John Lober Career Deep Dive | MMA History Podcast

Ep 238 John Lober Career Deep Dive John Lober is one of the sports biggest mysteries; his body of work isnt lengthy, but the fighters that he competed against are considered to be some of the world’s best. When researching John and speaking to his contemporaries, the stories of both inside and out of the cage were always intense and often times difficult to believe. John Lober comes to us and gives us a raw look into a man that many today both still fear and respect. Ep 238 John Lober Career Deep Dive 0:00 Lytes out intro 0:19 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 0:42 interview start 1:24 meeting Ken Gabrielson 2:52 training length before first fight 3:39 John Lober vs Eric Heberstreit 5:47 IFC Canvas logo needing to be painted over 6:09 LA Underground Fight Series 9:48 featured in “When we were bouncers” book 10:19 getting set up by Pat Miletich 12:53 John Lober vs Jamie Faucett 14:49 getting yelled at by Gene Labell 15:38 John Lober vs Igor Zinoviev 21:06 current life 25:42 introduction to MMA 28:05 early training partners 29:03 Frank Shamrock handshake Rumor 29:39 John Lober vs Frank Shamrock 36:36 growing up differently from Frank Shamrock 38:50 defeating Frank Shamrock 39:51 opinion on John Perretti 40:56 crossing paths with Joe Son 44:48 Eddie Ruiz 44:56 tough fighters coming from Huntington Beach 46:46 John Lober vs Kevin Jackson 48:00 training with Dan Henderson 50:38 receiving 8 red cards for hair pulling 53:00 manager Phyllis Lee 53:57 John Lober vs Osami Shibuya 55:00 Todd Medina 56:58 training with Allan Goes 59:33 working for City Boxing 1:00:30 John Lober vs Ryushi Yanagisawa 1:04:46 wrestling coach Paul Hallowen 1:05:31 thoughts on Tito Ortiz 1:07:12 issue with Tank Abbot and his crew 1:12:22 John Lober vs Minoru Sazuki 1:12:46 thoughts on the Japanese MMA Scene 1:17:19 Chuck Liddell fight rumor 1:19:46 John Lober vs Frank Shamrock 1:23:04 John Perretti calling John Lober a psycho 1:24:18 attacking Steve Heath after fight 1:26:22 friend named Frenchy who faked his Death 1:27:06 training with Chris Brenn