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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar on His Legendary MMA Career and Becoming A Pro Wrestler at 39 Years Old

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Stephan Bonnar (@StephanBonnar) is a UFC Hall of Famer and pro wrestler. He joins Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios at the Wynn Las Vegas to talk about his legendary MMA career, his Ultimate Fighter finale match with Forrest Griffin, and how it changed the course of UFC history, he explains his actions in a recent viral Instagram video that he posted, why he got into pro wrestling at age 39, his favorite matches and more! Use the code CVV to get a $25 bonus on your Cypto.com metal Visa card: http://crypto.com/app/cvv If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bluie!

0:07.9

Here we go, my friends.

0:10.8

Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.

0:14.7

I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet, and oh man, so good to have you back with us for another episode.

0:20.5

And back with another UFC Hall of Famer.

0:24.0

Earlier this year, we did an interview with Chuck Liddell inside his home.

0:28.0

Then we had Randy Couture.

0:30.3

Today, Stefan Bonner joins us in the Blue Wire Studios at the Win, Las Vegas.

0:35.4

Oh, yeah.

0:36.6

Another in-person interview. And with how things have

0:41.2

been over the last two-ish years, I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of saying in-person

0:48.1

interview. Let's hope that as we roll into 2022, maybe all of them can be in person.

0:55.5

That's big.

0:56.5

I know.

0:57.3

Let's say most of them can be in person.

1:00.4

Just so excited to have Stefan with us to talk about his legendary UFC career.

1:05.0

And you might have seen him on Impact Wrestling not too long ago.

1:08.7

He made his debut at 39 years old. And I'm just so excited to have him on here.

1:14.8

You can find him on Instagram at Stefan Bonner.

1:17.9

That's also his name on Twitter.

1:19.6

You can find me.

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