UFC 7 Veteran ONASSIS PARANGAO - From The Vault

Send a text#OnassisParungao #UFC #UFCHistoryWe found Onassis Parungao in Connecticut, teaching Kung-fu and Tai-Chi, arts that he has dedicated his life to. In the world of traditional martial arts, Parungao is set apart and associated with MMA because of the following:In 1995, he fought an alternate fight at UFC 7, defeating Francesco "Fang" Maturi. The tournament held together and was won by Marco Ruas, but Parungao was standing by to jump in.In those days, traditional martial artists were known to shun the UFC. You can count on just 1 or 2 hands the number of traditional martial artists who stepped up to test themselves. Parungao is undefeated in the UFC at 1-0. Though it is one fight, very few can make that statement.Before deciding to discontinue in his fighting career, Parungao also traveled to Russia and participated in the notorious 32-man Absolute tournament that was won by Renzo Gracie student Ricardo Morais. Parungao went 1-1 that night.Onassis Parungao goes one on one with Miguel Iturrate of the #LytesOut team. This one is for the hardcores...You can visit Onassis at Connecticut's Cheng Yee (Righteous) Kung Fu School.0:00 Podcast intro0:19 Interview start and guest intro1:10 Current school and martialarts background2:23 Intro to UFC 7 experience5:50 Rules meeting7:56 Onassis Parungao VSFrancesco Maturi at UFC 711:48 Aftermath and contracts14:38 Offers to fight in Japan and Russia16:55 The first UFCs versusMMA today22:16 Paul Varelans and potential matchups25:21 Dad and knife fighting26:47 The Gracies' influence over early UFCs31:34 Intro to IAFC tournament in Moscow35:15 Experience in Russia, 199543:35 The Absolute FC 32-man tournament48:38 Onassis Parungao vsPavel Byshiv at AFC 1 51:58 Ricardo Morais vsOnassis Parungao at AFC 1 56:53 Thoughts on the final and overall experience1:04:05 Walking away fromMMA and regrets1:07:17 Turning down the nextRussian offer1:12:00 Bare knuckle fighting1:14:11 Favorite fighters andONE Championship1:16:40 Interview 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] 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