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Ep 300 Rafiel Torre Corcoran Prison

Rafiel Torre is a notorious figure from the “Dark Ages” of the sport; a revered journalist, an alleged Black Belt and a powerfully connected insider to some of the sports biggest names. 

Rafiel Torre was arrested in 2003 and sentenced to life in prison in 2005 

He has been taken to task publicly by Joe Rogan, Eddie Bravo and Eddy Millis 

At his trial Gerald Strebendt, Chris Brennan and Joe Rogan testified against him 

This is the 1st time that Torre has ever had a voice to recall his place at a time in the sport that is considered “the beginning of the “Modern Era” 
#joerogan #eddiebravo 
0:00 MMA history podcast intro  
0:33 Disclaimer 
2:26 interview start 
4:41 beginnings in MMA 
5:27 beginnings into combat journalism
6:26 receiving invite to the first ADCC
8:02 Rafiel Torre vs  Beau Hershberger
9:26 creating “Lessons in humility” 
11:02 working for ADcombat
13:13 rolling with Royler Gracie 
15:20 friendship with Mark Kerr 
16:55 Mark Kerr vs Igor Borisov 
17:47 relationship with Rico Rodriguez 
18:35 Kazushi Sakuraba vs Renzo Gracie 
21:25 rolling with Rico Rodriguez and Mark Kerr 
23:19 Ken Shamrock and Mark Hall KOTC incident 
24:32 Cobra Fighting Federation 
25:25 Chuck Liddell Anal comments 
26:22 Chuck Liddell street fights 
26:56 meeting Joe Rogan 
27:52 meeting Eddie Bravo 
29:37 Mark Kerr substance issues 
32:19 Mark Coleman and Mark Kerr relationship 
33:14 experience with Ryan Gracie
34:32 Kumite event in the woods 
36:00 meeting Gerald Strebendt 
38:32 backstage during Pride 11 
40:29 Heath Herring vs Tom Erikson 
41:10 Bruce Buffer Chris Brennan incident 
42:49 Mario Sperry vs Mark Kerr 
44:04 Mark Kerr vs Ricardo Arona 
45:32 Mario Sperry choked out during match 
46:19 noticing Mark Kerr’s struggles with opioids 
47:22 relationship with Eddy Millis 
49:39 called out by Eddie Bravo over Blackbelt 
51:01 relationship with Larry Landless 
51:11 relationship with the Tapout crew 
52:03 Rampage Jackson airplane incident 
55:56 Rampage Jackson gold chains 
56:51 favorite “Lessons in humility” 
58:35 Trained Luigi Fioravante
59:22 Journalism during dark age of MMA 
1:00:05 dealing with Joe Son and Kimo Leopoldo 
1:01:32 never getting to interview Ken Shamrock 
1:02:03 Rafiel Torre vs Ioka Tianuu
1:06:51 changes made from being in Prison 
1:08:56 message to friends from MMA industry 
1:10:24 attending UFC 3
1:12:01 clarifying Eddie Bravo comments 
1:14:39 reason for cutting ties with Eddie Bravo 
1:15:31 issue with a Correctional officer 
1:20:22 Dorm living vs Cell living
1:21:53 Prison politics 
1:25:00 interactions with Dana Stubblefield 
1:27:01 doing Magic in prison 
1:30:03 struggles going into interview 
1:30:36 finding a purpose performing Magic 
1:33:19 going to dark places mentally 
1:34:33 interview wrap up 
1:35:11 outro/ closing thoughts

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