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Ep 302 Ron Waterman Career Deep Dive 

Ron Waterman stepped out of the classroom as a teacher and made his way into the cage to fight some of the world’s toughest men. 

Ron takes us through his journey that includes legendary manager Phyllis Lee, dealings with Math maker John Perretti and wrestling in the WWE

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0:00 MMA history podcast intro  
0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 
1:02 interview start 
1:21 current life 
1:50 training with Bas Rutten 
2:54 beginnings in MMA 
4:28 Bas Rutten invitational 1
4:47 experience with John Perretti
6:49 Ron Waterman vs Daniel James
7:46 Ron Waterman vs Joshua Jenkins
9:02 Ron Waterman vs Matt Asher
11:51 Ving Tran 
13:16 going back to work after tournament 
14:24 Went to UFC 19 to introduce himself
16:11 manager Phyllis Lee 
19:44 receiving black belt under Leo Sawyer 
20:47 Nate Marquardt 
25:23 getting the call for UFC 20 
27:46 Ron waterman vs Chris Condo
30:26 Ron Waterman vs Andre Roberts
34:34 Ron Waterman vs Tim Lajcik
39:17 pay for early UFC 
39:32 receiving messages from Eddie Goldman
40:16 Ron Waterman vs Satoshi Honma
41:00 trained Shane Carwin for Brock Lesnar fight 
44:20 refusing to sell soul in WWE 
48:31 WWE occult imagery 
49:49 using submissions in fights 
50:58 training with Brendan Schaub
52:19 Ron Waterman vs Valentijn Overeem
55:00 experience with Jon Jones 
55:41 relationship with Mark Coleman 
57:14 Ron Waterman vs Jerry Vrbanovich
59:09 Ron Waterman vs Jun Ishii
1:00:47 experience with the Yakuza 
1:01:41 Ron Waterman vs Mirco Crocop
1:04:40 fighters greasing before fights 
1:05:53 Japanese fighters struggling in the US 
1:07:31 Ron Waterman vs Keigo Takamori
1:10:13 never giving take down points 
1:10:54 Ron Waterman vs Kevin Randleman
1:14:15 Ron Waterman vs Tsyoshi Kosaka
1:15:40 cancelled Pancrase event 
1:16:20 Ron Waterman vs Rico Rodriguez
1:19:11 injuries going into rematch with Rico Rodriguez
1:21:51 Ron Waterman vs Roger Gracie
1:24:54 Alternate for at a YAMMA pit fighting event 
1:27:32 interview wrap up/final message 
1:31:20 outro/closing thoughts

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