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Stephan Bonnar - The UFC Years - Epsiode 78 (Last Interview) / #ufc
Stephan Bonnar fought Forrest Griffin in the Finals of The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 in a match that is credited with saving the sport at the Zuffa owned UFC.
But how did Stephan Bonnar get to that historic spot in MMA history? Here, "The American Psycho" takes the DEEPDIVE with Chris Lytle and company to talk about his roots in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Thanks to Stephan, who will certainly be back on to talk about his career AFTER "TUF" as well - enjoy!
0:00- Mike and Miguel Intro
2:36 Stephan Bonnar joins
3:25 Trainer at Gold Coast gym
6:54 SPIKETV pay
8:35 UFC deception with winning "six figure contract"
10:20 First fight post-Griffin, sharting on Sam Hoger
12:02 Mark DellaGrotte and Carlson Gracie in corner
15:05 Fame and wealth not matching
16:26 "The American Psycho" name
18:08 Fight vs James "the Sandman" Irvin, last fight with Carlson Gracie in corner
23:33 First fight post Carlson Gracie vs Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine
25:00 Training with Pat Barry and Andrei Arlovski
26:28 Boxing vs UFC
28:17 Dana White wanting Bonnar to lose
29:46 Making fighters take fights too frequently
32:20 Fight vs Rashad Evans, trying to use BJJ
34:00 Stephan Bonnar vs the UFC
40:22 Joe Silva
42:26 Relationship with other fighters
43:30 Fight vs Mike Nickels, both DellaGrotte and Rufus in corner
45:35 Fight vs Eric Schafer, DellaGrotte cornering against Rufus
47:55 Canceled fight vs Matt Hamill due to "Super Bowl of knee surgeries"
50:27 First fight post knee surgery vs Jon "Bones" Jones
54:31 Fight vs Mark "the Hammer" Coleman at UFC 100
57:32 First fight vs Krzysztof Soszynski
1:02:47 New contract increments
1:05:46 Power of the matchmaker
1:08:02 Krzysztof Soszynski rematch
1:10:38 Brock Lesnar
1:11:14 Fight vs Igor Pokrajac, Steve Mazzagatti refereeing
1:15:08 Josh Koscheck cabbage patch shirt public apology
1:16:02 Winding down, being pushed towards retirement
1:18:40 Anderson Silva fight in final UFC match in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
1:23:48 Getting fired by the UFC
1:24:25 Offer from Bellator to fight Tito Ortiz and getting blackballed
1:26:10 Anderson Silva feeling tough
1:27:00 Bellator not giving him a job
1:27:42 Justin McCully, Scott Coker, and Tito Ortiz
1:30:53 Jimmy Smith holding the microphone
1:32:34 Tito Ortiz screwing over Justin McCully and others
1:33:05 Tito grabbing Stephan's shorts
1:34:06 Training with Paul Herrera and Justin McCully
1:35:15 Real Water sponsorship almost killing Stephan
1:40:19 Northstar combat
1:41:20 Joshua Fabia and Diego Sanchez
1:48:54 Mike and Miguel wrap up
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