Todd Medina Career Deep Dive

Send a textTodd Medina Career Deep Dive Ep 175Todd Medina is an MMA pioneer that has first American allowed to train with the original Carlson Gracie fight team located in California. Todd Medina addresses the Brazilian Top Team split from Carlson Gracie and who he believed to be the main person behind it.Todd Medina has with been apart or witnessed MANY controversial moments within the No Holds Bars days of the sport... he does NOT dodge any of the questions. TODD MEDINA EPISODE IS INCREDIBLETodd Medina Career Deep Dive Ep 1750:00 Lytes Out Intro0:19 Interview Start1:28 Todd's Jeet Kune Do Instructor3:21 Relationship with Kimo and Joe Son3:47 Double-Crossing the Gracie's to get Kimo a win7:00 The start of going to Jiujitsu Tournaments7:53 Early "Full Contact" matches/fights8:45 Early Mexican Promotions and the Cartel10:56 The individual who "invented" the octagon11:52 Getting the invite to UFC 514:08 Todd's Business Plugs/Spiritual Grappler17:22 Kimo and Joe Son asking for donations to fight18:58 Preparing against UFC 5 opponent20:43 Chaos backstage after the first UFC fine ever22:52 Cornering in UFC 624:57 How Chris Brennan got in the corner26:47 Main event at Rage in the Cage in 200331:22 Fighting in Japan33:26 Getting approached to fix fights34:37 Amount paid to lose fights37:34 Tank Abbot grabbing a microphone to promote a fight40:30 Craziness when fighting in Aruba45:25 Relationship with Carlson Gracie46:40 Being a blue belt in Gracie instructionals51:40 Todd's experience with Ricardo Libório52:19 Fighting in Russia in 200054:50 Fighting in King of the Cage in less than 15 days after55:36 Not being listed as a black belt under Carlson Gracie56:55 Being the first American Black Belt under Carlson Gracie57:25 Brazilian Top Team split-up1:01:18 Potentially targeted by the Japanese fighters1:02:33 Sakuraba's only time in America and was in audience at King of the Cage1:03:06 Wanderlei Silva interactions before and after fight1:06:38 Melee backstage during King of the Cage event1:10:12 Ken Shamrock fighting Mark Hall in bathroom1:18:43 Working out with Jeff Newton1:20:01 The Best, The MMA Detective1:20:29 What happened at Sonnen vs Babalu fight1:26:35 Experiences with Joe Moreira1:30:27 Todd's message to the community1:32:42 Outro1:34:18 Plugs/ShoutoutsSubscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: 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 Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Follow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#ToddMedina #carlsongracie #carlsongracieteam #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective  #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FightPodcast #FightTalk #DEEPDIVE #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcastSupport the show