Louis Taylor Career Deep Dive Ep 205 Louis Taylor is currently one of the best MMA trainers in the entire United States, although normally out of the spotlight; Louis Taylor takes us on a journey from getting stiffed by independent promoters to winning the $1 million dollar Professional Fight League tournament. Louis Taylor and his guidance, strategy and foresight has help take Belal Muhammed from a regional stand out and thrust him into a UFC world title fight. This is a rare interview from someone that doesn't do very many  Louis Taylor Career Deep Dive Ep 205 0:00 Lytes out intro 0:19 guest introduction 0:29 interview start  0:40 training Belal Muhammad 3:20 Belal muhammad’s first fight  4:30 Belal muhammad vs Alan Jouban  6:23 Belal muhammad vs Vicente Luque 7:51 Muslim religion and beliefs  10:22 Belal muhammad vs Gilbert Burns  12:53 Belal Muhammad’s ankle injury  13:49 Eastern Illinois Wrestling 14:29 experience with Ralph McCausland 15:59 fighting as a broke college student  17:37 Louis Taylor vs Kevin Wachhaus 20:27 Louis Taylor vs Youlian Banov 21:04 Louis Taylor vs Ricco Talamantes 22:16 Coach Roberto Ramirez leaving venue 23:41 Louis Taylor vs Aaron Kreke 25:03 Louis Taylor vs Adam Maciejewski 26:33 Louis Taylor vs Steve Patterson 28:33 Louis Taylor vs Nate Moore 32:07 Louis Taylor vs Ryan Sturdy 33:30 Louis Taylor vs Joe Riggs 35:34 Belal Muhammed’s footwork  40:05 Belal Muhammed training in Chicago  41:14 Belal Muhammed not leaving his hometown  42:33 Belal Muhammed vs Kyle Geary 44:38 trying out for TUF 13  46:37 Louis Taylor vs Jason Louck 47:39 wanting to fight for Strikeforce  48:34 promoter Joe Goytia  50:43 Louis Taylor vs Perry Filkins 52:16 Louis Taylor vs Joe Vedepo 53:35 getting the call from the UFC 55:28 manager Ali Abdelaziz  58:28 Louis Taylor vs David Branch 59:51 PFL 10 4 man tournament 1:04:11 Belal Muhammed vs Steve Carl 1:05:47 choosing a world title over $1 million dollars 1:06:39 trainer Unique  1:08:14 Lyndon Viterri  1:09:16 Mike Cannon  1:10:05 Herc Hayes 1:11:39 Roberto Ramirez  1:12:26 Herc Hayes keeping health issues private  1:16:04 loyalty in the sport of fighting  1:17:26 the 2 types of trainers  1:20:21 interview wrap up  1:21:29 outro/ final thoughts Subscribe to the Lytes Out Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@LytesOutClips Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/lytesoutpodcast/ iTunes -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lytes-out-podcast/id1568575809  Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8KsfqrSQSjkdPLkdtNWb  Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052  Follow the #LOP team on Instagram:  Chris - Founder/Owner - @chrislightsoutlytle  Mike - MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Joey - Assistant - @aj_ventitre Tyson - Producer - @ty.green.welding Andrew - Timestamps - @ambidexstress Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power #belalmuhammad  #MMA #UFC #NHB #LytesOutPodcast #LytesOut #MixedMartialArts #ChrisLytle #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #FiftyFightClub #MMAPodcast #FightPodcast Support the show