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Ep 231 Todd Margolis Jiu Jitsu Pioneer 

Todd Margolis journey into the world of Jiu Jitsu started after a need to compete when his wrestling career ended. 

Todd Margolis path had him compete against some of the sport’s biggest names; Igor Gracie, Rafael Lovato, David & Marcos Avon just to name a few. 

Todd’s career is one of the more difficult projects that we have taken on and we are glad to have finally recorded it. 


Ep 231 Todd Margolis Jiu Jitsu Pioneer 

0:00 Lytes out intro
0:19 guest introduction
0:30 interview start 
0:33 not having any career info online 
3:23 current life situation 
9:20 combat sports beginning 
12:58 east coast west coast BJJ
18:29 first time competing against a black belt 
20:26 promoted for white to brown under Mario Yamasaki
23:09 transitioning to train with Lloyd Irvin
27:14 switching to train with Pedro Sauer
36:58 getting black belt from Pedro Sauer
38:30 dealing with pushback from students 
44:54 Jeff Monson incident at the Pe DePano
48:12 Gracie Worlds promoter negative comments 
49:38 2003 Pan AMS
50:58 Kipp Kollar
52:01 Todd Margolis vs Ricardo Almeida 
55:44 Renzo Gracie Story 
56:56 Todd Margolis vs David Terrell
1:02:20 not getting invited to ADCC
1:06:10 Lloyd Irvin promoting students too fast 
1:08:40 Mark Laimon vs Ryron Gracie
1:10:35 Todd Margolis vs Pablo Popovitch
1:13:19 getting to peak shape but not competing 
1:16:42 rumors of fighting NHB
1:18:28 Brazilians withholding technique from Americans 
1:19:51 learning BJJ from the top athletes 
1:22:16 training with Alan Belcher 
1:24:54 Brandon Vera
1:25:36 getting robbed by cops 
1:27:03 competing against Walt Bayless
Students 
1:27:40 Jeff Rockwell
1:27:51 never meeting Mark Schultz 
1:28:06 ranking Lloyd Irvin as a coach 
1:29:02 Todd Margolis vs Paulo Guillobel
1:31:39 Todd Margolis vs Kenny Florian 
1:33:51 interview wrap up/ outro 

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