Ep 295 Josh Neer BEFORE the UFC
Josh Neer burst onto the professional scene boasting a record that had just under 100 amateur fights.
Neer’s MMA journey had him training in Canada with Joe Doerkson as well as many years at the Miletich Fighting Systems
Chris Lytle joins us on this fantastic listen documenting the Indy grind of the Midwest
Ep 295 Josh Neer BEFORE the UFC
0:00 plugs/ promotions
0:42 MMA history podcast intro
1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction
1:36 interview start
3:06 amateur career
7:10 experience at Toad Hollar
8:22 early training
11:34 Josh Neer vs Houston Alexander
14:52 receiving nick name “the dentist”
16:10 not paid for bare knuckle fight
19:02 turning pro in MMA
21:18 Josh Neer vs Anthony Smith
23:16 turning down GSP fight due to name value
27:17 Josh Neer vs Joe Jordan
29:18 Josh Neer vs Joe Chacon
31:03 Josh Neer vs Spencer Fisher
33:05 relationship with Jeremy Stephens
34:50 Jeremy Stephen’s vs Mike Perry
38:13 Miletich camp initiation
43:16 50 fight club mentality
46:03 Josh Neer vs Kyle Jensen
46:56 Josh Neer vs Anthony Macias
47:49 Josh Neer vs David Gardner
48:45 Josh Neer vs Mark Bear
51:23 Josh Neer vs Derrick Noble
52:36 Jeff Perez boxing coach
53:43 student Johnny Hopper
54:50 Josh Neer vs Todd Kiser
56:17 not matched properly in the UFC
56:58 relationship with the Diaz brothers
59:19 training cardio at a high level
1:00:27 interview wrap up
1:00:56 outro/ closing thoughts
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