Mike Rogers Career Deep Dive

Send a textMike Rogers Deep Dive Ep 163Mike Rogers is one of the founding fathers of the Midwest Mixed Martial Arts scene; a black belt under Rodrigo Vaghi and the owner of St Charles MMA gym.Mike Rogers takes us through his dealings within the early Mixed Martial Arts scene that includes incredible stories about promoters that are no longer with us.This is a really fun listen for those curious about the legendary No Holds Barred era of fighting.Timestamps (Completed by Andrew Mendoza)0:00 Lytes Out Intro0:19 Guest Introduction0:30 Interview Start 0:37 Relationship with Steve Berger4:15 Winning Golden Gloves 2x5:35 Fighting at Pops Nightclub 7:07 Relationship with Rodrigo Vaghi8:30 Rodrigo Vaghi recieving Black Belt from Royler Gracie10:32 Carlson Gracie Senior 11:41 Fight Breaking Out at Gracie gym15:17 Getting bit During a Fight16:22 Mike Rogers vs Richard Dodd18:07 Promoter Brian Madden19:57 Universal Challenge Championship 4 man tournament20:48 Mike Rogers vs Rob Smith23:53 UFC being Influenced by HooknShoot24:48 Mike Rogers vs Mike Delany25:40 Steve Bergers opponent pulling out after weigh ins 30:22 Mike Rogers students 31:39 Tyron Woodley35:45 Josh Sampo36:42 Fighters not being loyal to their coaches 39:51 Cornering Josh Sampo for UFC fight 41:58 Josh Sampo vs Antonio Banuelos44:39 Promoter Randy Greenman46:42 Reality Submission Fighting card49:10 Randy Greenman death56:18 Matt Ricehouse vs Ryan Coutore58:30 Zach freeman vs Aaron Pico1:01:16 Mike Rogers vs Brad Kohler1:04:31 George Allan 1:05:50 Mike Rogers vs Vernon White1:07:56 king of the cage not competing with the UFC1:10:22 Lance Benoist 1:13:11 Mike Rogers vs Alex Stiebling1:13:47 Randy Greenman reputation 1:17:24 Mike Rogers vs Jason Lambert1:19:01 Bad Breed Grappling Tournament1:21:15 Jeff Monson “protest”1:23:38 Jeff Monson prank 1:27:19 Breaking jaw during fight1:29:15 Deciding to be a full time trainer 1:32:49 Ryan Antle Vs James Wade/ slapped by Joe Jordan for bad stoppage 1:37:44 Promoter Skip Olsen1:41:13 Mike Rothmeyer1:41:34 Tyler Bishop1:42:03 Selling of Fake Black Belts1:44:37 Becoming a Black Belt1:45:09 Interview wrap up1:45:59 OutroMike Rogers Deep DiveSubscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnyrswDJ9PkNHqFLOMfIdZw Also, don't forget to join our clips channel for more short-form content - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcebSeWpoMqcotWR_1rHnQ Socials: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LytesOutPodcast/ Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Patreon - [email protected] the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Miguel - @iturratemOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MikeRogers #rodrigovaghi #bjj #mma #mmahistory  #ufc  #nhb  #lytesoutpodcast  #LytesOut #mixedmartialarts  #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #mikedavis  #mmahistory  #oldschoolmma  #fightpodcast  #FightTalk #DEEPDIVE #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcastSupport the show