MMA History Podcast (TM) Ron "H2O" Waterman

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Ron Waterman stepped out of the classroom as a teacher and made his way into the cage to fight some of the worldā€™s toughest men.

Ron takes us through his journey that includes legendary manager Phyllis Lee, dealings with Matchmaker John Perretti and wrestling in the WWE

From schoolteacher to stepping into the cage with some of the toughest heavyweights of MMAā€™s Wild West era ā€” Ron Watermanā€™s story is one of the most unique in the sport.

In this episode, Waterman walks us through his rise: early days around Bas Rutten, guidance from legendary manager Phyllis Lee, navigating John Perrettiā€™s matchmaking, time in WWE, working with names like Shane Carwin, and going to battle with Valentijn Overeem, Kevin Randleman, Tsuyoshi Kosaka, Mirko Cro Cop, Rico Rodriguez and more.

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Ask him what the deal was with kris cross condo

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Fuck yeah! I first remember this dude from the UFC game on Dreamcast.

I also think he has a win over Kevin Randleman :cry:

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i suspect he may have tried steroids once or twice

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@MMAHistoryPodcast

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The guy had an epic fight with Chief Andre Roberts.

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Iā€™m looking forward to listening to this one at the gym tomorrow. Ron is such a humble guy. He had a solid career with a submission victory over Kevin Randleman! Very tough fighter and Iā€™m excited for this interview.

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He is the only fighter that Phyliss Lee said never screwed herā€¦

Phyliss was a difficult person to make happy and she wasnā€™t above doing things to line her pockets.

Often times you run into incredibly flawed religious people, Waterman isnt one of those types

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Thatā€™s my biggest takeaway when I hear him speak and this was the longest I have heard from him. Ron Waterman seems like a real man of God. We get so many fake religious people here in our game but he seems like a true Christian. Not just with his words but with everything beyond that and I really respect it. Funny when Joey joked by comparing it to Jon Jones as ā€œThe epitomeā€ of Christian values.

Also funny to hear Waterman acknowledge and validate what Brendan Schaub was saying about how he would tap out to Ron by Titty Smother LOL

P.S. Mike I want to hear more about your thoughts on Pro Wrestling and the Occult lol.

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I was surprised to hear Eddie Goldmanā€™s name on this one. He used to have a streaming internet show on Eyada.com . After that, he just badmouthed Zuffa after they took over. Did they snub him at some point?

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Great interview and yes, a nice clean purge from the Rafiel Torre stuff the past few weeks!

Loved the stuff about the Bas Rutten invitational in ā€˜99! Crazy when you think of an average day for Ron leading up to this event. A full-time teacher during the day, training high intensity every evening, the commute to and from training. It reminds me of how Crazy Bob Cook would work as a lumberjack all day and commute several hours one way to train at the Lionā€™s Den after work every day.

Iā€™m curious about the story of John Perretti being at Columbine the day of the shootings. This is probably a Mike question, but how and why would he have been on the campus that day? Was he there with Ving Tram (Not sure if Iā€™m spelling that correctly) to try and retrieve Tramā€™s son during the chaos that day? Ron said the event was only a few miles away from the school. Curious about why Perretti was there. BTW, it would be awesome if John Perretti would join us here on the OG!

Excited to hear Mike & Joey discuss future roundtable show ideas. It would be fun to do this from time to time. I also liked Joeyā€™s idea to have roundtable episodes to chronicle specific events & shows.

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THANKS
@Arod_Morgan !!

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I think I know where heā€™s going with this! Let me get to lunch and Iā€™ll do some typing.

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Hahahahahahahahha We Sorry

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So much of the occult is about mastering your impulses and urges enroute to being the person that you want to be. This can be done through yourself or done by building reality around yourself.

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The way you phrased that sounds like the Occult is a good self-help program

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It certainly can be if thatā€™s what you choose.

Or you can have conversations with demons or, quite possibly, live forever by reinserting yourself into host bodies over and over again.

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