Surviving PRISON GLADIATOR SCHOOL | Damien Trites

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.9 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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After his parents decide to move Damien away from the violence in Springfield, Massachusetts to Long Island, Damien begins to hang around the wrong crowd. It doesn't take long for a couple assault charges to pile up, leading Damien to spend time in one of New York's worst juvenile detention facilities. In this episode we dive into getting bullied as a child, surviving a prison known as gladiator school, the struggles associated with addiction and turning negative energy into a MMA career. Connect with Damien Trites: https://instagram.com/gigi_moccia_413?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Connect with Ian Bick: https://www.ianbick.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:26 Childhood 07:33 Leaving Springfield 10:05 Start of Problems in Long Island 18:11 What Leads to Juvenile Detention 26:55 What could have helped 27:50 Life after Juvie 32:10 Moving Back To Springfield Massachusetts 37:25 Drug usage 39:40 Time for a change 41:53 Fighting Professionally 46:40 Chasing Hollywood 47:47 Being a Positive Role Model to His Son Subscribe to our membership program on YouTube to get early access to interviews, see behind the scenes photos, live chat with Ian & more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvVklIft6DMelVW18M0oBw/join Powered by Q29 Productions, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Lockton with Ian Bick. On today's episode, I have Damien Trites here with us today.
0:06.5	Another guy from Springfield, Massachusetts. Guys, what's up with all these guests I want to come
0:11.9	on from Springfield Mass? I think it's great. We love the Springfield Mass, guys. You guys love them.
0:18.1	We love them. Great and entertaining stories every time. On today's episode,
0:22.6	we hear about Damien's journey, in and out a juvenile detention as a young man in New York,
0:29.9	and the alcohol and drug addiction he develops as he begins to grow up. And then we find out
0:36.0	how he gets a career in mixed martial arts and is able
0:39.5	to turn his life around. Thank you guys for tuning into the show. Thank you guys for week after
0:45.3	week supporting us, sharing this podcast with your friends, all the messages I get week over week
0:51.4	day after day in my inbox on Instagram, which is at Ian underscore Bick,
0:56.7	if you guys ever want to reach out. It really means the world to me. I take all the time to read,
1:03.1	reply back to comments as best I can. And if you guys could take a second also and just
1:09.0	head to Spotify, head to Apple Podcasts, leave us a
1:12.4	review. It helps us tremendously. Thank you guys again. Hope you enjoy my interview with Damien, welcome the show. I think you're our first MMA fighter on the show. I appreciate you having me, and thank you so much. A little intimidated by you all jacked with the tattoos. We were just talking about you look like AirDakar with the jaw line and everything. Thank you. Look at you, man. You look great yourself. I got the baby face, though so i can't grow the facial yeah yeah for sure
1:46.3	awesome though you're my second springfield guy i've interviewed today yeah just wrapped up the interview
1:52.3	um with jeff asher yeah whose episode will be out by the time uh years drops but you know the springfield guys something's in the
2:02.9	air yeah uh putting springfield on the map for sure absolutely all right let's get into it um where are you
2:09.0	from where'd you grow up what's childhood like so uh i grew up in springfield massachusetts born and
2:14.7	raised um lived there my whole life.
2:18.4	My childhood was a great childhood.
2:20.1	I had an amazing childhood.
2:22.7	I have a brother.
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