Valentijn Overeem Early Career Deep Dive

Send a textEp 237 Valentijn Overeem Early Career Deep Dive Valentijn Overeem is a 50 fight club member that started his career in the mid 90’s. Valentijn takes us through the early Dutch MMA/Kickboxing scene with some incredible stories while at the same time diving into some career highs. Interviews like this are exactly the reason we love the early Dutch scene Ep 237 Valentijn Overeem Early Career Deep Dive Ep 237 Valentijn Overeem Early Career Deep Dive Valentijn Overeem is a 50 fight club member that started his career in the mid 90’s. Valentijn takes us through the early Dutch MMA/Kickboxing scene with some incredible stories while at the same time diving into some career highs. Interviews like this are exactly the reason we love the early Dutch scene Ep 237 Valentijn Overeem Early Career Deep Dive 0:00 Lytes out intro0:19 guest introduction0:33 interview start 1:08 early life 1:45 beginnings in MMA 2:13 experience at Chris Doleman’s gym4:21 Valentijn Overeem vs Remy Bonjasky6:32 relationships with Chris Dollman8:30 sparring with Andre Brilleman8:51 what it’s like sparring it Holland 10:13 Valentijn Overeem vs Tjerk Vermamen11:20 only leaving the 1st round twice in entire career 12:45 not wanting to embarrass Chris Dollman 13:10 meeting Dirty Bob Schrijber14:06 experience with Gerard Gordeau16:45 Gerard Gordeau issues in Japan18:21 Valentijn Overeem vs Jeroen Waringa19:49 bar fight with bouncers 23:54 Valentijn Overeem vs Masayuki Naruse25:58 being a big ticket seller 26:44 meeting the Lions Den 27:27 Valentijn Overeem vs Chris Haseman28:44 Gilbert Yvel vs Dirty Bob Schrijber30:08 Valentijn Overeem vs Gilbert Yvel32:09 Ron Nyquist car bomb incident 34:37 relationship with Bas Boon 36:38 experience with Yon Plass 38:40 getting approached by Freek Hamaker 42:39 growing up with brother Alistair Overeem47:00 local fighters not having a platform to compete in MMA 48:30 injuries in Bareknuckle fighting 50:01 mentality after losing 3 fights 53:48 negotiation differences between pride and Rings 55:57 what it’s like fighting in Russia 1:00:49 never having issues with the Yakuza and the Mafia 1:03:12 Dutch fighters only supported by fans in other countries 1:05:37 experience with Simon Rutz 1:07:47 thoughts on Apy Echteld1:08:06 Rings King of kings Tournament 1:11:20 Valentijn Overeem vs Randy Couture1:13:50 Valentijn Overeem vs Minotauro Nogueira1:16:08 Assuerio Silva worked fight1:16:25 thoughts on Bas Rutten 1:18:08 career highlights 1:21:49 attending Hans Nijmen’s funeral 1:24:13 Valentijn Overeem vs Rodney Glunder “Greasing”1:26:21 interview wrap up 1:31:15 outro/ final thoughts Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@LytesOutClipsSocials: Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbwInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632 Cash App - $mikedavis1231Venmo - Mike-Davis-63ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Follow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632 Joey - Assistant - @aj_ventitreTyson - Producer - @ty.green.weldingAndrew - Timestamps - @ambidexstrSupport the show