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Ep 305 War Machine Jon Koppenhaver Career & Controversy IF YOU USE THIS VIDEO WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM US WE WILL FLAG YOIR CHANNEL War Machine Jon Koppenhaver interview took place from his living unit at Ely Prison. The video / audio is NOT in sync due to the prison security settings NOT allowing voice recording for video visitations.  War Machine Jon Koppenhaver is a controversial figure whose career started with Ken Shamrock & the Lions Den Gym and eventually moved to Las Vegas to train with some of the best fighters in the world. Koppenhaver does not shy away from hard subjects like his relationship with Phil Baroni or problems he experienced outside of the cage. You have never heard War Machine speak about the topics that he were addressed in this special interview. Ep 305 War Machine Jon Koppenhaver Career & Controversy 0:00 MMA history podcast intro 0:33 Disclaimer 2:40 interview start 3:08 feedback on Vice documentary 3:58 beginnings in MMA 5:07 showing up to Lions Den tryout 7:10 Vince Pashell throwing a brick at War Machine 8:45 roommate Erik Del Fierro 9:15 relationship with Tony Galindo 10:21 interactions with Bob Shamrock 11:01 bringing supplements in from Mexico 12:47 War Machine vs Angle Santibanez 13:35 experience at Total Combat 14:46 Richard Dalton 15:05 training partner Cedric Marks 16:40 relationship with Lions Den team mates 18:06 War Machine vs Frank Duffy 19:08 meeting Phil Baroni 19:52 training with Matt Hendricks 20:48 training at Cobra Kai 21:48 War Machine vs Andrew Ramirez 22:37 War Machine vs Mike Odonnell 27:08 process getting on TUF 6 29:37 living in the TUF house 30:46 friendship with Mac Danzig 31:30 issues with Matt Serra 32:41 Mac Danzig Bird feeder prank 33:23 how War Machine was portrayed on TUF 33:56 training experience at TUF 34:43 manager Matt Stansell stolen money 35:31 getting a contract for the UFC 36:18 War Machine vs Jared Rollins TUF finale 37:47 speaking out against Lloyd Irvin 40:05 War Machine vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida 41:39 problems with matchmaker Joe Silva 43:25 fir