Renato BABALU Sobral Deep Dive W/ Erik Apple Ep 160

Renato BABALU Sobral Deep Dive Ep 160 Renato Babalu Sobral is as old school as a fighter gets. Babalu takes us on his journey from fighting in no rules bouts in Brazil to his transition to living in the United States. Babalu is an early Marco Ruas prodigy and a proud representative of the Luta Livre system. This interview is a wild ride and it includes long time teammate, former roommate and good friend Erik Apple. Babalu does NOT give interviews and it took us over a year to finally get him to commit; Erik Apple's relationship with Babalu allowed us to ask questions about subject material that Babalu would normally balk at answering. This interview is something that all of us fans should be proud of 0:00 Intro 0:24 Babalu & Erik Apple 1:05 Begining MMA Journey 2:58 Getting Punched 4:55 Fighting at 13 years old 5:45 Getting the Name Babalu 8:04 Meeting Marco Ruas & Pedro Rizzo 11:38 Joining Ruas Vale Tudo 12:58 Desafio- Rio 8 Man Tournament 15:58 Luta Livre vs Jiu Jitsu 17:23 1st Fight Experience 20:00 Concussion - Hospital 22:00 Jiu Jitsu Rivalry 22:45 Fernsndo Cerchiari “Bosco” vs Babalu 24:28 Carlson Gracie 25:38 Fighting in Tournament 27:30 Pedro Octavio Vs Babalu 32:09 Frederico Lapenda 34:00 Sergio Bottereli 34:57 Zaza Tkeshelashivii Vs Babalu 39:59 Brad Kohler vs Babalu 43:52 Brad Kohler as promoter 45:13 Training with a Broken Hand 46:35 Mikhail Ilyukhin vs Babalu 48:26 Kitoshi Tamura vs Babalu 49:10 Dan Henderson Vs Babalu 52:10 João Alberto Barreto and Hélio Vigio 53:45 Jacob Zobnin vs Babalu 59:00 Manager Richard Wilner 1::00:10 Living with Erik Apple 1:03:34 Legacy & Opening a gym 1:06:30 Training with Marco Ruas 1:11:03 Pentagon Combat Riot 1:13:48 Dealing with CTE 1:18:33 Legend of Pacetau 1:22:40 Professor Landau 1:25:25 Heromitsu Kanehara vs Babalu 1:26:44 Valentjin Overeem vs Babalu 1:28:00 Ryan Gracie 1:30:00 UFC Maurice Smith vs Babalu 1:31:23 Tito Ortiz Rivalry 1:35:18 2001 ADCC 1:36:07 Fedor vs Babalu 1:37:27 Joe Silva 1:37:58 Kevin Randleman vs Babalu 1:39:45 Chuck Lidell vs Babalu 1:40:35 Chael Sonnen Controversy 1:44:50 Gracie Barra 1:45:28 $50K IFC Tournament 1:50:26 Training in Cuba 1:51:25 Jose Pele Lamdi vs Babalu Please follow our channels on Follow the MMA History Team on Instagram: MMA Detective Mike Davis @mikedavis632  Co Host Joey Venti @aj_ventitre Records Keeper- Andrew Mendoza @ambidexstress Social Media Manager Andy Campbell @martial_mindset_ Thumbnails Julio Macedo @juliosemacento Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mmahistoryp... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8Ksfq... Apple Podcast MMA History Podcast YouTube    / @mmahistorypodcast   Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 #MMA #UFC #NHB #MixedMartialArts #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #MMAPodcast #fightpodcast Thank You for your support