Ivan Menjivar Career Deep Dive

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Ivan Menjivar Career Deep Dive Ep 197
Ivan Menjivar is the definition of Canadian Martial Arts Pioneer. Ivan Menjivar shares with us the difficulty of immigrating to Canada and the reason that got him into fighting.
Ivan Menjivar career is something that gave him international respect before the 135 pound weight class existed.
Timestamps (Thanks to Andrew Mendoza!)
0:00 Lytes Out Intro
0:19 Guest Introduction
0:54 Interview Start
1:00 Getting to Canada from El Salvador
3:07 Being Targeted by Kidnappers
5:39 Joining a Gang in High School
10:01 Learning Jiu Jitsu
13:16 Training at Tristar Gym
14:55 Learning Techniques from Videos and Magazines
16:40 Meeting Wagnney Fabiano
21:20 Ivan Menjivar vs David Guigui
22:27 First Amateur Fight at 16 Years Old
25:08 Ivan Menjivar vs Jean Francois Bolduc
26:24 Not Being Talented Early in Fighting
28:45 Confusion when Air Horn Goes off During Fight
29:58 Ivan Menjivar vs George St Pierre/Missing Weight
30:50 Taking Fights at higher weight classes
31:37 Bad Referee Calls
37:32 Learning Wrestling in Canada
40:29 Ivan Menjivar vs Jason Black
44:58 Fighter Progression
49:40 Ivan Menjivar vs Jeff Curran
51:21 Studying and Planning for Fights
56:20 Putting Vaseline on Ring Mat
59:16 Ivan Menjivar vs JR Palmer
1:00:58 Not Being a Big Ticket Seller
1:02:32 JR Palmer Aggression During Fight
1:06:34 JR Palmer at the Weigh Ins
1:08:17 Georges St-Pierre Becoming a Complete Martial Artist
1:11:37 Learning from Losses
1:12:15 Fallout with Stephane Patry
1:14:11 Ivan Menjivar vs Max Marin
1:15:44 Promoter Mark Pavlich
1:16:27 Ivan Menjivar vs Vitor Rideiro
1:19:26 Work Visa Issues Before UFC 46
1:20:37 Signing with Aristeia management
1:21:45 Ivan Menjivar vs Matt Serra
1:23:01 Ivan Menjivar vs Miki Shida
1:25:18 Ivan Menjivar vs Joe Lauzon
1:25:35 Ivan Menjivar vs Urijah Faber
1:30:59 Learning the Calf Slicer
1:33:22 Career Highlights
1:36:22 Getting Sued by Stephane Patry
1:40:43 Caol Uno Illegal Kicks
1:42:50 Meeting Carlos Newton
1:43:41 Ivan Menjivar vs Bart Palaziewski
1:45:30 Current Training/Life
1:46:42 David Loiseau
1:47:58 Ali Nestor
1:49:32 Interview Wrap Up
1:53:35 Outro/Closing Thoughts
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