The Fall of Extreme Fighting Battlecade - John Perretti

Send a textEp 313 The Fall of EF Battlecade - John Perretti John Perretti, Battlecade: Extreme Fighting creator/matchmaker & formerUFC matchmaker.Deep dive into the promotion's last event via Extreme Fighting 4 (Des Moines, March 28, 1997): It featured Olympic gold medalistsKenny Monday & Kevin Jackson on one card, along with epic clashes like Paul Jones vs.Eric Paulson and a mid-show power outage, we talk about Gracie hesitancy on certain matchups (including near-misses with big money offers), Bas Rutten bad blood, and John's take on grappler-to-striker limits.Raw, firsthand history from the source.0:00 MMA history podcast intro  0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 0:57 interview start 2:19 Extreme fighting 4 in Iowa 3:20 budget for Extreme fighting 4 4:09 Ralph Gracie vs Eugenio Tadeu rumor 6:28 allegedly matchmaking Brazilians to lose fights 7:40 training Igor Zinoviev to fight Royce Gracie 9:47 Bas Rutten altercation with Rickson Gracie 11:55 Roster of fighters at Extreme Fighting 412:50 power outage during event 14:14 Allan Goes vs Todd Bjornethun18:14 Gary Myers vs Tommy Glanville 19:38 Paul Jones vs Erik Paulson 21:22 Kevin Jackson vs John Lober 22:37 creating modern MMA25:12 Extreme fighting changing how you viewed the sport 26:13 thoughts on Joe Moreira 30:06 John Lober personal issues32:12 Matt Hume vs Pat Miletich35:44 financial issues coming into event 37:18 Kenny Monday vs John Lewis 43:47 John Donehue reffing all 4 events 44:43 Maurice Smith vs Kazunari Murakami51:24 altercation with Ken Shamrock in lobby 56:18 drug issues at the Lions den 58:13 matchmaking fights in the UFC 1:02:05 realizing Extreme fighting is finished 1:05:15 Igor Zinoviev injured out of extreme fighting 1:05:38 receiving a call to work for the UFC1:10:02 Art Davie’s letter to congress to ban MMA 1:11:41 plugs/ promotions 1:12:42 interview wrap up 1:24:19 outro/ closing thoughtsPlease follow our channels on Follow the MMA History Team on Instagram: MMA Detective Mike Davis @mikedavis632 Co Host Joey Venti @aj_ventitreRecords Keeper-  Andrew Mendoza @ambidexstressSocial Media Manager Andy Campbell  @martial_mindset_Thumbnails Julio Macedo  @juliosemacentoInstagram https://www.instagram.com/mmahistorypodcast?igsh=aHVweHdncXQycHBy&utm_source=qrSpotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb?si=aL3D5Y3aTDi-PQZdweWL8gApple Podcast MMA History PodcastYouTube https://youtube.com/@MMAHistoryPodcast?si=bj1RBXTZ2X82tv_JOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-powerMike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632 Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 #MMA #UFC #NHB #MixedMartialArts #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #MMAPodcast #fightpodcast Thank You for your supportSupport the show