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Today, ladies and gentlemen, today is December 2nd, 2013 and 50 years ago today the first

mixed martial arts fight was fought in America. 60, right?

60 years ago today?

What is the date of it?

December 2nd, 1963, yeah.

So it was 50 years ago.

Yeah, I was three at the time.

And the man in front of me, Judo Jean Lebel, who I've known and I've been very fortunate to be

your friend for a number of years and it's been a real honor. You're a guy that amongst like mixed

martial arts fighters like especially even early in the day you were like really

keenly involved in I don't know if keenly is the right word to use there but very involved in, I don't know if Keenly's the right word to use there, but very involved in the education

of martial artists about grappling.

Joe, what I always like to do when I was a kid to get the point over you shouldn't just do grappling which I know you're a great

You're an expert at Grapling and I admire you because you've been there and done that.

But along with Grapling you should learn boxing, tempo, show to contact, quandauwondo, Gung Fu, Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle wrestling,

motorcycle riding, a little bit of everything.

And of course, myself, when I was young,

I got kicked out of the judo gyms

because guys beating me up,

I'd hit him with the left hook. Then I'd go to the boxing gym a guy beat me up there and I

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