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Ep 299 Jorge Rivera Career Deep Dive 

Jorge Rivera is a legend of the Atlantic Northeast MMA scene 

His career started with the legendary Jason Delucia and continues through one of the sports most respected trainers Keith Rockel. 

Throughout his career Jorge Rivera has faced some of the world’s toughest fighters; Tim Sylvia, Rich Franklin and Anderson Silva are just a few of the names. 

Rivera bout with Lee Murray and the reputation that Murray carried are talked about extensively in this episode 

Ep 299 Jorge Rivera Career Deep Dive 



Jorge Rivera 

0:00 MMA history podcast intro  
0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 
0:58 interview start 
1:38 learning from Jason DeLucia 
5:30 Judo Black belt Keith Racquel 
5:58 training partner Doug Kalindo
8:30 Jorge Rivera vs Elias Rivera 
10:54 Jorge Rivera vs Tim Sylvia 
14:06 Vale Tudo Rhode Island 4 man tournament 
16:25 Jorge Rivera vs Brandon Lee Hinkle
19:40 Jorge Rivera vs Anatoly Yaschenko
21:05 being a B side fighter early on 
22:36 Training with Matt Phiney
23:32 relationship with Tom Haffers
25:02 Jorge Rivera vs Joe Nye
25:48 Jorge Rivera vs Travis Lutter
27:30 thoughts on greasing for fights 
28:29 Jorge Rivera vs Andy Landen
30:39 Jorge Rivera vs Solomon Hutcherson
31:30 getting the call from the UFC 
33:15 Jorge Rivera vs David Loiseau
36:29 Jorge Rivera vs Lee Murray 
38:36 interactions with Lee Murray 
41:23 fighting in an empty arena 
46:19 Jorge Rivera vs James Gabert
50:18 Jorge Rivera vs Mark Weir
52:22 Jorge Rivera vs Rich Franklin 
54:46 Jorge Rivera vs Alex Reid
57:44 Jorge Rivera vs Anderson Silva 
1:00:30 Promoter Mario Ramos & Zach Tesler 
1:00:57 experience with Dr Lenny Waice
1:03:23 Jorge Rivera vs Danny Vega
1:06:13 Street Wise Fight gear sponsor 
1:08:20 Ranger Up clothing sponsor 
1:11:52 Jorge Rivera vs Dennis Hallman
1:12:47 Jorge Rivera vs Chris Leben
1:14:06 cancelled bout with Alessio Sakara
1:15:16 Jorge Rivera vs Tim Williams
1:16:14 Jorge Rivera vs Kendall Grove 
1:19:01 interview wrap up 
1:19:29 outro/ closing thoughts

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