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Ep 295 Josh Neer BEFORE the UFC 

Josh Neer burst onto the professional scene boasting a record that had just under 100 amateur fights. 

Neer’s MMA journey had him training in Canada with Joe Doerkson as well as many years at the Miletich Fighting Systems 

Chris Lytle joins us on this fantastic listen documenting the Indy grind of the Midwest 

Ep 295 Josh Neer BEFORE the UFC 

0:00 plugs/ promotions 
0:42 MMA history podcast  intro 
1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction
1:36 interview start 
3:06 amateur career 
7:10 experience at Toad Hollar
8:22 early training 
11:34 Josh Neer vs Houston Alexander 
14:52 receiving nick name “the dentist”
16:10 not paid for bare knuckle fight 
19:02 turning pro in MMA 
21:18 Josh Neer vs Anthony Smith 
23:16 turning down GSP fight due to name value 
27:17 Josh Neer vs Joe Jordan 
29:18 Josh Neer vs Joe Chacon 
31:03 Josh Neer vs Spencer Fisher
33:05 relationship with Jeremy Stephens 
34:50 Jeremy Stephen’s vs Mike Perry 
38:13 Miletich camp initiation 
43:16 50 fight club mentality 
46:03 Josh Neer vs Kyle Jensen 
46:56 Josh Neer vs Anthony Macias 
47:49 Josh Neer vs David Gardner 
48:45 Josh Neer vs Mark Bear 
51:23 Josh Neer vs Derrick Noble 
52:36 Jeff Perez boxing coach 
53:43 student Johnny Hopper 
54:50 Josh Neer vs Todd Kiser 
56:17 not matched properly in the UFC 
56:58 relationship with the Diaz brothers 
59:19 training cardio at a high level 
1:00:27 interview wrap up
1:00:56 outro/ closing thoughts

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