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Ep 236 Pete Drago Sell Career Deep Dive 

Pete Sell started his career at the famous Serra Longo gym in New York. 
We discuss the Phil Baroni rivalry, Matt Serra beating George St Pierre as well as what it was like participating in the east coast underground  fight scene. 

Ep 236 Pete Drago Sell Career Deep Dive 

0:00 Lytes out intro
0:19 guest introduction
0:34 interview start 
1:48 dropping out of college to pursue fight career 
3:18 guest security on the Jerry Springer show 
4:43 beginnings in MMA 
9:01 rolling with Rob Khan 
10:02 preferring to strike over going to the ground 
11:13 Pete Sell vs Rob Biegley
12:50 Igor Zinoviev 
13:27 prior training before first fight 
13:51 cornering Matt Serra 
15:15 Luke Cummo falling out with Matt Serra 
16:40 Lou Neglia sneaking MMA fights into kickboxing event 
17:48 Phil Baroni bullying story 
23:00 Pete Sell vs Ted Govola
25:07 Pete Sell vs Chris Liguori
26:49 Pete Sell vs Nate Quarry
30:30 bouncer at Posh nightclub 
31:36 Pete Sell vs Landon Showalter
32:26 TUF 4 try out
34:17 experience with Jeremy Jackson 
36:18 Phil Baroni’s current situation 
40:13 issues with Matt Hughes 
41:54 comment about Tim Sylvia 
43:10 fighting Charles McCarthy and Travis Lutter in TUF 
43:44 Pete Sell vs Scott Smith 
45:10 cornering Scott Smith 
46:45 first UFC event covered by the news 
48:08 Pete Sell vs Thales Leites
50:40 cornering Matt Serra for GSP fight 
52:01 Matt Serra’s gym 
53:43 coaching on TUF 6 
55:51 receiving Black belt in BJJ 
56:15 relationship with Nick Serra 
57:10 training with Rafael Natal 
58:06 thoughts on Matt Serra as a coach 
1:00:12 moving to welterweight after injury 
1:02:06 massive weight cut to make 185 
1:04:36 Pete Sell vs Matt Brown 
1:14:55 current life 
1:18:28 experience with Joe Silva 
1:21:08 realizing John Danaher was special 
1:22:35 thoughts on Marc Laimon as a coach 
1:27:15 interview wrap up 
1:28:39 outro/ final thoughts 
 

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