Ron Jhun BEFORE the UFC | MMA History Podcast

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Year2026

Duration1h 49m

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Ep 311 Ron Jhun BEFORE the UFC Ron Jhun is Hawaii’s only 50 fight club member and had over 40 bouts prior to competing in the UFC. Ron Jhun is an early pioneer and a legend among the Hawaiian MMA community; we share some funny insights and stories in this very hard to come by interview Ep 311 Ron Jhun BEFORE the UFC 0:00 MMA history podcast intro 0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 0:53 interview start 1:24 growing up with a boxing pedigree 2:53 training prior to first fight 4:35 learning Jiu jitsu from VHS tapes 5:18 training at Jesus is lord 6:38 reason for David Pa’aluhi retiring 11:39 Ron Jhun vs Eddy Millis 17:01 Ron Jhun vs Eugene Jackson 20:31 Ron Jhun vs Paul Cutts 22:37 Ron Jhun vs James Zikic 24:05 Relson Gracie pushback on the Island 27:21 Ron Jhun vs James Zikic (rematch) 29:24 Ron Jhun vs Marco De Silva 30:43 payout for tournament fights 33:04 winning Super Brawl 14 tournament 36:41 hearing about Scott Coker early on 37:18 running into John Hackleman 39:08 possible relations to KJ Noons 39:45 offered Yuki Sasaki bout in Japan 41:48 experience first time in Japan 43:50 Ron Jhun vs Yuki Sasaki 46:43 interactions with the Yakuza 48:28 Ron Jhun vs Kim Mason 51:11 Drug issues on the Island 53:10 Ron Jhun vs Erik Paulson 59:12 relationship with Erik Paulson 1:02:21 Josh Barnett and Erik Paulson story 1:04:14 Ron Jhun vs Jason Von Flue 1:05:42 promoting on the Underground forums 1:08:27 meeting Sean Shelby and Tom Brady 1:10:41 Ron Jhun vs JT Taylor 1:12:08 Ron Jhun vs Brian Sleeman 1:13:05 Ron Jhun vs Dave Strasser 1:14:08 Ron Jhun vs Joe Stevenson 1:15:31 Ron Jhun vs Pete Spratt 1:17:33 WFA 2001 1:18:58 rolling with John Lewis 1:20:31 self promoting to Blue Belt 1:22:39 John Lewis current life 1:25:01 Ron Jhun current life 1:28:31 football in Hawaii 1:31:30 plugs/ promotions 1:32:12 experience with Cabbage Correira 1:33:44 Ron Jhun vs Jermaine Andre 1:35:28 sponsored by Tapout 1:36:21 Ron Jhun vs Mandatorily Suda 1:39:07 Ron Jhun vs Stephan Potvin 1:40:00 Ron Jhun vs Shonie Carter 1:41:03 Ron Jhun vs Den