Kazja Kaged Kombat & Conspiracy

Send a textEp 290 Kazja Kage Kombat & Conspiracy When it comes to pioneers of the early No Holds Barred days, the name Kazja is associated with both progress and controversy. Kazja gave us a look at what it was like to be on the front lines fighting the athletic commissions tooth and nail on every decision and how he was able to subvert their system. Some of the sports biggest names attended and participated in his events and in this interview we remember what is considered the sports “Golden Era” Ep 290 Kazja Kaged Kombat & Conspiracy0:00 plugs/ promotions 0:42 MMA history podcast  intro 1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction1:45 interview start 1:46 plugs/ promotions 4:17 introduction to submission fighting 8:04 first MMA event Kazja hosted 12:00 inspiration behind octagon cage 13:25 shoot fighter movie using cage 17:55 dealings with Joe Son 22:47 stick fighting tournament 23:58 Tapout similar logo to MatRat clothing28:13 screwed on deal by Charles Mask Lewis 32:56 relationship with Punkass 34:30 relationship with Scrape 36:23 struggles hosting first event 43:43 Beau Hershberger 44:48 cops showing up after event 48:32 thoughts on cobra fighting championship 52:38 Hitman fight promotions 53:39 Ryan Chenoweth55:55 LA times covering fight event 1:00:55 dealings with Joe Pardo 1:02:35 experience with Tracy Hess 1:04:39 Erica Montoya1:10:58 thoughts on Ryan Greg 1:11:14 thoughts on Jeremy Williams 1:12:10 Karo Parisian early start 1:15:18 Harout Terzyan1:16:54 Kanji Ishibashi1:17:05 Toby Imada 1:17:52 Sean Loeffler1:18:39 Rafiel Torre 1:19:15 Lodune Sincaid1:19:56 Brian Peterson1:20:06 Extreme Pancrase 11:23:53 fallout with Ryan Channel 1:25:22 Jeremy Jackson 1:27:09 Joe Moriera vs Joe Son1:30:37 Shamrock 20001:32:09 Jason Maxwell 1:32:43 Toby Imada taking tough fights 1:34:54 Shannon Ritch1:37:07 Mike Bitonio 1:38:17 backstage at WCC event 1:41:29 dealings with Armando Garcia 1:45:52 John Matua vs Tank Abbott 1:48:02 interview wrap up 1:50:31 outro/ closing thoughts Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@MMAHistoryPodcastSocials: 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 Lytle - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike Davis - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632 Joey Venti - Assistant - @aj_ventitreTyson Green - Producer - @ty.green.weldingAndrew Mendoza - Timestamps - @ambidexstressAndy Campbell - Social Media Manager - @martial_mindset_Josh Campbell - ContributerJohn Perretti - Historical ContributerOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcastSupport the show