Taking 4th place at ADCC hungover, Danaher breaks arm during private lesson- EP. 12 w/ Gunnar Nelson

El Segundo Podcast

We went all the way to Iceland to bring you episode 12 with none other than the legend himself, Gunnar Nelson. Gunnar is an MMA fighter for the UFC who got his start in Martial arts at the age of 13! Gunnar started training Jiu Jitsu at the age of 17 & 4 years after that was awarded his Black Belt by Renzo Gracie. In this episode the boys talk about Gunnars incredible ADCC run, training in the blue basement with John Danaher, all the cool places martial arts has taken him & much more!

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Becoming a black belt in 4 years (00:01:15)

3. Jiu Jitsu Journey (00:03:32)

4. ADCC run (00:06:14)

5. Training at Renzo Gracie Academy (00:15:20)

6. Jiu Jitsu in MMA (00:26:23)

7. Breaking limbs (00:29:01)

8. MMA fighters doing grappling events (00:35:42)

9. Dagestani training (00:41:05)

10. What's in the future for Gunnar (00:44:19)

11. Quintet (00:46:19)

12. Wear & tear of grappling (00:48:32)

13. Training at SBG (00:54:27)

14. Training at different gyms (00:57:32)

15. Outro (01:08:55)