John Perretti The Contenders Deep Dive

Send a textEp 214 John Perretti MMA Pioneer Deep Dive Former UFC Matchmaker John Perretti joins us in order to discuss the Contenders Grappling Event and its impact on modern Jiu Jitsu. John Perretti addresses a lot of the rumors and backstage issues during his tenure with the UFC and does NOT sugarcoat what took place. Perretti is a man that has been scrubbed from the UFC's history books and in this interview you will find out why.Order John Perretti book here The Origin of a Species https://www.amazon.com/dp/0359347096?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shareJohn Perretti, a man that deserves to be in the UFC Hall of Fame  0:00 Lytes out intro0:19 Joey Venti’s guest introduction0:52 interview start 2:04 deciding to accept interviews 3:36 4th Black Belt under Gene LeBell5:01 Gokor Chivichyan vs Bill Maeda5:55 Pat Miletich UFC career 9:04 Rickson Gracie not wanting to fight10:57 offering Royce Gracie $1 million to fight11:50 training Igor Zinoviev 13:12 losing $200k on The contenders show16:04 thoughts on the Lions Den19:35 Vision for matchmaking 20:26 allowing wrestlers to wear shoes 24:11 jiu jitsu vs wrestling 28:04 Igor Zinoviev vs Murilo Bustamante cancelled bout 30:40 being critical of the UFC33:26 thoughts on Chuck Liddell 36:04 quitting the UFC37:17 Kevin Jackson vs Frank Shamrock38:30 Frank Shamrock retiring to get out of contract 39:20 Richard Hamilton 41:40 thoughts on Jeff Osborne 42:09 promoter Jamie Lavine43:53 Frederico Lapenda44:55 Monte Cox46:21 giving Wanderlei Silva his nickname “The Axe Murderer”47:59 wrestler Bob Anderson 48:45 Ron van Clief story 51:55 Art Davie getting fired from UFC1:00:18 Pedro Rizzo vs Dan Severn 1:03:47 predicting the UFC would stay around1:06:22 UFC getting cancelled in New York1:08:55 Dan Lambert backing money 1:10:57 promoter Dan Duva1:12:58 John McCain shutting down MMA 1:17:05 UFC 15.5 1:23:27 finding out some fights were works 1:24:57 Matt Hume vs Erik Paulson1:30:04 John Lewis helping purchase SEG sports1:31:48 Rickson Gracie money issues 1:35:33 Tom Erikson story 1:37:53 Mark Coleman being upset 1:39:50 John McCarthy Mark Coleman fence grabbing issue 1:43:34 Tank Abbott vs Maurice Smith1:47:06 James Wormy1:48:15 David Isaacs1:49:33 Bruce Beck1:50:02 Kajas Cage Combat 1:51:00 Townsend Saunders vs Andre Pederneiras 1:53:33 Frank Shamrock vs Jeremy Horn 1:55:50 Matt Hume vs Kenny Monday 1:57:59 Kurt Angle doing commentary 2:00:53 extreme fighting cage current location 2:04:10 interview wrap up 2:08:32 outro/ final thoughts  Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast:https://www.youtubSupport the show