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Ep 278 Roberto Traven ADCC & MMA Deep Dive 

Roberto Traven beginnings in the sport takes us back to the war between Lita Livre & Gracie Jiu Jitsu 

Very rarely do we ever get such an early look into a time in the sport when there was such chaos. 

Phenomenal listen 

Ep 278 Roberto Traven ADCC & MMA Deep Dive 

0:00 plugs/ promotions 
0:42 Lytes out intro 
1:14 guest introduction
1:44 interview start 
1:47 plugs/ promotions 
2:48 learning Jiu jitsu at 16 
4:18 Luta Livre vs Jiu Jitsu 
4:48 Rickson Gracie vs Hugo Duarte beach fight 
10:25 interactions with Ryan Gracie 
11:55 unable to vision popularity of Jiu Jitsu 
15:32 paving the road for modern BJJ 
17:34 Rolls Gracie 
18:40 interactions with Gabi García
19:35 training with George Medhi
21:36 thoughts on Paqueta 
23:54 Injuring shoulder at the first IBJJF 
25:07 Roberto Traven vs Dave Berry
27:53 cornering Fabio Gurgel
28:31 cancelled bout with Mark Coleman due to injury 
29:44 coaching Fabio Gurgel during fights 
30:39 Absolute fighting championship 2
33:03 Don Frye cornering Leonid Efremov
34:34 Roberto Traven vs Leonardo Branco
36:01 training with Claudio Coelho
41:30 Roberto Traven vs John Machado
41:47 getting invited to ADCC 
43:26 Jeff Monson in the absolute devision 
44:09 Roberto Traven vs Hayato Sakuri
45:50 ADCC having success 
47:09 Roberto Traven vs Mario Sperry
49:25 Terere promoted to black belt after 5 years
50:23 Fabio Gurgel having keys to the gym 
50:59 Roberto Traven vs Gueorguiev Txvetkov
52:47 experience training Luta Livre 
55:39 Marco Ruas respectfully calling out Rickson Gracie 
57:10 Roberto Traven vs Dave Menne
58:07 Roberto Traven vs Tom Erickson
59:09 experience in Australia 
1:01:32 forming a super team 
1:03:44 student Ethan Garrison
1:04:21 Rory and Adam Singer
1:05:15 Mario Esfahan McCord
1:05:44 Robert Drysdale
1:06:48 Leo Vieira
1:07:16 Chris Moriarty
1:08:29 advice for Jiu Jitsu athletes 
1:10:16 interview wrap up 
1:10:29 outro/ closing thoughts 

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