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Joe Rogan Experience - Fight Companion - January 26, 2019

Joe is joined by Eddie Bravo, Bryan Callen & Brendan Schaub to watch the fights on January 26, 2019.

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Jan 27, 20193h 19mWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. 0:001:02

    Fight Companion kickoff: Bellator Grand Prix hype, heavyweight vs weight cutting

    1. JR

      ... have all the results. (lighter clicking) Five, four, three, two, one.

    2. BS

      Make sure Brian's off.

    3. JR

      Boom! And we're live, ladies and gentlemen, to Fight Companion. Uh, it's me, uh, Brian Callahan's on the way, but it's his birthday, and, uh, he's old as fuck. And sometimes you get old, you lose your keys, and you don't know what time it is and shit.

    4. BS

      Tesla, bro.

    5. JR

      Eddie motherfucking Bravo!

    6. BS

      Yo, yo, yo.

    7. JR

      Um, and Brendan Schaub is up in this bitch.

    8. BS

      What up?

    9. JR

      And we're watching Bellator. Hope nobody at the UFC gets mad. But it's a big fight. This is an important one. W- we are, um, right now this is the heavyweight finals is gonna be Fedor versus Ryan Bader.

    10. BS

      I'm excited for that.

    11. JR

      I am excited about that! I'm very excited, I like Ryan Bader at heavyweight. He looks fucking fantastic.

    12. BS

      Love him. He's bigger than me right now.

    13. JR

      How... Dude, how many of these guys just should've done that a long time ago and just stopped cutting weight?

    14. BS

      Went to heavyweight?

    15. JR

      Just cr- crucifying their body.

    16. BS

      Chris Weidman I think is kinda one of the main ones.

    17. JR

      You think so?

    18. BS

      I think he's gonna excel at light heavyweight.

    19. JR

      He just got a disc replaced in his neck.

    20. BS

      Yeah, he's fucked up, but he'll figure it out.

  2. 1:021:32

    Why fighters cut weight: fear of being overpowered + old-school mindset

    1. EB

      The worst nightmare though for a fighter, e- in wrestling or MMA, is just being overpowered by somebody.

    2. JR

      Right.

    3. EB

      That's why they're killing themselves. They just wanna... They would rather go in there, uh, depleted, then get thrown around.

    4. BS

      It's so old school.

    5. JR

      Right.

    6. BS

      It's such an old school way of thinking, I feel like.

    7. EB

      It makes sense though, a little bit.

    8. JR

      Yeah.

    9. EB

      I mean, they're doing that-

    10. BS

      To be that bully?

    11. EB

      ... in, in wrestling it's, it's still-

    12. BS

      I know, I... But look, look at Cain.

    13. EB

      But how about we look at TJ Dillashaw? Look at TJ Dillashaw.

    14. BS

      Oh, yeah. But that's hard to say. Let's, let's talk about that fight, 'cause I watched that fight several times. Me too.

  3. 1:322:56

    Early stoppages & referee dilemma: TJ Dillashaw vs Cejudo and historical examples

    1. EB

      I am of the opinion that was a quick stoppage.

    2. BS

      Early stoppage for sure.

    3. EB

      I thought it was an early stoppage.

    4. BS

      Early stoppage, 100%.

    5. EB

      And here, here's my, here's my other point with that. When they're 125 pounds, you can let it go on a little longer than if they were heavyweights. I'd, I'd err more on the side of let it go longer-

    6. JR

      Yeah, dude-

    7. EB

      ... 'cause they're 125 pounds.

    8. JR

      ... they could be 1,000 pounds each and that fight got stopped quick.

    9. EB

      Let them fucking fight.

    10. BS

      Let's talk... Let them fucking cry.

    11. EB

      Jesus Christ.

    12. BS

      Especially, especially when we're talking about a legacy fight.

    13. EB

      Dudes were pissed that-

    14. BS

      I was pissed.

    15. EB

      ... dudes were spending 69 bucks.

    16. JR

      How about TJ?

    17. EB

      Yeah, exactly.

    18. JR

      How about TJ? How about, think about that guy?

    19. BS

      Dude, that's a legacy fight.

    20. JR

      Right. That guy drained his body to get down to 125 pounds.

    21. EB

      Hey, don't get me wrong though, Henry Cejudo is a beast.

    22. BS

      Bad. He's a beast.

    23. EB

      He probably-

    24. BS

      Yes.

    25. EB

      ... would have beat him anyways.

    26. BS

      Maybe, might have.

    27. EB

      But, but for people that are paying for the, the event-

    28. BS

      Yeah.

    29. EB

      ... we wanna see some highlight shit.

    30. BS

      100%. It was crazy, yeah.

  4. 2:563:52

    Submission highlight detour: kimura-to-armbar mechanics explained

    1. JR

      Oh, look at that! Right away!

    2. BS

      Oh, fantastic.

    3. JR

      Damn! We missed an armbar.

    4. EB

      That was some serious jujitsu right there, dude.

    5. JR

      Well, we'll see it in the highlights. We're, we're-

    6. EB

      Jesus Christ.

    7. JR

      ... unfortunately have to talk.

    8. BS

      We're just warming up.

    9. EB

      Check out this armbar.

    10. BS

      Yeah.

    11. JR

      Yeah. But that was nice.

    12. BS

      Let's get real. Yeah, hell yeah. Good for him.

    13. EB

      Hey, Bellator's got some fucking high level fights now, man. They are like, uh, on, on the way up. They're as close to the UFC as you can get right now.

    14. JR

      How about-

    15. BS

      They have the biggest prospect in the sport in, in Pico.

    16. JR

      Yeah. Take it-

    17. BS

      By far.

    18. JR

      Yeah.

    19. BS

      By close.

    20. EB

      Taking it back a little bit, what about Conan Silveira versus Sakafuckingaraiba? Remember that shit?

    21. JR

      Oh, yeah, man!

    22. EB

      Remember that shit?

    23. JR

      Same thing! They redid the fight!

    24. EB

      Yeah! (laughs)

    25. JR

      The whole fight got redid!

    26. BS

      That's old school.

    27. EB

      Yeah, it got stopped, it got stopped early.

    28. JR

      That was Big John too.

    29. EB

      And then they decided, "You know what? Let him, let them fight again."

    30. JR

      Big John, he got hit.

  5. 3:526:09

    Commentary, scoring, and commissions: why ‘unofficial scorecards’ get messy

    1. BS

      I don't know why they don't let him chime in unofficially with a scorecard and tell everyone how it's going.

    2. JR

      He probably does, he probably doesn't wanna do it.

    3. EB

      I used to do it for UFC. The problem with that though, the problem with that is-

    4. BS

      Who doesn't, right?

    5. EB

      ... w- when I did it, the problem was when they announced the unofficial scorecard, and if I was right, and, you know, the general consensus was on my side, and they flash it-

    6. BS

      Yeah.

    7. EB

      ... if, if the, uh, if, if the other fighter wins, dude, those judges get trashed.

    8. JR

      They should be trashed!

    9. BS

      They should!

    10. EB

      Yes! So, so-

    11. BS

      They have to be held responsible.

    12. EB

      But, this is, this... No, this is what it was though. You know, in the beginning, the UFC was, you know, bending over backwards for the commission. Just, you know, just, you know, 'c- 'cause they had to.

    13. BS

      Well they still are.

    14. EB

      They had to.

    15. BS

      They still are.

    16. EB

      But they had to.

    17. BS

      Yes.

    18. JR

      They still have to.

    19. EB

      But boxing doesn't have to do that. Boxing doesn't have to bend over backwards for the commission. Boxing was around before the commission.

    20. BS

      Word.

    21. EB

      So boxing-

    22. BS

      That's a good point.

    23. EB

      ... doesn't have to kiss ass to the commission. The UFC had to because they were a new sport, and the commission could've easily just shut it down, so it was a different dynamic.

    24. BS

      Makes sense.

    25. JR

      Right. But the r- the difference is, you were doing it as an independent, meaning you weren't doing commentary. So we were doing commentary, and you were coming in in between rounds. It was very educational. If Big John was doing it, the problem would be that he's actually doing commentary while he's doing it. That's very hard to do. I'm not a fan of doing that. Because when I'm doing commentary, I'm telling you what's happening, but really what I'm trying to do is be entertaining. I'm trying to give some life to it. I'm trying to, like, p- put some emotion to it. But I'm not really scoring.

    26. BS

      No, I'm, I'm not saying that.

    27. JR

      So I can be off.

    28. BS

      But I'm, I'm not saying have like, say you score it and then also do the fight. I'm saying, maybe have him outside of it. 'Cause they have 17 commentators.

    29. EB

      Well, Big John-

    30. BS

      They'll try somebody.

  6. 6:098:17

    Bryan Callen arrives: booth talk, NFL commentary (Tony Romo), and live fight breakdowns

    1. BC

      It was a financial thing.

    2. JR

      Yeah.

    3. BC

      I don't think he left on... He's still on good terms. He... But they offered him less money because they have these other dudes.

    4. JR

      Yeah.

    5. BC

      So he was like, "Oh, I'm with..." UFC is obviously their dream job, but they signed him a one-year contract.

    6. EB

      Did you ask anybody why they let him go?

    7. JR

      They wanna use fighters.

    8. BC

      It wasn't a fit.

    9. JR

      Mm-hmm. They decided-

    10. EB

      But he did fight.

    11. JR

      Yeah, but no, no, no. They want UFC fighters.

    12. BC

      How dare you?

    13. EB

      Oh, okay.

    14. JR

      They want UFC fighters.

    15. EB

      Yeah. You know what? That's how the NFL is.

    16. JR

      Yeah.

    17. EB

      NFL, you know the, the, the color commentat- tator is always a former NFL player.

    18. JR

      Dude, Tony Romo-

    19. EB

      Always.

    20. JR

      Tony Romo-

    21. EB

      I heard.

    22. JR

      ... as a commentator, he crushed it.

    23. BC

      The best.

    24. JR

      I already crushed it.

    25. EB

      Is he good? He's good?

    26. BC

      Oh, the best. He calls exactly what's gonna happen before it even happens.

    27. EB

      Yeah.

    28. BC

      He goes, "All right, this is..." People kinda dislike it, I love it. He goes, "This is gonna be a run to the right, get ready." (laughs) And then, uh, sure enough, that's what they do. He reads it before it all happens.

    29. EB

      Wow.

    30. BC

      Then they even check, he goes, "All right, he's gonna throw a, a slant in the top left." Hire that fucking dude.

  7. 8:179:37

    Pop culture riff: Chris Pratt in the cage + movie taste wars

    1. JR

      Adele Altamini, Mimi. Adele Altamimi, aka Chris Pratt's friend. (laughs)

    2. BC

      (laughs)

    3. JR

      Chris Pratt's in there with him.

    4. EB

      Is Chris Pratt a comedian?

    5. JR

      No, Starlord.

    6. BC

      How you fucking dare? He's the guy who controls the velociraptors, bro.

    7. JR

      The fucking guy from Jurassic Park.

    8. BC

      Dude, I don't watch Jurassic Park.

    9. JR

      Gardens of the Galaxy?

    10. BC

      That's for kids.

    11. JR

      Guardians of the Galaxy?

    12. BC

      Oh, my God, I walked out of that as soon as that fucking little wood, little animal thing... What, what do they call it? What is the thing?

    13. JR

      The Vin Diesel voice.

    14. BC

      What is it? Groot. Groot.

    15. EB

      Oh, my God.

    16. JR

      How dare you?

    17. BC

      I walked the fuck outta that movie.

    18. JR

      Wow, the raccoons into it? There's Chris Pratt right there. He's with the guy the whole way. What is happening? Now, this is a little go overboard, Chris.

    19. BC

      Why is Chris so intense too?

    20. JR

      Chris, I love you, buddy, but get the fuck outta the picture of this.

    21. BC

      He's translating.

    22. JR

      It doesn't make any sense.

    23. BC

      And that shirt is way too tight.

    24. JR

      He's translating.

    25. BC

      And that's coming from a guy like me. That's way too tight.

    26. JR

      No, that's, that's how I like to wear mine.

    27. BC

      No, you don't, sir.

    28. JR

      (laughs)

    29. BC

      No, you don't.

    30. JR

      Yes, I do. Fuck yeah, especially for my TV.

  8. 9:3711:13

    Bellator business: free TV vs PPV disasters, weak cards, and why buys matter

    1. BC

      Well, we'll let you guys know.

    2. EB

      ... maybe that's Bellator's idea. Maybe they think, "Hey, sh- how about we, we, uh, have celebrities walk out with these fighters?"

    3. JR

      They'll try anything, bro. They'll try porn.

    4. EB

      No-

    5. JR

      Just porn.

    6. EB

      No, he tried-

    7. JR

      They'll try, they'll try fighter porn.

    8. EB

      Isn't Bellator kinda-

    9. JR

      They'll have fighters, the men fighters-

    10. EB

      I mean, Bellator is kinda blowing up though, right?

    11. JR

      ... and female fighters- female fighters bang each other. Uh, they-

    12. BC

      (laughs)

    13. JR

      ... they're doing well. I mean, it's on Paramount.

    14. EB

      Is this Pay-per-view?

    15. JR

      No.

    16. BC

      No.

    17. JR

      No, no, no. Th- that's, was a disaster. They've done Pay-per-view, it was a disaster.

    18. EB

      Is it-

    19. BC

      Please.

    20. EB

      Not the Royce Gracie one.

    21. JR

      The-

    22. EB

      They made money on that one.

    23. BC

      Well, th- these-

    24. JR

      I don't think that was Pay-per-view, was it?

    25. BC

      Mm... Th- these do well. Uh, like the, the Paramounts do well. They get good ratings.

    26. JR

      Am I wrong? I think the Royce Gracie one was not Pay-per-view.

    27. EB

      Royce Gracie-

    28. BC

      The Royce Gracie-Ken Shamrock. Well, I don't... That's not Pay-per-view. Come-

    29. EB

      That wasn't Pay-per-view?

    30. BC

      In 1996, it was. They can't do a Pay-per-view in 2016.

  9. 11:1324:20

    Hairline therapy hour: shaving heads, hairpieces, and ‘80s metal aesthetics

    1. JR

      Hey, if I look like a thumb-

    2. BC

      So bad.

    3. JR

      Dude, if I look like a thumb, does Jay Glazer look like a big toe?

    4. BC

      (laughs)

    5. JR

      (laughs)

    6. BC

      Big toe or a dickhead.

    7. JR

      Dude, I almost shaved my head.

    8. BC

      (laughs)

    9. JR

      I almost shaved my head the other day.

    10. EB

      Did you do it?

    11. JR

      Uh-huh.

    12. EB

      Completely?

    13. BC

      It's freedom, man.

    14. EB

      You have great hair.

    15. JR

      Dude, I'm losing it.

    16. BC

      Freedom.

    17. JR

      Whoa. I'm eventually gonna have to shave. You think it's too soon?

    18. EB

      No, Eddie, no.

    19. BC

      Too soon?

    20. JR

      Fuck yeah, you got good hair.

    21. EB

      Okay, okay.

    22. JR

      Don't join that club yet, bro.

    23. BC

      Shave that shit because-

    24. JR

      Don't listen to these guys.

    25. EB

      I'm about, I'm about to go.

    26. BC

      Listen, these guys is one person.

    27. EB

      Might have to grow a beard.

    28. JR

      This is one guy here.

    29. EB

      Callan needs to fucking let it go, let's be real. His hair is going-

    30. JR

      Shave his head?

  10. 24:2035:03

    Live fight focus: Archuleta vs Bandejas—wrestling control vs striking moments

    1. BC

      Sorry, Juan Archuleta?

    2. BS

      Juan Archuleta was a wrestler at Duke. He was second in the nation NCAAs.

    3. BC

      Really?

    4. BS

      A hell of a wrestler.

    5. BC

      Oh.

    6. BS

      A beast. Fights at 35 usually, I think this might be 35. An outstanding fighter.

    7. BC

      No shit?

    8. BS

      And I think is undefeated.

    9. BC

      Well, this is a good fight then-

    10. BS

      Yeah.

    11. BC

      ... because Ben Diaz is a nasty striker.

    12. BS

      Y- he's- he's putting you on your back no matter what, Juan Archuleta.

    13. BC

      Interesting.

    14. BS

      He's a beast.

    15. BC

      Interesting.

    16. BS

      One of the best wrestlers in the country.

    17. BC

      Interesting. Dude, solid fights tonight.

    18. BS

      Yeah. Yeah.

    19. BC

      Super solid.

    20. BS

      Mm-hmm.

    21. JR

      Yeah, this is good. You need a cork of wine opener?

    22. BS

      Yeah, I need a cork remover and I need one of those-

    23. BC

      It's Pico fighting tonight.

    24. JR

      ... you know, that's your sweet ass he's fighting. And he, it's his toughest test.

    25. BC

      Holy shit. Yeah, Pico's up.

    26. JR

      And once he- if he- I think he will, if he beats this guy, I bet you we see him get a title shot next. Did you find out if AJ won yet? (glasses clinking)

    27. BC

      No. Oh, here's the thing about Pico too. Listen to this, Rogan. So I- I sat with, uh, Freddie Roach. I did an interview with Freddie Roach, comes out Monday, um, for Showtime.

    28. JR

      Here it is. Look at this.

    29. BS

      Jesus, you got a back on you kid.

    30. BC

      This is the Gallagher knockout.

  11. 35:031:04:01

    Propecia debate: DHT, depression claims, and Rogan’s ‘boner energy’ story

    1. JR

      Well, let me tell you something, man. This is why, because I think people that take Propecia and stuff li-... I think you're fucking your body up with that stuff.

    2. BS

      I take it. I don't take that.

    3. JR

      I think that stuff's terrible for you. You should stop taking it.

    4. EB

      Why? I used to do it long- I, I stopped like 10 years ago.

    5. BS

      Why, why do you think it's bad?

    6. EB

      'Cause it causes depression and he loves it.

    7. JR

      It caused depression.

    8. BS

      Not for me. Well, Arnie already had depression. That's exactly it.

    9. JR

      No, no, no, no, no, he did not. Dude. He did not. He did not.

    10. BS

      Oh. Oh. Oh. There you go.

    11. JR

      Shake down. There you go. Nice shake down.

    12. BS

      Everybody shut up. Yeah.

    13. EB

      (laughs)

    14. JR

      Back up to his feet and the boy's exhausted now.

    15. BS

      Now he's not.

    16. EB

      (laughs)

    17. JR

      Wasted effort.

    18. BS

      No, he's... Oh.

    19. JR

      Yes, he is.

    20. BS

      Stick goes. There you go.

    21. EB

      Oh, there you go.

    22. JR

      He's probably on Propecia too.

    23. BS

      There you go.

    24. EB

      You see that take down that, uh, Joe Benavidez did, like two or three times in his last fight?

    25. JR

      Yes. Yes, yes.

    26. EB

      Where he sticks out a leg. That is super legit.

    27. JR

      That's dope. Henzo does that a lot.

    28. EB

      It's huge.

    29. JR

      Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's, it's... Henzo did that in his last MMA fight. God, I'm sick of this big bitch.

    30. EB

      Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna get, we're gonna get deep into that one. (upbeat music playing)

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