Bob Gilstrap Career Deep Dive Ep 206 Bob Gilstrap is a No Holds Barred veteran from the Pacific Northwest. Having fought Josh Barnett two times one could make an argument that the region that he cut his teeth in was the toughest in the entire United States.  Matt Hume, Dennis Hallman, Ivan Salaverry, Benji Radach, Charlie Pearson, Landon Showalter, Mark Schultz, Maurice Smith and the legendary members of Team Quest are all from the exact same area! Bob Gilstrap takes us through the early days of NHB and paying to have the opportunity to fight in front of your friends and family, THIS IS A FUN LISTEN. Bob Gilstrap Career Deep Dive Ep 205 0:00 Lytes out intro 0:19 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 0:47 interview start  1:16 beginnings in MMA  3:03 training with Maurice Smith 3:32 dark days of MMA 5:23 NHB era fighters vs current fighters  9:55 Bob Gilstrap vs Chris Munsen 13:09 learning submissions from Matt Hume 15:33 being friends with fighters  16:29 fighters from the pacific Northwest  18:03 Jay R Palmer vs Danny Bennett 21:10 Super Brawl 4 24:13 Bob Gilstrap vs Lance Gibson 27:40 traveling to Hawaii  29:23 relationship with Maurice Smith 30:15 Bob Gilstrap vs Josh Barnett 36:30 Bob Gilstrap vs Jason Fairn 42:21 thoughts on Jason Fairn 45:06 International Vale Tudo Combat 50:51 Joey Venti’s encounter with Bob Gilstrap  54:09 getting the call for UFC 17  56:28 Bob Gilstrap vs Carlos Newton  58:39 cutting weight for UFC fight  1:00:33 Bob Gilstrap vs Gary Armburst 1:01:33 experience with Frank Shamrock  1:02:38 TK Kosaka  1:03:43 Signing contracts to fight  1:06:14 Bob Gilstrap vs Jeff Monson 1:10:46 Going to high school with Dennis Hallman  1:12:16 Lions den tell all 1:13:06 Bas Rutten Tank Abbott story  1:16:02 current relationship with Maurice Smith  1:17:10 plugs/ promotions  1:19:01 interview wrap up  1:19:54 Outro/ final thoughts  Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@LytesOutClips Socials:  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1027449255187255/?mibextid=oMANbw Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809  Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb  Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052  Follow the #LOP team on Instagram:  Chris - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle  Mike - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Joey - Assistant - @aj_ventitre Tyson - Producer - @ty.green.welding Andrew - Timestamps - @ambidexstress Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcast Support the show