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This week, Nate opens up the MMA Bunker for one of his patented tête-à-têtes, this time with Icon Sport founder T Jay Thompson. Thompson reminisced on what those early days were like in Hawaii as one of the first promotions in the sport not named UFC. He also discussed the downfall of fighters that were once on his roster like Phil Baroni and Jason “May…