TJ GRANT - UFC Career DEEPDIVE (ep. 146)
Canada's TJ Grant rose quickly in his MMA career. TJ Grant had a five fight winning streak in the UFC and was on the cusp of a title shot when he called it quits. Done with the sport of MMA competitively by the time he was 30, the #LytesOut crew talk to one of the men who put Canada on the MMA map.
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0:00 Podcast intro
0:19 Interview start 1:37 TJ's martial arts background
6:53 TJ Grant vs Craig Skinner at ECC 1
9:16 Training and the anxiety of performing
14:32 Becoming aware of GSP
as a rising star
16:19 Thoughts on GSP and
Johny Hendricks
18:10 Chris Weidman and
Anderson Silva
19:34 Decision to become a full time fighter
21:50 TJ Grant vs Rob Wynne at UGC 14
23:22 Weight cutting and weight classes
25:36 Camaraderie among fighters and teams
27:31 TJ Grant vs Eric Beaulieu at ECC 4
28:43 KOTC vs ECC territory feud
31:37 TJ Grant vs Elmer
Waterhen at KOTC
32:20 TJ Grant vs Gary Wright at KOTC
34:34 TJ Grant vs Kevin
Manderson at KOTC
36:53 Stephane Patry, TKO
promoter
37:51 TJ Grant vs Stephane
Dube at TKO 30
38:14 TJ Grant vs Stephan
Lamarche at KOTC
42:23 TJ Grant vs Jesse
Bongfeldt at TKO 32
44:14 TJ Grant vs Mike Gates at PFP
46:51 Scott MaClean, Phoenix
Fight promoter
48:21 TJ Grant vs Chad Reiner at PFP
49:37 TJ Grant vs Forrest Petz at TKO 35
54:51 Win over Beau Baker,
UFC opportunity
56:48 Ben Askren and Michael
Chandler story
59:24 Training with Jorge
Gurgel
1:00:12 "The Immortal" Matt
Brown discussion
1:03:29 TJ Grant vs Kevin
Burns at UFC 107
1:06:50 Concussion discussion
1:09:12 Gray Maynard's punching power
1:10:08 A fighter or a Jiu-Jitsu guy?
1:11:38 Travelling to gyms vs staying at one gym
1:14:28 Cancelled fights and health issues
1:17:28 Thoughts on drugs
1:19:13 Move to LW, fights with Wiman and Maynard
1:22:57 TJ Grant vs Gray
Maynard at UFC 160
1:24:49 Thoughts when walking out to fight
1:25:56 Post-fight sense of relief
1:28:32 Concussions while training, mushrooms 1:30:39 Psilocybin
1:31:08 Fighter pay and expenses
1:35:24 Experience with Joe
Silva, UFC 119
1:36:41 Chris Lytle's mistaken bonus story
1:38:46 Interview wrap up
1:39:42 Closing thoughts
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