TOBY IMADA Career #DEEPDIVE / #FiftyFightClub

Send a textToby Imada burst onto the early MMA scene with his fights at Neutral Grounds in the late 1990's and his participation in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club's first Submission Wrestling World Championship in 1998. For the better part of the next two decades, Imada marched to the beat of his own drum, taking fights against many of the world's top fighters in a variety of weight classes.Through it all, Imada remains a man walking his own martial path. Get to know Toby Imada in this latest #LOP "Deep Dive." 0:00 Podcast intro0:18 Guest intro, interview start 1:16 1998 ADCC 1998 88kg 6:10 Opening round: TobyImada vs Lafee Al Ajloony6:39 Toby Imada vs Karimula Barkalaev7:45 Quarterfinal: Toby Imadavs Ricardo Morais10:12 Neutral Grounds 611:37 Toby Imada vs Jason Von Flue IFC WC 4 13:00 Toby Imada vs AdrianSerrano at EC 27 17:24 Neutral Grounds in LA19:02 Loss to Steve Heath19:40 Four losses betweenApril 2000 to May 2002:Joe Stevenson, Dennis Asche, Jason Miller, Antonio McKee,then a three year break23:10 Training with the Lion's Den24:19 Toby Imada vs AkbarhArreola at Total Combat 926:27 Toby Imada vs HermesFranca at Total Combat 1428:36 Many fights in TijuanaBellator Season 1Lightweight Tournament:30:46 Quarterfinal: Toby Imadavs Alonzo Martinez33:35 Backstage experiences at Bellator35:35 Semifinal: Toby Imada vsJorge Masvidal41:54 Final: Toby Imada vsEddie AlvarezBellator Season 2Lightweight Tournament:43:13 Quarterfinal: Toby Imadavs James Krause44:08 Semifinal: Toby Imada vsCarey Vanier44:16 Final: Toby Imada vs PatCurran46:26 Toby Imada vs LudwingSalazar at FiteNite 1451:18 Shoot Boxing • S-Cup2010 tournament in Japan:53:39 Quarterfinal: Toby Imadavs Takaaki Umeno54:50 Semifinal: Toby Imada vsAndy Souwer57:21 Final: Toby Imada vs. 57:21 Final: Toby Imada vsBuakaw Banchamek1:04:26 Toby Imada vs PatrickyFreire at Bellator 391:05:53 Toby Imada vs JamesKrause (rematch)1:07:00 Career finale: TobyImada vs Hiroyuki Takaya1:08:33 Experience with UFC1:11:14 Coming to terms with retirement1:12:56 Experience living inAustin, TX1:13:55 Lion's Den San Diego1:14:52 Experience with OlegTaktarov1:15:15 Working in Tennessee1:17:34 Grappling credentials,Dean Lister1:20:03 Never ripped off by promoters1:20:50 Head trauma and psilocybin1:23:36 Toby's thoughts on his career1:25:55 Interview wrap upHere are clips from other interviews at the #LOP -  "I Thought The Ref Would Pull Me Off, He Didn't" - Nick Nutter -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGySdsNGHew"My Pee Bomb Exploded on Jeff Monson" - Dennis Hallman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6d62Jp4MbM"I Have Had Over 150 Concussions" - Keith Wisniewski - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-bcq3umqYg#TobyImada #DEEPDIVE #OldSchoolMMA #LOP #LytesOut #NHB #MMA #Shootboxing #UFC #MMAHistory #FightTalkSupport the show