Chiesa began his professional mixed martial arts career in 2008. He fought for several regional promotions in the Pacific Northwest, going undefeated in his first seven fights, before gaining an opportunity to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Live reality show.
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John Bartolo interviews Mike Chiesa
Summary
John interviews Mike ‘Maverick’ Chiesa who is a professional mixed martial artist, who currently competes in the welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a professional MMA competitor since 2008. Mike was the winner of FX’s inaugural The Ultimate Fighter: Live.
John and Mike have an engaging conversation about fighting, the various interesting matches, the top fighters and their style, the use of boxing gloves and puffies, cleaning up fights with rules, and the importance of practice and preparation, camps and teams.
Mike talks about his life and how he loves fighting.
Time Stamps
1:02—John starts the show by thanking the sponsors.
1:40—John introduces his special guest Mike ‘Maverick’ Chiesa who is a professional mixed martial artist, who currently competes in the welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a professional MMA competitor since 2008. Mike was the winner of FX’s inaugural The Ultimate Fighter: Live.
2:03—John asks Mike to explain the “no contest, no decision” that happened in the previous week’s fight. Mike elaborates on the ‘intentional foul’ versus the ‘unintentional foul’.
6:04—Mike talks about the ergonomics of the gloves and the need to make a change but John feels that any change in the shape of the gloves will drastically change too much of the match.
8:20—Mike explains the difference between training with boxing gloves and training with MMA sparring gloves called puffies. He feels boxing gloves should be avoided for training because you tend to poke people in the eyes.
10:20—John and Mike talk about rules and cleaning up the fights to avoid issues like concussions and other injuries.
11:42—John asks Mike to explain the 12 to 6 elbow-rule.
13:23—Mike and John remember Marvin Haggler who passed away recently. They reminisce about Marvelous Marvin Haggler’s style and how he was the boxer of the decade.
19:30—John and Mike talk about the many different belts in boxing. They analyze the current fighters-- how grea
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