I am going to try to track down John Matua
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Craig Pittman -
Wrestled with Randy Couture in the Army, competed in Vale Tudo Japan tournament in 1995 - tournament won by Rickson Gracie/same tournament Gerard Gordeau & Yuki Nakai fought. He was a WCW pro wrestler as well in the 90’s. He and Tank Abbott were in the company at the same time. I’d be curious his thoughts on working with Tank.
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I think a Bob Shamrock roundtable would be very interesting. 3 or 4 Lion’s Den guys who knew Bob best. Someone from the Shamrock 2000 gym era as well. I’ve wanted to get more information about that gym. Not a lot out there at this point.
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it was only after his death that people admitted he was gay
ran a boys home…
What’s interesting is the fact that there has not been a single instance or accusation of inappropriate behavior
Due to this fact I hold Bob in high regard
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Anthony Macias would be an excellent choice. Massive amount of history he was involved in. Good guy. Good memory. Accessible.
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It would be interesting to see what he says about the fight with Oleg at UFC 6. I heard that’s why he never came back to the UFC.
WC: Okay, then after the UFC 6 prelim fights, for the semi-finals- now this is a little weird because Patrick Smith was supposed to fight Oleg, he stepped out due to stomach cramps, they said, and then-
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AM:** That’s exactly what he said in the back.
WC: He did the same thing, I think on the Ultimate Ultimate '95 when he was supposed to fight Severn- he left the day before because of stomach cramps or something.
AM: Yeah.
WC: So anyway, they had mentioned on the PPV that you were the first alternate to go. Now, Joel Sutton- another Buffalo guy- fought the other alternate fight in UFC 6. They showed him in the crowd and Beck said that even though he won, he was unable to continue for some reason. He didn’t look like he had damage. Do you know why Joel couldn’t fight him?
AM: I do not. I didn’t know if he got injured or what the deal was.
WC: And then they had mentioned on the PPV that Guy was an alternate, but understandably he didn’t want to fight Oleg. And then I heard later, I think Maurice Smith might’ve even been at this show and they were trying to talk to him about jumping in at the last second. Was Maurice Smith there?
AM: Maurice was there. The whole crew was there, bro. Scott (Bessac) was there. Pete (Williams) was there, I think. Yeah man, it was a big crew there.
WC: Let me run this rumor by you and see how accurate it is. David “Tank” Abbott had won his semi-final fight, so he was going to the finals. Buddy thought Oleg would have the best chance in the finals, and wanted him to go in fresh- so you were threatened by Buddy Albin that if you didn’t let Oleg win, you were done in NHB. Is that accurate?
AM: Yeah, pretty much, dude (laughter). You know- pretty much.
WC: So, I’m assuming he probably wasn’t your manager after that fight.
AM: That’s correct (laughter).
WC: When Albin told you that you had to lose to Oleg- can you tell me was anyone else in the room at that time?
AM: No, that was me and Buddy in the bathroom.
WC: Now how did that go down? Did he call you in there, and you could kind of tell something was up?
AM: I was already in there. He came in, and it was just one of those… Oleg was supposed to win UFC 5, is what he said to me. He said, “We’ve got a lot of money invested in this, and if you fight him- then you’ll never fight for me or anywhere else again.” It wasn’t that word for word, but that’s basically what the conversation was.
WC: Then after that UFC, did you have any opportunity to talk- not through Buddy- to the actual UFC brass?
AM: I’ve sent them some correspondence, but I’ve never received anything back.
WC: Okay.
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I had asked him. That’s one interview not going in my books though, as it’s not Japan centered.
i tried to land Rick Story the other day , no luck
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Bill, why is this the first time I’ve seen you post here?
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i recommend u show this to tank and film his reactions
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Hey man–I’ll pop in and take a gander every few days, but I don’t post much at all anywhere on the internet. Other than work and sleep, I spend a decent amount of my free time working feverishly on my Fujiwara-Gumi/Pancrase books, so they can come out at some point this century (the last two weeks I busted out a King of Pancrase Title Owner History piece that is really cool).
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We need a Felony Bennett episode so bad
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Lorenzo Hunt
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Manson Gibson
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A lot on this list there are already episodes for
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Dewey Cooper
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Dennis Alexio would be an epic prison episode
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