#86 Steve Orosco - CEO of SMASH Global and Retired Pro MMA Fighter

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Steve Orosco is the CEO and Founder of SMASH Global, an MMA events organization that pits the great sport of MMA in a black-tie, gala-like setting. After years in the cage, Steve identified an opportunity to raise the level of class and sophistication in the sport by creating entertainment events for premium clientele. With an MBA, an MS degree and extensive professional fighting experience, Orosco is uniquely equipped to lead and manage a mixed martial arts (MMA) events organization. Prior to running SMASH Global, Steve was a professional fighter, and wall street broker. For past episodes, please visit WrestlingChangedMyLife.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	We both threw a punch at the same time. He threw a right hand and I threw a left
0:07.5	took and I still have a picture and it's like this close. Like I, he just barely landed it before me.
0:16.1	And I just caught me flush and I just remember backing up against the ropes.
0:20.6	And I backed up and I went to go, you know, tighten up, we do an uppercut, split my gloves and I dropped.
0:26.0	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:37.0	I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:45.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:48.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed. And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today
0:57.6	would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling.
1:03.6	For me, you wrestle saving my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
1:10.6	We're fortunate if you wrestled because you wrestle natural talent helps but it's 5% of the
1:19.3	ingredient.
1:20.3	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:25.0	It humbled me.
1:26.0	Thought me humility.
1:27.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:30.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
1:37.3	You know if I look back my time that's good wrestling if they gave me one thing more than anything else
1:41.2	It's not toughness
1:44.0	Ladies and gents, welcome back to another episode of wrestling change my life.
1:47.8	My guest today is Steve Roscoe.
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