EPISODE · Oct 6, 2022 · 1H 33M
RICHARD "RED" HEARD - From The Vault
from MMA History Podcast · host MMA Detective Mike Davis, Joey Venti
Send a text#RichardHeard #ValeTudo #MMAHistoryRichard "Red" Heard Vale Tudo Career DEEPDIVE / Chris Lytle VaultRichard Heard fought in the early days of the modern sport, winning an 8 man tournament in Japan before fighting in the Ukraine and Brazil. We caught up with "Red" on the phone to go over what happened on some of the wildest shows from the mid-1990's.Heard left the sport to become a California sheriff, but he has never stopped participating in tournaments and as a referee. He has earned his JJ black belt and he is a hell of a conversation. Meet "Red" Heard, probably for the first time!Chapter Times:0:00- Intro1:10- Intro to Martial Arts4:02- Pitfighting5:54- Training with "Judo Gene" Lebell6:55- Lead up to first NHB fight in Kiev, Ukraine14:15- Bonding with John Lober 17:35- Going straight to a casino post fight20:31- Paul Varelans and Bas Rutten in the Ukraine24:25- Watching Igor Vovchanchyn 27:30- Frederico Lapenda32:27- Joe Moreira vs Zane Frazier in hotel lobby at UFC tryouts34:30- 8-man tournament in Tokyo, Japan39:20- Bart Vale41:12- Tokyo tournament and mind games 45:10- Scott Bessac46:03- David Hood fight in semifinals 49:50- Fighting Fred Floyd in finals of tournament 51:15- Purse for winning tournament 57:05- WVC 2 in Brazil, training with Oleg Taktarov 1:01:55- Meeting Pedro Rizzo1:03:20- Agreeing to fight Pedro Rizzo1:06:30- Oleg Taktarov stories1:09:02- Marco Ruas beating up Lapenda rumor1:11:20- Rick Lucero1:16:08- Jerry Bohlander fighting style1:18:43- Mark Kerr and the Smashing Machine documentary1:30:00- Getting pharmaceuticals in Brazil 1:33:09- Wrap upAlso, 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] for listening to Richard "Red" Heard Vale Tudo Career DEEPDIVE / Chris Lytle VaultFollow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Miguel - @iturratemOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MiguelIturrate #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FightPodcast #FightTalk #DEEPDIVE #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcastSupport the show
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Send a text#RichardHeard #ValeTudo #MMAHistoryRichard "Red" Heard Vale Tudo Career DEEPDIVE / Chris Lytle VaultRichard Heard fought in the early days of the modern sport, winning an 8 man tournament in Japan before fighting in the Ukraine and Brazil. We caught up with "Red" on the phone to go over what happened on some of the wildest shows from the mid-1990's.Heard left the sport to become a California sheriff, but he has never stopped participating in tournaments and as a referee. He has earned his JJ black belt and he is a hell of a conversation. Meet "Red" Heard, probably for the first time!Chapter Times:0:00- Intro1:10- Intro to Martial Arts4:02- Pitfighting5:54- Training with "Judo Gene" Lebell6:55- Lead up to first NHB fight in Kiev, Ukraine14:15- Bonding with John Lober 17:35- Going straight to a casino post fight20:31- Paul Varelans and Bas Rutten in the Ukraine24:25- Watching Igor Vovchanchyn 27:30- Frederico Lapenda32:27- Joe Moreira vs Zane Frazier in hotel lobby at UFC tryouts34:30- 8-man tournament in Tokyo, Japan39:20- Bart Vale41:12- Tokyo tournament and mind games 45:10- Scott Bessac46:03- David Hood fight in semifinals 49:50- Fighting Fred Floyd in finals of tournament 51:15- Purse for winning tournament 57:05- WVC 2 in Brazil, training with Oleg Taktarov 1:01:55- Meeting Pedro Rizzo1:03:20- Agreeing to fight Pedro Rizzo1:06:30- Oleg Taktarov stories1:09:02- Marco Ruas beating up Lapenda rumor1:11:20- Rick Lucero1:16:08- Jerry Bohlander fighting style1:18:43- Mark Kerr and the Smashing Machine documentary1:30:00- Getting pharmaceuticals in Brazil 1:33:09- Wrap upAlso, 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] for listening to Richard "Red" Heard Vale Tudo Career DEEPDIVE / Chris Lytle VaultFollow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Miguel - @iturratemOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MiguelIturrate #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FightPodcast #FightTalk #DEEPDIVE #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcastSupport the show
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