in regards to his training, background and what he has done since leaving the sport. Zinoviev address’s everything in this interviewIF YOU USE ANY OF THIS FOOTAGE, WITHOUT PERMISSION WE WILL STRIKE YOUR CHANNEL Joining us is friend of the show John Perretti who was the matchmaker credited for the start of what is referred to as the “modern era” of mixed martial arts (a phrase he also coined); Perretti is the sole reason for this interview taking place. Ep 222 Igor Zinoviev Career Deep Dive. 0:00 Lytes out intro0:19 Joey Venti’s guest introduction0:49 interview start 2:40 serving 2 years in Russian Military 5:31 coming to the United States to fight 19:26 John Perretti’s first thoughts on Igor Zinoviev21:55 underground fight record 23:33 making a cast out of cement 25:39 finding a boxing gym to train at 28:18 training with Work the Russian Red Devils30:16 thoughts on Oleg Taktarov31:40 Amar Suloev32:05 experience with John Donahue33:32 atmosphere at Gene LeBell’s gym35:03 rolling with Gokor Chivichyan37:39 training with John Perretti 40:00 Igor Zinoviev vs Royce Gracie “cancelled bout” 40:49 Extreme Fighting delayed 1 year 43:39 offering Royce Gracie $1M46:01 evolution of fighting styles 49:01 Igor Zinoviev vs Harold German53:04 Igor Zinoviev vs Mario Sperry 56:53 career injuries 58:02 rolling with Ryan Conforti 1:02:42 criticized in black belt magazine 1:05:12 early Jiu jitsu tournaments in California 1:07:46 Igor Zinoviev vs Steve Faulkner1:10:38 add after Extreme fighting 21:12:56 John Perretti goes to jail1:14:45 Jeffrey Epstein’s bodyguard 1:21:46 Igor Zinoviev vs Enson Inoue1:27:09 Howard Stern 1:27:57 Randy Couture and Matt Lindland 1:30:30 Anti Smoking ad billboard 1:31:17 Valeri Ignatov1:31:33 bringing Sambo to Extreme Fighting1:35:13  ranking Igor Zinoviev as a fighter 1:37:22 Igor Zinoviev vs John Lober1:45:24 Igor Vovchanchyn1:47:24 dealings with Emelianenko brothers 1:48:42 fighters learning from losses 1:51:27 training with John Perretti 1:54:07 hurting back jumping out of a helicopter 1:55:25 relationship with John Perretti 2:03:35 Igor Zinoviev vs Osami Shibuya2:05:20 dealing with Jason DeLucia2:07:56 shoulder surgery 2:08:08 Igor Zinoviev vs Frank Shamrock 2:14:25 UFC didn’t pay for medical bill 2:16:38 rolling with Vlad Matyushenko2:17:36 rolling with Eddie Bravo 2:22:51 almost fighting Renzo Gracie after argument 2:25:14 rolling with Tim Kennedy 2:26:07 Yuri Vaulin story 2:29:06 thoughts on old school vs modern training 2:32:12 not inviting John Perretti to go spearfishing 2:32:39 interview wrap up 2:32:49 outro/ closing thoughts#igorzinoviev#ufc Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@LytesOutClipsSocials: Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbwInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Support the show