Ralph Gracie Career Deep Dive | MMA History Podcast

Ep 265 Ralph Gracie Career Drive Ralph Gracie joins us to discuss the Wild West days of what will later become Mixed Martial Arts. Ralph Gracie black belt and BJJ pioneer Allan “Gumby” Marques joins us as we take a look into the life and career of a man that generally does NOT do interviews. This one took almost a year to land and is well worth the wait. Ralph Gracie Career Deep Dive #graciejiujitsu #jiujitsu #Ralphgracie #bjjtraiining #ricksongracie Ralph Gracie 0:00 plugs/ promotions 0:42 Lytes out intro 1:14 guest introduction 1:37 interview start 1:48 current life 2:42 Allan Gumby current life 3:50 the Gracie family gaining popularity after UFC 1 5:38 feud with Lutha livre 8:06 first fight on record 9:16 Ralph Gracie’s reputation 13:31 influence on Draculino 15:48 fight on beach against 2 guys 17:00 Ryan Gracie comment about Ralph Gracie 20:21 connecting with John Perretti 22:03 Rolls Gracie story 24:17 fighting for the love of the sport 25:00 Getting a call from Dana White 27:24 training for Pride FC 28:45 conflict for competing in Extreme fighting 29:39 avoiding arrest at extreme fighting 2 32:26 John Perretti turning himself in to police 32:55 Ralph Gracie vs Steve Nelson 37:23 United Shoot Wrestling Federation attendance 38:19 mentality going into fights 41:17 Allan Gumby training with Ralph Gracie 47:05 student Cameron Earle 49:30 Allan Gumby’s experience with Cameron Earle 52:52 Pentagon combat riot 53:20 experience in Japan 56:20 Street fight at McDonalds restaurant 57:17 training with Frank Shamrock 59:43 beef with Dave Camarillo 1:02:49 training BJ Penn early 1:06:19 Allan Gumby experience with the Penn Brothers 1:07:35 expectations for BJ Penn 1:08:38 rule changes for take downs 1:10:50 Ze Moraes influence on BJJ 1:12:38 student Lloyd Irvin 1:13:10 Ralph Gracie vs Mishima 1:14:16 thoughts on Carlson Gracie 1:15:04 Significance of Ralph Gracie’s team 1:17:46 going to Brazil with Ralph Gracie 1:18:28 adjusting to being internationally known 1:19:52 experience with Kazushi Sakuraba 1:22:44 impact the Gracie family has made 1:26:02 interview wrap up 1:26:16 outro/ closing thoughts Please follow our channels on Follow the MMA History Team on Instagram: MMA Detective Mike Davis @mikedavis632  Co Host Joey Venti @aj_ventitre Records Keeper- Andrew Mendoza @ambidexstress Social Media Manager Andy Campbell @martial_mindset_ Thumbnails Julio Macedo @juliosemacento Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mmahistoryp... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8Ksfq... Apple Podcast MMA History Podcast YouTube    / @mmahistorypodcast   Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: Cutthroatmma@gmail.com / ph#: 773-491-5052 #MMA #UFC #NHB #MixedMartialArts #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #MMAPodcast #fightpodcast Thank You for your support