Ep 285 Ant Evans 2007 UFC Deep Dive
Ant Evans spent 13 years working administratively for the UFC under the capacity of media manager and Fight Pass president.
In his first ever interview; Ant gives us an incredible look into what was being said behind the scenes when the UFC became the global leader of mixed martial arts.
This is an interview of the year candidate and we hope that you enjoy it as much as we did.
Ep 285 Ant Evans UFC 2007 Deep Dive.
0:00 plugs/ promotions
0:42 MMA history podcast intro
1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction
1:31 interview start
3:02 the UFC in 2007
4:20 plugs/ promotions
6:58 Rickey Hatton dealings
8:25 discovering the UFC early on
10:17 UFC 38 almost banned
11:03 Lee Murray Tito Ortiz street fight
17:54 backlash for working for the UFC
26:00 Andy Geer pre fight interviews
28:11 threats by Dave O’Donnell
30:26 UFC destroying cctv of Murray Ortiz street fight
33:09 UK fighters coming from street backgrounds
37:43 Kara Parisyan dealing with addiction
39:26 Nick Diaz issues with anxiety
44:22 Dana White and Tito Ortiz friendship
48:40 Connor McGregor bus incident
52:31 ADCC fight pass deal controversy
1:04:14 Dana White denying BKFC on fight pass
1:05:42 UFC announces buying Pride FC
1:09:13 accused of leaking UFC fights
1:10:54 leaks coming from Ryan Bennetts emails
1:14:49 introducing the UFC hall of fame
1:23:19 Frank Shamrock ruining his UFC hall of fame
1:29:34 negotiations with Frank Shamrock
1:37:31 why John Perretti is not in UFC Hall of fame
1:41:38 Jeff Osborne UFC contributions
1:42:01 Melvin Guillard testing positive for cocaine
1:44:05 Matt Serra vs GSP
1:44:50 Dana white refusing HBO commentary
1:46:32 Lorenzo Fertitta trusting Dana White
1:48:15 Joe Rogan signing with UFC
1:50:28 Michael Bisping receiving threats
1:54:25 criticism from John McCain
1:56:47 Babalu refusing to let go of submission
2:02:09 Randy Couture walking out of the UFC
2:03:01 Pride FC closing their doors
2:05:42 Fedor Emelianenko UFC negotiations
2:10:24 Affliction MMA teaser
2:12:12 Ant Evans look alike does MMA fight
2:13:27 interview wrap up/ Outro
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