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Joe Rogan Experience #1304 - Brendan Schaub

Brendan Schaub is a mixed martial artist, former pro football player, and comedian. He hosts a podcast with Bryan Callen called “The Fighter & The Kid” and "The King & The Sting" with Theo Von both available on iTunes. His comedy special "You'd Be Surprised" is available now on Showtime.

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  1. 0:001:28

    Showtime special nerves, editing pain, and handling criticism

    1. JR

      Australia, two-

    2. BS

      Salute, my brother.

    3. JR

      Salute, brother.

    4. BS

      Oh, yeah.

    5. JR

      What does it feel like having a Showtime special?

    6. BS

      (laughs)

    7. JR

      (laughs)

    8. BS

      I don't know. I feel the same. A little more stressed out.

    9. JR

      A little stressed out?

    10. BS

      Yeah.

    11. JR

      Yeah, stay away from them comments, son. There's a whole deal with all that stuff, man. You put it out, you watch it, you hate it-

    12. BS

      Yep.

    13. JR

      ... you get better.

    14. BS

      Yeah.

    15. JR

      It forces ya.

    16. BS

      Yep.

    17. JR

      Forces you to work. I fucking hate everything I do, so there's no- there's no (laughs) getting around it. You're gonna hate it.

    18. BS

      You hate hearing yourself, right?

    19. JR

      Ugh. Y- the editing is painful.

    20. BS

      Oh, man.

    21. JR

      Ooh.

    22. BS

      The worst.

    23. JR

      But you'll get better.

    24. BS

      Yeah.

    25. JR

      You just take the- some of the criticism to heart, understand what people are saying.

    26. BS

      For sure.

    27. JR

      And just, uh, fucking keep on keeping on, my brother.

    28. BS

      Yeah, I'm- I'm happy about it. I just- I- I- I don't- I think I'm stressed out this week 'cause last week I was doing publicity for, like, New York-

    29. JR

      Mm-hmm.

    30. BS

      ... like, hustling, doing all that.

  2. 1:289:58

    Comedians roasting each other: Gaffigan vs. Neal Brennan and the art of bowing out

    1. JR

      Did you see Gaffigan and Neil- and Neal Brennan?

    2. BS

      No.

    3. JR

      Dude.

    4. BS

      No way.

    5. JR

      Gaff- Gaffigan lit Neal Brennan on fire-

    6. BS

      For what?

    7. JR

      ... and shit on his embers.

    8. BS

      F- no.

    9. JR

      Yes, he did.

    10. BS

      For what?

    11. JR

      Neal started it.

    12. BS

      Why?

    13. JR

      Neal started it. I'm gonna- I'm gonna send it to Jamie. I'm gonna send it to Jamie in the-

    14. BS

      Oh, I'm so excited for this.

    15. JR

      ... in my Sober October text message group. And listen, I love Neal.

    16. BS

      Oh, Neal's one of my favorite people.

    17. JR

      He's not- I'm not- but when someone gets roasted, someone gets roasted.

    18. BS

      Yeah, there's nothing-

    19. JR

      And- and- and it's even better because he started it. He started it for no reason.

    20. BS

      Oh, no.

    21. JR

      Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He tried to be snarky. Here, Jamie, I'm sending this to you right now.

    22. BS

      Jim Gaffigan is a mon-mon-mon-monster fantastic in Transylvania 3.

    23. JR

      Um, ya- was he?

    24. BS

      Oh, amazing.

    25. JR

      Oh, I saw that.

    26. BS

      Van Helsing too.

    27. JR

      Which one was he?

    28. BS

      He was Van Helsing.

    29. JR

      Was he really?

    30. BS

      Yeah.

  3. 9:5812:13

    Australia & New Zealand touring, and why driving on the ‘wrong’ side still exists

    1. BS

      And that's America. But also, isn't there parts of Australia and Africa where no one's really there so if we had to, we could colonize that and, like, make it more livable?

    2. JR

      Bro, the onl- the parts of Australia where no one lives, no one wants to live. You don't wanna live in the fucking middle-

    3. BS

      Could be tough.

    4. JR

      ... where all the crocodiles are and shit.

    5. BS

      Yeah, but we could figure it out.

    6. JR

      Yeah, you could figure it out, but it's-

    7. BS

      Shoot a couple crocs, build a loft.

    8. JR

      Fucking snakes everywhere that'll kill you. I mean, there's a lot of parts of Austr- Australia's huge. It's as big as the United States.

    9. BS

      It's so big and th- but there's giant parts of Africa, too.

    10. JR

      Mm-hmm.

    11. BS

      Giant parts where we could live if we had to.

    12. JR

      But Australia has less people than LA.

    13. BS

      I know.

    14. JR

      The whole goddamn country.

    15. BS

      You've been there, right?

    16. JR

      Yeah, a bunch. I love it.

    17. BS

      Love it there.

    18. JR

      Love it. Nice people.

    19. BS

      You've done- you've done ... I'm sure you've done comedy.

    20. JR

      Yeah, yeah.

    21. BS

      Yeah, yeah.

    22. JR

      A bunch of times.

    23. BS

      The best.

    24. JR

      Yeah, Sydney, Melbourne, uh, M- Melbourne's great. L-

    25. BS

      Amazing.

    26. JR

      I love Sydney, too, though. I have a great time there.

    27. BS

      You've been to New Zealand?

    28. JR

      Yeah. No, never been to New Zealand.

    29. BS

      Oh.

    30. JR

      I heard it's amazing.

  4. 12:1319:28

    Luxury car economics: right-hand-drive bargains, Ferraris as status, and collector gatekeeping

    1. BS

      But here's, here's a l- here's a little, uh, loophole. Like, if you want a dope ass, like, rare car, you can get one with driving on the right and it's gonna be cheaper. So if you want, like, a Ferrari F12 TDF, like a limited one-

    2. JR

      Mm-hmm.

    3. BS

      ... you can save money if you get one that's set up on the right 'cause they're hard, they're h-

    4. JR

      Set up on the right like a English car would be?

    5. BS

      Yeah. Yeah.

    6. JR

      Really?

    7. BS

      'Cause they're harder to resell because there's less-

    8. JR

      Good.

    9. BS

      ... less people.

    10. JR

      Just throw them away.

    11. BS

      Oh, come on, dude s-

    12. JR

      Fix it. Break something off.

    13. BS

      But you could just drive on the right. Who gives ... You're still in that dope ass ride.

    14. JR

      Can they switch it out? Can they switch it out?

    15. BS

      Ugh. It'd be expensive. Probably just buy it on the other side for half the price.

    16. JR

      Whoa. Imagine. Like, what are they gonna do? Switch it out.

    17. BS

      They'd have to change everything. That's a nightmare.

    18. JR

      I saw they did that to this Revology car, this 1965 Mustang. They built one that was on right-hand drive. And I'm looking at them, I'm like, "This is all so screwy." Like, why would they do ... Why would people not come to an agreement on which side of the road to drive on?

    19. BS

      It's very strange they just stick with it.

    20. JR

      All over the world. Yeah. And it differs. Differs from ... Like, in Europe, it differs from country to country.

    21. BS

      Yeah.

    22. JR

      You got to-

    23. BS

      It's almost an ego thing now, right? Where they're like, "Nah, fuck it. We refuse to change." Ah, most of the world's on the left though, man. We don't care.

    24. JR

      Yeah. Well, Germany makes the best cars or some of the best cars.

    25. BS

      For sure.

    26. JR

      They're on the left.

    27. BS

      Europe makes the best cars and they're on the left, right?

    28. JR

      Yeah. America makes some pretty good cars, but really, the reality is they can't go toe to toe with Europe.

    29. BS

      No.

    30. JR

      They just can't.

  5. 19:2823:06

    Mechanical vs. electric thrills: Porsches, custom builds, and Tesla ‘Ludicrous’ reality

    1. JR

      What I like about, like, custom cars is that they're mechanical. Like when I talk about, like, muscle cars or Porsches or stuff like that, what I like is that they're, they're mechanical.

    2. BS

      Yeah.

    3. JR

      Like, they're all stick shifts, manual transmissions. You feel the gears and you feel the ... I like that.

    4. BS

      I love that.

    5. JR

      Yeah. I'm, that's ... I'm into that for whatever reason. But I'm also into that fucking Tesla. That Tesla's got me hooked.

    6. BS

      Yeah, for sure.

    7. JR

      That thing puts a smile on my face. I know you-

    8. BS

      Does it really?

    9. JR

      Oh my God.

    10. BS

      More so than when you're in Porsches?

    11. JR

      Nope.

    12. BS

      There you go.

    13. JR

      No. Not more so.

    14. BS

      All right. Oh, man's gonna walk out.

    15. JR

      No. Different smile.

    16. BS

      Different smile.

    17. JR

      Yeah, it's like, "Wow, the future's weird."

    18. BS

      Yeah.

    19. JR

      'Cause it just ... It's-

    20. BS

      Doesn't make your day car.

    21. JR

      ... so much more capable. No, no, no, no, it's not ferocious.

    22. BS

      No. A No- Yeah.

    23. JR

      Like Ferrari's f- ferocious. (imitates engine revving) That noise, the engine explosions behind your ear, mid-engine car, that's a different thing. Like a muscle car, (imitates engine revving) that rumble, the fucking big-ass V8 and the fat tailpipes. That's a different feel, you know?

    24. BS

      Completely different.

    25. JR

      Yeah, what you get from a Tesla is like, "Whoa." Every other car just seems stupid. It's like you're just making a lot of noise, but it just ... This thing just goes quicker. It goes places. It, like ... What the Tesla does, it violates what you think the laws of driving are in terms of, like, how quick a car can get from there to there. And it does it with no sound, so it's strange.

    26. BS

      But ... And there's no ... There's no torque or anything, right?

    27. JR

      Oh, Jesus Christ.

    28. BS

      It's just zero to hundr- It's just zero to-

    29. JR

      It's like 1,000 foot pounds of torque.

    30. BS

      But isn't it just like ... Like a video game.

  6. 23:0631:32

    True crime rabbit hole: nightmares, serial killer fascination, and the JonBenét case

    1. BS

      Dude, I, I've been in this ... And I've been having terrible dreams. I need to get off of it or just figure out how to deal, manage it better. But I was doing a, uh, show on Sirius with Jim Norton and he brought in this ... The guy who basically created Mindhunter. He was this like ... He's interviewed all the serial killers and speaks to them.

    2. JR

      Oh, yeah.

    3. BS

      And they brought him in. I think his name is John Douglas. They brought him in and he's just talking a ... It was fascinating. I was like, "Oh shit." So I got his book, almost finished his book. I'm like, "This is great, man." And then started listening to a podcast he's on. It's just about, like, murder and death. And I started looking up all this Charles Manson stuff and I've been having awful nightmares and been a little depressed. And you know me, I'm ... It's very rare I'm down. It's just a dark fucking world, man.

    4. JR

      Yeah, you c- ... Watch those true crime shows though, fuck your head up, man.

    5. BS

      (sighs) Dude, it makes you scared of-

    6. JR

      You don't want that.

    7. BS

      ... everything.

    8. JR

      You don't want that in your life.

    9. BS

      But it's also going on.

    10. JR

      It's going on-

    11. BS

      Right?

    12. JR

      ... in very small numbers. Very, very small numbers, but it is going on. What it is is like people that have been abused, people that have been fucked up, psychopaths, and people that have been through the correction system, thr- through the penal system. Yeah. That's a lot of it.

    13. BS

      It's so dark, man.

    14. JR

      There's not that many of them.

    15. BS

      And this, this guy has, uh, three daughters. And I was like, "How can you ..." Like, he was telling about this seven-year-old, terrible story. And, uh, I was like, "How can you go home, man, and sleep?" He's like, "Eventually, you know, it's just a job. Like, it does affect me a little bit."

    16. JR

      Oh.

    17. BS

      I'm like, I'm like, "Do you just lock up your kids?" Like, I'd be ... Like, just from hearing you, I, I don't want my son going to school. I don't want him leaving.He's like, "Nah, you learn to manage it." And he did say that. He's like, "That, the, this is the exception." Like, there's some dark stuff out there. But th- these gentlemen that I... He interviewed Charles Manson. He was saying how he's five two and he always has to speak over you, no matter what's going on. So they're in this room, there's three people and Charles Manson. He got on a chair and stood over him and shouted down to him.

    18. JR

      What was he saying?

    19. BS

      Pfft... I don't... Probably trying to convert him into his fucking cult.

    20. JR

      "You made me, man! You people made me eat your garbage, man!"

    21. BS

      (laughs)

    22. JR

      "Man!"

    23. BS

      "Man, I am a product of your society, man!" He's fucking crazy.

    24. JR

      He was crazy. He's dead as fuck.

    25. BS

      He had a quote though, he has a, a quote that I was reading. Again, I'm too into it, man. I'm quoting Charles Manson. What's going on with my life? Um, he was saying that, uh, it used to be, like, you were the exception when you're crazy. Now everybody's crazy.

    26. JR

      That's what Manson was saying?

    27. BS

      Yeah.

    28. JR

      Hmm.

    29. BS

      He's like, "It used to be kind of cool or the in thing to be crazy. Now w- inside, everybody's crazy."

    30. JR

      Well, he made it popular. The fuck?

  7. 31:3235:32

    Game of Thrones finale autopsy and how effects changed dragons forever

    1. JR

      Did you watch the Game of Thrones finale?

    2. BS

      (sighs)

    3. JR

      Did you get bummed out?

    4. BS

      I gu- I, uh, you know what? Not, uh...

    5. JR

      It's like somebody else wrote it.

    6. BS

      I think they did gr- yeah, it's very strange. I thought they did, uh, I loved, I did like season eight. Not as good as the other seasons. Hey, let's spoil-

    7. JR

      Let's let everybody know right now.

    8. BS

      ... spoiler alert. Hold up, what is today, Thursday?

    9. JR

      Yeah, yeah, yeah. But some people have jobs.

    10. BS

      Is it Sunday?

    11. JR

      Some people have jobs, Brennan.

    12. BS

      Sunday?

    13. JR

      Some people work all day.

    14. BS

      Four days?

    15. JR

      Some people work all day.

    16. GU

      I read the New York Times, like, put it on the front page of the paper on Monday.

    17. BS

      Oh, let's go.

    18. JR

      Yeah, we're clear bro.

    19. BS

      Close c-

    20. JR

      We're clear, dude.

    21. GU

      I'm sorry, the series finale, I think you're allowed to.

    22. BS

      Yeah, but they did that because they can do that. Not 'cause they should do that.

    23. GU

      Ah, whatever, man.

    24. BS

      The next day's a little fu- well, I, I think, I think, I think-

    25. JR

      (laughs)

    26. BS

      ... movies is, you got a week. Movies you got a week.

    27. JR

      (coughs)

    28. BS

      TV show, two days.

    29. JR

      Mm. Damn, I don't know about that.

    30. BS

      Especially for that... What, are we not supposed to talk about it 'cause you're busy? That's insane.

  8. 35:3239:18

    Words, intent, and “reprogramming” language habits in 2019

    1. JR

      I know. We gotta reprogram our brains, dude. How about with Charlemagne? I went, I said, "Bitch." I went, "Oh, that bitch is hot." And he goes, (laughs) he goes, "In 2019, you're still calling women bitches, huh?" I went, "No."

    2. BS

      (laughs)

    3. JR

      But you were.

    4. BS

      But yes.

    5. JR

      Yeah.

    6. BS

      But, but if any said that, I'd went, "You got a good point."

    7. JR

      Um-

    8. BS

      Sometimes I do it on accident, like when we're watching fight- when we do a fight companion.

    9. JR

      Right, right, right.

    10. BS

      I'll go, "Damn, that bitch is tough."

    11. JR

      Yeah, but you don't, it's all, here's the thing, man.

    12. BS

      Context.

    13. JR

      Yes. Don't make more words toxic. It's all about intent. Like, what are you trying to say? Like, if a, if a, if a girl is a beast and she's just a badass woman, and she walks out and she's got... I'm good, I'm good. And she's got, like, this crazy tight skirt on, this banging body that she's worked hard at in the gym, and she's got a, a beautiful dress and she looks great, you're like, "Damn, that bitch is hot." That is not negative.

    14. BS

      It's not negative.

    15. JR

      It's not negative.

    16. BS

      Is it derogatory though? But does it-

    17. JR

      No, but it's not negative if, if you go, "You fucking silly bitch," to me. I'll laugh.

    18. BS

      Hilarious.

    19. JR

      I'll fall down on the floor, I'll start laughing. Like, you can call me a bitch and I think it's funny.

    20. BS

      Yeah, me too.

    21. JR

      It's, it's all about int- but if you're like, "Hey man, you know-"

    22. BS

      "You been a bitch."

    23. JR

      ... "You fucking made fun of me on the podcast, bro. That was a bitch move," I'd be like, "Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa."

    24. BS

      Yeah, true.

    25. JR

      "Whoa, whoa."

    26. BS

      But d-

    27. JR

      It's different.

    28. BS

      Same thing as, like, when a, if a car drives by, I'd be like, "Damn, that motherfucker is bad."

    29. JR

      Yeah.

    30. BS

      But if the guy rolled down his window and was like, "Hey, motherfucker."

  9. 39:1853:54

    Boxing violence up close: Wilder’s KO, matchmaking politics, and the 10-count problem

    1. JR

      I, uh, I was ringside when Deontay Wilder knocked out Breazale. I was in Brooklyn for that-

    2. BS

      Oh, my God.

    3. JR

      ... with my brother. Bro.

    4. BS

      Dude.

    5. JR

      Bro.

    6. BS

      Dude.

    7. JR

      That guy.

    8. BS

      It's, I... And I've been in a lot of f- I've been in fights, I've been knocked out. I've been at UFC fights where dudes get knocked out. I have never in my life heard someone get knocked out like that. My brother goes, "Oh, my God." And my brother is a raw dude. He goes, "Oh, my God." (laughs) And we're... They sat us next to his family.

    9. JR

      Mm.

    10. BS

      And it ruined it for me.

    11. JR

      Oh, no.

    12. BS

      Because-

    13. JR

      You can't cheer.

    14. BS

      ... I saw the wife. Oh, I just, I, I just went-

    15. JR

      Yeah.

    16. BS

      ... "Oh, my God."

    17. JR

      Yeah.

    18. BS

      I didn't cheer. I wouldn't cheer anyway.

    19. JR

      Bro.

    20. BS

      But I was just like, "Oh, my God." And this is the funniest part is (laughs) , uh, my boy, shout out to Brian, Brian Daly at Showtime, goes, "So in between rounds, um, probably, uh, two and three, Jim Gray is gonna come and interview you about your, uh, Showtime special." I go, "Oh, that, that'd be cool." They tell me the day before, so I get this nice outfit, and my brother's looking all fresh.

    21. JR

      Did you really think it was gonna get to round two or three?

    22. BS

      I thought it was gonna go under four. I didn't think one round.

    23. JR

      Mm-mm.

    24. BS

      But I thought there was a chance. They sit me there in the... They're like, "Jim Gray is gonna come," and then ka-chum. So I went, "All right, we should probably get out of here, huh?"

    25. JR

      (exhales)

    26. BS

      "We should probably get out of here."

    27. JR

      Deontay, wow.

    28. BS

      Dude, I'm telling you, man.

    29. JR

      He's something special.

    30. BS

      He's so special, man.

  10. 53:541:15:37

    MMA matchmaking and fighter development: Sage Northcutt’s brutal loss and ‘levels’ in striking

    1. BS

      Dude, how about your boy Sage Northcutt?

    2. JR

      Yeah, Cosmo Alexandre is just-

    3. BS

      Cosmo killed a guy.

    4. JR

      He's a beast. Did he?

    5. BS

      Sage is still in the hospital. 17 fractures in his face.

    6. JR

      Yeah, no, he's still in the... Oh, I thought you meant-

    7. BS

      One championship's in.

    8. JR

      ... he actually killed a guy outside of that.

    9. BS

      No, no, no. No, he basically did.

    10. JR

      Because, you know, Sergei Kovalev did.

    11. BS

      Yeah, I know.

    12. JR

      Kovalev killed a guy in a fight. Um, well, Cosmo Alexandre is a world-class Muay Thai fighter. I mean, John Wayne Parr fought him. You know, he fought-

    13. BS

      Oh, what do you think?

    14. JR

      ... Nicky Holzken. He's world-class. As far as striking, it's a completely different level. But I guess because it was an MMA fight, he was willing to take it. But they s- they foot... They fought stand-up.

    15. BS

      Poor management.

    16. JR

      And S- Sage took that karate stance and the dude circled off, um, to his right and landed that fucking right hand, and it was on the besot me.

    17. BS

      That's the hardest right hand I've ever seen. I was... Can you ima... I, I can't think...

    18. JR

      Hmm.

    19. BS

      Just a... From a world-class striker with four-ounce gloves on and he's circling into the right.

    20. JR

      Yeah.

    21. BS

      And it's like a fucking bomb.

    22. JR

      It's pretty goddamn strong. And Cosmo's a beast of a man. I mean, he's a big, thick dude. See, I mean, a big, thick dude with multiple world titles to his name.

    23. BS

      Don't you feel bad for Sage?

    24. JR

      You watch this again.

    25. BS

      Do, do you feel bad for Sage?

    26. JR

      Yeah, it's a terrible matchup. I don't know why they, uh, agreed to let him fight that guy.

    27. BS

      Boom!

    28. JR

      It's just not smart because that, because the, the kickboxing and the stand-up, like...

    29. BS

      He doesn't have the experience to be in that.

    30. JR

      It's... No, no, no. He's... I mean, Sage is good. He's very good. But these, these kind of losses are terrible for a few... for his future.... because they're mismanagement losses in my opinion.

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