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Ep 270 Sean Sherk Early Years

Sean Sherk has one of the most unique journeys to becoming a UFC World Champion.
His departure from the sport has always been somewhat of a mystery; in this interview we discuss his path to being called World Champion.

It is a powerful listen

Ep 270 Sean Sherk Early years

0:00 plugs/ promotions
0:42 Lytes out intro
1:14 Joey Venti’s guest introduction
1:39 interview start
2:08 departure from fighting
4:43 wrestling career
10:22 Jiu Jitsu match with Chris Brennan
11:47 dealings with Brad Kohler
14:26 Travis Wiuff
16:13 Sean Sherk vs Roscoe Ostyn
19:10 training with Greg Nelson
22:28 Frank Shamrock not in UFC hall of fame
23:26 Midwest mma Championship tournament
25:26 Extreme Challenge 28
28:08 Sean Sherk vs Karo Parisyan
33:09 Sean Sherk vs Karo Parisyan rematch
34:09 fighting with a full time job
37:14 wrestling in high school
39:17 choosing to persue fighting
40:41 chasing the highs in life
43:38 getting the call from the UFC
46:50 getting the nick name “Juggernaut”
47:40 Sean Sherk vs Tiki Goshen
48:47 Sean Sherk vs Manny Gamburyan
52:04 training with Matt Hughes
52:34 choosing not to train at MFS
54:10 getting into street fights
55:49 Sean Sherk vs Marty Armendarez
1:00:48 training ground and pound
1:04:03 training partner Tom Schmitz
1:05:05 Clint Class
1:06:09 Damian Hertz
1:07:04 cancelled bout with Jutaro Nakao
1:09:47 Sean Sherk vs Curtis Brigham
1:11:07 Sean Sherk vs Kiuma Kunioku
1:17:38 Sean Sherk vs Claudionor Da Silva Fontinelle
1:22:25 getting back into the UFC
1:27:12 Sean Sherk vs Jutaro Nakao
1:28:33 Sean Sherk vs Benji Radach
1:32:53 Sean Sherk vs John Alexander
1:34:50 overcoming adversity
1:35:56 Sean Sherk vs Matt Hughes
1:38:13 getting cut from the UFC
1:40:11 retiring from fighting
1:44:07 co owning training mask
1:46:40 life after fighting
1:52:06 interview wrap up
1:53:37 outro/ closing thoughts

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