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Dec. 14, 2015 - The Joe Rogan Experience
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Joe Rogan Experience #736 - Brendan Schaub & Bryan Callen
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brendan schaub
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bryan callen
19:54
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joe rogan
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jamie vernon
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unidentified
Opecia is bad for your dick!
bryan callen
For your wang!
For your dick!
joe rogan
It's probably bad for a lot of things.
You know what else is bad for?
For me, at least, personally?
My experience?
When I got off of it, my endurance, like, upped.
bryan callen
Really?
joe rogan
Yeah, my strength...
Like I felt stronger.
Like I felt like physically better.
Like I would get tired when I was on it.
Yeah.
brendan schaub
I heard there's terrible side effects.
joe rogan
Ari Shafir experienced severe depression from Propecia and didn't put the two and two together until after he got off of it.
And he had like bad depression.
Wow.
And he realized like, oh my god, it all started when I started taking Propecia.
brendan schaub
I heard it messes with your sex drive too, your dick.
bryan callen
I gotta be honest with you guys.
joe rogan
It killed my dick like a bullet.
bryan callen
I'll be honest with you guys, I take it all the time, and my dick is always hard.
Hard right now.
joe rogan
You're amazing.
bryan callen
I am.
As you always like to say, it's not testosterone.
I'm just a pervert.
joe rogan
I mean, Brian always tells me, I think my testosterone is too high.
Like, look at your body.
You're built like this.
bryan callen
This is you.
Dude, I took my shirt off.
Don't ever say...
You know what happened to you when I took my shirt off?
You went like this.
You go...
You held it in, but you went like this.
You went immediately...
joe rogan
Do you think I shuddered?
bryan callen
You went...
And then you're like, oh, you need to get in better shape!
joe rogan
Like if I was a woman, I would be excited.
brendan schaub
You guys did have a pose-off.
bryan callen
We had a pose-off just now.
Two 48-year-old losers posing off.
Fucking, literally.
brendan schaub
I'm on my phone, Joe goes, Shabby, look at this.
unidentified
We're making you judge us.
brendan schaub
You guys are both my friends?
No, both of you look great.
joe rogan
Didn't you think at some point in time you were going to grow up?
I always assumed that this would not be funny for me.
unidentified
You would come to a point where I wouldn't be with my friends going...
joe rogan
Of course!
bryan callen
Of course.
joe rogan
Being retarded.
brendan schaub
I loved it.
bryan callen
It never ends.
joe rogan
Will we be like 80 in doing this?
bryan callen
I think so.
I think we'll always be attracted to round soft surfaces, fightings, any kind of penetration, and it'll get our attention always.
Like, what happened?
A guy punched him in the face?
joe rogan
Well, listen to this crazy shit.
Dana White told me that the guy who invented Regenikine, Peter Welling, is that his name is?
In Germany?
I forget his name.
Dusseldorf, Germany.
This is the one that Kobe Bryant, all those guys are flying out to Germany to this Regenikine procedure that regenerates.
It's amazing anti-inflammatory properties.
He's figured out a way to regenerate collagen with an injection.
With an injection your body starts regenerating its own collagen like a 20 year old.
And he's saying wrinkles will just go away.
Your skin will just tighten up.
You are going to look like a much younger person.
And this is all within like the next year.
bryan callen
Really?
joe rogan
Yep.
brendan schaub
Congrats, Cal.
bryan callen
I don't need it.
Look at my face.
unidentified
You're beautiful.
bryan callen
So tight.
joe rogan
They're on the brink of doing this.
unidentified
Man.
joe rogan
They're that close.
Like, they're setting up the infrastructure and they're getting ready to roll with this stuff.
brendan schaub
I'm trying to invest in that shit right now.
joe rogan
Oh, hell yeah.
When they do, it's going to be fucking bonkers, man.
bryan callen
That's pretty wild, man.
joe rogan
You're going to see Barbara Walters looking hot as fuck.
brendan schaub
It's true.
bryan callen
They are doing crazy stuff with tissue regeneration.
joe rogan
Well, I wonder when they're going to be able to do that to backs.
Because people that have, like, really fucked...
Like, I ran into my friend Alder.
He's one of Andy Bravo's black belts last night.
Told me he hasn't been able to...
I haven't seen him in a while.
Told me he hasn't been able to do jiu-jitsu in two years.
His back has been fucked up.
And it just doesn't get better.
brendan schaub
Disc?
All disc'd up?
joe rogan
Yeah, definitely.
Just disc degeneration, you know?
bryan callen
There are two girls I know who are in wheelchairs, you know, and they are...
joe rogan
Is it from your dick?
bryan callen
It's from my dick.
It's from my dick.
brendan schaub
You dicked them down?
bryan callen
They're both actually super attractive, I have to be honest.
And I'd be lying if I said I didn't have thoughts.
joe rogan
So you're talking about spinal injuries, not discs.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah.
bryan callen
And, you know, obviously, there's a long way to go before that.
But there's a guy in San Diego, a doctor, who I guess works with electrical pulses.
And he has had some success in sort of, he shoots an electrical sort of, I don't know, pulse.
unidentified
Sounds like false hope.
bryan callen
No, in some cases, it's given some feeling back on their legs and stuff.
So it's promising.
But I think...
joe rogan
100 years from now, they're gonna fix all that stuff.
They just can't figure out how to regenerate spinal tissue.
They can't figure out how to connect.
Once your core is severed, they can't do anything about it.
But they're very hopeful.
bryan callen
They're doing it with penises.
I mean, you're able to transplant a penis.
joe rogan
Not only did the guy, they transplanted his penis and he got his girlfriend pregnant.
unidentified
That's right.
joe rogan
Yeah.
bryan callen
Crazy.
Well, the hardest thing for so many veterans is when they get their legs blown off, the first thing this doctor was saying, the first thing young men say is, what's going on with my dick?
brendan schaub
Of course.
bryan callen
Of course.
And it's so devastating.
It's such a devastating wound.
And one of the things that they were trying to get money for it, and they were like, look, legs are more important.
He said, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Mentally, for a young man, when he gets an injury to his groin, that's fucking...
More devastating than almost anything else.
joe rogan
It's pretty devastating also when your dick gets blown off with your balls.
You don't have testosterone anymore.
Game over, son.
unidentified
Obviously, there's a lot to say about that.
joe rogan
Horrors of war.
The idea that you can just figure out how to fix bodies to the point where anything that's broken can just get repaired.
Think about like 100, 500 years ago, if you got a broken leg, like 500 years ago.
You're a dead man.
brendan schaub
We're going to have to put you down.
The thing is, you know the one thing they can't figure out how to help?
Your brain.
It's the only thing they can't figure out.
Everything else, you're good.
joe rogan
I feel like, why don't they just drill a hole and shoot some stem cells in there?
bryan callen
I don't know, man.
This CRISPR-Cas9 is fucking incredible.
That's the new frontier.
And in 10 years, we're going to be literally taking your DNA and putting a gene in the area.
Apparently, just shooting a gene in the area of that when they snip your DNA. You know how it works?
It's kind of wild.
There's a great Radiolab podcast on CRISPR. I listened to it twice so I could figure out what they were saying.
brendan schaub
You know what the con is to all this, though, is all this advancement in medical and all that stuff, and we're fixing everyone.
Everything's going to get overpopulated, right?
People are going to stop dying off so fast.
bryan callen
There will always be plain old death.
brendan schaub
True, but that average life is going to be way longer.
It's already increasing.
bryan callen
Also, how do you pay for, like, there are certain cancer treatments that are $1,000 a pill.
I mean, you can cure hep C now, and it's $1,000 a pill.
It'll cost you $84,000, but you'll cure it.
joe rogan
You will cure it.
brendan schaub
Is that for sure?
bryan callen
Hep C is a curable disease.
It's no longer a manageable disease.
It used to be really hard.
You'd have to take interferon, which would only work on Northern Europeans.
joe rogan
The look on Brendan Schaub's face is he can still fuck Pamela Anderson now.
brendan schaub
Hold on.
joe rogan
With the collagen...
brendan schaub
Sign me up, son.
bryan callen
I can do it.
Isn't that crazy, though?
joe rogan
We've got to get her to do squats.
brendan schaub
No ass at all.
bryan callen
No ass at all.
brendan schaub
Nothing.
bryan callen
Who?
brendan schaub
Pam Anderson.
bryan callen
I worked with her.
She had an ass.
brendan schaub
Easy.
joe rogan
When did you work with her?
bryan callen
I did Stacked, the great TV show Stacked.
unidentified
Was that in the 60s?
bryan callen
It may as well have been.
unidentified
Stacked?
She was 14. She was 38, still very hot.
joe rogan
How old is she now, though?
bryan callen
And had Hep C at the time.
joe rogan
So you're talking about like at least 10 years ago, right?
bryan callen
Yeah, about 10 years ago.
brendan schaub
Bro, I saw Sydney Crawford when I was coming out of yoga in Santa Monica.
She is jaw-dropping gorgeous.
joe rogan
She's beautiful.
I had a long conversation with her and her husband like six months ago at a party.
Yeah, she's hot as fuck and she's like 50, 51, something like that.
bryan callen
I love it.
joe rogan
She keeps it up, baby.
Have you seen Christy Brinkley?
Yes.
62?
brendan schaub
Have you seen her?
unidentified
No.
joe rogan
Looks hot as fuck.
Really?
brendan schaub
62. She might be the hottest older lady of all time?
joe rogan
Oh no, she is the hottest older lady of all time.
bryan callen
Well, Raquel Welch.
I saw Raquel Welch when she was in her 60s and a straight-up dime piece.
Some women are beautiful their whole fucking life.
joe rogan
They can hang in there.
unidentified
Very rare.
joe rogan
They can hang in there.
Yeah.
It's fucking rare.
unidentified
Super rare.
joe rogan
You know how much effort it must take to keep that up?
I mean, it's a job.
brendan schaub
You don't think it's genetics?
joe rogan
It's probably that too, but also effort.
I don't think there's any woman who looks that fantastic that doesn't do something.
Like, either they have fillers on their face, or they work out like a fucking demon, which is mandatory, or they go to...
They have to.
They have to.
They probably do cryogenics.
Like, that's Christy Brinkley.
bryan callen
She's 62. That's nuts.
joe rogan
My mom is very similar in age.
brendan schaub
I would take her out on a date right now.
I would go on a date with her 62-year-old.
unidentified
Yeah, she's hot.
joe rogan
And that's not even a good picture because, like, the sun's behind her, her face is in the shade.
Like, she's legitimately high-definition beautiful.
bryan callen
That's crazy.
brendan schaub
She might fall apart, though, when you get in the sack.
You know what I'm saying?
She's like, bones.
joe rogan
She probably just sleeps.
brendan schaub
Just like a vampire.
joe rogan
Don't touch me, bitch.
You go into a bathtub, it's filled with blood.
bryan callen
I started noticing, like for me, about four years ago, maybe three years ago, I noticed that girls just didn't look at me the same when I'd come off stage.
I mean, I talk about my wife and stuff, but when you, as a young man, you're doing stand-up, you would always have some female attention.
It's...
Died down quite a bit.
joe rogan
Dried up.
bryan callen
Dried up a little bit.
brendan schaub
The groupies are older?
bryan callen
I'm old, guy.
Well, now I'm 48, and now if a girl who's 20 and she were to sleep with me, I'm sure, like we were talking about it, her friends would probably be like, how old?
brendan schaub
Ew.
For sure.
bryan callen
Yeah.
brendan schaub
Your fans now are more interested in bingo and shit.
bryan callen
I'm not very...
So when is that collagen shit coming out?
joe rogan
Soon.
Soon.
bryan callen
I'm shooting that shit up by the galon.
joe rogan
Super soon.
brendan schaub
By the galon.
bryan callen
By the galon.
joe rogan
Shooting it right into your face holes.
bryan callen
I'm going to take my shirt off here because I got a tight shirt on.
joe rogan
How about you take the headphones off too?
Yeah, but they just don't like feeble old dudes.
You know, with weird hunches in their back.
brendan schaub
No, you don't want to look like fucking...
joe rogan
Gravity's winning.
bryan callen
Some guys let themselves go.
I've never understood.
brendan schaub
You don't want that.
joe rogan
Shitty posture.
Look, we were just talking about Christie Brinkley.
She's like way older than us.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
But we would all fuck her.
bryan callen
Yes.
joe rogan
Give her a chance.
brendan schaub
Right now.
joe rogan
And the right circumstances.
bryan callen
I'm taking my sports to a new level by the time I'm 62. Drugs.
I'm playing tennis.
joe rogan
What is this tennis thing?
Why are you so obsessed with that?
He's always been obsessed with it.
How about you take up something manly like jiu-jitsu?
bryan callen
I box, bro.
joe rogan
Oh yeah, you do, bro.
bryan callen
Yeah, I go four rounds.
Amazing.
Why are you looking at me like that?
brendan schaub
When was the last time you boxed?
bryan callen
Ask Chris Van Earden.
joe rogan
That's not an answer to a question.
bryan callen
It was about, I don't have to get all detailed, you fucks.
brendan schaub
You've been out of town, and then we had stuff going on.
bryan callen
It was about three weeks ago.
joe rogan
Did you watch the UFC this weekend?
bryan callen
I did.
joe rogan
Did you?
Where were you?
bryan callen
And by the way, you were in Florida, were you?
Yes, not to brag, but I called every single fight, including the Rose-Page fight and the Frankie Edgar-Mendez.
joe rogan
Well, you didn't call the result.
You didn't think that Frankie was going to knock out Chad Mendes.
bryan callen
I picked the winners.
joe rogan
I don't think anybody.
I thought Frankie had a real good shot at decisioning.
Like, when my friends asked me, like, who's going to win this, who's going to win that, I said, Frankie has a real good shot at decisioning, Chad, but Chad also has a good shot at knocking Frankie out.
unidentified
100%.
brendan schaub
I thought if there was a knockout, it'd be Chad.
joe rogan
The only reason I picked so fucking hard, I mean, he knocked out Ricardo Lamas.
I mean, he bangs, and he also loads up.
Yes.
He's a powerful guy.
bryan callen
I just figured, for me, I picked Frankie because I knew Frankie wouldn't gas, and I think if anything, I thought if Chad had to keep up with Frankie's pace, he would gas toward, you know, the line around.
joe rogan
Well, Chad actually came into this fight light, because I think he anticipated that kind of pace that Frankie was going to put on him.
unidentified
Yes.
joe rogan
So I was talking to Justin Buckholz, and he said that Chad was way lighter for this fight.
He did a shit ton of cardio.
Like, he was embarrassed by the Conor fight that he gassed out so quick.
unidentified
Right.
joe rogan
Obviously took that fight on two weeks notice, which is a joke.
When you're a big guy like him, you got to cut weight to get down to 145, his entire camp is probably all about him losing weight.
But this camp, he got in real good shape.
And he just got clipped.
brendan schaub
A lot of these fights, it's a toss-up.
It's so close.
The matches were so close.
So you could have went either way.
joe rogan
So many people were so fucking mad at me, where after the fight, they give suggestions, like the UFC says, the truck will say, who do you think should get the next shot?
brendan schaub
In your ear?
joe rogan
Yeah, they say it's a gold in Goldy Ass Man.
And so they had the footage based up for Frankie Edgar.
And so I said, honestly, I don't think that a rematch...
Well, you definitely could do a rematch.
The problem with doing a rematch is...
bryan callen
With Aldo?
With Aldo McGregor.
joe rogan
With Aldo.
Conor McGregor and Aldo.
The problem with doing a rematch is it'd be so hard to sell when a guy gets knocked out that quick.
When you hype it up for as long as you did, you hype it up for two separate events, it dies off, and then the first punch Conor connects with it puts him out.
But it's hard to sell that.
But if you want to look at, like...
Like lineage, and you look at his history, you'd say, yeah, a guy was a champion for 10 years, he should have a rematch.
bryan callen
He deserves it.
joe rogan
He wants a rematch, but does he?
Here's the thing, there's a giant list of people.
People say that Kane got an immediate rematch after Junior Dos Santos knocked him out, but he didn't.
He fought Bigfoot Silva.
He knocked out Bigfoot Silva, and then he got a rematch.
bryan callen
But traditionally, traditionally in boxing, correct me if I'm wrong.
brendan schaub
We're not in boxing.
That's a bad argument.
Go off the UFC. So here's the counter argument.
I'm with you.
As soon as some people were like, rematch, I'm like, well, he just got murked in 13 seconds.
There's not much of a rematch.
But if you look at the history of the UFC... He should get a rematch just based off the way they usually do things.
So we look at Burrell, right?
We look at Burrell, he lost, immediate rematch.
We look at Anderson Silva, immediate rematch.
You know, there's tons in the history.
Ronda Rousey, immediate rematch.
bryan callen
All those...
brendan schaub
Such a badass he should get immediate rematch according to what they've done before right does it make sense?
joe rogan
I don't think what they've done before is based I think a lot of it is based on like what kind of compelling contenders do they have for that title and especially compelling contenders where you look at their style versus like The style of the guy who is now the current champion.
And if you wanted to pick like the most intriguing, stylistic matchup, I think it's Frankie Edgar.
bryan callen
Yes.
joe rogan
Frankie Edgar, a guy who fought at 55, won the title at 55, beat legends in BJ Penn, just knocked out Chad Mendes with one punch, before that beat the fuck out of Cub Swanson.
No doubt.
I mean, he beat Uriah Faber.
He's smushed everybody they put in front of him for a few years now.
He's a monster.
bryan callen
He deserves...
brendan schaub
But how can you give someone, say, like Ronda, an immediate rematch and make Holly wait?
joe rogan
That's a very good question.
brendan schaub
Because you're saying...
joe rogan
I'm not saying that Ronda should get an immediate rematch.
brendan schaub
It's true, you weren't.
But for the most part, she's getting an immediate rematch, right?
It's guaranteed.
joe rogan
Well, that's the plan, but she has to pass the medicals and make sure she's healthy and all that jazz.
brendan schaub
True, but the plan is she's going to get the rematch.
joe rogan
But that's only financial.
Financially, the Holly Holm fight with Ronda is the biggest fight for Holly Holm.
Holly Holm is going to make like $7 million for the Ronda Rousey.
unidentified
And that's great.
joe rogan
If I was Holly Holm, I mean, she doesn't want to wait.
She wants to stay active, and I totally understand that.
And I think it should be her prerogative as a champion to kind of choose.
But, financially, that's the smart fight for her.
She's gonna make the most money.
brendan schaub
She wants to fight Misha Tate before.
joe rogan
Yes, she does.
brendan schaub
That's what her and her camp wants to do, and Misha wants to fight.
UFC's saying no.
So how can you grant...
This is all I'm saying.
You can't play favorites.
Because when the public smells favorites, then you're losing credibility.
joe rogan
But is that favorites, or is that smart financially?
brendan schaub
What about Verdum Kane?
joe rogan
That's a good question.
Well, Kane and Verdum were not going to have an immediate rematch.
They offered Verdum other fights.
And I don't know how they came to the conclusion of Kane fighting, but apparently there was a bunch of other people in the mix, and they came to settle on Kane.
It might have been that it was Verdum's choice because of financial reasons.
The Kane fight will be much more financially viable for him.
brendan schaub
I get it, man.
So what about Henan Burrell?
You know what I'm saying?
You have Henan Burrell.
He's not a draw at all.
TJ whoops his ass like, alright, this guy's been a champ for so long, we give him a rematch.
joe rogan
I see what you're saying, that there should be consistency.
brendan schaub
There has to be.
bryan callen
You can't play favorites.
joe rogan
Hold on, you don't know what you're talking about.
unidentified
You can't play favorites.
brendan schaub
You know what I'm saying, Joe?
You can't play favorites.
unidentified
You're interrupting him!
brendan schaub
But there just has to be some sort of consistency where you just can't play favorites.
Well, this is good here.
This is good here.
You know what I'm saying?
No, I completely agree.
And Damian Maia brought this up, and it's a great point.
It's the same with the rankings.
Because where the fuck are we going to lose rankings?
joe rogan
Here's one that doesn't make any sense to me.
How come Uriah Hall knocked out Gegard Mousasi, but Gegard Mousasi was ahead of him in the rankings?
Knocked him out in his last fight!
brendan schaub
There's a bunch like that.
There's a bunch like that.
That's the thing.
joe rogan
But that's the most egregious, in my opinion.
brendan schaub
There's been bigger ones that I've seen.
But most of the fighters, we laugh at the rankings.
We used to laugh at the rankings.
Like, one and two, whatever.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out one, two.
After that, who's voting on these fucking things?
joe rogan
I don't know who votes on these things.
brendan schaub
It's the same thing with a lot of these title shots.
joe rogan
Okay, let me ask you this.
brendan schaub
But if you want to be taken seriously, it can't be WWE style.
joe rogan
Let me ask you this.
Do you think there's an inherent problem with the promotion, being the UFC, also being the ones who dictate who fights for titles?
brendan schaub
100%.
joe rogan
Because normally it's not.
bryan callen
What do you mean by that?
joe rogan
The WBC is a sanctioning body for boxing.
The WBC decides who's the mandatory contender, and then Bob Arum or Don King or Golden Boy, those are the ones who promote the fight.
The UFC is both.
They're the sanctioning body and they're also the promoters of the fight.
So they have a vested interest in going with the best financial option.
This is why Tyson Fury was just stripped of his heavyweight title.
Tyson Fury just legitimately outboxed Vladimir Klitschko.
Beat his ass.
Just 100%.
It's kind of weird clunky style he has.
brendan schaub
Still won every round.
joe rogan
Won every fucking round.
Beat Vladimir Klitschko, a guy who's lost in ten fucking years.
And they had an immediate defense of the title that they were imposing on him.
And he passed on him.
He said, I'm not doing that.
They stripped him of his title.
This is within weeks of him beating Vladimir Klitschko for the title.
So this is a drast...
Drastic, drastic contrast to what the UFC has.
The UFC would say, look, I don't care what the ratings are, you're fighting Vladimir Klitschko again, because that's where all the fucking money is, right?
And that's what they would do.
brendan schaub
Well, think if the NFL and NBA did this, or MLB. If these other major leagues did this, you'd have the most popular teams.
You'd have the Yankees in the playoffs all the time.
joe rogan
You'd have the Cleveland.
It's not a valid comparison.
It is, because it's very black and white.
No, no, no, because you're talking about teams.
You're talking about teams versus individuals.
It's not a valid comparison.
brendan schaub
I disagree.
joe rogan
To play for a championship, you have to go through a whole season.
You go through a whole season, you have to win to even be in contention to play for the Super Bowl.
To be in contention to play for the major leagues.
brendan schaub
True, but it's still not up in the air.
It's very black and white.
When you're in.
The UFC is not black and white.
bryan callen
Let me ask you guys a question about...
joe rogan
Well, that's why it's not a valid comparison.
Because you can't set it up so that they do that.
brendan schaub
Well, if you want to get taken serious, you're going to have to come up with a formula where people can see the madness behind your reasoning.
bryan callen
Like an algorithm or something, right?
joe rogan
Yes.
That's what Damian Maia was saying.
Damian Maia was saying that after the...
I think he's had, I don't know how many victories in a row he's had.
But at welterweight, he's been virtually flawless.
I mean, I think one person might have beaten him at welterweight.
That's crazy.
Who beat Damian Maia at welterweight?
But look, Damian Maia made a very good point.
Damian Maia, he's such a fucking respectful gentleman and such a perfect representative of martial arts.
That guy is a gem.
unidentified
He really is.
brendan schaub
You see his quote?
He goes, I just do punching to set up my takedown so I can do jiu-jitsu because I don't want to hurt my opponent.
I want to be able to train the next day.
unidentified
Wow.
brendan schaub
Because I just want to get in there and win by jiu-jitsu so I can go back to training.
They can go back to training.
bryan callen
Wow.
brendan schaub
He's one of the good ones.
joe rogan
He's amazing.
brendan schaub
He's the fucking young guy destroyer, though.
Hey, let's quit tossing these young up-and-comers, and he just rapes them.
joe rogan
No!
Who cares about the age?
Set it up.
Let him choke them all.
Okay, so Rory McDonald beat him.
That was the last guy at welterweight.
And right before that was Jake Shields beat him, which was a great fucking fight, man.
But that was a split decision.
Rory beat him.
Unanimous decision.
Split decisions are so weird because sometimes they are clear.
You just got an idiot judge, and I don't remember that fight.
brendan schaub
How about Romero and Jacare?
joe rogan
That was a very close fight.
brendan schaub
I almost thought it was going to be a draw or a split decision for Jacare.
joe rogan
It could have been.
Well, I thought it could have been a draw because I think Yoel definitely got a 10-8 round the first round, but the question is, will they score a 10-8 round?
When you've got a guy completely on Queer Street, he's spinning it up, backfist him in the jaw, knock him down, and Jacare was, he got up to his, after he took off Fucking prolonged beating on the ground.
He got hit with some bombs by Yoel.
He gets up to go to his corner and he is on wobbly legs like they could have easily stopped the fight and I was thinking that they might should have stopped the fight but Jacare, being the stud that he is, came back and re-established himself in the second round, partially because Yoel gassed.
Because Yoel, who looks like a fucking superhero, the most ridiculous stud at three minutes.
bryan callen
That's why if he fights Luke Rockhold and tries to go five rounds...
brendan schaub
This is my thing, Joe.
You can't give...
I thought after that fight, whoever wins, you can't give those guys a title shot.
You do Weidman, Rockhold, too.
You don't give the winner that bullshit title shot, I don't think.
joe rogan
I think you can make a real good point to that.
But this sort of contradicts what you said about having a very clear algorithm as far as who becomes the number one contender and who fights who.
brendan schaub
But this is the thing.
I'm going based off past UFC history.
joe rogan
You know what I think they should do?
I really think this.
I think there should be a way where people sign in on Facebook.
You know, like you sign in using your Facebook so we know you're a real person.
And the public votes.
Then, you also have the media vote.
You have the mixed martial arts media.
Like the guys who...
bryan callen
The Golden Globes almost.
joe rogan
Yeah, something like that.
And then you have fighters vote.
bryan callen
Fighters is a good idea.
joe rogan
So just like how you have three judges that score a fight, you have three sources that you use to pick who the contenders are.
bryan callen
That's a good idea.
joe rogan
The number one contender.
unidentified
I like it.
bryan callen
That's a wisdom of crowds.
brendan schaub
I like it.
I think it's a bad idea, and I think it's going to lead to a lot of trouble if you just leave it up to the UFC brass to make all these decisions.
joe rogan
I don't know.
Even though I work for the UFC, and I've worked for the UFC forever, people ask me questions.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know who the fuck does it.
I don't know who makes the rankings.
I don't know shit.
When I get to work, this is what I do.
When I get to the UFC, I say hi to everybody.
I hug everybody.
I get excited.
unidentified
I go, okay.
joe rogan
I fucking believe this.
I start going over the matchups.
I've already watched video on fucking everybody on the card pretty much by then.
And when I say I don't do research, I'm kind of full of shit.
But it's not that I don't.
I don't do it as research.
I just do it because I go, oh, Colby Covington.
unidentified
You're a fan.
joe rogan
How's he fucking gonna handle this dude?
This guy's got a nasty...
Weary Alves got a fucking wicked guillotine.
Like, if they go...
If he tries to take this kid to the ground, he's gonna shoot for that double.
He's gonna get caught in that guillotine.
brendan schaub
It's not your job to know all that stuff, though.
joe rogan
Weary Alves is a fucking nasty kickboxer.
He's gonna want to take this guy down.
But it is my job, sort of.
brendan schaub
No, I'm saying you shouldn't know, like, the rankings and how everyone decides that.
joe rogan
But I'm just saying that I would do everything that I do, even if I wasn't working for the UFC. Right.
Just because I'm freaking out about these events, and that's just what I get into.
brendan schaub
It's your passion.
bryan callen
But let me...
joe rogan
But hold on a second.
I don't know what the fuck is going on besides that.
When I get there, when I show up, I say my highs, I get my shit, they put the mic on me, I high-five Goldberg, we hug each other, here we go.
brendan schaub
You know what the thing is though?
joe rogan
I don't know what's going on.
brendan schaub
We care more about your opinion than You know, especially the public.
bryan callen
Well, it's an informed opinion.
joe rogan
Well, some people are mad, though.
This is what we got into the beginning, that I said that I don't think that it's smart to have Aldo fight right away.
My opinion is that, first of all, Aldo got knocked dead.
Okay?
When you get knocked dead like that, you need a long time off.
You need at least six months off.
Conor McGregor could fight next Tuesday.
bryan callen
Yes.
joe rogan
And I think that Frankie Edgar could also fight next Tuesday.
brendan schaub
Yes, 100%.
joe rogan
I also think that that fight will be fucking bananas.
And for a fan, I am so excited to watch that fight because I think Frankie has a really dangerous style for a guy like Conor who's taken down repeatedly by Chad Mendes.
He's a fucking nasty wrestler.
His cardio is off the chain.
His footwork is fantastic.
He's got Mark Henry in his corner.
They're gonna come up with a badass game plan.
Between Henry and Kavanaugh and Frankie, who's a fucking winner, and Conor, who's a fucking winner.
bryan callen
What?
joe rogan
Goddamn!
What would you be most excited about?
brendan schaub
You ready for this?
joe rogan
Yes.
brendan schaub
Cowboy to beat Dos Anchos.
Dos Anchos, Conor in Dublin in front of 80,000 fans.
joe rogan
Oh yeah, 100%.
Huh?
100%.
Huh?
100%.
You're right.
brendan schaub
Think about marketing the title.
unidentified
Donald Cerrone, Conor, I know, but guys, but here's the problem with that.
bryan callen
Wait, let me just say one thing.
joe rogan
That's a giant F. Yeah.
Rafael Dos Anjos is a fucking beast, and I think those two are going to clash, and who knows what's going to happen, especially since Dos Anjos beat Cowboy the first fight.
I think it's going to be a wild, wicked fight.
Drug testing.
brendan schaub
No, but you're right.
joe rogan
Oh, drug testing.
Did you just say drug testing?
bryan callen
There's going to be that CRF. But wait, wait.
unidentified
Drug testing.
bryan callen
Take me back for a second.
Let me say one thing about...
You've got to give Jose Aldo a rematch, in my opinion, for two reasons.
One, I think that at the end of the day, he was the champion for 10 years, and if anybody's earned a shot.
Two, I believe, I think Conor McGregor has a secret, which is he's watching these guys strike and knows something they don't know.
joe rogan
That two doesn't matter.
bryan callen
Hold on, hold on.
joe rogan
Because that's just saying who you think is going to win.
bryan callen
What I'm saying is this.
When you knock a champion who's been that dominant and that good for 10 years out in 14 seconds, there is a question which is, was that in some ways...
A fluke.
Did he make one mistake and pay for it, which can happen in MMA with those small gloves?
Does he get another shot to at least give us a longer fight?
brendan schaub
Conor goes, he's going to come out extremely aggressive, I'm going to counter and not come out.
joe rogan
I know that, and I think you see the video of him warming up in the dressing room, and then in contrast, like a split screen with him warming up right next to the actual fight itself.
He was preparing exactly for that maneuver.
He was mimicking He's mimicking Aldo's face-first movement, and he does this little slight step to his right hand side.
He makes an adjustment, he throws the first left hand, the first hand doesn't land, so if you watch him moving, he throws that side kick to the leg, then he makes a very slight step to the right.
Aldo moves to the right hand.
bryan callen
He knows something.
That's what I'm saying.
I think that he would fight him again and knock him out again.
joe rogan
That's irrelevant.
bryan callen
I think the champion gets a rematch.
I think he deserves it.
I really do.
joe rogan
Here's the thing.
It ties up the title.
For a long time, and you have all these contenders.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
You have an amazing list of contenders.
How about this?
How about you have Jose Aldo fight Max Holloway, and you have a fucking great fight between one of the top contenders and Max Holloway, this young, exciting kid, 24 years old, beating everybody, just figured out Jeremy Stevens, he's elusive, he's slick, he puts on a fucking show.
unidentified
He's a motherfucker.
joe rogan
He's a motherfucker.
He has crazy cardio, he's driven and fired up, and you can't quite have him fight for the title yet, because Frankie's ahead of him, and the division is super exciting.
Frankie fucking cleared the way, man!
Frankie was pissed he didn't get the shot when Chad got it.
After he beat Uriah, they thought that Frankie, his safety first style against Uriah was boring.
He won a decision.
He didn't try to finish him.
Chad went out and blew Ricardo Lamas out of the water.
Chad gets the shot.
Frankie's like, what the fuck?
Look what I did to Cub Swanson.
Look what I did to all these other people.
So then what does he do?
He goes out there and takes it out on Chad.
Murks him.
Murks him.
Puts him away.
In my opinion, as a fan, I'm excited to see that.
I think...
Here's another thing.
I really believe this wholeheartedly, and I think this is a very important point.
Fighters should wait a long fucking time after they get knocked out like that.
He got cleaned, he got flatlined, and then he got hammer-fisted while he was out.
He got up, and he was asking what happened.
He was putting his hands up, he was going, I don't know what he was saying, because he was speaking in Portuguese, because he was shaking his head, and they were nodding their head.
They were saying, yes, it happened.
He goes, no, no, no, and they were going, yes, yes, yes.
brendan schaub
Here's the other thing, Joe, that a lot of people aren't talking about.
I hate to be a stickler, and I took some fucking...
Shit for saying this.
You're batshit crazy if you don't think Jose Aldo's body looked different.
You're batshit crazy if you think he's going to fight the same.
Also, and all these people want to give me all the shit for it, his camp I think is 1-7, 0-8 since his drug testing came out.
So you're talking about a different fighter, man.
A completely different fighter.
So for me, that's a huge X factor.
joe rogan
There was a leaked audio from inside the truck of me saying that.
When the audio goes out, there's an audio feed when the main event happens.
And when that main event audio feed goes out, anybody could listen to it that is picking up the feed to air it and broadcast.
And I said that his body looked deflated.
It looked smooth.
unidentified
Wow.
joe rogan
And that I felt like he looked really nervous.
I said he looked nervous as fuck.
And I said, I don't want to jump to conclusions.
He might just be doing a lot of cardio.
Which is possible.
Because one of all those big problems, and Dana White said this in a perfect way of describing it, that Aldo's the very best fighter ever for two rounds.
And then he would always gas, and then he would always sort of coast.
Like Ricardo Lamas, he beat the shit out of Lamas in the first round.
The end of the fifth round, Ricardo Lamas was on top, grounding, pounding him.
brendan schaub
Hominick, too.
joe rogan
Mark Hominick, same goddamn thing.
bryan callen
Well, he was on antibiotics with Hominick, but yeah, for staff, I think.
So that was...
joe rogan
I never heard that.
bryan callen
Where'd you hear that?
I think when he fought Hominick, he had just done, he'd had staff and he'd done a whole thing on antibiotics.
joe rogan
Google that, Jamie, see if that's true.
But, well, how about Luke Rockhold won the fucking title on antibiotics.
Denny Propagos won his first match in EBI yesterday.
He was dying of staff.
brendan schaub
If you fake in antibiotics, they're a motherfucker.
joe rogan
Denny was in the hospital for weeks.
unidentified
Wow.
joe rogan
Denny was dying from staff just a couple of months ago.
bryan callen
Were you surprised by Luke's domination like that?
joe rogan
Totally surprised.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
Totally surprised by a lot of things.
We totally should get to that.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
But I don't know if Aldo had concentrated more on cardio or if he had gotten off steroids.
But I do know, and this is non-specific.
There's a huge problem in MMA with steroids.
It is a huge problem.
And that problem is being cut away like cancer by this new program by Jeff Nowitzki.
I also know that they tried to test Aldo in camp and all those people had the cops pulled on these people.
They wanted to get him kicked out of the country.
They were trying to deport them out of the country.
Then when they finally did give him a urine sample, he tripped and spilled his piss.
brendan schaub
Is this not weird to anyone?
joe rogan
That's insane.
brendan schaub
It doesn't take anything away.
joe rogan
I've never tripped and spilled piss in my entire career of pissing.
bryan callen
Honestly, I have.
I piss in cups all the time.
brendan schaub
It doesn't piss.
joe rogan
Okay, it turns out Feathery Alda was covering from an undisclosed infection.
It was on antibiotics.
brendan schaub
Good call, Callan.
bryan callen
Come on, guys.
joe rogan
Well, the thing is, I should know that.
brendan schaub
It doesn't take away anything that Alda's done in his career, even if he is.
I'm not saying he's never failed a test, so who knows.
joe rogan
When he did Lance Armstrong.
brendan schaub
There you go.
All I'm saying is, same with Lance Armstrong, same with baseball, Barry Bonds too.
The guys throwing the pitch are on some shit.
Everyone's on some shit.
Aldo's great.
No matter whether he's honored or not, he's greatness.
joe rogan
Listen, Jose Aldo is one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters ever.
Ever.
Ever.
And to go on a 10-year run like that, you know, and the UFC has said, like, hey, you know, he plays it safe, and he goes to decisions, he shouldn't do that, but you know what else?
bryan callen
He's great.
joe rogan
But here's the thing.
He fucking wins, and...
Him risking losing to unload on somebody, like Uriah Faber did.
Uriah Faber fought Frankie Sainz, and Uriah sort of faded in that fight.
But the reason why he faded is because he landed a bomb on Frankie Sainz, rocked him, and then went after him.
That fucking Frankie Sainz guy is tough as shit.
This is a 35-year-old guy who's got one other fight in the UFC, maybe two, and then he's fighting Uriah motherfucking Faber, which is crazy.
brendan schaub
He's ranked 13, yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah, but Uriah Faber is one of the most experienced guys and one of the best guys ever to not win a UFC title, right?
brendan schaub
He's only lost a title fight.
joe rogan
Yeah, so he bombs on this guy and nails him with a knee to the, I think it was a temple.
Hurts him.
Hurts him bad.
I mean, the kid is all over the place and Uriah is unloading on him and somehow the guy survives.
And then Uriah is like, he's like, oh boy.
You can see on his face.
He's like, Jesus.
He took a deep breath and kind of looked at the clock and was like, You know better than anybody that when you unload like that, that's never how anybody fights.
So when you unload like that, you're going all in.
You're pushing all your chips, and this guy just pulls out four aces.
You're like, boom, bitch!
bryan callen
Yeah, but that's when you gotta use...
brendan schaub
Carwin Lesnar!
joe rogan
Carwin Lesnar is the perfect example.
bryan callen
Trust me.
You guys never use Palm Strike.
brendan schaub
That might be it.
Dude, how about Uriah goes, our friendship's done.
TJ Dillashaw, Uriah.
unidentified
What?
Why?
joe rogan
He was saying it's going to be like Rocky and the good guy's going to win.
bryan callen
Wait, why?
What happened?
joe rogan
Him and TJ, they had a falling out because TJ went to Muscle Farm.
Muscle Farm offered him...
brendan schaub
Goddammit.
bryan callen
I don't follow the...
joe rogan
Well, one of the reasons why TJ went to Muscle Farm is two reasons.
One, money, but two, Dwayne Ludwig.
Dwayne Ludwig and TJ have a fantastic working relationship.
Dwayne Ludwig is a fucking...
He's got some crazy mental disorder that makes him concentrate on fighting every single second of every day.
I think he's got a running thing.
I think he could be hanging out with his wife, going to the movies, eating dinner, talking about baseball.
In the back of his head, he's watching...
Counter right hands, leg kicks, movements.
bryan callen
Obsession.
brendan schaub
He's like the rain man of fighting.
joe rogan
He's obsessed, man.
He's obsessed.
And that's exactly what you want from a trainer.
TJ recognizes that.
And his personality and Dwayne's personality jive.
Whereas Uriah's personality and Dwayne's personality were water and oil.
They fucking clashed.
Hardcore.
And Uriah never wanted to have anything to do with that guy.
He was like, fuck this guy.
And Dwayne and him didn't get along.
And Dwayne was like, fuck him.
And they argued about stupid shit.
Money.
Here's something that a lot of people don't know.
There was a point in time where we were considering buying that gym.
Onnit was going to...
Onnit.
Yeah, we were going to buy the Ultimate Training Center.
We were thinking about buying it and making that team like an Onnit team.
And we were talking to those guys about how to make this work.
But it was right when they were starting to go at it, when Dwayne and Uriah were trying to go at it.
And we were like, first of all, I was going to have to figure out, like, how would I do this and be impartial?
It's very difficult to do.
I love Cowboy Cerrone.
I fucking love that guy.
He's awesome.
I hang out with him when I'm in Denver.
brendan schaub
Love him.
joe rogan
He's the best.
He's just an amazing personality.
I just want to hug him when I see him.
brendan schaub
Yeah, you want to be around Cowboy.
bryan callen
And he's just a true badass to his bone.
joe rogan
I deeply respect Rafael Dos Anjos.
I think he's a great fighter.
I think he's a great guy.
I went to see him.
He's very friendly.
And, you know, I was...
Who was telling me that they were...
Who the fuck was it?
God damn it.
I'm drawing a blank.
Someone was telling me that they were hanging out with him somewhere and he was helping them out and telling them where the best places to eat.
brendan schaub
Rafael with me in Brazil.
joe rogan
Oh, that's right.
It was you.
It was me, brother.
Oh, my God.
brendan schaub
Rafael's like the nicest guy ever.
joe rogan
He's the best.
brendan schaub
I also do UFC now with him every now and then.
joe rogan
He's a great guy.
So I have to be completely impartial.
I have to figure out how to separate myself.
But is it even...
Can you even ask...
Can I ask myself to do that if I owned a gym and I had fighters that were fighting against guys who weren't...
bryan callen
Like your team that you own, basically.
joe rogan
You know what...
I mean, I don't know, man.
Everybody always thinks that people are always going to feel like you're biased in some way or another.
If they're rooting for someone and you're calling the fight against that person that they're rooting for, they're going to consider some sort of bias.
bryan callen
I think you do.
I've never heard you be biased when you call fights.
brendan schaub
Oh, when I fought Arlovsky, you were like, fuck that Russian!
I was like, oh shit, Joe!
Damn, Doug!
joe rogan
Take his ass down!
No one's ever been harder than you.
Hardest fights ever to call.
When you lost to Travis, I was broken up, man.
It was hard.
bryan callen
You turned to me and said, at least he didn't get hurt.
That's the important thing.
joe rogan
It was hard.
That was hard.
Callan was right behind me.
He was sitting right behind me.
That was a hard fight.
brendan schaub
I remember when the Arlovsky fight came in, you're like...
unidentified
Close.
brendan schaub
What the fuck?
joe rogan
Well, it was close.
brendan schaub
It was super close.
joe rogan
Super close fight.
But again, you know, it's a tricky...
So this is all...
We were just talking about Dwayne and Uriah.
They just didn't get along.
Which is so...
It's such a fucking bummer.
Because if their personalities did, I almost felt like, man, if there's a middleman here that comes in and sorts all this stuff, I felt like, what is the issue?
Is this a financial thing?
brendan schaub
It's just a personality thing.
bryan callen
It's two alphas, personalities, guys, guys who get territorial, guys who want...
brendan schaub
It's a police system.
joe rogan
Uriah is a really strong personality, and he's also super organized and...
brendan schaub
Successful.
joe rogan
Super successful and super focused.
Yes.
Uriah is like...
He's a very admirable person.
When you watch how he conducts business.
And also, look at the tight-knit bond that he's created with his team.
You only create that kind of a bond when you're that kind of a leader.
And that's what he is.
And so for him, when TJ took off and went to this muscle farm camp, I'm sure there was a knife in his back.
It was fucking devastating.
brendan schaub
Well, T.J. and Uriah should fight no matter what happens with T.J. and Dominick Cruz.
That fight has to happen.
joe rogan
You really think so?
bryan callen
I'm so excited about the T.J. and Dominick Cruz.
joe rogan
Just for the excitement of it.
unidentified
Yes.
joe rogan
The backstory.
brendan schaub
We love a good story.
You know what I'm saying?
It'd be so dope.
joe rogan
Yeah, we do.
bryan callen
That Dominick Cruz-T.J. fight might be...
One of the greatest fights ever.
joe rogan
What if Dominic wins and then Uriah and TJ fight for number one contender status?
brendan schaub
But Uriah and Dominic have a history too.
That's not a bad story either.
joe rogan
It's not a bad story.
Can you think of another more compelling contender that would be ahead of Uriah besides TJ? Like say if Dominic beats TJ or whoever wins that fight, who would be next in line for the title instead of Uriah?
brendan schaub
Who else?
Hennenbrough.
joe rogan
Isn't it hard?
brendan schaub
He could make the argument.
joe rogan
He could make the argument, but he's gonna have to win again.
He got destroyed in his last fight.
T.J. didn't just beat him.
He lit him up like a Christmas tree, covered him with gasoline, and lit him on fire.
brendan schaub
Drug testing.
joe rogan
Drug testing.
And threw him off a cliff.
I mean, there was not a moment in that fight other than the first initial exchanges where he was fired up.
bryan callen
It was like Bully BJ. I feel like TJ and Dominick Cruz have such similar styles.
I almost feel like Dwayne watched a lot of Dominick Cruz fights and kind of...
Am I wrong about that?
joe rogan
Well, there's a lot of guys that are employing that sort of neo footwork movement now, but I think Dominic was the best at it the earliest.
He's so elusive.
You get used to a guy, like here's a different weight class, but there's a quintessential Muay Thai style striker, like Tiago Silva.
Stands right in front of you, And he's got that fucking rhythm, and he's, you know, he's not mobile.
And then you got the complete polar opposite, which is like Conor.
Conor is like, when you see Conor fighting Aldo, he's sliding in, he's sliding out.
Like, he's very difficult to judge.
In my opinion, the best ever at that is Dominic.
Dominic's all over the place.
Like, he's fucking moving, he's sliding, he's over here, he's over there.
And you're trying to figure out when you can uncork a punch.
Like, good luck timing that guy.
brendan schaub
Have you ever had a conversation with Dominic?
bryan callen
No.
joe rogan
Very, very smart guy.
brendan schaub
He might have the highest MMA IQ I've ever seen.
bryan callen
Wow.
joe rogan
I agree with you.
I agree with you.
brendan schaub
His IQ is insane.
joe rogan
He's my favorite out of those guys that breaks down fights and analyzes what went wrong and why it went wrong.
brendan schaub
He's a real student.
One time, Dominic and Chael Sonnen and myself went to Unbreakable Gym, and we were training with Chael before Chael was fighting Jon Jones, and we were training Chael, and Dominic was breaking things down.
I was like, holy fuck.
This kid's an oracle.
joe rogan
And also, he's had all this time while he's been injured to think and work on things, and it's not like he stopped paying attention to MMA. He's been focusing on it, whereas if he hadn't been injured, he'd be in camps, getting ready for fights.
It almost might have benefited his MMA IQ to have that time off and to be obsessed with returning.
bryan callen
He tore both ACLs, and you've had that surgery?
Yeah.
When you get ACL surgery nowadays, is your knee as strong?
joe rogan
Stronger.
It's stronger.
It's quite a bit stronger.
Really?
My right knee has a cadaver graft.
It had a cadaver graft.
And what the cadaver graft does is they take an Achilles tendon, which is way thicker than a regular ACL, and then they put it in place, and then your body re-proliferates that Stem cells or whatever.
It acts as a scaffolding.
Not stem cells.
Your body grows.
They connect it and your body starts putting blood through it and then growing new tissue.
unidentified
Wow.
joe rogan
So your ACL becomes your own.
I had a cadaver graft, but those cells are not cadaver cells that are in my knee.
bryan callen
They're your cells now.
joe rogan
Those are my cells.
But it's way thicker than it would have been.
It's 150% stronger than a regular ACL. Jesus Christ.
unidentified
So that's the case maybe with Dominic's He tore the same one twice and then tore the other one, right?
joe rogan
Well, he tore one twice, tore the other one, then he tore his groin.
brendan schaub
Yes.
joe rogan
And he broke both his hands.
He's a fragile guy.
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
Like, when I had him on one of those UFC interview shows, he was joking around.
He was showing me scars in his hands.
I got bitch hands.
It is what it is.
unidentified
I got bitch hands.
bryan callen
You know, this guy, Gray Cook, this guy, Gray Cook, who does full body, like the NFL now has what's called a full body screening or some functional body screening.
joe rogan
The UFC's got that now, too, at their new campus.
bryan callen
Yeah, because they would bring him in, and he would find amazing athletes, and then one guy kept tearing.
He'd run, and he kept tearing his groin.
He kept tearing the tendon that attached to his pelvis to his quad, and they couldn't figure it out.
And he's the guy who comes in and goes, I know what the problem is.
You're off balance.
One side of your body is stronger than the other, and that's a huge issue.
joe rogan
It's really common.
bryan callen
Yeah, so now the training centers around, you know, Basically finding out where you're weak.
You know what's really common?
joe rogan
With pitchers, because you throw in with one arm, and kickers, like NFL kickers, they have real problems with that, like back problems.
I'm sure.
Because you're always kicking that one leg.
bryan callen
For boxing, it's the same way.
brendan schaub
For Dominic, though, it's years of wrestling.
He's a champion forever.
He's only had one loss.
It adds up.
You can chalk it up to inbounds.
No, man.
joe rogan
The only guy that ever beat him was Uriah.
Uriah caught him with a guillotine.
Well, Uriah gets your neck.
You've got fucking giant problems.
brendan schaub
People forget Dominic Cruz beat Demetrius Johnson.
He beat DJ. Did he?
He did.
bryan callen
Damn.
joe rogan
But they also forget that was DJ that didn't live anywhere near Matt Hume.
He was coming into town once a week.
This is a fact.
He wasn't training.
The Ian McCall fight was the big turnaround for DJ. And I had him on the podcast and he talked about it.
Because, you know, Ian fucking rattled his cage and hurt him.
He had vertigo after that fight.
He was pretty fucked up.
And...
Matt Hume pulled him aside and said, look, you got to stop fucking around.
Like, we're going to do this or you should maybe get an education.
Like, you should figure out what the fuck you're going to do with your life, but this ain't it.
Like, you got to figure it out.
And so he went all in, moved near the gym, and now he's there five days a week, and look at him now.
brendan schaub
I'm just saying Dom beat him.
joe rogan
Yeah, he did.
brendan schaub
Different one, though.
And different weight class.
Different weight class, different guy.
joe rogan
Dimitri's a tiny guy.
He's much smaller than Dom.
brendan schaub
Dom's tiny.
joe rogan
He is thin, but he's taller and longer and bigger, and like 135 is a cut for him.
Demetrius Johnson has to put a rock in his pocket to make 135. Wow.
He's not a big guy.
brendan schaub
They're both different fighters.
joe rogan
Yeah.
brendan schaub
Completely different.
joe rogan
Totally different fighters.
They're much better now.
Both of them are.
Both of them are better now.
I'm fucking so excited for that fight.
I'm going to be there.
It's in January.
brendan schaub
Boston, right?
joe rogan
Yep.
TJ. Are you doing the Florida card?
Tomorrow?
Or next week, rather?
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah.
This weekend?
Friday?
Saturday?
Whatever it is.
Yeah, that's a good card.
That's a good card.
brendan schaub
Really good card.
joe rogan
That's Orlovsky versus...
I mean, not Orlovsky.
That's boss.
Junior Dos Santos versus Alistair Overeem is on that card, too.
unidentified
Overeem.
brendan schaub
Diaz, Johnson.
joe rogan
Yeah, Michael Johnson versus Nate Diaz.
brendan schaub
Jury's on that fight card, too.
Miles Jury.
joe rogan
Is Miles Jury down to 145 now?
brendan schaub
Yeah.
joe rogan
Rafael Dos Anjos.
bryan callen
Look at the size of Dos Anjos' head.
Look at that head.
joe rogan
Yeah.
bryan callen
My lord.
brendan schaub
Jury.
Yeah, there's Jury Olivia.
It's a fucking fight.
joe rogan
Oh yeah, Oliveira.
brendan schaub
Charles Oliveira.
joe rogan
Oh my god, I didn't even know that was on the card.
brendan schaub
Hey Nate.
joe rogan
Is that it?
What do you want to tell him?
brendan schaub
Stop.
I love him.
joe rogan
It's been rough watching him the last few fights.
Do you think CB just chases after him?
Puts it to him?
Yes.
You kind of got it, right?
brendan schaub
Yeah, that's what you do.
That's how you beat Nate.
Get on his back foot and throw bombs.
joe rogan
He just seems like he's absorbed so much punishment over the last few years.
brendan schaub
It's a bummer, man.
joe rogan
It is a bummer.
brendan schaub
CB was on a streak until he got dealt with.
joe rogan
Yeah, I mean, CB, Leoto beat him.
He hurt him with that body kick.
brendan schaub
Bad.
joe rogan
And who else beat him?
bryan callen
The Doberman.
brendan schaub
Leoto really fucked him up.
That's what ended his streak.
joe rogan
That left kick, man.
That left kick of Leoto is nasty.
brendan schaub
This card's super interesting, man.
Dos Santos over him.
I don't know what to tell you.
Again, testing's gonna be a motherfucker.
joe rogan
Is that what you think?
brendan schaub
100%.
This fight should have happened three years ago when it was all fucking the Wild Wild West.
bryan callen
I thought they fought before.
Didn't they fight before?
Is this the first time they're fighting?
joe rogan
No, Brian.
brendan schaub
This is the first time they're fighting.
joe rogan
How do you know so much about Mark Harmonick versus Jose Aldo?
bryan callen
I'll make another call.
I'll tell you something else.
I'd like to see...
You guys are going to laugh at me.
I'd like to see something.
I'd like to see my boyfriend.
I'm going to say it.
brendan schaub
Don't say something stupid.
bryan callen
I'd like to see my boyfriend, and he is my boyfriend, Luke Rockhold, and my best friend, because I've had dinner with him and hung out with him.
I'd like to see him...
Fight Jon Jones.
joe rogan
Hey man!
bryan callen
I know what he won, bro!
brendan schaub
Can you ask him to leave?
bryan callen
I know what he won!
joe rogan
Whatever weird fantasy shit that you have in your head.
bryan callen
Yeah, it is fantasy shit, so stay out of my head.
joe rogan
You know when you see Weidman vs.
Rockhold and then Weidman wanted to fight Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title.
It's a bad idea.
brendan schaub
Weidman's movement wasn't the same.
Weidman looked off to me.
joe rogan
He lost a lot of weight.
He was in the 190's.
Why are you looking at me like that?
I don't think so.
bryan callen
I think that was a strategy where he said I'm gonna He gave me that he's on steroids, but that's just not the guy.
unidentified
No, not at all.
joe rogan
I don't find it.
No, this is the something's up.
Something's up.
bryan callen
I think Weidman said, I'm going to come in there, I'm going to be light, I'm going to hit him with pace, a cardio pace, and I'm going to wear him down.
brendan schaub
He didn't move, though.
joe rogan
Well, I think he did do that.
I think that was what he was trying to do.
unidentified
He was working.
joe rogan
I mean, he was throwing a lot of, like, not full power kicks to the body, but a lot of pressure.
A lot of pressure with his grappling.
He just fucked up throwing that wheel kick, man.
brendan schaub
Stay in your lane, son.
joe rogan
Oh my God.
brendan schaub
What the fuck are you doing?
joe rogan
That was one of the biggest mistakes in the history of MMA and championship fights.
It's not like a mistake like, you know, you go throw a leg kick and you get countered with the right hand and you get hurt.
That's normal stuff.
This is a crazy acrobatic move that he's not good at.
brendan schaub
That cost you the fight!
joe rogan
Yeah, he probably was, right?
Because that's what knocked out Rockhold.
Maybe he thought he was a sucker for wheel kicks.
brendan schaub
The grind is working.
When he's taking him down and starting to wear Luke out, especially when he knew Luke was on antibiotics.
Fuck yeah, keep doing that.
joe rogan
I don't think he knew.
brendan schaub
He knew that Luke's pace was slowing down.
bryan callen
I think what happened was he realized that he was a lot stronger than Chris Weidman.
He looked just stronger, bigger, and I think he went, you know what?
I wrestled with Cain Velasquez and Daniel Cormier.
I'm stronger and bigger than this guy, and that's what happened.
I think he just started wrestling.
joe rogan
No, that's not what happened at all.
He caught him, he made a mistake, and he took him down.
He threw a wheel kick and literally gave his fucking body up.
You get taken down and when Rockhold gets you on the ground his fucking top game is nasty.
brendan schaub
Super nasty.
joe rogan
You saw it against Liotto Machida like I would like to see Rockhold in just straight up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition.
I bet he is at a very high level.
brendan schaub
Motherfucker.
I just think that's why I'd like to see a rematch.
Say that back kick doesn't happen, we got a hell of a fight on our hands.
joe rogan
That's a hell of a fight anyway because that back kick that happened in the third round.
I mean this is a fourth round stoppage.
brendan schaub
And I had it one to one.
joe rogan
Yeah.
brendan schaub
I had it one-to-one.
joe rogan
It was a really good fight.
It's not like, you know, Weidman came out, guns blazing face first, and Rockhold connected with a straight left like Conor and Aldo.
This was like a war, and then at the end of the war, you know, I mean, Rockhold got the advantage, never let it go.
bryan callen
But he was also hitting Weidman in the face more.
I feel like he was...
I feel as though he was kind of standing on the edge of that pocket, and he has hands down, and I felt like Rockhold seemed so confident.
Maybe he was gassed, but he looked like he was just confident enough to just...
He knew where those shots were coming and they would counter.
He was hitting him in the face more.
joe rogan
Weidman was pressuring him.
He was kicking him in his body.
brendan schaub
Weidman's kicks were really paying off to the body.
joe rogan
He was throwing a lot of body kicks.
bryan callen
So were Luke's though.
joe rogan
In the beginning of the fight.
brendan schaub
They were hard.
He didn't land any flesh.
bryan callen
God, he kicks hard.
God, your cage side, what does that look like?
joe rogan
He's one of the hardest kickers in the division, for sure.
Rock holds long, and you know what's interesting?
When I talked to Javier Mendez, I said, did he have a traditional martial arts background?
He goes, nope.
He came to me when he was 17. I'm like, that's crazy.
brendan schaub
Surfer.
joe rogan
Yeah, because when you watch the flexibility and dexterity, the looseness of his legs, like when he throws that question mark kick off the front leg, he's so fucking loose.
brendan schaub
Cerrone style.
joe rogan
Yeah, it's like Cerrone's had Muay Thai for fucking years and years.
brendan schaub
But look at Rockhold's genetics.
His dad was a professional basketball player, his brother's a professional surfer.
You have this monster just looming waiting to find something.
Then he found his call in MMA. At 17?
I think what we're starting to see is we're getting guys who are martial artists, but they're really good athletes, and that's who's taking over.
Holly Holm?
joe rogan
John Jones.
brendan schaub
Freak athlete.
John Jones?
Freak athlete.
Look at all of them.
joe rogan
I think you're totally right.
brendan schaub
Rockhold?
Freak athlete.
joe rogan
I think you're totally right.
I think, it's just so shocking to me, out of all those, that I see, well, Holly obviously has a long, extensive kickboxing background under Winklejohn as a fantastic trainer, but the thing that freaks me out the most about Rockhold is the flexibility and dexterity of his legs.
It takes so long to develop that kind of whip.
His kicks aren't just hard.
Weidman has strong kicks.
They're strong.
He throws them, but there's a stiffness to him that Rockhold doesn't have.
Rockhold's got a taekwondo thing going on.
unidentified
And big.
brendan schaub
He's a big fucking guy.
bryan callen
He was 216 in San Jose when we were hanging out.
I said, how much do you weigh?
He was 216. Of course I did.
joe rogan
I took him in.
bryan callen
I took him in.
Don't kid yourself.
Had my hand on his back a couple times.
brendan schaub
I'm not making this up either.
Brian came back from hanging out with Luke, got his haircut just like him.
I went, what the fuck are you doing?
He goes, I was around Luke, so I wanted to get my haircut like him.
I went, you're 48 copying of Zen Man.
bryan callen
I looked him in the eye and I went, I got his haircut exactly like Luke.
We go to a bar and I looked at him and we caught eyes and I looked at him and I went, I told you.
And he goes, he smiled and he went, 6'3".
And I go, of course you are.
unidentified
And I looked at his hair and I go, I don't like how you got deeper with your voice there.
bryan callen
It's creepy.
We had a moment, guys.
We had a moment.
And then I went right to Supercuts for $12.
And I go, I want my haircut.
And I look terrible.
joe rogan
They gave me a picture of Luke Rockhold.
brendan schaub
My friend Tarek, who trains Luke, goes, Hey, Callan's here.
I think you'd suck Luke's dick if we asked him to.
bryan callen
You should say something.
You can take I think out of that sentence.
Alright, I'll do it just as a goof.
Don't tell anybody.
brendan schaub
That's a goof!
joe rogan
What a shocking moment.
What a shocking turn of event.
That one wheel kick changes the entire fight.
brendan schaub
Did you see Chris crying?
joe rogan
Yeah.
It was also the pressure that Rockhold put on him, I think surprised Weidman.
Like when Rockhold mounted him, you're for sure not going to eat those on camera.
bryan callen
I would never eat those.
joe rogan
When Rockhold mounted him and he couldn't get him off of him, I think he was fucking shocked.
brendan schaub
Especially when, you know, Wyman has really good jiu-jitsu.
And when he felt Rockhold's pressure, I think he was just...
It's the first time he's ever been taken down.
First time his back's been on the mat.
bryan callen
He's like, no, he's stronger.
He's stronger than he is.
brendan schaub
It's the technique, too, though.
His technique was superior.
It was amazing to see.
joe rogan
Yeah, it was amazing to see.
He's a fucking beast.
And I think you can't...
Underestimate the benefit of training with Daniel Cormier and Cain Velasquez, the heavyweight, former heavyweight champion, and the light heavyweight champion.
brendan schaub
There's a chance they could have the heavyweight champ, light heavyweight champ, and now middleweight champ all training together.
All came up together.
How crazy is that?
joe rogan
It is a possibility, but the light heavyweight, you've got to put a little asterisk.
brendan schaub
Well, I'm just saying right now, son.
I'm just saying right now.
joe rogan
Yeah, pull a little asterisk.
brendan schaub
Oh, big asterisk.
unidentified
A little?
brendan schaub
No, that motherfucker's big.
joe rogan
Especially now.
Now that John's got lift in 600 pounds.
bryan callen
I follow him on Instagram and I watch him.
I get nervous.
joe rogan
I throw my phone away.
I run out the door.
I don't want to be around it.
bryan callen
It's crazy.
joe rogan
John's a monster.
Right now, he's also a monster that's overcoming a really bad moment in his life and he's on the straight and narrow now.
He's on the path.
bryan callen
He got scared.
joe rogan
Well, he should be.
And those are good things to happen to you.
You know, sometimes, you know, I've said this before, but I'll say it again.
I love a comeback story.
I fucking, I like a guy who does the right thing and gets it all together.
And I love that.
But I also like a guy who fucks his life up and then pulls it all together.
brendan schaub
I think you need that darkness, though.
Like, I don't think John should be someone who he's not.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, doing all this stuff is great.
But be the heel, man.
Be the fucking Joker of the UFC. I don't think he wants to.
unidentified
And fucking destroy people.
joe rogan
I think he wants to be Jon Jones.
unidentified
I agree.
joe rogan
I don't think Jon thinks of himself as a bad guy, and I don't think he is a bad guy.
I think he's a young guy who's trying to have fun, and he's made some mistakes.
That's what I think.
I don't think he's a bad person.
brendan schaub
I don't think he's a bad person.
I think he's a far cry from Holly Holm.
joe rogan
Yes, you're right.
brendan schaub
He's a far cry from Holly Holm.
joe rogan
I talked to her after the fight.
brendan schaub
Nicest person of all time?
joe rogan
Yeah.
Oh, she might be, easily.
I talked to her after the fight this weekend, and we were hanging out with her and her husband.
I said, congratulations.
How's it feel?
She's like, it still feels weird.
It doesn't feel real.
I'm doing so many...
She goes, but I don't even want to think about it.
She goes, I just want to get back to training.
I don't want to get a big head.
bryan callen
Because she knows the traps.
joe rogan
And we were talking about the fight.
And she said, look, the reality is, what happened tonight to Jose Aldo could have happened to me.
It can happen to anybody.
She goes, you get caught with a punch and you get knocked out.
It's happened.
brendan schaub
She's been in the sport too long.
I think to get a big head.
I think she realizes the traps, and she's been fighting for world champions before, so she doesn't want to fall in that same kind of rut that Ronda did.
Also, if you're going to give this fight to, let's say they do do it in July, whatever, the UFC 200, you give Holly six months to know exactly what Ronda brings to the table and train for it, come up with a better game plan than she had before.
joe rogan
And make sure that her conditioning is on point, make sure her body's healthy, rehabilitate any possible injuries she might have had.
brendan schaub
She just has to make sure I'm sure she doesn't overtrain.
But you gotta remember, Rhonda's shooting movies.
Well, Holly can game plan.
joe rogan
But when has anybody ever overtrained at Jackson Winklejohn?
They're super smart about that kind of shit.
Jackson is really fucking smart about strategy.
He's really smart about preparation.
They've got some hardcore training ethics in that gym.
brendan schaub
Oh, yeah.
joe rogan
And, of course, you've got Winklejohn.
Winklejohn was a fantastic kickboxer.
And he's a really good coach.
And Jackson is a really good strategist.
And they've got excellent training partners.
And you've got all this motivation.
brendan schaub
Think about their lineup.
You've got Greg Jackson, right?
He's like the fucking Yoda of MMA. He's been doing it forever.
He's a genius.
Game planner.
Then you've got Winkle John, who's a phenomenal coach, obviously.
And then you've got Izzy, who does the wrestling.
Who does Jon Jones.
joe rogan
Israel Martinez.
brendan schaub
Izzy's a motherfucker.
joe rogan
He's an outstanding wrestling instructor.
He's good friends with my buddy Justin Milos, who's my trainer.
bryan callen
With all that experience, game planning for somebody, what I love about MMA now is that it really is about your team.
Just the brains behind you as well.
Just the strategy.
joe rogan
It has to be.
There are no lone wolves anymore.
I had a conversation with John before he moved to Albuquerque.
We had this conversation.
We may or may not have been smoking marijuana.
And we were in my hotel room in Montreal, and he was, you know, before he won the title, like way before, and I said, look, dude, I go, you're an incredibly talented guy, but you've got to get all the right people.
The only way to do it right, you can't do it on your own, because there's going to be a guy like you who's also incredibly talented, and that guy's going to have the best coaches.
bryan callen
It's a team effort.
joe rogan
And that guy's going to get the best training partners, and that guy's going to have the best strategist, and that guy's going to beat you.
And he might just beat you by an edge, but that edge you could have overcome if you had all that same coaching.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
joe rogan
And I think a guy like John, also, he grew up with two super-athlete brothers.
One older, one younger.
brendan schaub
Freaks.
joe rogan
And I think he recognizes that he might be special compared to the average person.
bryan callen
Not to his brothers.
joe rogan
But not even in his own house.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
His brother Arthur was doing MMA on the side.
Like, while he was playing for the NFL and beating John's ass.
bryan callen
God.
joe rogan
I mean, it's just a freak.
brendan schaub
And he's the heavyweight champ in high school, his brother.
unidentified
Yeah.
brendan schaub
Just wrestling the fuck out of John.
And then the youngest brother is one of the best players in the NFL. What the fuck?
joe rogan
So I think John had a unique point of view as to what freak athleticism really is and about hard work and talent, you know?
I think he just was getting by in the UFC without having to go 100%.
As far as his training, his preparation, his 100 is going to be horrific.
If he really does get, he'll be the best of all time.
bryan callen
Didn't he say that the worst thing that happened to him was not training for Gustafson and beating him anyway?
Didn't he say that?
joe rogan
That's probably...
brendan schaub
He said it was trouble.
He was just like, God, I can do this and still get away with it.
He said it added, and he was like, fuck it, I'll just keep doing it.
I'll just beat this guy who trained the best camp he's ever had in his life, and I did nothing and still beat him.
Such a freak.
I'll tell you what, how many fighters are going to incorporate a movement coach now after Conor doing all that shit?
They were making fun of him before.
bryan callen
I've been obsessed with Ido Portal for a long time.
joe rogan
Well, I'm obsessed with him, and I'm also obsessed with that guy that Carlos Condit uses.
He does that Move Nat stuff.
I was watching a video on him training today.
See if you can find it.
I'm pretty sure I retweeted it.
But he does all this crazy shit.
He's doing chin-ups with trees, like hanging off of trees, and he's doing balance beam stuff, and they're throwing sticks at him, and he's catching them while he's balancing on stuff.
He's even doing...
He's even doing training specifically for bow hunting.
He's got reps that he does for bow hunting while he's squatting and standing up while holding a bow posture to try to solidify his balance in precarious positions on hillsides.
bryan callen
I do that every morning.
joe rogan
Here's some of the weird stuff that Carlos is doing.
I mean, Carlos is a really fucking smart guy.
Really articulate.
Let's play this so we can hear it.
Bring it to the beginning.
brendan schaub
He's also been doing the same training for about 20 years, so this must be nice.
joe rogan
Bring it to the beginning first, please.
There you go.
unidentified
When somebody's watching a fight, there's the punches, the kicks, the takedowns, the grappling, but what people are less aware of is, you know, for a fighter to be in correct position to execute a strike effectively, they need to have mastery of their movement, of their position, of their balance.
I think that's really what separates the elite fighters from somebody who's, you know, good enough.
Erwin and I have been training for about seven to eight months.
joe rogan
So people listening, he's walking on a log, balancing on a log.
unidentified
I think one of the most challenging things about training in nature is the unpredictability.
joe rogan
It's talking about how you suffered an ACL, meniscus tear while fighting.
unidentified
So doing MoveNAT definitely accelerated my recovery in that I was not only doing these movements and these different stretches in physical therapy, but also in my training sessions.
When Irwin and myself started training, he looked at some of my previous fights and he saw some things that my head coach Greg Jackson saw independently.
They saw the same exact thing, but what was great with working with Irwin and working in the movement program is he specifically had exercises and drills to make those changes.
Whereas, you know, some of my other coaches saw that it needed to be made, but weren't sure how to get there.
This was extremely challenging for me.
We're trying to relearn something that we may have lost.
As adults, having sat in chairs or having laid on a bench to do, you know, very linear stuff like bench press or squat or whatever, we've kind of lost that natural movement ability.
And to gain it, it takes a lot of focus.
I come home after I train with Erwin and I'm exhausted, but as we go on and I have made these adjustments and my body has adapted, it's less and less mentally taxing and, you know, more fun.
For my last fight, me and Irwin working specifically on positioning of my body, lower level stability in a lower stance, position of my feet, which helped me move forward and backward quicker, which I think ultimately really helped me with the victory.
I was able to move in and out of range effectively and land strikes and ultimately get the win.
Wow!
I think that it's not just for elite athletes, it's for anybody.
It's anybody who wants to get in shape, anybody who wants to try something different.
Maybe you're into lifting or you're into yoga or any different thing.
I hear all the time, I'm plateauing.
I'm strong but I can't move.
I'm flexible but I have no power.
Ultimately, we're trying to be the most functional, able-bodied athlete, person, human that we can be.
brendan schaub
Boom.
joe rogan
Interesting shit, man.
brendan schaub
It is.
I'm gonna stick with yoga.
I love that guy's ponytail, though.
bryan callen
I'm going out to the forest.
joe rogan
Ido Portal has a ponytail, too.
bryan callen
He does.
joe rogan
What the fuck?
bryan callen
Please say Ido.
Don't ever say his name Ido again like that.
joe rogan
Is it Ido?
bryan callen
It is Ido.
joe rogan
But it's spelled I-D-O. Ido is the E's.
bryan callen
Well, you'll call him Ido.
brendan schaub
Does he have a ponytail?
bryan callen
He certainly does.
He's a beautiful man.
brendan schaub
I'm going to call him whatever I want.
bryan callen
Hey, don't put his name in your mouth.
joe rogan
He said Ido.
bryan callen
When you put my second boyfriend's name in your mouth, I got two boyfriends.
And by the way, Carlos Conner is the third boyfriend.
It's very hard for me to choose.
You line all those guys up in a jail cell, I have no idea who I got to choose.
But I would do their laundry.
joe rogan
I don't think you get to choose.
That's part of the program.
bryan callen
I don't, do I? I think that stuff is cool.
brendan schaub
I think that stuff is cool.
You know, for certain guys, I think it's good.
joe rogan
Well, you don't know unless you're doing it.
I won't train with vegans.
Vito Portal.
Wow, he's shredded.
bryan callen
Portal, portal, portal.
unidentified
That dude's shredded.
brendan schaub
Oh, his hair's ridiculous.
Pull him up, excuse me, sir.
bryan callen
Pull him up, please, and show what he does.
Check this out.
joe rogan
What is he doing?
Is there any videos of him?
bryan callen
Oh, yeah, there's a great video.
brendan schaub
Is it the same shit?
unidentified
Is it the same shit?
joe rogan
No, no, hold on.
unidentified
Hold, please.
joe rogan
Go full screen.
How did Connor get connected to him, I wonder?
bryan callen
He said that he was very interested in Connor.
He does some crazy stuff, man.
joe rogan
Well, you know what this is really similar to, as far as I'm looking at it?
Movement natural, the stuff that Hicks and Gracie was really into.
bryan callen
But watch what he does.
joe rogan
He does some crazy stuff.
Which is interesting, really, when you go back to it, because we thought of it as yoga, and it is yoga, but wow.
Jesus Christ.
brendan schaub
He's bodied up, son.
joe rogan
This dude is doing handstand push-ups on the edge of a table.
bryan callen
Oh, he's not a good-looking guy.
joe rogan
Dropping his head below the table.
Oh my god, look at these flips and shit.
bryan callen
What the fuck?
joe rogan
Oh my god, this guy's a super athlete.
bryan callen
Yes, he is.
joe rogan
Like, what is his...
Find another video, Jamie.
brendan schaub
Oh, that's called White People Breakdancing.
joe rogan
Oh, the same video keeps going.
So what is his background?
Is he like a gymnast?
bryan callen
He's from Israel.
Look at this shit!
He was a capoeira guy.
joe rogan
Oh my god, this is insane.
bryan callen
He boxes, he does gymnastics, he talks about how important rings are.
brendan schaub
You gotta relax, Brian.
bryan callen
I won't relax.
joe rogan
But this flip that he's doing, that flip is incredible.
bryan callen
There's this girl doing a one-handed...
joe rogan
Well, she's essentially doing, like, Cirque du Soleil type shit.
brendan schaub
They are dancing, right?
bryan callen
They're just moving their body.
What he'll do is he'll make you, um, he'll give you something that, like, he'll make you catch a stick.
And then he gives you a toy, and as soon as you get good at it, he changes it up on you.
So he always has you guessing.
He always has you kind of dealing.
joe rogan
Well, he had Connor on the balance beams in Santa Monica the week before the fight, doing all sorts of crazy shit on the beach.
But look at this guy's fucking ability to move his body.
That's pretty shocking.
brendan schaub
No, yeah, he is bodied up.
Tell you right now.
bryan callen
He calls it movement patterns.
brendan schaub
Tell you right now.
Conor wins with or without doing these movements.
I hate to tell you.
joe rogan
I don't know about that, man.
I wonder if there's...
But listen, depending on who he's fighting, I think these benefits, these movements, and learning how to move your body like that will definitely benefit him.
And benefits are all that keeps you from winning or losing.
bryan callen
Watch this, watch this, watch this.
joe rogan
This is incredible, this guy.
This is nuts, man.
This kind of physical strength.
bryan callen
Yeah, it's ridiculous.
It's balanced.
joe rogan
That's some stupid core strength, too.
brendan schaub
Man, maybe I'm just a hater.
I am not into this, man.
joe rogan
Hold on a second.
What do you mean you're not into it?
brendan schaub
I'm just not into it.
joe rogan
Like, what does that mean?
brendan schaub
I'm not digging it.
joe rogan
That's not impressive?
brendan schaub
It's cool, man.
I've seen people in yoga do it all the time.
joe rogan
Listen, you've never seen a guy built like him.
You've never seen a guy built like him that does that shit with that kind of body mass.
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
I've never seen that in a million years.
I've never seen a guy be able to hold those positions like that.
bryan callen
He's a master mover.
joe rogan
I mean, that's like a very small percentage of the human population is capable of moving their body like this.
brendan schaub
I don't get it.
joe rogan
Like, look at this.
bryan callen
Look at what he's doing.
brendan schaub
You guys love it.
unidentified
I know.
brendan schaub
I'm sure that's great.
That looks very hard.
joe rogan
But why do you say you don't get it?
brendan schaub
I'm saying I don't get the obsession with it.
Like how fascinated you guys are into it?
joe rogan
Look, he's doing one-handed chin-ups, dude.
You don't think that's incredible?
brendan schaub
Yeah, that's insane.
joe rogan
So why are you hating?
bryan callen
I'm not hating.
He gets jealous when I'm attracted to another man.
unidentified
No, I'm not hating.
bryan callen
You're jealous.
joe rogan
Are you jealous of this guy's body?
unidentified
That's what it is.
joe rogan
That's what it is.
You have body dysmorphia.
bryan callen
Look at this.
brendan schaub
That's fantastic.
joe rogan
That's good for your shoulder joint.
brendan schaub
Yeah, I agree.
bryan callen
Jesus Christ.
He gets super mad when I have a new boyfriend, and that's the truth.
joe rogan
Yeah, but this isn't just a new boyfriend thing.
It's him looking at this guy's body, and he's freaking out.
brendan schaub
No, I just don't think it's that impressive.
I go to yoga, and I've seen gymnastics.
This isn't anything new.
joe rogan
You're out of your mind.
You're out of your mind if you don't think that guy's impressive.
bryan callen
I was going to say.
And look at him meditating.
Look at his traps.
joe rogan
That's not impressive.
I can do that.
It's the only thing he's done so far that I can do.
bryan callen
Oh, hey, what's up, everybody?
joe rogan
The only thing that he's done so far...
See, this stuff is all the Hicks and Gracie type shit.
Hickson was really into this stuff.
brendan schaub
Super into it.
joe rogan
As am I now.
That movement natural stuff was essentially like this flowing yoga style that Hickson was really into that a lot of other jiu-jitsu guys got into.
It's so interesting to see it all come full circle now with guys like Connor incorporating that, but this is even another level.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
But you've seen those videos of Hickson doing those full splits, standing full splits on a balance beam?
brendan schaub
20 years ago.
joe rogan
Yeah, holding his foot up in the air?
brendan schaub
Yeah.
joe rogan
Why are you saying 20 years ago?
You're hating on Hickson now.
unidentified
You have to qualify 20 years ago.
brendan schaub
I'm saying Hickson was doing this.
This isn't new.
bryan callen
You can't let it enchant you.
Boss Rootin was doing shit like this.
brendan schaub
Boss Rootin was doing crazy shit.
bryan callen
He never did that.
You can't be enchanted.
brendan schaub
Well, he was in on chains and fucking with his hair done.
bryan callen
Look into my eyes.
brendan schaub
Yeah, my bad.
Boss Rootin wasn't doing that.
bryan callen
What are you running from right now?
brendan schaub
Nothing.
I just don't think you can give that guy that much credit for Conor's knockout.
bryan callen
Can I ask you a question?
Can I ask you an honest question?
joe rogan
We're not doing that.
We're saying the guy's impressive physically and that it helped Conor to train with that guy.
Obviously Conor's not stupid.
He's figured out how to become the world champion with one punch.
He's not a stupid guy.
He's a marketing genius.
brendan schaub
And I think Conor at 55 is even more trouble.
He's not cutting weight.
joe rogan
I don't know about that because a big part of what gets him there is he cuts weight perfect.
brendan schaub
Oh, he looks like shit.
joe rogan
He looks dogshit at 45, but whatever he does to rehydrate the next day, he looks amazing.
And he's done it with no IV this time.
brendan schaub
Yeah, but think if he doesn't have to cut all that weight so he doesn't deplete his body.
He's faster than all these 55ers.
joe rogan
But he's dealing with bigger guys.
It's going to take him down like Chad did.
Then you've got a much bigger problem.
Much bigger problem.
Chad is a tiny guy in comparison to a lot of 55ers like Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos gets on top of you.
That is a totally different world of physics and weight.
brendan schaub
I agree, but you look at matchups like Donald Cerrone, phenomenal matchup.
Anthony Pettis, dope-ass matchup.
joe rogan
Those are great matchups.
There's certain matchups at 55. You're right, you're right, 100%.
Do you think if Dos Anjos wins, they'll fight?
brendan schaub
Nope.
joe rogan
No.
brendan schaub
It's only if Cowboy wins.
Really?
joe rogan
Well, if Cowboy wins, that's the money.
That's the money fight.
brendan schaub
That's the mega fight.
unidentified
Woo!
joe rogan
That is a mega, mega, mega fight.
bryan callen
Why do you guys say that not if Dos Anjos wins?
joe rogan
No, I'm asking.
brendan schaub
I just don't think so.
Because I think, like Joe mentioned, that Dos Anjos can put in that Chad Mendes game plan.
joe rogan
Oh, I got you.
Well, also, Dos Anjos hits fucking hard, and he's got nasty jiu-jitsu.
unidentified
World-class.
joe rogan
And he's got a fucking pressuring game.
But, you know, Conor might laugh at it.
Conor might say, you know, like, I got the solution to that.
Look, Jeremy Stevens knocked that dude dead.
Dead, dead, yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it's very possible that Conor might just see holes in his game that we're not seeing, and he might be able to figure it out.
brendan schaub
I just don't think it's a big payday.
Like, Dos Anjos-McGregor's not a superstar fight.
It's really not.
joe rogan
But it is a superstar fight whenever Conor fights anybody.
And if he's got a big challenge in front of him fighting for the lightweight title, it'll be a gigantic paper-per-view event.
brendan schaub
No, Conor's big no matter what.
Conor?
unidentified
Cowboy?
joe rogan
That's the biggest.
unidentified
What the fuck?
joe rogan
If Cowboy can win next Saturday against Dos Anjos and become the lightweight champion in the world, that is the...
And I guarantee you they'll probably call Conor out, right?
Unless it was a crazy war and they want a rematch.
They don't like each other.
brendan schaub
They don't like each other anyways.
joe rogan
But unless it's a crazy war, and you know, everybody says, like, you gotta do it again, and they both say we gotta do it again, the UFC says they have to do it again.
But again, like, this is like, when people upset at me about the Frankie Edgar thing, like, I don't get the call.
It's not my choice.
I'm not, like, my opinion is just an opinion.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
joe rogan
I just see a guy get knocked dead.
I see, okay, that guy can't fight for at least six months, at least, and really shouldn't be fighting probably for a year.
brendan schaub
And it wasn't much of a fight.
I agreed right away.
I was like, yeah, Joe's right.
There's no way there's a rematch.
But then I thought about it.
I'm like, well, they gave all these other champs instant rematches.
joe rogan
But they didn't to Kane.
Kane got knocked dead, too, against Junior Dos Santos.
He had to fight Bigfoot.
People get saying Kane got an instant rematch.
No, he didn't.
He did not.
brendan schaub
But there's been more instant rematches than not.
unidentified
Right.
joe rogan
But he fought Bigfoot, Silva, and by the way, the Anderson Silva rematch?
Too fucking soon.
And I said it.
Oh, 100%.
He got lucky that he broke his leg.
How about that?
Not obviously, not really.
But he was getting beaten the fuck up.
He got hurt real bad in the clinch.
Weidman caught him with a punch in the clinch.
His legs went rubber.
He went to the ground.
He held on as much as he could and Weidman beat the fuck out of him for that first round.
And then Anderson threw that kick and broke his leg and it was almost fortunate that he went out like that because Weidman was going to beat his ass.
Anderson was not able to take a punch anymore the same way he used to.
Anderson used to eat punches.
Watch the fight.
You want to watch a crazy fucking fight?
Watch this fight with Jorge Rivera where he lets Rivera punch him in the face.
Really?
Let's him punch him in the face.
brendan schaub
Yeah, he used to let guys just punch him in the face.
unidentified
What?
joe rogan
Stood in front of Rivera, let him punch him.
Pull it up.
Jorge Rivera versus Anderson Silva in Cage Wars in the UK. This is before Anderson came to the...
Dude, I was a gigantic Anderson Silva fan long before he ever won the title.
Will you watch my calling the fight against Chris Weidman?
I was a kid in a fucking candy store because he wasn't a new guy to me.
brendan schaub
Oh, you're saying when he fought Chris Lieben.
joe rogan
Did I say Weidman?
I meant Lieben, sorry.
When he fought Chris Lieben, when he came to the UFC, I was a kid in a candy store because I was like, this guy is a different kind of striker.
This is a whole different animal you're dealing with.
And Lieben's going to come forward face first.
The perfect matchup.
bryan callen
Did he start as a Muay Thai guy?
joe rogan
Watch this.
So Jorge Rivera, who's on the left, who is a fucking hard puncher.
brendan schaub
Good hands.
joe rogan
And Anderson's standing right in front of him.
And there's one point in the fight.
How long does this fight go, Jamie?
unidentified
10 minutes.
joe rogan
Ten minutes.
There's one point in the fight before Anderson knocks him out where Anderson stands right in front of him and literally lets him punch him in the face.
And Mark Delgrante, who was with Jorge, was like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And he's like, what the fuck?
You should hear Mark talk about it.
It's hilarious when Mark talks about it.
brendan schaub
I love that guy.
joe rogan
He's the best.
brendan schaub
He's so funny.
joe rogan
By the way, Mark was also agreeing with me that Aldo looked different physically.
He looked smooth.
brendan schaub
I think the entire world, except for South America, agreed with you, Joe.
joe rogan
Well, there's some people on the underground that disagree.
brendan schaub
Oh, we call them idiots.
joe rogan
Just when you see a guy, it's hard to tell from a still photo as well.
brendan schaub
Nah.
joe rogan
A lot of what you see is in movement.
You see, like, they don't look as full.
bryan callen
Not as explosive.
brendan schaub
Even in the still photo it shows.
joe rogan
A little bit, but not much.
Like I said, it could have been attributable to cardio.
I mean, let's say there's no evidence at all that he ever did steroids, right?
So let's say he never did steroids.
Let's say he just did way more cardio for that fight and didn't do nearly as much strength training, and that's what it is.
There's a difference in the way it looks.
bryan callen
Eric Silva was the biggest contrast.
joe rogan
And Vitor, of course.
But Vitor is the biggest.
But Vitor, we knew to look for it.
We knew it was happening.
We knew about the testing.
We knew about everything.
With Eric Silva, you're like, huh?
bryan callen
Yeah.
brendan schaub
He was bodied up.
bryan callen
He was so bodied up with that apple bottom and everything.
joe rogan
Dude, when he walked into the octagon, it was literally like a Scooby-Doo sound all across the globe.
brendan schaub
Penny dropper.
Panty drop.
And then he gets off to you.
joe rogan
No, that's what I mean.
I mean, in the last fight.
unidentified
Yeah, it was crazy.
joe rogan
In the last fight.
brendan schaub
His last fight.
unidentified
He looked like melted cheese.
joe rogan
It just didn't make any sense.
But again, it could have been that he changed his approach and decided he's gassing out in these fights.
Like against Matt Brown, he gassed out.
And he has all this muscle and all this power and he's always going for it.
And he is a young guy.
He's not even 30 years old.
It is possible that he just changed his entire approach.
No more strength and conditioning.
Only just training.
Only cardio from sparring and from, you know, repetition.
I mean, it's totally possible.
brendan schaub
It's totally possible.
Alistair Overeem, when he got busted, it was in his protein shake.
joe rogan
Dude, look how beautiful Anderson's movement was.
Look how he checked that kick.
I mean, it's all, like, automatic.
This was when he was in his prime.
By the way, he didn't come to the UFC until I think he was, like, 35. Man, look.
brendan schaub
He was going to retire and O'Gara talked him out of it.
How old was he when he came to the UFC? I thought he was 32. I thought he was 32. You might be right, though, Joe.
I know he's gonna retire, and Big Nog talked him out of it.
He's like, you have to fight.
joe rogan
Well, he had had some, you know, crazy tough fights.
He also had a falling out with Shoot the Box.
bryan callen
I'm surprised he's not retiring now.
Why do you think?
joe rogan
Well, he went to Muay Thai Dream Team.
They created a team, and he didn't have good training partners, and there was a lot of shit going on.
But he pulled it together right when he came to the UFC. Did he ever.
Well, he pulled it together in Cage Wars, really.
And then he came to the UFC after that.
brendan schaub
Remember he was about to fight Roy Jones?
And then everyone was like, nah.
joe rogan
That would have been so ridiculous.
brendan schaub
It would have been awesome.
joe rogan
He would have got lit up.
brendan schaub
It would have been awesome.
joe rogan
It would have been a good wake-up call to a lot of MMA fighters to think they can box with a guy like Jones.
brendan schaub
Speaking of Jones, she was getting knocked out in the fourth round.
Hey, let's stop doing that.
You're a lead commentator on HBO. Let's not do that.
joe rogan
Yeah, I think that's going to fuck with his commentary for sure.
brendan schaub
100%.
joe rogan
He's not going to be able to talk that good after that knockout.
I mean, it'll be a while before he recovers from that.
He's had like five of those.
brendan schaub
Unless he's getting paid crazy amounts of money, I don't get why he does it.
No one really watched it.
The only reason we watched is because he got highlight knockout, you know?
joe rogan
Meanwhile, Jorge Rivera did a lot better than Rich Franklin.
It's interesting.
brendan schaub
He sure did.
joe rogan
Well, Jorge's a Muay Thai guy, so he figured out how to fight Anderson from the clinch.
Anderson, at this point in the fight, is sort of just chipping away at him.
But how much more time is in this fight?
Where are we at?
The moment before the fight stopped, the nice knee to the body.
See, this is Anderson, like, really in his prime.
brendan schaub
Did you see Anderson in John Jones?
Yeah.
Shadowbox in New York?
unidentified
Yeah.
bryan callen
Yeah, it was pretty cool.
joe rogan
Interesting, right?
bryan callen
Anderson against Luke Rockhold.
Does Luke Rockhold beat him up right now?
joe rogan
Oh God, it's horrible now.
unidentified
Really?
brendan schaub
What's wrong with you?
joe rogan
It's over now.
brendan schaub
The champ, the new crown champ versus the old Anderson Silva?
joe rogan
No, Anderson, it's over.
bryan callen
Look at this, look at him.
brendan schaub
Let me guess, Callan.
bryan callen
Yeah?
brendan schaub
You're crunk for the Ken Shamrock, Hoist Gracie fight, too.
joe rogan
Listen, Anderson took him down.
unidentified
Fuck you.
joe rogan
Unless you were on testosterone replacement, when you hit your late 30s like that, there's just no way.
You can't compete.
bryan callen
You're not competing with him.
joe rogan
Look, if you got Anderson on the Vitor Belfort diet, I think Anderson goes back in there like a demon, and who knows who he can beat until his, you know, 40th fucking birthday or whatever it would be when the wheels fall off.
But Anderson now, you're talking about a guy who was brutally KO'd by Chris Weidman, and then in the second fight had a seriously hard time staying conscious from a punch in the clinch.
I just don't think the body can only take so much, man.
And I think he took it all.
brendan schaub
Vitor Anderson makes sense.
joe rogan
Here's where it gets.
Here's towards the end of the fight.
This is the second round where I'm pretty sure he stopped him in the second round.
But there's a point where it's just fucking...
Show me how much time is left here.
Yeah, scoot ahead a little bit and see if we can find it because it's fucking preposterous.
Anderson is standing in front of him.
Here it is, right here.
Watch this.
Anderson just stands in front of him and lets Jorge tee off on his face.
unidentified
Look at this.
joe rogan
Boom.
Boom.
Look, standing right in front of him.
brendan schaub
Damn, I'm just eating that.
joe rogan
Boom.
Boom.
brendan schaub
Damn, son.
unidentified
Oh my god.
brendan schaub
God, dog.
joe rogan
Just ate it.
Just stood in front of him and ate it.
unidentified
Wow.
joe rogan
Now, contrast that, that series of punches that Jorge Rivera, who hits fucking hard, to Chris Weidman's one punch in the clinch.
brendan schaub
Oh, night and day.
joe rogan
That dropped him.
brendan schaub
Night and day, son.
joe rogan
Anderson just can't absorb shots like he used to.
He used to have a phenomenal chin.
bryan callen
Your body just shuts down.
Your brain says, uh-oh, here it comes.
joe rogan
Chuck Liddell, same thing.
Had a phenomenal chin.
I mean, there was times in Chuck's life where you just weren't going to hurt him.
Sorry.
Sorry.
bryan callen
I think Dan Henderson pretty much until he got kicked by Vito.
joe rogan
Same thing.
Yeah, he can eat everything.
brendan schaub
Who do you guys have winning the Anderson Silva Vitor?
joe rogan
That's not going to happen.
Vitor won't fight him.
I talked to Lorenzo Ortiz.
bryan callen
Why won't he fight him?
joe rogan
Vitor doesn't want to fight him.
He wants a shot at the title.
And they're like, dude, you fought for the title and got smoked in the first round.
You can't beat Dan Henderson and get a new title shot.
brendan schaub
The thing is, Luke wants to fight him because he wants to...
joe rogan
Fight Vitor?
brendan schaub
Yeah.
joe rogan
He should.
brendan schaub
In Brazil.
He goes, I want Vitor on a silver platter.
joe rogan
Is that what he said?
unidentified
Yes.
bryan callen
That's gonna be ugly for Vitor, I feel.
joe rogan
Set it up.
unidentified
You think?
brendan schaub
You think?
You gotta do Weidman.
joe rogan
A Weidman rematch would be very interesting.
A Rockhold-Yoel Romero fight would be very interesting.
bryan callen
I think Yoel Romero is not doing anything in the fourth and fifth round.
unidentified
Don't forget Jesus!
bryan callen
And remember, I was the guy.
unidentified
Gay Jesus!
joe rogan
No, not Gay Jesus.
He's saying forget.
He said forget.
bryan callen
Don't forget.
joe rogan
Gay Jesus!
That drove me crazy when whoever interviewed him didn't clarify that.
brendan schaub
They were like, oh, they didn't know either.
joe rogan
I fucking knew.
I was listening to it.
He's saying, forget, he's Cuban.
bryan callen
Don't forget, Jesus.
joe rogan
When I speak to him, you notice when I speak to him, I look at him right in the eye, I speak very clearly, and I try to clarify everything he says.
Like, when he fought Tim Kennedy, and there was that moment where he didn't get off the stool, I had a long...
Conversation with him.
I was talking to him nice and slowly.
I'm looking at him, trying to find out what he's saying.
I'm trying to get to it.
I've known a lot of Cuban people.
I know what they sound like when they have that way of saying T's.
It's a Y. The T is a Y. It's not for gay Jesus.
It's forget.
brendan schaub
Can we get a PR team on that?
joe rogan
Can we get a PR team to help him out?
I would have been the PR team if I was interviewing him.
Kind of fucked him up.
So you're saying, don't forget Jesus.
brendan schaub
Yes.
joe rogan
See, see, see!
Don't for gay Jesus!
brendan schaub
That's how they say it.
For gay Jesus.
joe rogan
No, it sounds like he's saying no for gay Jesus.
bryan callen
He's not a tall guy, is he?
How tall is he?
He feels like he's like 5'8", 5'9".
joe rogan
No, no, he's probably...
There's no gay Jesus.
No.
Poor guy.
Yoel Romero had the flu for the last four days.
Oh, come on.
Malky.
Don't ever show that guy some tweets.
brendan schaub
Don't ever get him up here.
joe rogan
That guy wanted to come on the podcast with Jon Jones and he's like, I'll say some crazy shit Jon won't say.
I'm like, what?
unidentified
Who's Malky?
brendan schaub
Why would we want you there?
bryan callen
Who's Malky?
brendan schaub
Why would they want you to do that?
joe rogan
Jon's manager.
Great guy, though, by the way.
Just fucking around.
But the idea of like, what?
Get out of here, son.
But he's like, you're going to talk for John?
That's exactly what I don't want.
I want to know what's going on in his mind.
unidentified
Don't fucking hate Jesus!
brendan schaub
Poor guy.
joe rogan
He got tortured online.
People were mad at him.
Even reputable sports broadcasters were tweeting at how horrendous what he said was and terrible what he said was.
I was fucking yelling at my computer.
He said, forget!
brendan schaub
Those are the same fucks that do the ranking, and they can't even get your shit straight.
joe rogan
No, no, I don't do the rankings.
Who does the rankings?
brendan schaub
Who the fuck does the rankings?
joe rogan
Journalists do the rankings?
brendan schaub
I'm pretty sure, right?
Some head journalists.
unidentified
It'd make more sense.
joe rogan
Yeah, they asked Ryan Seacrest.
unidentified
Exactly.
joe rogan
Who does the rankings?
brendan schaub
How weird is that?
joe rogan
Like, what are the people?
Who are the people?
The rankings aren't that horrible.
I just think that when, you know, someone like Uriah Hall knocks out Gegard Mousasi and he's below him on the rankings, that's fucking stupid.
brendan schaub
Well, you know the UFC brass is like, we can't do the rankings because it's some bullshit.
Because remember they were going to do pay dictate based off your ranking.
That was horrible.
Then they're like, ah, fuck, we can't do that because Billy's a huge fan of whoever.
bryan callen
He's lost seven in a row and they want to rank him number 10. Do you guys have any idea how much a veteran makes off the Reeboks?
joe rogan
Let's not even talk about it because I'll start throwing up on my keyboard.
Yeah, me too.
brendan schaub
You know what?
Can I do a positive spin though?
I hate on Reeboks so much.
Can I do a positive one?
I dug the McGregor trunks, the green and gold trunks, and all those black and gold for the first time ever.
For the first time ever, I was like, those look good.
joe rogan
Well, you know, they're responding to criticism and doing a good job of responding to criticism.
I just think, you know, I think the whole, the real reality of this whole situation is that it could have all been handled better.
I think everybody would agree to that.
And I think the fighters are very disappointed at their lack of ability to be autonomous as far as like how much money they can make from sponsors.
I'm like you're the perfect example You know I and I've used you as an example and you know people said that you weren't telling the truth and You know now we know that that's not not correct.
I brought you my you brought me my fight your financials and I brought them to the fucking top Yes, and we had a nice conversation about it.
I think that it's a it's a It's an unfortunate reality that we're gonna have to live with now And I what I would like to see out of this is I mean the argument against it was like people are having condom depot on their trunks all that shit I'm like well, how about don't have condom Condom Depot.
How about you have, you make a very specific, like, listen, you can get all the sponsors you want, but you can't have anything that's going to be bad for the image of the UFC. This is what we think are bad.
I don't know why condoms would be bad.
brendan schaub
Which is what they did.
joe rogan
By the way, I don't know why condoms would be bad.
Is it bad to not get AIDS? Well, I agree, but the UFC did that, Joe.
What if it was Band-Aid Depot?
Would that be okay?
Right, but the UFC did that.
Penicillin depot.
Is that okay?
bryan callen
What if it was penicillin depot?
brendan schaub
You had to submit your sponsors ahead of time and they had to check them off.
joe rogan
So you weren't allowed alcohol, tobacco, anything competing with the UFC. But did anybody, did it really diminish the entertainment value for anybody when someone was walking in with dynamic fastener on their shirt?
Did he give a fuck at all?
I never give a fuck.
If Chris Weidman was walking to the Octagon and he had...
Muscle farm or fucking fill in the blank, you know?
brendan schaub
Well, where are all those logos now?
They're on the mat.
That's what Buns say.
joe rogan
Some of them are.
brendan schaub
The mat looks like a NASCAR. The fighters are in black and white unless you're a champ looking like assholes not getting paid.
That's the only issue I have with it.
joe rogan
Well, there's definitely something to be said about that because none of that money is going towards the fighters.
brendan schaub
None.
Because the only thing that's changed besides the fighters looking plain as fuck in black and white is the mat looks like a fucking Toys R Us now.
joe rogan
Yeah, and I think there's a real option, a real possibility for fighters to get super involved in social media and put out a lot of videos and get people excited.
If you put out a lot of content, people respond.
There's a lot of people that I follow.
There's a lot of people that I follow.
You know Ross Training?
Ross Training guy on Instagram?
You know who he is?
Like some pretty intense personal trainer dude.
He's got all these great workout things that he does on Instagram.
I follow that guy all the time.
If he was a fighter and he had all these people following him all the time or a lot of other guys that do these things or girls who do these things too.
There's a lot of people.
Well, girls, they do it.
They won't look at their asses.
brendan schaub
Man, I follow him, Joe.
joe rogan
I know you do.
unidentified
I like how he has that.
I'll follow.
bryan callen
He's shaking his head.
You sound the way I talk when I'm talking about Ido Portal.
Your voice just got deeper.
joe rogan
But I think that it gives an opportunity for fighters to adjust.
And the adjustment is to concentrate or have someone that works for you concentrate.
Concentrate on social media, put out a lot of content.
I know Miles Jury does a lot of shit.
brendan schaub
That's a bummer though man.
joe rogan
It is a bummer.
brendan schaub
They shouldn't have to do it.
joe rogan
It would be better if they didn't.
bryan callen
There's so many fighters.
brendan schaub
That's why if I'm Conor McGregor, you ready for this?
If I'm Conor McGregor, I say, I'm not doing shit till you give me 20 million in a fight.
That's how much power I think that kid has right now.
He has the most power I've ever seen a UFC fighter.
He has a nation behind him.
He could sell out 80,000.
joe rogan
Okay.
Well, I'm going to show you what kind of power he has behind him, because I'm going to send these to Jamie, and we're going to watch what it was like at the MGM, because I have videos of Irish people going fucking bonkers at a level that you've never seen in your entire life.
We're talking about climbing on top of fucking casino tables, screaming, taking their shirts off.
There's thousands of them.
bryan callen
When he was there in the run.
No, when he won.
brendan schaub
He's a bigger star than Lesnar now.
joe rogan
They stormed the fucking casino, and when they stormed the casino, nobody could do anything about it.
Nobody can do anything about this.
Security guards are all standing around.
I'm gonna show you some video.
brendan schaub
We've never seen a star like this.
And for the first time, Conor's bigger than the UFC. He can go, I want this amount of money or I'm not doing shit for you.
unidentified
I agree.
bryan callen
And he's just backed up everything he said.
joe rogan
Yeah, I'm gonna send him these to Jamie right now.
You've never seen nothing like this.
You've never seen nothing like this.
brendan schaub
Those Irish love him some fighting.
joe rogan
Jamie, you got your phone on?
brendan schaub
His tiger tattoo bugs me out a little bit.
I'm not gonna lie to you.
joe rogan
What's up, Jamie?
Airdrop's not showing up.
Airdrop is really wonky, man.
unidentified
I need to get it on my computer here.
joe rogan
You need to get what on your computer?
Airdrop?
Don't you have a phone?
jamie vernon
I need to turn it on so I can show them.
joe rogan
Oh, yeah.
Should I email it to you?
Is that the better move?
unidentified
That'd be fascinating.
joe rogan
Okay, let me email it to you.
You wouldn't believe it.
You're going to look at this and you're going to go, what?
bryan callen
God, the mob.
joe rogan
Two attachments maximum.
All right, I'm just telling the news.
bryan callen
Guess where I wouldn't be?
At that casino.
Crowns make me nervous.
joe rogan
You had to get out of there right away.
Yeah, you had to get out of there right away.
bryan callen
I don't like mobs.
joe rogan
It was so ridiculous.
bryan callen
I'm getting nervous.
joe rogan
Here, I'm going to send you a couple other ones, Jamie.
It's just so stupid.
It was so crazy.
brendan schaub
Have you ever seen anything like that, Joe?
joe rogan
No.
No.
bryan callen
I'm going to pee out of my huge deal.
unidentified
I'll be right back.
joe rogan
Total new level of chaos.
And really, it was amazing, man.
brendan schaub
I tweeted right when he knocked him out.
I said, well, ladies and gentlemen, there's your biggest star in UFC history.
joe rogan
How about arguably one of the biggest stars in the history of all combat sports?
Because there's never been anybody that has won a fight that has had casinos overrun with a...
Literally the security guard, watch these videos.
You're gonna freak out.
The security guards can't do shit.
Dudes are jumping up on tables.
They're taking their shirts off.
They're singing all together.
I mean, not just one or two, thousands and thousands of these fucking guys.
Did he come to you?
Just now.
brendan schaub
He's a special dude, man.
And the thing why I'm just drawn to Connor is because he's a good person.
Like, you see, as soon as he beat Aldo, Yeah.
Hugged him, got on the mic.
He's a great champion.
joe rogan
There's a picture of them hugging in the back.
brendan schaub
Yeah, man.
I saw it.
joe rogan
Yeah, it's very cool, man.
brendan schaub
He's just a good person.
joe rogan
That'll all change again if they schedule a rematch.
brendan schaub
Yeah.
joe rogan
He'll crank it right back up.
Did you see the picture that he put on Twitter?
brendan schaub
Yes.
joe rogan
That's so rude.
There's a picture of him.
Wait till Brian come back.
How about we don't do it while Brian's gone.
So Brian doesn't declare that his next boyfriend.
brendan schaub
So he doesn't jack up.
joe rogan
But there's a photo of Connor.
Connor's looking down.
And the camera's looking up at him and says, wake up, Jose.
It's all over.
brendan schaub
God dang.
He can do what he wants though.
joe rogan
Cold-blooded.
brendan schaub
But it's a marketing thing, you know what I'm saying?
unidentified
Of course.
brendan schaub
It's brilliant.
joe rogan
Of course, but it's also real.
It's a marketing thing, but it's real.
It's on his Twitter.
It's cold-blooded.
It's as cold-blooded.
That's cryotherapy-blooded.
brendan schaub
It's so fucked up.
joe rogan
It's like fucking Pluto cold.
brendan schaub
But that picture resurfaced because he posted that weeks ago.
joe rogan
Oh, did he?
brendan schaub
Yeah, and then they just reposted it.
joe rogan
Well, he reposted it.
It's brilliant.
It's all over.
unidentified
Fuck.
joe rogan
Have you seen that photo?
brendan schaub
Did you see the video of him calling it?
joe rogan
Yeah.
brendan schaub
Did you see that he tweeted that came out today?
And he's on the bike in Venice going da-da-da-da-da.
Have you seen that?
unidentified
No.
bryan callen
Oh, my God.
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah, it's kind of hilarious.
What are you looking for, Jamie?
Just look it up.
Google it, you fuck.
brendan schaub
Yeah, him vs.
Frankie's a motherfucker.
joe rogan
Maybe it's on Instagram?
No way he took it down.
brendan schaub
No way.
unidentified
Hmm.
I didn't see it.
joe rogan
Did you look under media?
unidentified
Yeah, just this picture of this Russian Hammer Time.
joe rogan
How long is that from ago?
How long ago?
Hmm.
There's no way he took it down.
Did he take it down?
unidentified
Damn, he's using Square.
brendan schaub
Was it an Instagram post?
joe rogan
Let's see.
Did he take it down?
Is that possible?
No, I just found it, Jamie.
It's right there.
That's it.
I googled it in three seconds.
How dare you?
brendan schaub
How dare you, sir?
joe rogan
Pull it up.
Google it.
Okay, so this is...
Let's just play this while we're waiting for you to get your shit together.
Oh, damn.
Look at this.
unidentified
That's the MGM. That's the front.
That's the front of the MGM. Look at security.
brendan schaub
They can't do shit.
joe rogan
Now, show some of the other ones, because there's some other ones in the actual casino itself.
That's in the lobby of the casino.
bryan callen
Nuts.
joe rogan
It's fucking madness.
That's the same thing, the second series that I sent you.
It is madness, man.
Just absolutely madness.
brendan schaub
We haven't seen anything like this.
With this following, that Irish, I mean, they just love fighting.
It's in their blood.
And then you have this, fuck it, the Muhammad Ali of Ireland now.
joe rogan
And then some, right?
bryan callen
Ireland was always a battle with itself.
Ireland, because of the topography of Ireland, it would break up into what they called Tuaths, like clans, villages.
And they would always fight with each other.
joe rogan
Listen, I don't want to hear a fucking history lesson, son.
Here's the image.
See if you can find it, okay?
Well, Ireland's never had a star like this.
It says independent.co.uk.
You can find it there.
It's the whole thing.
Wake up, Jose.
It's all over.
brendan schaub
They've never had a star like this.
bryan callen
Jose.
brendan schaub
They've always wanted it.
Even guys who, you know, left on their shield, would get knocked out, but came back, they loved them.
Like, they were stars.
Now you have a legit fucking superstar.
joe rogan
A murderer.
Yeah.
A guy who's murking people.
I mean, to go through all that, the crazy UFC promo where they're meeting in the middle of the fucking strip and the fans behind them and the million dollar fucking production value of the commercial, the giant world tour, and then Aldo pulls out of the first fight, shows up for the second fight, and one fucking punch deads him.
I mean, that is...
brendan schaub
You can't write that shit.
joe rogan
You can't write that shit.
It's crazy.
That is a movie and a half.
That is the greatest superstar that country has ever known in all combat sports.
This is...
Well, that's just the image.
If you go to the actual website...
It's right there, Jamie.
Come on, man.
I just showed you how to get it.
I googled it while I'm talking.
It's ain't hard to do.
brendan schaub
You're not mad at that picture, Brian.
bryan callen
No.
joe rogan
No, he loves it.
bryan callen
But underneath it, it says...
It says right there, underneath it, By the way, Eve Edwards called me and left me a message.
He goes, hey, dude, I heard something weird.
Did you come out of the closet?
Are you gay?
And then I got another call from Kieran, same thing, going, hey, dude, I heard you were gay.
I was like, where are you hearing that I came out of the closet?
joe rogan
How about you just got done for 20 minutes slobbering over Luke Rockhold's cock?
bryan callen
Maybe it's me.
Maybe people are...
joe rogan
You and Ido Portal.
bryan callen
You think people are...
First of all, Ido Portal.
Don't make me say it again.
You think people are reading it?
You know what I'm saying?
You think...
joe rogan
There it is.
Wake up, Jose.
It's all over.
Oh, God.
Go back so you can see it all the way.
brendan schaub
Look at this.
joe rogan
Oh, no.
brendan schaub
That's mean.
joe rogan
Look at that fucking photo.
brendan schaub
December 1st.
joe rogan
That is just ridiculous.
bryan callen
Wow.
joe rogan
So that's an old photo that he reposted.
brendan schaub
Yes.
joe rogan
Wow.
brendan schaub
Because it came true.
unidentified
Wow.
joe rogan
Interesting.
bryan callen
Wow.
brendan schaub
That tattooed tiger is just too real to be cool.
You know what I'm saying?
joe rogan
It looks like 3D. Yeah, it's not a good placement.
brendan schaub
It's just, especially when you get abs like that, man.
joe rogan
Yeah.
bryan callen
Show the abs off.
joe rogan
I guess he doesn't give a fuck what he looks like, though.
brendan schaub
You know what?
joe rogan
As far as that goes.
brendan schaub
He doesn't have to.
joe rogan
He doesn't have to.
Do whatever he wants.
brendan schaub
He's knocking bitches out, making money, telling the UFC what the fuck to do.
joe rogan
What is he going to do when he retires?
I mean, the amount of juice that's going...
The amount of juice and adrenaline and excitement that's going through his veins right now, just the fucking electricity right now.
bryan callen
He'll be a promoter.
He'll be a promoter.
joe rogan
Shut the fuck up.
How do you ever match that?
brendan schaub
It's all downhill from here.
unidentified
God!
brendan schaub
It's all downhill.
joe rogan
Well, he might go Leonard Skinner style and die in a small plane crash.
brendan schaub
He might.
I could see that.
joe rogan
I just don't know.
A guy like this is like, the level of fame.
brendan schaub
Look at that.
joe rogan
Some guy got on top of the lion in the fucking MGM. God, look at that.
Security.
bryan callen
Uh-oh.
Get off the line, sir.
That's where we drive the line.
brendan schaub
They don't give a fuck.
Did you see them in the streets beforehand?
Did you hear about the Irish guys were on their way to Vegas and they got kicked off the flight for fighting?
joe rogan
Yeah.
brendan schaub
What?
joe rogan
Yeah, they didn't even make it to the fight.
brendan schaub
Conor McGregor fans.
bryan callen
My buddy went to a soccer game in Ireland.
They didn't get to the stadium.
There were so many fights.
It was nuts.
brendan schaub
That's what they do, huh?
joe rogan
Yeah, they're fucking animals now.
brendan schaub
Conor McGregor could be like a big-ass movie star or something.
unidentified
Oh, yeah.
brendan schaub
He says he's gotten offers, but he's not interested.
He goes, I don't have time for that.
joe rogan
Well, you know, what he's doing is smart, and what Ronda did was not smart in that regard, that she got distracted and spread herself thin, took all that short money, you know, it's a lot of money, but took it all, whereas Conor's like, no thanks.
bryan callen
I don't think it made a difference.
I think Holly Holm is a different fighter.
unidentified
I disagree.
bryan callen
I think she made a different fighter.
joe rogan
Well, it certainly made a difference, Brian.
When you distract yourself, you are distracted.
bryan callen
That makes a difference.
brendan schaub
I don't think that's Ronda's fault.
joe rogan
This is Brian standing up for distractions.
bryan callen
No.
Holly Holm is a much higher level striker and would have been regardless.
I just don't think you can compete with somebody like that who's that far advanced as a striker.
joe rogan
Well, certainly not striking.
bryan callen
And she's stronger than Rhonda.
That's what it looked like to me.
joe rogan
She's strong as fuck.
bryan callen
Yeah.
joe rogan
Well, you know, she's definitely leaner, you know, and looks more muscular and bigger.
And she's fought as high as 152 pounds.
bryan callen
And Rhonda, correct me if I'm wrong, is not a big double leg, single leg shooter.
She's a judo person.
She's got to get her hips close to you.
So when she has people who in her camp, like this guy Izzy or whoever it is, who can neutralize that judo, push her hips away, drop level when she gets close.
joe rogan
No dropping levels, man.
Here's the big thing.
They just avoided that left arm.
Rhonda always ties up with that left arm.
I mean, she does the same approach in almost all of her fights.
And it works on this amateur girl.
That's a good way of putting it.
It's not to say that, like, she doesn't have other approaches, but that is the approach that she's most comfortable with and she goes to more often.
And when it wasn't working, you know...
brendan schaub
You fucked.
bryan callen
You had that camp, game planning...
And they've seen a lot.
And I feel like they've game-planned for very, very good fighters who are men, who are a lot more complex.
And Ronda, for those guys, was probably much easier to game-plan.
And then they had Holly Holm, who's been striking with Ronald Johnson since she was 15. What you just said is really sexist.
joe rogan
I'm not talking to you anymore.
Sexist for men.
brendan schaub
Hey, man!
Come on, man!
joe rogan
You know what I mean.
You know, men.
Guys like me.
bryan callen
Hey!
You don't know that!
joe rogan
Well, I just heard you came out of the closet.
bryan callen
That's what I heard from Eve!
brendan schaub
See, Rhonda doing movies and those distractions, that's on her team.
That's not on Rhonda.
That's people going, you should do this.
No, you're fine.
joe rogan
You're so much better.
We know that she's got some shit advice coming her way.
But what is...
brendan schaub
A lot of people.
joe rogan
Yes.
What is her camp like?
You've been close to her while she's training.
What is her camp like?
brendan schaub
You know, I'm not going to go into crazy detail.
All I know is she works harder than anyone.
So if she gets with the right people, she's going to be a lot better.
If she gets with the right team that says, maybe don't do this movie right now.
Maybe let's save this movie after you beat Holly.
Maybe let's do this then.
joe rogan
Isn't that a problem now, too, because if she's prepping for the rematch, isn't she about to go do that Roadhouse movie?
brendan schaub
Roadhouse, yeah.
bryan callen
And isn't a problem that Roadhouse movie like movies are hard to sell when you're a badass when the world knows in your last fight you got flatlined I I would suggest it wouldn't be surprising to me the way Hollywood Hollywood works There where they go a lot of this movie was built on you being the baddest girl on the planet and undefeated Don't be surprised if sometimes those kinds of movies fall through they are they downgrade or maybe they just don't happen I wonder what kind of contract is involved, because she's got big-time movie agents.
joe rogan
I wonder if there's built-in protection against that shit.
I would assume there is.
brendan schaub
If I'm Dana White, I go, look at me.
You're not doing any fucking movies.
Your contract's with us.
We're not giving permission to do any of this.
So anyone who says, yes, you can make a movie and still beat Holly, I fire right now.
Anyone who goes, you can do this and still be world champion, is full of shit.
It's just not true.
joe rogan
What do you think about her fighting Holly in July?
brendan schaub
I don't know, man.
What the fuck is she going to do?
If she's filming Roadhouse while Holly's focused, like you just talked to Holly the other day, right?
What does she want to do?
Train.
joe rogan
She wants to go right back to the gym after the fight.
brendan schaub
Yes.
joe rogan
She might have gone to her fucking hotel room and hit pads.
brendan schaub
And Ronda can't eat solid foods.
And then she's gonna make a movie and then jump into camp in the same camp that has been telling her to do all this stuff.
joe rogan
Yeah.
brendan schaub
And the same...
You know, it's tough, man.
God bless her.
Hopefully shit works out, but...
It's a motherfucker, man.
joe rogan
It is a motherfucker, right?
If you wanted to get ready for a fight like that, you would want to go through a battery of physical tests.
Like, as far as your brain goes, CAT scans, MRIs.
Like, that was a fucking wallop she took.
And when, you know, I've had people on, like, Dr. Rhonda Patrick and Dr. Mark Gordon who talk about the damage to the pituitary gland and what happens when you get KO'd like that and how...
How important rest is in recovery and how long it takes to recover from something like that.
And then we saw the Anderson fight that we were just talking about.
How Anderson used to take this tremendous punch.
Then he fought Wybin and, you know, wasn't the same guy anymore.
Like, to jump right back in like this.
brendan schaub
Look at Mendez, too.
Mendez gets knocked out by Conor.
Gets right back in there.
We've never seen him get dropped so easily.
joe rogan
Not just drop.
Flatline with one punch.
brendan schaub
Flatline, man.
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
I mean, he came back.
brendan schaub
And Frankie's not a...
Frankie's a motherfucker, man.
He throws combos, and he's very active, and he's more of a barrage of punches than a combo puncher.
But Frankie's not a knockout artist by any means.
bryan callen
But there's also the factor of getting...
I would imagine any fighter who gets in the ring and realizes that they are just...
That's a riddle that's very hard to solve right now.
I would imagine for Ronda, as great as she is and as athletic as she is, You know, there's no doubt that Holly Holm looked like she was just far advanced in how to dispatch somebody with kicks, and she was disguising her kicks, punching and stuff like that.
I would imagine there's an emotional factor, which is, can I even do this?
Can I solve this riddle in six months?
That's not a lot of time to catch up to somebody who's that good.
joe rogan
Also, to let all the dust settle as far as, like, the devastation to your emotions, your confidence.
Yes.
Or, you know, Ronda's a very special kind of pit bull.
Is she chomping at the bit to get back in there?
I mean, is she like fired up and ready to go?
brendan schaub
She's a special person.
And I don't think there's a middle ground.
Either I think she's gonna come back and just be a fucking demon, Or we're going to see a shell and she's going to get fucking kicked in the face again and we never see her again.
bryan callen
I don't want to see that.
brendan schaub
I don't think there's a middle ground.
joe rogan
Even if she comes back in fucking phenomenal shape and gets fired up and motivated and does everything the right way and no distractions, Holly might still mark her.
brendan schaub
I agree.
Still doesn't have the skills to stand there and move and have good footwork and all that.
joe rogan
If she can't take Holly down...
She's fucked.
And not only that, what if Holly's game plan is even different this time?
What if she Muay Thai's the fuck out of those legs?
Because let me tell you something about Holly Holm.
That girl's got legs like a thoroughbred.
You see her bouncing around the outside and doing those flips?
brendan schaub
Who would you rather have a game plan for you?
Greg Jackson right now or the latter over in Glendale?
You know what I'm saying?
You got six months, son.
You got six months of the mad scientist Greg Jackson going, this is what we did this time, this is what we're going to do this time.
joe rogan
And Mike Winklejohn.
brendan schaub
And Izzy.
joe rogan
And Izzy.
bryan callen
Yikes.
brendan schaub
Oh, and now she has confidence.
joe rogan
Oh, and John Jones in her camp, and they train together.
bryan callen
I know what I'd do.
I'd fake an injury.
brendan schaub
Misha wants to fight her.
bryan callen
Misha's gonna get eaten up by Holly Holm.
joe rogan
With all due respect, Misha is not gonna fight that way.
She's not gonna charge after her like that.
brendan schaub
It's a different animal.
joe rogan
It's a good fight.
brendan schaub
I don't know who wins that.
joe rogan
It's a good fight.
Misha's got a different style of takedowns.
She'll shoot for doubles.
If she gets the clinch, she'll vary her approach.
She's got Ricky Lundell working with her, who's also an excellent grappling coach.
She's got some good things going for her.
You know, what you're dealing with also is when you see a fighter get into the octagon, you don't know what kind of injuries they've had, you don't know what they're dealing with in training camp that they're trying to overcome.
Like, when Luke Rockhold said after the fight that he had staph infection, like, I talked to Bob Cook about it.
Bob Cook, right when they, I go, congratulations, he goes, he almost fucking pulled out of the fight.
I go, what?
He goes, yeah, he's just had really bad staph.
He's been on antibiotics for two weeks.
I go, are you fucking kidding me?
unidentified
It's crazy.
joe rogan
So, you'd never know.
Now, when Holly fought Raquel Pennington, she did not look very good.
And that was one of the reasons why I didn't think that was a good fight to have right now.
She had a split decision victory over Raquel Pennington.
I mean, Raquel almost beat her.
She came within a hair of beating her.
brendan schaub
Let me ask you this, Joe.
I want to say more well-rounded athletes.
Whenever we see a fighter who charges, like it's almost no skill just to rush forward.
They get fucked up by the better fighter.
See Aldo?
Fucked up.
Ronda?
Fucked up.
We see these people, they fight so emotionally, they come straight forward.
And then you see the more talented fighter like, what the fuck?
unidentified
Bink!
joe rogan
Yeah, you can't do that.
I mean, Rhonda was way more successful than Aldo at it, and she...
brendan schaub
She's fighting lesser competition, so it worked.
joe rogan
Yeah.
Well, Holly's a fucking high...
For women, Holly is very high level.
brendan schaub
And it didn't work.
joe rogan
As high level as it were.
Not only did it work, but she ate a lot of shots before that one that took her out.
brendan schaub
Yes.
That's what I'm saying.
You get these superior athletes who, it's like, you're gonna rush forward and do what?
I'm gonna fuck you up.
joe rogan
Rhonda does have a fucking phenomenal chin.
Hopefully still.
But you look at the shots that she took, that fucking elbow, that one elbow that clean, as she's coming after her, she blasts her in the jaw with an elbow.
brendan schaub
It's really the first time we've ever seen her get hit.
joe rogan
By a really good striker.
And you know, it was one of the things that we were discussing before the fight of like, what do you gotta watch out for Holly?
When we're doing the pre-fight breakdown, I was like, she's so good at shielding her kicks with punches.
You don't see them coming.
She's hitting you at the end of these punches, and then the kick's already coming.
You know, when you watch her RFA fight, was it RFA she fought in?
You watch all her other MMA fights in smaller organizations, those kicks come out of nowhere, man.
You know, and she knows when to land them.
You know, she doesn't show them until she's ready to land them, and then ba-blam!
brendan schaub
Did you see a parade in Albuquerque?
joe rogan
20,000 people.
brendan schaub
No!
bryan callen
Really?
joe rogan
20,000 people came out to see her in Albuquerque.
She told me she's happy to be in Vegas because at least it's relaxed.
She can't go anywhere in Albuquerque.
She said she tries to go to a restaurant to have a meal.
There's a line of people at her table that want to take photos with her.
They won't let her put food in her mouth.
bryan callen
That's exhausting.
That's managing championship, managing the attention.
joe rogan
First of all, those people are fucking rude.
Don't mess with someone when they're eating.
That is weird.
That's my first time.
I can't believe I'm seeing you.
I don't care about your steak.
unidentified
What about me?
joe rogan
Oh, you think you're too good for me?
bryan callen
Well, you deal with it.
You deal with that in a crazy way.
joe rogan
Oh, I don't deal with it like she deals with it.
Not like that.
70 people waiting in line.
brendan schaub
You deal with some shit, though.
Even when we were at EBI, I was like, good lord, man.
Are we ever going to get in here?
joe rogan
It gets a little weird, but it doesn't get...
It's also different because I'm a man.
There's not a bunch of people looking to rape me.
bryan callen
Right.
brendan schaub
You look like raping Holly Holmes.
She didn't kick you right in the dick.
bryan callen
Right in the dick.
brendan schaub
Go ahead and try and rape her.
bryan callen
She'll pancake that dick of yours.
brendan schaub
There's a couple girls you don't want to try and rape.
joe rogan
And scream.
unidentified
Hey!
bryan callen
And do that.
Hey!
That's how I'm hitting mitts now.
I make Holly Holm.
The people are like, is that Holly Holm?
No, it's Brian Callen.
Holy shit.
He's got the same legs.
joe rogan
They can tell the difference when they hear the impact, too.
bryan callen
I don't know, man.
joe rogan
Yeah.
bryan callen
I don't know.
I got crisp, crisp strikes.
joe rogan
I've seen you kick the bag, and it was very sad.
bryan callen
That's not true.
That's not true, because I wasn't opening up.
If I open up...
brendan schaub
When I open up, Master Kim?
bryan callen
And when I do this, Master Kim?
joe rogan
My next studio is going to have a full gym set up, and I'll let you kick the bed.
We'll videotape it.
bryan callen
It's going to be scary.
You're going to let me kick the videotape?
brendan schaub
No, I'm going to record it, you're going to kick, and then you're going to kick.
bryan callen
He's not going to do that.
brendan schaub
Then we're going to have a fan vote off.
joe rogan
He definitely won't do that.
bryan callen
I kick very hard.
joe rogan
That'll make you sad.
bryan callen
I kick very hard.
They call me Brian.
My nickname when I fought and I'm not being a dick.
Listen, I say do.
They call me Brian Luke Rockhold Callum.
They call me Brian Luke Rockhold Callum.
unidentified
You know what?
brendan schaub
You know on stage?
bryan callen
Well, they do that now.
unidentified
When we do the live shows, everyone goes, let's see a kick!
brendan schaub
Do a kick!
bryan callen
My wheel kick is sick!
joe rogan
What I need to do is get you some of these barbell jeans so you can throw kicks with tight pants on.
bryan callen
I'm obsessed with those, please.
joe rogan
This is the shit, man.
Apparently Diesel makes them too.
bryan callen
I asked you, I need some.
I have a beautiful backside.
joe rogan
Contact them.
Get a hold of them.
I'm sure they follow you.
Get a hold of them, you lazy fuck.
Jesus Christ.
Or you could always just order them.
bryan callen
Let's get these chairs and let's get some barbell jeans.
joe rogan
Ergo Depot.
bryan callen
Go to Ergo Depot.
joe rogan
These are called Capisco.
Capisco, the jeans?
bryan callen
Stand up.
Let me see how tight they are on you.
They're tight.
joe rogan
You got a dick on you, though.
bryan callen
Rogan has a dick.
I know he does.
That's not bad.
joe rogan
Dude, they're like sweatpants.
bryan callen
Look at that.
brendan schaub
Bro, you're basically winning joggers.
bryan callen
Dude, you're like Anderson Silva with those knees.
brendan schaub
They're joggers with jeans.
joe rogan
There's no binding.
bryan callen
You're ridiculously flexible.
You really are.
It's so stupid.
brendan schaub
Do you show off in yoga?
joe rogan
No, I just do yoga.
There's girls in my class that are a hundred times more flexible than me.
This is one Indian chick in my yoga class that does that bow pose where she gets her foot literally up in the air, like way above her head.
bryan callen
It's crazy.
unidentified
It's insane.
brendan schaub
When it gets crazy like that, I sit there like this.
joe rogan
Dude, you get competitive?
brendan schaub
I don't get competitive.
I don't want to blow my asshole out, so I just sit there.
I'm just like, nope.
joe rogan
Ain't for the big guy.
How often have you been doing this yoga?
brendan schaub
Three times a week.
joe rogan
That's awesome, dude.
brendan schaub
I love it.
joe rogan
Oh, it's so good for your body, right?
brendan schaub
I love it, man.
joe rogan
Do you feel like your body, like your back's loosening up and your neck and everything?
unidentified
Loosen up.
brendan schaub
For me, it's more of a mental thing.
I just feel great after I do it.
joe rogan
Me too.
More compassionate, relaxed, friendly.
brendan schaub
I'm bored, man.
I don't want to say I'm bored with jiu-jitsu, but it's all the same to me, you know?
Like, I'm going the same guy, so I wasn't feeling, like, very motivated.
joe rogan
Why don't you move around?
Go to a different gym every now and then?
Are you going gi or all no gi?
brendan schaub
It just depends.
I'll do both.
I'll do both.
A lot of no gi, but I'll do both.
joe rogan
Have you thought about doing jiu-jitsu competitions?
brendan schaub
I don't know when I find the time to put the proper training into it.
joe rogan
Right.
And is it because of doing the podcast or are you about to have a kid?
brendan schaub
Everything.
joe rogan
A lot going on.
brendan schaub
Podcasts, shows, everything, man.
bryan callen
It takes a lot of time.
He does all the merchandising and everything.
brendan schaub
And I wouldn't want to do myself a disservice by showing up half-assed.
I would never do that.
So unless I can be 100%, there's no way I'd sign up for one.
What if, like, Metamorris came at you or one of those other organizations that's doing, like, EBI? If EBI, I would help, you know, if Eddie approached me and we talked about it as the right timing, I would do it.
I don't know if I'd do Metamorris again just because of personal issues.
bryan callen
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
brendan schaub
But with Eddie, I would...
joe rogan
Like some super fight type deal?
brendan schaub
Yeah, I love Eddie.
If he said, hey, I want you to do a super fight here and it was the right time, I'd do it.
bryan callen
Would you fight me?
joe rogan
Would you fight Cyborg again?
When I say Cyborg, for folks listening, we're not talking about Christina.
Is it Christina?
Yeah, Christina Cyborg.
The female Cyborg.
Yeah.
Well, it used to be Santos and Justino, I think it is.
brendan schaub
I think you're right.
joe rogan
She's Invicta women's 145 pound champion.
We're talking about Ricardo Abreu, who's also known as Cyborg.
Not to be confused with Cyborg Evangelista.
brendan schaub
He's also the number one grappler in the world.
joe rogan
Yes.
Well, he's...
Very high.
Is there a number one guy?
brendan schaub
He was number one because he beat Bouchesha last year, I think, in Abu Dhabi.
So technically he was absolute.
joe rogan
He's a beast.
He's a fucking monster.
unidentified
He's a beast.
joe rogan
He's a fucking monster.
And his tornado guard.
God damn it, man.
You watch that guy.
unidentified
He's a motherfucker.
joe rogan
He's amazing.
brendan schaub
He's amazing.
joe rogan
And his strength and conditioning videos are also super inspirational.
All the crazy shit that he does.
That guy's a beast.
brendan schaub
I'm a fan, man.
joe rogan
And you know what else I like about him?
He's like a crazy world traveler.
He goes all around the world.
He travels to see the world.
unidentified
Really?
joe rogan
Yeah, I follow him on Instagram.
He's really cool.
brendan schaub
Yeah.
joe rogan
Good dude.
He's talking about wanderlust.
He loves going.
He was in South Africa.
He goes to Africa.
He goes to all these different places.
Every couple months, his Instagram is him in some new country, having a good time, doing jujitsu.
brendan schaub
Does he post pictures of his girl on Instagram?
joe rogan
I don't know.
brendan schaub
Her ass.
You could sit this fucking coconut.
bryan callen
Really?
brendan schaub
He walked by, I was like, God damn.
You might have got the shop shut down, but you win, my man.
Your girl is ridiculous.
bryan callen
He's a big, handsome guy.
joe rogan
So is yours, by the way.
brendan schaub
Yeah, it's true.
joe rogan
Both of you guys shut them down there, too.
It's a double shop shutdown.
He's like, yeah, but look at that.
Oh, shit.
Neutralized.
unidentified
Damn.
Neutralized, sir.
Check out this LA ass, son.
bryan callen
Shop how?
joe rogan
Shop how?
That would be fascinating, though, to see you guys under that rule set, too.
That EBI rule set is dope.
I love the fucking...
We're talking about Eddie Bravo put together this invitational tournament that Brendan and I went to yesterday and Joey Diaz, and it was fucking sensational.
unidentified
Best...
brendan schaub
Best I've ever seen.
unidentified
So good.
brendan schaub
I texted you this morning.
I said, bro, I've been to a lot of jiu-jitsu competitions.
I've been in, you know, high level one myself.
I've never seen anything like that.
From start to beginning, you're like, oh, shit.
joe rogan
This is what's great about it.
It cuts out all of the, like, no one's going to be in danger.
It's going to be, you know, like a total stalemate.
Even if it's a total stalemate, which some of them were, at the end of ten minutes, you go into positions.
Like, you remember in wrestling, how you'd start off behind someone?
Well, in this, Eddie will start you off.
You have a choice of one or two options.
You could take spiderweb.
Spiderweb means someone's defending the arm bar, but you have both legs locked.
On the ground.
They're on their back flat.
You're inside control with one arm hooked and you're holding onto the leg.
That's how you're allowed to start.
Ready, set, go.
And you start from there.
Or the other position is you take the back, both hooks in, over, under.
Not under the chin, but over, under like this.
They're allowed to hold on.
They're defending.
They hold onto your hand.
Ready, set, go.
And then it's a battle for there.
So everyone's in fucking danger.
Everyone's in danger.
brendan schaub
It's very similar to college football over time.
Where you're both in a dangerous position, whoever scores first.
And then the cool thing is, whoever got out fastest at the end actually won.
So if there's no submission.
joe rogan
So if there's no submission, so they'll do like three rounds of it?
Is it three rounds?
brendan schaub
Three rounds, back and forth.
joe rogan
One, you go, he goes.
bryan callen
You get advantage, he gets advantage.
joe rogan
Or whoever taps the person first gets it.
But if you go and you tap him, he has an opportunity to tap you next.
Because he gets position, just like college football.
Incredible.
It's so good.
So we're at the Orpheum.
It's sold out.
There's thousands of people.
They're fucking jujitsu fans, and they're going crazy.
We had so much fun.
unidentified
Wow.
joe rogan
It was so good for Eddie Bravo.
Eddie Bravo's killing it.
He's fucking killing it.
Eddie Bravo's got 50 fucking schools, okay?
I think more now.
I'm saying 50. That's the last count I know of.
I think he opened up a couple more of them all across the country.
He's got affiliates in other countries.
unidentified
How about in the next show?
joe rogan
Yeah.
bryan callen
The next show is in Mexico City.
joe rogan
$50,000 grand prize.
bryan callen
He's gonna be a mogul.
joe rogan
For grappling.
For grappling.
50 grand.
bryan callen
It's about doing what you do really well and focusing just on that.
joe rogan
And loving it.
And he's got the best personality ever.
He's just such a character.
He's the greatest.
And he's joking around while he's refereeing.
He's saying funny things while he's refereeing.
But not trying.
You know, like something happened and he jokes around about it.
unidentified
It was great, man.
brendan schaub
It was a cool venue, man.
joe rogan
We enjoyed the fuck out of it.
It's just so nice to see someone figure out a way to make grappling really exciting.
brendan schaub
I was planning to leave early.
I'm not going to lie to you.
I was like, what lie can I tell?
unidentified
I get a little depressed here.
brendan schaub
But then, you know, because usually Jiu-Jitsu takes forever and it's kind of boring.
That shit was thrilling.
Riddling, son.
joe rogan
Well, I wasn't gonna miss it for the world.
In fact, I flew in from Vegas.
I got up at 5 in the morning.
I went from Vegas.
I took the airplane to LA, drove to Disneyland, hung out with my family till 4 o'clock, got in my car, drove to Eddie's thing, went from 5 to 8.30 at Eddie's thing.
brendan schaub
It's fucking nuts, man.
You know how I think on the Whitney Cummings podcast you said, you look at Kevin Hart and he makes you feel lazy, so you want to work harder?
Yeah, I think you mentioned something like that.
That's what you do for me.
I was talking about it with someone the other day.
bryan callen
You're talking to me about it.
brendan schaub
Yeah, I'm like, dude, what the fuck?
unidentified
On the podcast.
brendan schaub
Yeah, because sometimes I'm still in my fighter kind of mindset where it's like, okay, Monday through Friday you do work.
Saturday you take off.
Sunday you take completely off.
And then reset on Monday.
And then Wednesday's light days.
So, you know, I'm kind of used to that.
But there's none of that in this world I'm in now.
bryan callen
Not when we're doing that web series.
Not when we're coming up with ideas.
brendan schaub
But all this, man.
And then I text you.
I'm like, dude, you're fucking nuts.
I can't believe you do that.
And you text me and you said, I don't waste time.
I screenshot that.
You're like, I don't fucking waste time.
bryan callen
It was like when somebody wanted your number and you were like, you know what?
I don't have time for people like that.
I don't want to deal with that.
joe rogan
I enjoy a lot of things and what I've found that the best way to live my life for me, I'm not saying, you know, other people, some people really love their life to sit around and fuck off.
When I sit around and fuck off, I don't like me.
I like to get things done.
But the things that I do, they're recreational.
They're all fun.
Like Disneyland was fun as fuck with my kids.
Eddie Bravo Invitational was fun as fuck.
The UFC was fun as fuck.
My sold-out show at the Ca Theater where they do the Cirque du Soleil at MGM. With Joey Diaz and Jim Norton, Friday night, fun as fuck.
bryan callen
Fuck as fun as fuck, too.
joe rogan
Those are jobs, right?
But those are fun things.
Yeah.
And, you know, training is fun.
Stand-up comedy couldn't be any funner.
You know, the only real work work is, like, I've got to discipline myself to sometimes work out when I don't want to, write when I don't want to.
But I... This is how I feel.
It's harder for me to not do what I'm supposed to do than it is for me to do what I'm supposed to do.
Because if I don't do what I'm supposed to do, then I deal with regret and doubt.
I've done it before.
I've done it a lot of my life.
I've felt those feelings.
I don't like it.
So what I do is I just don't do that.
I just say, well, what is the difference?
If I don't do it, then I'm going to have to feel like I didn't do it and feel like a loser.
So get after it, bitch.
brendan schaub
Well, I think it's good just for people to know your schedule because you're at where you're at, you know what I'm saying?
Because of your work ethic.
So for me, if I look at someone, it's like, God, how'd they get there?
Fuck, man.
The schedule is insane.
joe rogan
It's very rare that someone is successful that doesn't have a crazy schedule.
brendan schaub
Yes.
joe rogan
And if they are, they're not going to appreciate it.
But it's all like, what is where you're at?
Is where you're at where you want to be?
Are you enjoying it?
Because what I'm happy about the most is that I enjoy what I do.
If I was working as a CEO of some fucking corporation or something like that, and I was putting all these crazy hours, like the same kind of hours I put in now, the same kind of effort, I'd probably be a miserable, drunk, pill-popping psychopath who's just looking to escape and go bang hookers or something.
I'd be looking for some sort of a release.
bryan callen
You need to know why you're doing it.
Like, I think you've got to get back to the why sometimes when you lose motivation.
You've got to go back to the why.
What are you really trying to do?
You know, it's like with stand-up, I was thinking about this this weekend a lot, and you get to a point in stand-up, and you know this, is making a lot of people laugh for an hour is not really...
A lot of people can do that.
Are you growing?
Are you writing new stuff?
Are you being thematic?
Are you surprising yourself?
Are you coming up with a whole new angle, a new idea?
Or are you falling back on your old tricks?
Even if it's a variation on that theme.
And that challenge never goes away.
joe rogan
Yeah, there's that feeling when you don't do a new joke because you're scared of it, it's not going so well, so you go back to some old stuff you know works, and it gets a laugh, and it kills, but you feel hollow.
bryan callen
You feel dead inside.
Yeah, exactly.
joe rogan
Well, you can't fake yourself.
unidentified
No.
joe rogan
You can't trick yourself.
bryan callen
No.
joe rogan
The guys who can are monsters.
bryan callen
Ugh.
unidentified
Terrible.
bryan callen
I can't do it.
I feel unauthentic.
And also, when you do stand-up, you have people coming back to see you three times or whatever.
You owe it to them.
I can't come back with the same bag of tricks.
And it's really hard to write new material.
It's really hard to have a new hour and be thematic after a year.
It's really, really difficult.
But part of me dies when I go back sometimes to Old Faithful just to get that laugh.
joe rogan
It's not satisfying.
But you also have to be entertaining.
One of the things I said, I talked to Jim Jeffries about this.
I'm like, when you do, not Jim Jeffries, Jim Gaffigan.
I'm like, when you do a new special, do you abandon all your own material?
He goes, yeah, a lot of it.
But he goes, it's important for me to do new stuff, but it's also important for me to do well.
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
It's like, the people pay a lot of money to come see me.
I have to make sure the show is really good.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
bryan callen
And sometimes I get people shout out, they like some of the old stuff.
They want to see the old songs.
So you'll give it to them and stuff.
joe rogan
Well Jeffries has, or excuse me, Gaffigan, I keep doing that.
Gaffigan has that with that Hot Pockets thing.
It's almost like you can't do stand-up without doing that Hot Pocket thing.
brendan schaub
People want to see it.
joe rogan
Yeah, and sometimes Louis C.K., they'll yell out, bag of dicks.
Had some, that bag of dicks joke.
brendan schaub
Yeah.
bryan callen
Yeah, man, you miss some of those old beats and those old songs.
I think if you're not constantly a little bit uncomfortable, this is gonna sound weird, but I was thinking about this.
I go and spar with Chris Van Erden.
He doesn't beat me up.
He doesn't hit me.
I mean, he'll hit me, but I say, just don't break my jaw.
Please don't hit me in the nose.
But I'm nervous.
I'm always nervous.
I don't want to go spar.
I don't want to do it.
I'm nervous.
And we move around and we'll go four rounds.
I'm exhausted.
I look like shit.
I get hit.
I don't feel good.
But when I do that and I feel uncomfortable and I sit in my car and I'm all sweaty and I did a bad job, but I overcame that fear on a Saturday and I went and did it anyway, something happens.
Where I get more creative, where I just start writing.
I don't know what it is, but it opens up a different channel.
brendan schaub
It's brain trauma.
bryan callen
Maybe.
joe rogan
It's also a lack of regret, because you don't have the regret that you didn't shy away from something that was challenging to you.
Instead, you embraced it, and then you got excited to the fact that you did it.
Hey, I did it.
And being excited about things also is like creative fuel.
bryan callen
I think it's so important to do that.
brendan schaub
I tell you what, I'm not finding that physically.
I get it mentally from all the shows and our merchandise and doing all this in the podcast, but as far as physically...
bryan callen
Ito Bordeaux.
Take his class.
Take Ito Bordeaux.
joe rogan
But you're getting it a little bit out of...
I just realized that's a Fighter and the Kid t-shirt, the Metallica shirt.
brendan schaub
Yeah, you're not mad at that.
bryan callen
That's our West Coast tour.
unidentified
I can't wait for Scrooge McDuck.
joe rogan
There will be a Scrooge McDuck fighter in the kid's shirt.
I will be wearing it on this podcast.
It will be limited edition because Warner Brothers will find out about it.
And it will be a problem.
brendan schaub
We'll release it on the darkness.
joe rogan
He's going to have to sell it only with Bitcoin.
So nobody can get money out of it.
Sue, huh?
I didn't get any money for those.
bryan callen
We're out of here.
It's 4.30.
Come see me at the Atlanta Improv this weekend, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
joe rogan
I heard it's a great room.
bryan callen
It's a great room.
joe rogan
I love Atlanta.
bryan callen
I love it.
joe rogan
I'm doing the Tabernacle there in January, I think?
Sold out.
Sorry.
bryan callen
You do theaters?
brendan schaub
Fire and the Kid Live.
joe rogan
You know how I do.
brendan schaub
Fire and the Kid Live.
Go to tfatk.com.
bryan callen
How are we doing?
We got Seattle.
How are we doing, Seattle, Portland?
brendan schaub
Seattle, Portland, Vegas, San Diego.
joe rogan
Everyone else sold out.
Fighterandthekidlive.com, is that what it is?
brendan schaub
Nope, it's just tfatk.com.
bryan callen
Atlanta Improv this weekend!
joe rogan
T-Fat K, and I'm at the Bob Carr Theater in Orlando on Friday night.
Alright, see you later, you fucks.
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