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The Ripple Effect Podcast

The Ripple Effect Podcast #217 (Pedro Carvalho | From Portugal, To BELLATOR)

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Ricky Varandas

Dave, Society & Culture, Bryan, Philosophy, Carlin, Callen, Bill, 6

4.6603 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Pedro Carvalho is a Portuguese MMA fighter, who fights out of John Kavanagh's Straight Blast Gym in Dublin Ireland. He is currently fighting for BELLATOR MMA and was recently scheduled to headline BELLATOR 241 vs Patricio Freireis who is the current Bellator Lightweight World Champion and two-time and current Featherweight World Champion, at Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT, but due to concerns about the spread of the CoronaVirus, this event was postponed.

Pedro shares stories & wisdom gathered from from his ups and downs, and his journey from Portugal, to Ireland, to BELLATOR MMA.

Transcript

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believe in the ripple fact.

0:25.6

The ripple fact. I'm I'm I'm

0:38.3

I'm

0:39.3

I'm

0:40.3

I'm your host, Hrikar the Rannins, also known as Rickabranes, Ruperfect podcast.

1:11.7

I'm your host, Rikadabranz, and a great episode for you today.

1:16.4

I truly, truly appreciated today's conversation.

1:21.0

I don't have a whole lot of athletes on the show,

1:24.0

and I don't reach out to a whole lot of athletes because,

1:30.5

honestly, sometimes I'm curious if I could hold a one-hour conversation with an athlete, how interesting they are or whatnot.

1:35.7

And I've had some in the past.

1:36.8

I've had a Boki Nakbar who played in NBA and overseas.

1:39.8

I've had Justin Wren who fought in UFC and Bellator.

1:43.8

And so I've had some great conversations

1:45.6

with some athletes. But today I really had an amazing, amazing conversation. And today is a

1:54.0

little special because he is a, what I think, a future champ in an MMA, Pedro Carvalu, who is from Kimer-Rains, Portugal.

2:04.5

Obviously, if you're a long-time listener to this show, you know I was also born,

2:08.4

and then Portugal born in Chavs.

2:10.3

And I love supporting other athletes, other people who are doing great things from our country,

2:17.0

and especially in MMA because there's

2:18.8

not a whole lot of MMA athletes. I mean, there's another one, Andre Fialu, who's also had some

2:25.4

great fights in Bellator or whatnot. But I just love supporting these guys. But what makes it

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