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Gerald Harris, UFC veteran, stops in for a DEEPDIVE on his early career. Harris made it to the UFC for a brief stint and left with a 3-1 record. Here, he tells us his path getting there.
0:00- Mike, Miguel and Chris Intro
2:45- Gerald joins
4:40- Athletic background
6:16- Street Fighting
8:17- First MMA fight
9:37- "Training" for fight
11:01- Slamming Ryan Lopez
14:25- 2nd fight 8 days after debut, first round of 8-man tournament
17:12- 3rd fight, semifinals in tourney vs Joe Bunch
18:40- Wrestling vs the world mentality 21:30- Finals of tourney vs Bubba McDaniel
22:57- Daniel Roberts teaching submission defense
25:25- Harvell Hunter car accident day of fight
26:15- First main event vs Travis Fowler
29:00- Titan FC debut vs Curtis Stout
31:30- IFL debut and signing with Team Quest
38:07- Keeping fights off YouTube
39:00- Moving to Oregon and fighting Benji Radach
40:57- Training at Team Quest
43:00- Mindset after two losses
45:00- Jerimija Sanders fight
46:00- Getting on TUF show
49:05- Beating Mike Madallo to get into TUF house
50:29- Fighting Amir Sadollah
51:00- TUF workouts and training
54:45- Time between arriving to house and first fight
59:40- Fight party to watch TUF
1:01:35- Not being invited to TUF finale
1:04:38- First phone call from Joe Silva
1:07:37- First fight post-TUF vs Brandon McDowell
1:08:57- Beating a UFC fighter to make it into the UFC
1:09:50- Nick Osterneck fight and tragedies
1:20:10- Calling Joe Silva after winning 9 straight fights
1:21:53- Calling Dana White on MMA Junkie radio
1:25:52- UFC debut on 11-days notice
1:30:30- Various "bumfights"
1:37:07- Mike, Miguel and Chris wrap up
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