Ep 236 Pete Drago Sell Career Deep Dive

Pete Sell started his career at the famous Serra Longo gym in New York.
We discuss the Phil Baroni rivalry, Matt Serra beating George St Pierre as well as what it was like participating in the east coast underground fight scene.

Ep 236 Pete Drago Sell Career Deep Dive

0:00 Lytes out intro
0:19 guest introduction
0:34 interview start
1:48 dropping out of college to pursue fight career
3:18 guest security on the Jerry Springer show
4:43 beginnings in MMA
9:01 rolling with Rob Khan
10:02 preferring to strike over going to the ground
11:13 Pete Sell vs Rob Biegley
12:50 Igor Zinoviev
13:27 prior training before first fight
13:51 cornering Matt Serra
15:15 Luke Cummo falling out with Matt Serra
16:40 Lou Neglia sneaking MMA fights into kickboxing event
17:48 Phil Baroni bullying story
23:00 Pete Sell vs Ted Govola
25:07 Pete Sell vs Chris Liguori
26:49 Pete Sell vs Nate Quarry
30:30 bouncer at Posh nightclub
31:36 Pete Sell vs Landon Showalter
32:26 TUF 4 try out
34:17 experience with Jeremy Jackson
36:18 Phil Baroni’s current situation
40:13 issues with Matt Hughes
41:54 comment about Tim Sylvia
43:10 fighting Charles McCarthy and Travis Lutter in TUF
43:44 Pete Sell vs Scott Smith
45:10 cornering Scott Smith
46:45 first UFC event covered by the news
48:08 Pete Sell vs Thales Leites
50:40 cornering Matt Serra for GSP fight
52:01 Matt Serra’s gym
53:43 coaching on TUF 6
55:51 receiving Black belt in BJJ
56:15 relationship with Nick Serra
57:10 training with Rafael Natal
58:06 thoughts on Matt Serra as a coach
1:00:12 moving to welterweight after injury
1:02:06 massive weight cut to make 185
1:04:36 Pete Sell vs Matt Brown
1:14:55 current life
1:18:28 experience with Joe Silva
1:21:08 realizing John Danaher was special
1:22:35 thoughts on Marc Laimon as a coach
1:27:15 interview wrap up
1:28:39 outro/ final thoughts


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