Stephan Bonnar

And I know that I can build a following because I did it, um, back, um, in the podcasting world, I did it as a matter of fact, which is the funny thing.

Um, back when Stefan Bonner and, uh, Forrest Griffith had their massive UFC fight at the end of season one of the ultimate fighter, I created a podcast called MMA power talk.

And we went from the first three months getting 10 listens, you know, 10 listens a show when we were doing weekly shows.

Um, I got lucky.

Yeah, I mean, like, I just...

You know, I actually...

Stefan Bonner was one of the interviews I did as well.

Very interesting dude.

... you know, yourself, as part of Zach getting to the, uh, finals.

And, uh, and yeah, Forrest Griffin versus Stephan Bonnar, that really kinda was the Trojan horse for MMA, that Ultimate Fighter show, which is an amazing story itself, how-

Mm-hmm

...

... freaking way that I brought...

Because when I was sitting there, that's funny you brought that up, 'cause the first fight, and the reason I thought about it, 'cause I was thinking about when we were out there watching the fight, [smacks lips] if you took us back in time to before the UFC got to be, when there was the Forrest and the, the Stephan Bonnar, watching those two guys' effort to go for it, it was nonstop.

It didn't give any, they didn't give any breaks in between whatever.

They were, they were just going like they were trying to do it.

The Ultimate Fighter premiered after that in two thousand five, putting fighters together in, in, in houses, filming their personalities, conflicts, training, arguments, and eventually their fights.

UFC itself still credits that first season, and especially the Forrest Griffin- Stephan Bonnar finale with helping their propo-- the, the, the, you know, the, the polarizing thing of that, um, propel the organization into the mainstream.

And I watched that, uh, season, and I loved it.

And I watch that stuff, uh, still.

Now like I say like what the, what's the big deal?

Well, he hit, he hit Stephan Bonnar with a couple.

That's like, that's like someone back in the days being there for the Wright brothers flying, like they got a machine that flies, you know?

[laughs]

He didn't want to do that shit.

But then he had those two fights with Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin.

And then he wanted to box Roy Jones, but they never got that shit to work.

And then they were talking about him fighting GSP in a super fight, and he's like, "Yo, bro, I, I, I do all this shit because you ask me to do it." And I think it was just one of those, he's like, "Yo, fuck this shit, man.

...

the big one, 'cause that, that fight with Forrest Griffin and, uh, I believe it was Stefan Bonner, was an instant classic and kinda helped keep, uh-

That helped just the UFC-

UFC

Yeah, yeah.

It's like n- It's so crazy when you look back, 'cause I remember the day that I saw Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar on Spike TV.

I watched that-

Amazing

He fought, um, [smacks lips] he, he fought Guskov.

He fought, um, Stephan Bonner.

He fought a bunch of guys and started looking like, like this guy m- might be something very unique.

Yeah.