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Ep 249 Oleg Taktarov Career Deep Dive 

Oleg Taktarov became a household name at UFC 5; his journey through the NHB era started prior to UFC 1. 

Join us as Oleg Taktarov takes us through a legendary career with a lot of crazy stories. 

Ep 249 Oleg Taktarov Career Deep Dive 

0:00 plugs/ promotions 
0:42 Lytes out intro 
1:01 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 
1:21 interview start 
3:01 Russian special forces 
3:20 learning Sambo at age 9 
7:24 Maxim Tarasov
7:56 1994 iron Gladoator champion
11:48 Pancrase holding NHB before the UFC 
15:29 training at the Gracie academy 
20:04 meeting Rickson Gracie 
21:16 Fedor Emeliaenko issues 
23:04 meeting Ramzan Kadyrov
25:24 kidnapped by Khabib Nurmagomedov 
32:30 relationship with Gene LeBell 
35:25 training with Karo Parisyan 
39:14 Rorion Gracie not wanting Oleg Taktarov in the UFC
39:48 Oleg Taktarov vs Ernie Verdica
41:52 Oleg Taktarov vs Dan Severn 
42:48  manager Buddy Alvin 
46:28 Oleg Taktarov vs Anthony Macias
47:12 Oleg Taktarov vs Tank Abbott 
49:43 training at the Lions Den 
53:50 training with Maurice Smith
55:36 experience with Igor Zinoviev 
57:29 Oleg Taktarov vs Ken Shamrock 
1:01:02 fighting 9 times in 1 year for the UFC 
1:04:07 Mark Coleman story 
1:05:28 Oleg Taktarov vs Marco Ruas 
1:09:54 Oleg Taktarov vs Ryushi Yanagisawa
1:11:30 training with Joe Charles 
1:13:56 experience with Federico Lapenda
1:17:04 Oleg Taktarov vs Marco Ruas rematch 
1:18:18 experience with Eugenio Tadeau
1:20:28 refusing to pull out of Renzo Gracie fight 
1:26:22 Pentagon Combat riot 
1:31:00 meeting women in Brazil 
1:35:37 Oleg Taktarov vs Gary Goodridge 
1:38:02 competing in the first ADCC 
1:39:56 rolling with Mark Kerr 
1:40:19 advice to fighters 
1:42:29 Oleg Taktarov vs John Marsh 
1:44:47 outro 

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