Ivan Menjivar Career Deep Dive

Send a textIvan Menjivar Career Deep Dive Ep 197Ivan Menjivar is the definition of Canadian Martial Arts Pioneer. Ivan Menjivar shares with us the difficulty of immigrating to Canada and the reason that got him into fighting. Ivan Menjivar career is something that gave him international respect before the 135 pound weight class existed. Timestamps (Thanks to Andrew Mendoza!)0:00 Lytes Out Intro0:19 Guest Introduction0:54 Interview Start1:00 Getting to Canada from El Salvador3:07 Being Targeted by Kidnappers 5:39 Joining a Gang in High School 10:01 Learning Jiu Jitsu 13:16 Training at Tristar Gym14:55 Learning Techniques from Videos and Magazines 16:40 Meeting Wagnney Fabiano21:20 Ivan Menjivar vs David Guigui22:27 First Amateur Fight at 16 Years Old 25:08 Ivan Menjivar vs Jean Francois Bolduc26:24 Not Being Talented Early in Fighting 28:45 Confusion when Air Horn Goes off During Fight 29:58 Ivan Menjivar vs George St Pierre/Missing Weight 30:50 Taking Fights at higher weight classes31:37 Bad Referee Calls 37:32 Learning Wrestling in Canada 40:29 Ivan Menjivar vs Jason Black44:58 Fighter Progression 49:40 Ivan Menjivar vs Jeff Curran51:21 Studying and Planning for Fights56:20 Putting Vaseline on Ring Mat 59:16 Ivan Menjivar vs JR Palmer1:00:58 Not Being a Big Ticket Seller 1:02:32 JR Palmer Aggression During Fight1:06:34 JR Palmer at the Weigh Ins 1:08:17 Georges St-Pierre Becoming a Complete Martial Artist 1:11:37 Learning from Losses 1:12:15 Fallout with Stephane Patry1:14:11 Ivan Menjivar vs Max Marin1:15:44 Promoter Mark Pavlich1:16:27 Ivan Menjivar vs Vitor Rideiro1:19:26 Work Visa Issues Before UFC 461:20:37 Signing with Aristeia management1:21:45 Ivan Menjivar vs Matt Serra 1:23:01 Ivan Menjivar vs Miki Shida1:25:18 Ivan Menjivar vs Joe Lauzon1:25:35 Ivan Menjivar vs Urijah Faber1:30:59 Learning the Calf Slicer 1:33:22 Career Highlights 1:36:22 Getting Sued by Stephane Patry1:40:43 Caol Uno Illegal Kicks1:42:50 Meeting Carlos Newton1:43:41 Ivan Menjivar vs Bart Palaziewski1:45:30 Current Training/Life1:46:42 David Loiseau1:47:58 Ali Nestor1:49:32 Interview Wrap Up1:53:35 Outro/Closing Thoughts 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/reels/ iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632 Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Follow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632 Joey - Assistant - @aj_ventitreTyson - Producer - @ty.green.weldingAndrew - Timestamps - @ambidexstressOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #MiletichFightingSystems #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMASupport the show