EPISODE · Sep 20, 2021 · 2H 37M
GRAY MAYNARD - UFC Career DEEPDIVE
from MMA History Podcast · host MMA Detective Mike Davis, Joey Venti
Send a textGray Maynard joins the LytesOut team for a look back at his standout fighting career.0:00Intro 2:45 Gray Maynard Beginnings4:40 Rashad Evans 5:35 Working with BJ Penn 6:55 Shawn Tompkins 7:36 Fighting Evan Dunham 10:12 Joshua Powell - Pro Debut 11:50 WEF Brent Weedman 14:50 Jamie Lavine WEF 16:08 Almost Fighting Aoki18:00 St Edwards Wrestling 22:05 The Ultimate Fighter 23:35 Wayne Weems TUF28:28 Gabe Rudiger TUF 33:20 Brandon Melendez TUF 33:57 Nate Diaz TUF 37:04 Living with Nate Diaz 39:16 Rob Emerson Self Knockout 44:30 Jay Hieron as a gym partner 47:43 Joe Veres UFC 51:24 Dennis Siver UFC 53:58 Beating Frankie Edgar UFC 56:40 Jim Miller UFC 9659:20 Roger Huerta UFC 1:02:31 Nate Diaz 1:06:18 Passed over for BJ Penn Fight 1:08:20 Kenny Florian UFC 118 1:11:17 Fight Trunks / Sponsor Tags 1:12:25 Frankie Edgar Training Camp Conflict 1:19:00 Frankie Edgar UFC 125 1:23:56 Judges Score Cards 1:25:35 Frankie Edgar as a Competitor 1:26:38 Cancelation of the Rematch 1:27:39 Edgar Training Camp Problems 1:31:00 UFC Contract 1:34:40 Moving to AKA1:38:30 Randy Couture Gym Issues 1:42:06 Relationship with Dana White 1:43:30 UFC Pay 1:52:06 Clay Guida / AKA Training 1:53:29 Sparring w/Jon Fitch 1:56:43 TJ Grant UFC 1602:04:05 Psilocybin Micro Dosing 2:08:07 Training with Khabib Nurmagomedov 2:13:55 Struggles w/ Nate Diaz Trilogy 2:18:15 CB Dalloway & Ryan Bader 2:19:30 Matt Hughes is the Reason I Fight 2:20:00 Parents and MMA 2:21:31 Nate Diaz Trilogy 2:24:45 Making 145#2:26:30 Fernando Bruno UFC 2:29:00 Changing Game Plan Ryan Hall UFC 2:32:40 Why UFC doesn’t like Gray 2:34:10 MMA Detective & Miguel closeMaynard crossed over from high level wrestling to MMA and he fought all but two of his career fights in the UFC. His trilogy with Frankie Edgar gave us a lightweight title fight for the ages and Maynard also fought a trio of fights against Nate Diaz. Despite competing at the highest level his entire life, Maynard takes us through his career from beginning to end. Uh, we went long on this one, thanks Gray for the time and the honesty.Subscribe to the Lytes Out MMA History Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcebSeWpoMqcotWR_1rHnQ Socials: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Follow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #GrayMaynard #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FightPodcast #FightTalk Support the show
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Send a textGray Maynard joins the LytesOut team for a look back at his standout fighting career.0:00Intro 2:45 Gray Maynard Beginnings4:40 Rashad Evans 5:35 Working with BJ Penn 6:55 Shawn Tompkins 7:36 Fighting Evan Dunham 10:12 Joshua Powell - Pro Debut 11:50 WEF Brent Weedman 14:50 Jamie Lavine WEF 16:08 Almost Fighting Aoki18:00 St Edwards Wrestling 22:05 The Ultimate Fighter 23:35 Wayne Weems TUF28:28 Gabe Rudiger TUF 33:20 Brandon Melendez TUF 33:57 Nate Diaz TUF 37:04 Living with Nate Diaz 39:16 Rob Emerson Self Knockout 44:30 Jay Hieron as a gym partner 47:43 Joe Veres UFC 51:24 Dennis Siver UFC 53:58 Beating Frankie Edgar UFC 56:40 Jim Miller UFC 9659:20 Roger Huerta UFC 1:02:31 Nate Diaz 1:06:18 Passed over for BJ Penn Fight 1:08:20 Kenny Florian UFC 118 1:11:17 Fight Trunks / Sponsor Tags 1:12:25 Frankie Edgar Training Camp Conflict 1:19:00 Frankie Edgar UFC 125 1:23:56 Judges Score Cards 1:25:35 Frankie Edgar as a Competitor 1:26:38 Cancelation of the Rematch 1:27:39 Edgar Training Camp Problems 1:31:00 UFC Contract 1:34:40 Moving to AKA1:38:30 Randy Couture Gym Issues 1:42:06 Relationship with Dana White 1:43:30 UFC Pay 1:52:06 Clay Guida / AKA Training 1:53:29 Sparring w/Jon Fitch 1:56:43 TJ Grant UFC 1602:04:05 Psilocybin Micro Dosing 2:08:07 Training with Khabib Nurmagomedov 2:13:55 Struggles w/ Nate Diaz Trilogy 2:18:15 CB Dalloway & Ryan Bader 2:19:30 Matt Hughes is the Reason I Fight 2:20:00 Parents and MMA 2:21:31 Nate Diaz Trilogy 2:24:45 Making 145#2:26:30 Fernando Bruno UFC 2:29:00 Changing Game Plan Ryan Hall UFC 2:32:40 Why UFC doesn’t like Gray 2:34:10 MMA Detective & Miguel closeMaynard crossed over from high level wrestling to MMA and he fought all but two of his career fights in the UFC. His trilogy with Frankie Edgar gave us a lightweight title fight for the ages and Maynard also fought a trio of fights against Nate Diaz. Despite competing at the highest level his entire life, Maynard takes us through his career from beginning to end. Uh, we went long on this one, thanks Gray for the time and the honesty.Subscribe to the Lytes Out MMA History Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcebSeWpoMqcotWR_1rHnQ Socials: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 Follow the #LOP team on Instagram: Chris - @chrislightsoutlytle Mike - @mikedavis632 Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power#MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #GrayMaynard #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FightPodcast #FightTalk Support the show
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