Kirik Interview; History of the UG, Early MMA, Etc

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Kirik Interview by Stephan Kesting on Grapplearts.com

Hey guys,

Kirik was the star guest on the most recent episode of my podcast (episode 131 of The Strenuous Life)!

Here’s just some of what we covered…

01:27 – Kirik’s martial arts beginnings
06:15 – The origins of the Underground Forum and MixedMartialArts.com
10:21 – The Fighter’s Notebook
19:55 – Participating in early MMA
24:49 – Organized crime and combat sports
29:11 – Was Pride the golden era of mixed martial arts?
32:37 – Officiating early MMA events
37:06 – Octagons, rings, and other crazy fighting areas
46:26 – Creating ranks for fighters in MMA and boxing
51:48 – Craziest moves in MMA
 

You can listen to this podcast on your favourite podcasting platform by looking for episode 131 of ‘The Strenuous Life’ Podcast which you can find it on most podcast platforms, including…

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/strenuous-life-podcast-stephan-kesting-grapplearts/id320705565?mt=2

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/I3qvbtkdb74xrpv6ozbzie2ca4e

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-993426357

Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephan-kesting/grapplearts-radio-podcast

Anyway, thanks to Kirik for a great chat!!!

Stephan

 
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TTT

You’re getting good guests! I approve.

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Good stuff. For later

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Later

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BIG WIN

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Oh now I see what he's been doing instead of my podcast!

Kirik, come do ours we won't talk about any of this shit we will just talk about After Dark and big hogs and why Icy Mike is the greatest thing that ever happened to your site.

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Yay, Kirk Genesis!

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Cool!

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Stephan Kesting -

Kirik Interview by Stephan Kesting on Grapplearts.com

Hey guys,

Kirik was the star guest on the most recent episode of my podcast (episode 131 of The Strenuous Life)!

Here’s just some of what we covered…

01:27 – Kirik’s martial arts beginnings
06:15 – The origins of the Underground Forum and MixedMartialArts.com
10:21 – The Fighter’s Notebook
19:55 – Participating in early MMA
24:49 – Organized crime and combat sports
29:11 – Was Pride the golden era of mixed martial arts?
32:37 – Officiating early MMA events
37:06 – Octagons, rings, and other crazy fighting areas
46:26 – Creating ranks for fighters in MMA and boxing
51:48 – Craziest moves in MMA
 

You can listen to this podcast on your favourite podcasting platform by looking for episode 131 of ‘The Strenuous Life’ Podcast which you can find it on most podcast platforms, including…

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/strenuous-life-podcast-stephan-kesting-grapplearts/id320705565?mt=2

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/I3qvbtkdb74xrpv6ozbzie2ca4e

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-993426357

Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephan-kesting/grapplearts-radio-podcast

Anyway, thanks to Kirik for a great chat!!!

Stephan

 

Cool. Does he talk about anything with the Sean Gannon stuff?

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In

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All you need is to listen to him and Chris on JRE. This is just some rehashing of the same story.

P.S. I didn’t listen.

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Side note:

If any of you are unfamiliar with Mr. Kesting, check out any of his books, DVDs, websites, pamphlets, cocktail napkins, etc.

Great instructor, great products, he'll change your game for sure.

OK, back to the thread.

 

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Did Kirik talk about his open homosexuality?

I know there was a time when it was difficult for him to talk about it.

We are all happy that he’s has gotten over that and he can proudly be himself!!!!

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I’d rather be choking you out.

www.submissionfighting.com

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dude is like the energizer bunny on an open mic… Kirik, thanks for not name dropping… l

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i learned a sweep from the fighter's notebook I used to great effect in early BJJ tournaments

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For later

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Kirik did JRE, that's the ceiling for podcasts

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Updates on the Fighters Notebook!!!