Jim Miller BEFORE the UFC w/ Brian McLaughlin | MMA History Podcast

Ep 304 Jim Miller BEFORE the UFC w/ Brian McLaughlin Jim Miller is on the precipice of becoming the first ever member of the 50 Fights in the UFC. Jim Milers journey to the UFC is largely undocumented and with the help of his long time friend and trainer Brian McLaughlin we explore his path within the independent grind. Special Thank You to friend of the show Brian McLaughlin for helping out this together. Ep 304 Jim Miller BEFORE the UFC 0:00 MMA history podcast intro 0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 1:01 interview start 2:05 Forced to miss weight against Thigo Alves 11:44 Interactions with Joe Silva 14:13 beginnings in MMA 18:09 story about Jim Millers father 23:14 Micky Galls original coach 26:04 thoughts on Cm punk vs Micky Gall 28:28 Cm punks training camp 29:21 Jim Miller vs Eddie Fyvie 33:41 Jim Miller vs Kevin Roddy 36:31 Kevin Roddy story 38:15 Watching brother Dan Miller lose a fight 39:29 Jim Miller vs Ryan Ciotoli 42:42 Reality Fighting 13 4 man tournament 45:40 Jim Miller vs Muhsin Corbbrey 46:48 Johnathon Helwig vs Mike Constantino 48:12 thoughts on Frankie Edgar 50:49 Muhsin Corbbrey story before fight 52:08 Jim Miller vs James Jones 52:41 Planet Jiu jitsu closing doors week of fight 54:51 training partner Chris Liguori 56:57 Jim Miller vs Frankie Edgar 1:01:23 not returning to Reality fighting 1:03:28 TUF 5 tryouts 1:06:29 previous opponents at TUF tryouts 1:08:41 receiving nick name A10 1:10:08 not getting into TUF 5 1:11:03 training at AMA 1:13:46 Jim Miller vs Al Buck 1:15:39 Jim Miller vs Anthony Morrison 1:17:55 Jim Miller vs Nuri Shakir “Weight miss” 1:23:08 undefeated in welterweight fights 1:24:31 fighting at different weight classes 1:29:29 Jim Miller vs Chris Ligori 1:31:06 Dan Miller vs John Howard 1:34:40 finishing Chris Ligori 1:36:21 the “Jim Miller rule” 1:36:41 AMA fighting training partners 1:38:38 Jim Miller vs Chris Ligori rematch 1:41:22 researching Jim Miller 1:42:51 getting the call from UFC while in IFL 1:46:06 Jim Miller vs Bart Palaziewski 1:48:50 fights prior to UFC b