Bas Boon Golden Glory & Yakuza

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Bas Boon Golden Glory & Yakuza
Jul 14, 2025 Episode 184
MMA Detective Mike Davis, Joey Venti

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Ep 284 Bas Boon Golden Glory & Yakuza 

Legendary manager Bas Boon takes us through the incredibly dangerous behind the scenes from one of the world’s most dominant gyms as well as transitioning to having to deal with the Pride FC and the Japanese Yakuza. 

The Golden Glory gym had gangland type hits, internal fighting and a global reputation for NOT being an organization to oppose. 

Bas Boon leaves no stone unturned in this incredibly personal look into his business dealings. 

Ep 284 Bas Boon Golden Glory & Yakuza 

0:00 plugs/ promotions 
0:42 Lytes out intro 
1:14 guest introduction
1:21 interview start 
1:30 dealing with different Mafia’s
13:21 relationships with Ari Pols
14:02 thoughts on Ron Nyqvist
17:47 Ron Nyqvist issues with Rob & Erik Driesson
33:15 Ron Nyqvist dealing ecstasy
34:25 Ron Nyqvist turning into a rat 
42:06 Ron Nyqvist liquidating himself 
47:27 personality of Ron Nyqvist 
48:15 koos Hertogs
49:02 Karate Bob
49:39 relationship with Frederico Lapenda
50:21 IFC Ukraine event 
54:10 dealings with Andy Anderson 
55:25 issues with Too hot to handle
1:00:08 Escort service owner story 
1:03:41 friendship with Thom Harinck
1:07:28 using a different name to pay for room service 
1:09:10 Branko Cikatic money collector 
1:09:54 Mark Kerr vs Branko Cikatic 
1:11:08 singing to the wrong Yakuza 
1:14:22 Branko Cikatic trouble with Pride rules 
1:15:16 
1:16:21 dealings with Vadim Finkelstein
1:17:31 Japanese promotion war 
1:21:58 alleged fake fights in Japan 
1:23:42 attendance numbers at fighting events 
1:26:41 relationship with Appy Etcheld
1:28:02 thoughts on Martjin Dejong
1:29:36 UFC releases due to “unusual business practices”
1:35:11 Dennis Stojnic UFC signing 
1:39:43 Dennis Stojnic incident in Serbia 
1:42:40 Alister Overeem departing from Golden Glory
1:44:41 Fedor Emelianenko training with Ernesto Hoost 
1:45:39 Fedor Emelianenko not aware of K1 offer 
1:50:13 Pride FC Yakuza issues 
1:52:12 Sakakibara avoiding criminal charges 
1:55:14 interview wrap up 
2:03:06 outro/ closing thoughts

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