Oleg Taktarov became a household name at UFC 5; his journey through the NHB era started prior to UFC 1.
Join us as Oleg Taktarov takes us through a legendary career with a lot of crazy stories.
Ep 249 Oleg Taktarov Career Deep Dive
0:00 plugs/ promotions 0:42 Lytes out intro 1:01 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 1:21 interview start 3:01 Russian special forces 3:20 learning Sambo at age 9 7:24 Maxim Tarasov 7:56 1994 iron Gladoator champion 11:48 Pancrase holding NHB before the UFC 15:29 training at the Gracie academy 20:04 meeting Rickson Gracie 21:16 Fedor Emeliaenko issues 23:04 meeting Ramzan Kadyrov 25:24 kidnapped by Khabib Nurmagomedov 32:30 relationship with Gene LeBell 35:25 training with Karo Parisyan 39:14 Rorion Gracie not wanting Oleg Taktarov in the UFC 39:48 Oleg Taktarov vs Ernie Verdica 41:52 Oleg Taktarov vs Dan Severn 42:48 manager Buddy Alvin 46:28 Oleg Taktarov vs Anthony Macias 47:12 Oleg Taktarov vs Tank Abbott 49:43 training at the Lions Den 53:50 training with Maurice Smith 55:36 experience with Igor Zinoviev 57:29 Oleg Taktarov vs Ken Shamrock 1:01:02 fighting 9 times in 1 year for the UFC 1:04:07 Mark Coleman story 1:05:28 Oleg Taktarov vs Marco Ruas 1:09:54 Oleg Taktarov vs Ryushi Yanagisawa 1:11:30 training with Joe Charles 1:13:56 experience with Federico Lapenda 1:17:04 Oleg Taktarov vs Marco Ruas rematch 1:18:18 experience with Eugenio Tadeau 1:20:28 refusing to pull out of Renzo Gracie fight 1:26:22 Pentagon Combat riot 1:31:00 meeting women in Brazil 1:35:37 Oleg Taktarov vs Gary Goodridge 1:38:02 competing in the first ADCC 1:39:56 rolling with Mark Kerr 1:40:19 advice to fighters 1:42:29 Oleg Taktarov vs John Marsh 1:44:47 outro
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