Ep 242 Gary Marino MMA Pioneer
Gary Marino's journey into the world of MMA started at UFC 7, having gained noteriety as both a manager and a matchmaker there isbt a job within the sport that Marino has not excelled at.
IFL team owner, Jon Jones manager and the first person to bring Kimbo Slice into the cage; Gary Marino's career is a wild ride
0:00 Lytes out intro
0:19 guest introduction
0:31 interview start
0:48 early beginnings in MMA
4:04 being on administrative side of early UFC
6:09 meeting Dana White prior to Zuffa
10:13 experience with David Isaacs
14:40 Art Davie
15:31 interactions with Buddy Albin
17:11 beginnings in managing fighters
20:09 UFC 33 controversy
26:30 John Perretti erased from UFC
27:09 attending Extreme fighting
27:55 involvement in CFFC
32:55 relationship with Carlos Nieves
35:24 Deividas Taurosevicius vs Dan Lauzon
40:20 CFFC 4 matchmaking
42:04 Kimbo Slice vs Sean Gannon
48:00 getting in contact with Kimbo Slice
55:11 Felix Martinez thoughts on CFFC 5
58:31 CFFC 6 cancelled event
1:01:06 money offer for 2nd Kimbo Slice fight
1:03:59 hotel employee challenging Chuck Lidell
1:06:46 Drew Fickett vs Kenny Florian
1:08:28 dealings with Drew Fickett
1:10:06 meeting Jon Jones
1:13:29 Jon Jones being a gifted fighter
1:15:40 Jon Jones leaving management
1:21:24 finding out CFFC went out of business
1:24:47 Jon Jones drug test
1:26:51 Helping out Jon Jones
1:30:30 Jon Jones vs Stephan Bonnar
1:33:35 using fake urine to pass drug test
1:35:16 King of the cage being 2nd runner up to UFC
1:38:20 Keith Evans
1:41:07 opinion on Bruce Marshall
1:42:32 Nick Serra
1:43:58 Shelby Walker attending UFC 50
1:51:02 speaking on press conference for Kimbo Slice vs Ray Mercer
1:54:33 interview wrap up/ outro
Ep 242 Gary Marino MMA Pioneer
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