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Ep 242 Gary Marino MMA Pioneer

Gary Marino's journey into the world of MMA started at UFC 7, having gained noteriety as both a manager and a matchmaker there isbt a job within the sport that Marino has not excelled at.
IFL team owner, Jon Jones manager and the first person to bring Kimbo Slice into the cage; Gary Marino's career is a wild ride

0:00 Lytes out intro

0:19 guest introduction

0:31 interview start 

0:48 early beginnings in MMA

4:04 being on administrative side of early UFC 

6:09 meeting Dana White prior to Zuffa 

10:13 experience with David Isaacs

14:40 Art Davie 

15:31 interactions with Buddy Albin

17:11 beginnings in managing fighters 

20:09 UFC 33 controversy 

26:30 John Perretti erased from UFC 

27:09 attending Extreme fighting 

27:55 involvement in CFFC 

32:55 relationship with Carlos Nieves

35:24 Deividas Taurosevicius vs Dan Lauzon

40:20 CFFC 4 matchmaking 

42:04 Kimbo Slice vs Sean Gannon 

48:00 getting in contact with Kimbo Slice 

55:11 Felix Martinez thoughts on CFFC 5 

58:31 CFFC 6 cancelled event 

1:01:06 money offer for 2nd Kimbo Slice fight 

1:03:59 hotel employee challenging Chuck Lidell

1:06:46 Drew Fickett vs Kenny Florian 

1:08:28 dealings with Drew Fickett 

1:10:06 meeting Jon Jones 

1:13:29 Jon Jones being a gifted fighter 

1:15:40 Jon Jones leaving management 

1:21:24 finding out CFFC went out of business 

1:24:47 Jon Jones drug test 

1:26:51 Helping out Jon Jones 

1:30:30 Jon Jones vs Stephan Bonnar 

1:33:35 using fake urine to pass drug test 

1:35:16 King of the cage being 2nd runner up to UFC 

1:38:20 Keith Evans 

1:41:07 opinion on Bruce Marshall

1:42:32 Nick Serra 

1:43:58 Shelby Walker attending UFC 50 

1:51:02 speaking on press conference for Kimbo Slice vs Ray Mercer 

1:54:33 interview wrap up/ outro 

Ep 242 Gary Marino MMA Pioneer

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