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Ep 307 Jesse Taylor BEFORE the UFC 

Jesse Taylor dominated The Ultimate Fighter house, crushed everyone in sight, and was one win away from a UFC contract...
Then one wild night changed everything.
In this raw two-part episode, Jesse "JT Money" Taylor pulls no punches: early Team Quest chaos, underground San Diego stories, TUF glory and
heartbreak, worldwide redemption wars, and some insane behind-the-scenes bombs you've never heard.
Pure MMA history gold from a true 50-fight veteran.
 
0:00 MMA history podcast intro  
0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 
0:56 interview start 
1:06 inspiration watching old UFC 
2:11 meeting Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez 
3:17 leaving college wrestling behind 
5:22 Antonio McKee and Dan Henderson roll
6:31 Antonio McKee vs John Smith 
9:15 cancelled bout with Chris Lytle 
10:56 Jesse Taylor vs Robert Sarkozi
15:55 Jesse Taylor vs Chris Chiasson
17:30 training at Team Quest 
18:07 Sean Strickland thrown out of Team quest 
21:04 fighting in Tijuana 
22:48 Jesse Taylor vs Jesse Forbes
24:45 Jesse Taylor vs Jorge Ortiz
27:35 interactions with Toby Imada
And Warmachine 
28:16 training with Shawn Tompkins 
30:00 training with Duane Ludwig 
30:56 Jesse Taylor vs Kenny Ento
34:13 Jesse Taylor vs Matt Major
35:22 Jesse Taylor vs Jorge Ramirez
37:08 process getting on TUF 
39:19 Jesse Taylor vs Nick Rossborough
40:43 living with Mike Dolce
43:36 Jesse Taylor vs Dante Rivera
44:43 Jesse Taylor vs Tim Credeur
45:34 experience living in TUF house 
46:46 thoughts on Rudy Silva 
49:52 Kicked off TUF finale 
53:19 comments made by Rampage Jackson 
55:35 Jesse Taylor vs CB Dolloway
57:15 relationship with Vinny Magalhães
57:36 getting cut from the UFC 
59:20 Jesse Taylor vs Drew Fickett
1:01:22 reason for leaving Team Quest 
1:03:58 Jesse Taylor vs Rico Altamiro
1:05:18 Jesse Taylor vs Chris Camozzi
1:07:19 Jesse Taylor vs Dong Sik Yoon
1:08:46 outro/ closing thoughts

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