John Lewis Career Deep Dive

Send a textEp 217 John Lewis Career Deep Dive John Lewis is a mixed martial arts  pioneer that made a name for himself during what some call the “UFC Dark Era”. We are also joined by legendary match maker John Perretti & we dive into John Lewis career and the steps that each of these men took in order to pave the way for the lighter weight classes John Lewis does NOT do interviews and the only way that we were able to get this was due to John Perretti calling on a favor. 0:00 Lytes out intro0:19 Joey Venti’s guest introduction0:58 interview start 1:55 current life 3:19 getting discovered by John Perretti 5:11 becoming a fully developed fighter 7:16 backyard dojo11:01 blackbelt under Gene LeBell 14:16 transitioning to Jiu jitsu with Andre Pederneiras 17:51 Erik Paulson19:32 Gracie’s not wanting to help ambitious fighters 20:42 going to school with Kimo Leopoldo21:46 Kimo Leopoldo learning Jiu jitsu from Randy Zigler 22:40 dealings with Bj Penn 23:26 John Perretti not impressed with Jiu Jitsu 26:22 John Lewis vs Thomas Puckett30:24 John Perretti not being concerned for John Lewis 1st fight 32:15 John Lewis vs Carlson Gracie jr34:12 not being worried about fighting a Gracie 36:15 giving John Lewis a title shot 38:10 backlash for defeating Carlson Gracie jr41:27 training with Baret Yoshida42:26 John Perretti’s fallout with the Gracie’s 45:09 Extreme fighting 2 46:40 Rickson Gracie claiming to invent fighting gloves47:23 the world changing after gloves were involved 48:29 fighters having fake records 50:20 John Perretti Seminar story 52:34 fighters getting arrested after Extreme fighting 255:55 training Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz 58:00 getting introduced to Chuck Liddell 1:00:28 Kajas cage combat 1:01:12 John Lewis vs Rumina Sato1:05:32 pancrase fighter records 1:06:19 Pele Landi vs Pat Miletich1:07:25 John Lewis fighting with the flu 1:10:15 John Lewis vs Kenny Monday 1:15:28 pay for Carlson Gracie Jr fight1:16:49 fighters getting Draws on their records 1:19:12 BJ Penn Phone call 1:19:27 ADCC 1998 1:21:33 John Lewis vs Lowell Anderson 1:23:44 John Lewis Career highlights 1:24:35 dealings with Marc Laimon1:27:38 Mark Kerr and Bas Rutten 1:29:24 Joe Moreira 1:30:07 Cornering Gilbert Yvel in the UFC1:33:08 John Lewis interview wrap up 1:33:56 thoughts on John Lewis interview 1:39:25 John Perretti refusing to use the words “ take down” 1:39:53 Gene LeBell1:42:31 the UFC dark ages 1:44:09 Thoughts on Tito Ortiz 1:45:16 Jason DeLucia1:46:20 Gene LeBell chokes out Steven Seagal 1:52:00 outro/ closing thoughtsSubscribe 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 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_ventitreAndrew - Timestamps - @ambidexstressOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMarSupport the show