Jesse Taylor BEFORE the UFC | MMA History Podcast

Ep 307 Jesse Taylor BEFORE the UFC Jesse Taylor dominated The Ultimate Fighter house, crushed everyone in sight, and was one win away from a UFC contract... Then one wild night changed everything. In this raw two-part episode, Jesse "JT Money" Taylor pulls no punches: early Team Quest chaos, underground San Diego stories, TUF glory and heartbreak, worldwide redemption wars, and some insane behind-the-scenes bombs you've never heard. Pure MMA history gold from a true 50-fight veteran. 0:00 MMA history podcast intro 0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 0:56 interview start 1:06 inspiration watching old UFC 2:11 meeting Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez 3:17 leaving college wrestling behind 5:22 Antonio McKee and Dan Henderson roll 6:31 Antonio McKee vs John Smith 9:15 cancelled bout with Chris Lytle 10:56 Jesse Taylor vs Robert Sarkozi 15:55 Jesse Taylor vs Chris Chiasson 17:30 training at Team Quest 18:07 Sean Strickland thrown out of Team quest 21:04 fighting in Tijuana 22:48 Jesse Taylor vs Jesse Forbes 24:45 Jesse Taylor vs Jorge Ortiz 27:35 interactions with Toby Imada And Warmachine 28:16 training with Shawn Tompkins 30:00 training with Duane Ludwig 30:56 Jesse Taylor vs Kenny Ento 34:13 Jesse Taylor vs Matt Major 35:22 Jesse Taylor vs Jorge Ramirez 37:08 process getting on TUF 39:19 Jesse Taylor vs Nick Rossborough 40:43 living with Mike Dolce 43:36 Jesse Taylor vs Dante Rivera 44:43 Jesse Taylor vs Tim Credeur 45:34 experience living in TUF house 46:46 thoughts on Rudy Silva 49:52 Kicked off TUF finale 53:19 comments made by Rampage Jackson 55:35 Jesse Taylor vs CB Dolloway 57:15 relationship with Vinny Magalhães 57:36 getting cut from the UFC 59:20 Jesse Taylor vs Drew Fickett 1:01:22 reason for leaving Team Quest 1:03:58 Jesse Taylor vs Rico Altamiro 1:05:18 Jesse Taylor vs Chris Camozzi 1:07:19 Jesse Taylor vs Dong Sik Yoon 1:08:46 outro/ closing thoughts Please follow our channels on Follow the MMA History Team on Instagram: MMA Detective Mike Davis @mikedavis632 Co Host Joey Venti @aj_ventitre Records