Gan McGee Career Deep Dive | MMA History Podcast

Ep 286 Gan McGee Career Deep Dive Gan McGee takes us through his career that had him in a world title fight while also watching his Teamate Chuck Lidell become the sports first global superstar. Once again legendary coach John Hackleman sits in on another interview featuring one of his prized athletes. Ep 286 Gan McGee Career Deep Dive 0:00 plugs/ promotions 0:42 MMA history podcast intro 1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 1:37 interview start 1:57 wrestling champ in college 7:03 California having good fighters????? 7:29 connecting with John Hackleman 8:25 Glover Teixeira vs Eric Schwartz at gym 10:02 John Hackleman intro 11:25 first time seeing Gan McGee enter gym 14:27 Chuck Liddell drawing people into the gym 16:16 fighting navy seals on the street 20:06 Chuck Liddell in a street fight 21:40 Chris Kyle involved in street fight 23:02 Gan McGee vs Sam Adkins 26:39 Gan McGee vs Rickey Herro 27:32 Gan McGee vs Aaron Brink 29:06 Marc Hall as a promoter 30:08 Aaron Brink controversies 31:59 cross training at different gyms 37:09 American Top Team funding opportunities 39:20 IFC 8 man tournament 41:39 Gan McGee vs Paul Buentello 42:13 Knees to grounded opponent banned 44:47 the Gan McGee rule 47:00 Gan McGee vs Josh Barnett 50:43 discovering Gan McGee has asthma 51:53 Gan McGee vs Rocky Batastin 54:29 Gan McGee vs Seth Petruzelli 56:33 never fighting in KOTC 58:07 interactions with Dana White 59:19 expectations of the WEC 1:02:13 Gan McGee vs Ron Faircloth 1:03:57 difficulties finding fights 1:05:51 Gan McGee vs Pedro Rizzo 1:09:20 Gan McGee vs Alexandre Dantas 1:10:12 Gan McGee vs Tim Sylvia 1:11:55 Tim Sylvia testing positive after fight for PEDs 1:14:33 getting dropped from the UFC 1:18:15 Gan McGee vs Heath Hearing 1:24:31 interactions with Corey Peterson 1:25:23 John Hackleman experience in Japan 1:26:42 Gan McGee vs Semmy Schilt 1:29:03 avoiding interviews after fighting career 1:31:06 sparring with Glover Teixeira 1:33:00 favorite fight career memory 1:33:42 interview wrap up 1:34:06 outro/closing thoughts S