Ian, I appreciate that while you add bits of your story, you do not overtake your guest and their story. Sharp interview skills! Thank you Ian

Another great interview. Way to go Ian!!

I totally get his points on moving a 13 year old. I moved when my son was 13 and he was mad at me until he had his child last year at 26 years old. I took him out of an area that I saw becoming rougher than I wanted my kids to grow up with. We moved to a military town, so most of the kids were used to being the new kid so it wasn't that big of a deal to them. My son lost his ever living mind; however, after becoming an adult and moving back "home" he apologized to me after seeing many of his friends that he had back then on drugs, dead or in jail. I had my reasons and I did it because I'm a good mom, but dang, my child was so angry with me.

@robertlawler1387

11 ай бұрын

You did the right thing,sorry for the rough patch but your child is alive and safe.

@tatum8499

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for encouraging us new parents

@Roberob1189

11 ай бұрын

@@tatum8499if you’re new, here’s some advice. Don’t let your kid control you. At all. Not even a little bit. If I knew you personally I’d bet you my years salary that you will regret it.

@brandons2842

11 ай бұрын

Same with mine. Some kids can't seems to take the change but it's necessary.

@chrisreynolds2410

11 ай бұрын

You are a great woman for that.

Great great interview Ian. Absolutely your the best out there

Ian you Rock, can’t wait to watch this

Really enjoyed this one as well Ian. I think your guests are well chosen but its your interview technique that actually gets the best out of them because your one of only a few that will ask a question and then let the person actually answer without interuptions. You prompt every now and then to bring focus or to expand a good point and it really works for you. You dont make it about you which so many other channels do. Thats why your channel has grown so quickly my man.

I love the honesty !! Big share !! THANKYOU !! 👏🏽❤️

Was just getting ready to watch a movie, but gonna watch this first of course..Here we go...ALWAYS FIRE..

@ianbickCT

11 ай бұрын

I appreciate you man

Ian thanks for letting me share part of my story obviously there’s so much more I wanted to share but I also don’t want to incriminate myself. 🙏🏻

@BillyBigWheel

11 ай бұрын

Allegedly 😉 Thanks for sharing your story, Damien. It was a good listen.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

@@BillyBigWheel I appreciate it man thank you

@saveriopulsinelli2217

11 ай бұрын

Eh man I’m seeing you all over the place, the downside of not having social medias is it’s difficult to reach out . But it’s good to see you doing your thing, hearing you talk brings back the old job corp dorm room chats.. / I’m glad to see you happy healthy and on the up. If you see this lemme know.. blessings all around 🫡

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

@@saveriopulsinelli2217 my man been a long time I’m great and hope and wish you the best always I remember job corps well it was like jail also fighting all the time lmao I have so many story’s of staff bringing me in the office to squash beefs . Place was wild too . A lot of fun . Thanks for reaching out . Be well

I remember hearing this guy's name in the early 10-16s. He wasn't the best fighter but competition was tougher then.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

What a great inspiration, keep it up warrior. Thanks for sharing your story.

Love the push Ian’s getting. Good dude, clearly prepares for his guests and asks questions with substance. The only slight adjustment he’ll learn is that often times during the guests answer he’s preparing the next question and will therefore miss parts if the guest’s answer. Every now and then they’ll have to repeat the same info. All in all, it’s not an often experienced scenario and he’s becoming more polished and more skilled right before our eyes. Salute Ian!

@ianbickCT

11 ай бұрын

Thanks man!!

Another great one Ian 👌🏼

Ian back at it again with another dope interview 👍

Love the title 👏 Thx for bringing some good light to darker situations, Ian you're incredible

@zaiologyy

11 ай бұрын

.. reminds me of the perils of the show Oz, to this day of the greatest prison series ever.! ;)

The Omen is no one to fuck with. I’ve known Damien a long time, his brother is my best friend. I’ll say this, there is NO ONE I’d rather have on my side, and no one id least like to cross, not that i ever would. He’s a real one, a guy that cares about his family and friends over everything. God bless you bro

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Love ya pal

@chickycecchetelli_

11 ай бұрын

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@scottboston4607

11 ай бұрын

​@@damientheomentrites6463hey brother that Was a great interview. I can truly relate to so much of what you said, and have much respect brother. My 19 year old son inspires me as well. His mother, my wife, has terminal cancer. His strength throughout this has been incredible. Wish you and your family continue to be blessed.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

@@scottboston4607 praying for the best pal. Thank you.

@scottboston4607

11 ай бұрын

@@damientheomentrites6463 thank you brother!

Great interview Ian

Great interview. Damien seems as if he has evolved emotionally & spiritually .. challenges are lessons. We are all a work in progress...

Another inter interveiw ian thanks again keep up the great work and it's good to see U have taken up training also martial arts was extr helpfull to me in ways U wouldn't think of like crashing your pushbike skateboard falling from places trees roovez ext i was allways able to roll out of these situations and come off relatively unscathed saved me a hell of alot of gravel rash that's for sure as a kid 🤣

What a great interview! I got to meet Damien the day of my interview and it was like I’ve known him forever! Well job Ian and Damien! Representing Springfield 413

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

My man 💯

I have been addicted to your content nonstop! I definitely don't regret paying for the membership, I love the early access! Edit: I forgot to finish the Mortgage fraud episode! I'll be back to this episode in a few!

@byronwoods6140

11 ай бұрын

We thanks people like u

My guy Damien a real one!!! Too many story’s to tell! We always ready for war! ⚔️ great episode great guy 💪🏽

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Lol “I’m gonna slap you after I drink this” haha he didn’t leave that bar on his terms 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'd like to see more older prison guards on one's that have been doing it for 20+ years the stories they can tell woahh.

@flipyola9052

11 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅

Great podcast; great to see you're getting back in the Cage Damian; hope all is well brother!!

This interview just made me smile. Looking good slappy, proud of you😊❤

Here to support my fellow Springfield guys, love how you been interviewing guys from my city.. Damian is a really good kid..a tough, tough kid and a gentlemen. Great show, and Damian good luck at the fight cuggino, show em what Springfield can do💥🥊💥🥊💪💪💯💯💯

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

⚔️

Another great interview on the books

Like always love the channel and growth Ian! But to be completely honest and actually this is credit to you, this was the first tough/hard listen, he didnt give you much to work off of. You kept it moving along

I love this guy's message at the end I definitely needed to hear that 💯

I'm new to the channel, I'm hooked on these stories

I didn't have this experience growing up in Springfield. Seeing this episode gives me a different view. Appreciate the share.

Late 90’s, Springfield, Mass was no joke; bleak, depressing, violent, gang-ridden.

@chrisreynolds2410

11 ай бұрын

I turned 10 in 1990 in Boston it was like a throwback GTA game. I remember going in the jewelers building w stolen gold at probably 12 years old…..we we’re stealing cars by 14 years old.

@user-user-user-user.

11 ай бұрын

@@chrisreynolds2410 Ahhh yes. In the 90’s Walpole and Concord were filled up with guys from Southie, Roxbury, Worcester and Springfield. Mass calls a lot of their prisons, “House of Corrections” which I always thought was wild.

@saveriopulsinelli2217

11 ай бұрын

@@chrisreynolds2410 I been there man / getting nostalgic

Great channel. Thank you.

Excellent podcast

Great video!

I love this guy. He’s honest. I’ll follow all his fights.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Thanks my man

A really interesting guest. Great interview.

This guy is a class-act. Great interview, Damien.

Man don’t sleep on Ian! He’s a great interviewer but I get the feeling that he is good at whatever he puts his mind to.

Ian is a natural host, hes got it. Definitely a conversationalist.

Once again you rocked it Ian. Have u ever thought about interviewing your mother like u did your Dad ?

Martial Arts Saves Lives I Can Attest..Also keep doing the positive messages at the end I love the way you interview

Reminds me of Jared neeves... Good on yall! Keep putting in the work!

Locked and loaded 🍿

Seems like good dude, genuine, real, humble, inspiring, smart...

Long Island in the house!!!

Great interview dude!

I trained with Damien around 2010 at Waikru MMA. This dude is tough and mean, but one of the nicest dudes you could cross paths with.

@Fatbaldagent

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate you man I always tried to treat others how I wanted to be treated

Solid dude

You might have started hanging out with the wrong crowd, but the reason for that is normally because the wrong crowd isn't interested in judging you on societies, so-called norms, grades, appearance etc. If society could move away from those norms, then a lot of kids would have a clearer path.

@happytoday333

11 ай бұрын

Do you think that the Simpson's affected the situation in Springfield, as in the collective ego?

@StileandRailWoodworking

11 ай бұрын

Let go of grades and appearance? I'm pretty sure this ugly, dumb society has already done that.

@Jakeknopp

11 ай бұрын

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What he described suicide ball we did that when we were teenagers😂

Been watching these Springfield episodes and glad my parents made the choice when they did to move to FL. I'm only a year and a half older than Damien here. My paternal family was involved in a lot of these groups, booking etc. And I could see where one of us could have ended up getting into this part of life from the area. I'm going home again in late September to visit family. If I gave my maiden name to all these guys, they would all say, yeah, we know so and so. Some are still involved. It's scary in Springfield. He speaks 💯 truth when it comes to family. We DO NOT mess around. We will do anything and everything for our family. Some areas are cleaned up from back in the day, but one wrong turn and you're in the wrong neighborhood. You look straight and don't look anyone in the eyes. When going to Smittys bar you really didn't look but forward. That was back in late 90's early 2000's.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and I’m rooting for you 🙏🏻❤️

We use to play suie out Philly too, good times 😆 🤣 😂

Love the Massachusetts guys. I’m from Southie originally the town Whitey Bulger was from..

@chrisreynolds2410

11 ай бұрын

Really proud to throw his name around? He was an informant/molester.

Man, his discussion about having challenges learning, experiencing bullying, and experiencing a new school was absolutely relatable and could recall that stress and observing other kids. Lots of kids are stuck in this type of environment and environment and that either results in violence or quiet depression.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Thanks my man

@ultratestosterone2983

Ай бұрын

yeah that story humanized him and was interesting

What is the juvenille facility he refers to at 21:00?

20:30 is the realest way somebody has put the type of trauma of going through huge loss as a kid. Interesting way of thinking about it but so true.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Thanks my man

@tdillpickleh4684

11 ай бұрын

@@damientheomentrites6463 appreciate the honesty. Didn’t know of a way to think of losing my dad that young that ended me up going to prison also. True shit you said. 🤜🤛

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

@@tdillpickleh4684 anytime my man

So he was locked up In Westbury juvenile detention center down the road from Nassau county correctional center right on Carmen Avenue between East Meadow and Westbury NY this guy grew up around the same time I was growing up in Long Island crazy times really

@Maxamillion-ko5cl

3 ай бұрын

yup 1000 Carmen Ave I vacationed there a few times

I competed against this guy in a Jiu Jitsu tournaments. Super nice dude ❤️🙏👊

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Thanks my man ❤️🙏🏻

@gabrielrichard4318

11 ай бұрын

Hope life is good

"They were happy." 😂

This story sounds like just about everyone who grew up in Vegas in the 90’s. Partying and getting crazy in highschool until mid late 20’s

Shout out from Bristol Ct

Yo Ian. I lived in Massapequa 50 yrs ago. Great town.

I was in NYSDOCDFY with Damien Trites in my youth and it was obvious to anyone and everyone there that he was cut from a different cloth. Damien was def not an imposing figure like he is now back then, but never once backed down from a fight or challenge. Was not surprised in the least to find him online many years later as a pro MMA fighter.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

My brother 💯⚔️

Damien what's good my Guy hope your well God Bless. Haven't seen you over in Nick's or Angel Gotti's chats lately. Damien is a Good guy everyone about to watch this so y'all should also pay attention cuz this is a Stand up guy .

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

💯🙏🏻

Love you brother

413 in the house!!

I live in Pittsfield mass 45 mins from Springfield

Shoutout the 413

@Trigger013

11 ай бұрын

Mardi Gras ?😂😂

@brendonschomer5736

11 ай бұрын

@@Trigger013 get it right, get it tight, get it all night.

@fordprefect7316

10 ай бұрын

Hey now

Good interview, and enjoyed the questions and thoughtful answers. Apparently he is friends with the Gotti family, so that could be an interesting future interview

Benching 250lbs at 19 years old is super impressive.

@jamisonbernhardt3310

11 ай бұрын

I actually did that at 17. Rather worthless yet cool accomplishment

@christianmathison1182

11 ай бұрын

Sure as shit. We had most of the football team benching 285-350 Jr. and Sr.’s. I went to a massive high school in Texas where if you played football you lifted in the AM, lifted last class of the day then football practice after. Bigger areas breed crazy athletes!

@peanutbuttawaffle

11 ай бұрын

@@christianmathison1182rigjt there with ya brother. so many insane “would be” athletes.

@jamisonbernhardt3310

11 ай бұрын

@@christianmathison1182 lots of big kids at my highschool too. It was a very large place. Excellent lifting equipment for the athletes. Plenty of available students to mold

@LukeIAmYoFathaNigga

11 ай бұрын

I was doing that at 15 lol..

I’ve been to Bayville & thought it was really nice

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

It is beautiful man but not every place that looks nice doesn’t have its issues. Don’t matter where you live things go on everywhere . Thanks for watching

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

@@briansullivan1621 the 90s was a crazy era people loved to fight and it was everyday .

@christianmathison1182

11 ай бұрын

Did you meet the Wolf of Wall Street?

Cant wait for M3th head Lance to show up Thursday!! Hope everybody can decipher M3th Ramblings!! Ask him why hes a scammer😂😂

I worked with a guy from Springfield back when I was 20 years old 1999.. I live in Florida by the way

This man said he did coke two or three times a month and you ask him about "relapsing"..?? Lmao it's crazy how many people do coke 2-3 times a month and that don't make you an addict at all

Represent Springfield 🤘🏽

CYA(California Youth Authority) was called gladiator school-and was known as such since it opened pretty much-fights and riots(group fights) daily!shout out to everyone that passed threw O.H-Preston-Nelis-Chad-& Y.T.S where it stayed crackin.

@mda1218

Ай бұрын

where young guns 💪 had group fights till best 👊🏼 man last standing ….

🙌🏼🙌🏼

Bayville is a beautiful area big money up there no a days especially in locust valley mill neck oyster bay cove area

For sure

413 allday!!! 🤙🏾

Bayville is a really upper class place very beautiful place. I grew up on the north shore also I can relate to fighting people from other towns. It was always just fist fights though no guns or anything. We also had the fire whisle I forgot about that.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Ok I didn’t grow up in bayville and in Springfield there’s plenty of gunplay . And I spent most of my life here in Springfield. Bayville was a chapter and made me tougher with my hands . Never said it was high in crime most Long Island kids hangout in the city also so .

@e501csams3

11 ай бұрын

@@damientheomentrites6463 I never been to Springfield but I enjoyed hearing about the Long Island stuff. It brought back some memories I remember the arcade you were talking about. Thanks for sharing your story

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

@@e501csams3 thank you for listening it’s a very PG version of my story . I don’t wanna incriminate myself or my friends . Be well brother

I'm going to start calling my wife "my kids mother"

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

Won’t let me join your channel, to watch the next two shows. What’s going on?

My buddy D! Great story

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

💯

Your channel is doing great cuz the guy you are! Period! Having Big Lance on who has been paypal hustling on his channel, lying that he ain't in the midst of using again is a waste of your money and time! He's going to give u his hard luck story and ask your audience to help when he literally...well let him tell you...his last 3 weeks of wtf lives speak for themself...you know what, maybe I shouldn't say but u doin big things and that train wreck don't need to hit your train track for real

When's the last time he had a professional fight? What's his record ? Ian if you want a fight I can get you one if your willing to travel to Florida for a fight.

@ultratestosterone2983

Ай бұрын

he’s not a good mma fighter but i’m sure he could fight well against street people he lost most of his better fights and only fought amateur and never UFC

Im from springfield too we played suicide everyday from kindergarten to 8th grade

this dudes life story seems warm and fuzzy compared to how i grew up in fresno. Springfield is a cute town, been there a few times. come check out any san Juaquin valley town frrom stockton to Bakersfield and Springfield will look like the simpsons,

I won my battle and was rewarded with my sticky bun ! What a great day

Have u had anyone from CT? If so let me no I might no them I grew up in the worse part of Bridgeport CT with the worse ppl

wow. mcaffreys. i remember that place... that black dude Big Al.... not bruno. lol. i live on chestnut st

Ian you got the best MF podcast bro

@ianbickCT

11 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

Bayville is on the North Shore of Long Island 💰. Locust Valley High School is a Great School. No lying , long Island people will tell you the same.

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

Never said it was ghetto Springfield is thou and New York still had the wild shit going on trust me

Bro this is 100 percent accurate from my perspective Not sure why comments aren’t believing this NYC was a shithole in the 1990s

Most guys you see on here talk so much this guys holding back on some stuff i think 😆

North Bellmore i bet

Would love to hear this guy and Joey Diaz have a conversation

Y does the title say prison

I remember back in the day he fought joe Lauzon brother. He was real deal

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

⚔️

@MmaRicky

11 ай бұрын

@@damientheomentrites6463 U was T city before T city ever existed in the fight game. U was a triangle machine

@damientheomentrites6463

11 ай бұрын

@@MmaRicky another one coming September 15th triangle city ⚔️