Jay Hieron & Mike Pyle on working w/ Denzel Washington, fighting Georges St Pierre, coaching + more

Eric Nicksick is joined by former UFC fighters turned Hollywood actors Jay Hieron & Mike Pyle. Jay & Mike discuss their journey coming up in MMA in the late 1990s & early 2000s, getting into Hollywood post fighting career, the early days of coaching at Xtreme Couture, and much more! 

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00:00:00  Intro
00:01:18  guest introduction    
00:02:16  early days and building  XC    
00:02:48  eric's first time meet jay and mike    
00:03:40  training at TUF before XC and leading to opening the gym    
00:04:24  the first MMA gym in vegas    
00:06:40  early training day stories of XC and fighters who trained there    
00:09:26  randy fighting for the title while training at XC    
00:10:19  tim sylvia showing up to randys workshop before the fight    
00:11:49  game plan leading to the fight and working the first round    
00:13:03  who were the training partners for the Sylvia fight    
00:13:45  randy fighting gabe gonzaga BTS story    
00:16:53  eric realizing how good randy is    
00:17:44  what other fighters have that killer mentality    
00:18:59  Mike meeting martin kampmann   
00:21:48  why do they wear knee pads at XC after cut    
00:22:30  what was it like trying to  establish a gym culture in the beginning    
00:24:17  how to you navigate being in the corner of someone you admire    
00:25:15  how did the relationship start with eric mike and jay and seeing where he is now    
00:29:00  mike meeting eric and being his jiu jitsu coach    
00:32:08  the people at XC made it what the gym became    
00:33:32  how did green lighting start at the gym    
00:35:23  guy coming into the gym and getting green lit    
00:38:03  why are people so delusional about fighters vs any other pro sports    
00:41:41  whats the biggest difference between up and comers verses their era    
00:44:37  who was ahead of their time in the early days    
00:47:10  jay's advice to the young generation    
00:50:26  Pyle fight almost didn't happen because his opponent got kidnapped    
00:51:17  Mike's first official pro fight was with rampage Jackson    
00:54:57  who would jay or mike wish they had a chance to rematch    
01:00:24  how jay spent $100k after winning    
01:01:35  favorite knockout    
01:04:08  Jay learning step over right before using it in the fight       
01:08:38  Who would jay and mike have in their corner if they fought today       
01:14:12  When did they know it was time to walk away       
01:20:51  Transitioning out of MMA    
01:22:41  how do you tell a fighter its time to retire    
01:25:15  its sean strikland a throw back to the old days&nbsp