Wander Braga Career Deep Dive

Send a textWanda Braga Career Deep Dive Ep 194Wander Braga is a legend amongst the early No Holds Barred era of competition. Wander allows us some incredible insight into his life and what was taking place behind the scenes of the early days of MMA.  Wander Braga and the MMA Detective, Mike Davis go through a deep dive into Wander Braga's MMA Career from the beginning!Timestamps (MASSIVE Shout Out to Andrew Mendoza!) IG: @ambidextress0:00 Lytes Out Intro0:19 Mike Davis Guest Introduction0:40 Interview Start0:58 Early Beginnings in Jiu-Jitsu04:07 Rigan Machado as First Coach/Being Promoted to Yellow Belt 04:55 Learning About MMA from Jorge Pereira06:43 Deciding to Compete in MMA08:46 Sau Palo Freestyle Fight Circuit10:04 Competing in Tournament Last Minute 16:03 Sand Falling out of Pockets During First Fight 19:14 Family Watching fights on TV 22:42 First Tournament as a Yellow Belt 24:24 Jorge Pereira Appreciation26:24 Looking up to Leo Dalla29:39 Training with RAW team 30:44 Issues with Training at RAW Due to Former Training Partners 32:18 Training with Frank Trigg 33:29 Realizing he needed to Learn Muay Thai 34:54 Evolution of Jiu-Jitsu 36:45 Jiu-Jitsu vs Luta Livre38:22 Dealings with Paquetau/Always receiving freebies From Him 41:34 Meeting Carlson Gracie 42:47 Not Getting Paid for Competing in Tournaments 45:11 Choosing Fighting Over College 46:47 Business Plugs/Promotions 48:03 Circuito de Lutas 249:21 Circuito de Lutas 349:56 Training judo with George Mehdi50:29 Meeting Alex Davis 51:33 Jorge Pereira vs Ebenezer Braga/First Women’s NHB Event That Night 53:59 Fighters Competing for the Love of the Sport and Not the Money54:43 Frederico Lapenda ExperiencesSubscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@LytesOutClipsSocials: Instagram - 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.WeldingOutro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #WanderbragaSupport the show