Chris Brennan pre-UFC Career Interview (ep.76)

#ChrisBrennan #LytesOut #MMAHistory CHRIS BRENNAN - Before The UFC DEEPDIVE (part 1, ep 76)

Now Chris Brennan is an old school guy, but you may not have realized just how OLDSCHOOL he is! His MMA roots go back to 1993, the first time he was choked out in Brazil was by the legendary Fabio Gurghel and he calls the controversial JJ Black Belt Marc Laimon a friend... this is just for starters.

So, once Lytle and company got to talking with Brennan we didn't stop! This is part 1 of our early career talk with the awesome "Westside Strangler."

Chapter Timings -
0:00- Intro
1:47- Walking into a boxing gym
4:06- Gracie school in Torrance, CA
6:32- Gracie challenge matches in dojo
7:05- Judo vs BJJ
9:42- Street fighting before and after learning BJJ
11:04- John De La O
11:47- First fight vs Scott Carter
12:27- Training with Kimo and Joe Son on the side as well as Gracie academy
13:10- Rorion Gracie protecting Gracie Jiu Jitsu by not allowing his students to fight
13:47- First loss for BJJ fighter, Amaury Bittetti vs Don Frye
14:30- Rorion holding back the students
18:35- Chris and Laimon deciding to leave
19:05- Japanese/Peruvian neck tie
20:09- Fighting in gyms and bars
20:43- Mike Bitonio
22:02- Fighting 19 days later vs strikers
24:03- Keeping the fights secret from Rorion
25:09- Moving to Brazil to train at Alliance with Jacare Calvancante
29:48- Kimo training before Royce fought him at UFC III
31:27- Kimo becoming worse by becoming more technical
32:27- Joe Son
34:21- John Lober
36:28- Brazilian fight life
38:31- Competing in IBJJF worlds
39:11- Ryan Gracie and Tico biting
42:22- Fight in Brazil vs Delcio Delcio, BJJ vs kickboxing
45:39- Returning to Gracie academy in CA
46:45- Leaving Gracie academy and forming Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu
49:00- Goal after leaving Gracie academy to open own gym
50:55- Marc Laimon at Grapplers Quest and explanation for not shaking hands
53:12- Rivalry with Marc Laimon
54:54- Defeating Eddie Bravo's rubber guard
55:53- Rivalry with Pat Miletich
1:01:40- UFC debut, 4-man tournament to crown new "lightweight" champion (170), trilogy fight with Miletich
1:06:24- Igor Zinoviev and Jeffrey Epstein
1:06:56- John Perretti
1:10:08- Origin of the "west side strangler" name (Lions den vs Tito Ortiz)
1:14:34- Fight vs Steve Horton on one days notice at Extreme Challenge 22
1:19:13- Bas Rutten Invitational vs Steve Gomm in Denver
1:24:05- Bas Rutten and Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu
1:25:13- Bas Rutten's King of the Cage vs Joe Stevenson
1:31:37- Antonio McKee fight at KOTC 3
1:37:18- KOTC promoters
1:41:54- Fight vs Joe Hurley, losing PRIDE fight vs Sakuraba
1:46:52- Shannon Ritch
1:47:51- Getting COVID
1:49:00- Mike and Miguel wrap up

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