The Joe Rogan ExperienceMatt Serra & Din Thomas on Joe Rogan: Why eye pokes persist
Serra and Thomas debate oblique kicks and steel cups as hidden rule-book loopholes; automatic point deductions and eye-poke rules are their proposed fixes.
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Intro
- JRJoe Rogan
[upbeat music]
- 0:02 – 0:33
Crew check-in and the Tommy Lee connection
- JRJoe Rogan
Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out.
- SPSpeaker
The Joe Rogan Experience.
- JRJoe Rogan
Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night. All day.
- DTDin Thomas
[upbeat music] Hello, boys.
- JRJoe Rogan
My man.
- DTDin Thomas
Hey, what's up, brother?
- JRJoe Rogan
Good to see you. [laughs]
- SPSpeaker
We're back in action.
- DTDin Thomas
[laughs]
- JRJoe Rogan
We're back. [laughs]
- SPSpeaker
We're back.
- JRJoe Rogan
[laughs]
- SPSpeaker
We were just talking and I told Rallo-
- JRJoe Rogan
I called to get on
- SPSpeaker
... I told Rallo, "Save this for the air." 'Cause Rallo, years ago, shit, this had to be, like, at least 10 years ago.
- DTDin Thomas
Oh, no, 20.
- SPSpeaker
20 years ago?
- DTDin Thomas
That was like 2006, 2007.
- SPSpeaker
That's crazy.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah, dude.
- 0:33 – 6:46
Tommy Lee vs. Kid Rock: from relationship drama to a UFC pay-per-view pitch
- SPSpeaker
So 20 years ago, Rallo calls me up [laughs] and he says, "Tommy Lee wants to meet you. He wants to talk to you about something." I go, "Okay, sure." So we go to see his concert. That was when he was at Rock and Roll Supernova, the TV show.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah, the TV show, that's right.
- SPSpeaker
So he had a TV show and-
- DTDin Thomas
It was at Long Beach.
- SPSpeaker
Right, right. It was a good show.
- DTDin Thomas
You, you, you and Eddie came.
- SPSpeaker
Me and Eddie Bravo came. And then, uh, afterwards... First of all, Tommy Lee has the dopest green room. Like, he sets his green room up like a fucking after-hours party.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah, he has a mansion. [laughs]
- SPSpeaker
He's got, like, tapestries on the wall, and candles, and lights.
- DTDin Thomas
Incense.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah, you walk in, you're like, "Damn." Like, he doesn't just-
- DTDin Thomas
His DJ gear.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah, he doesn't just walk into a cold green room. Like, I'm lazy.
- JRJoe Rogan
Right, you got a... Yeah.
- SPSpeaker
If I go on the road, I just g- "What, what's your green room? I'll go hang out in there."
- JRJoe Rogan
Right.
- SPSpeaker
It's like, it doesn't... just walk. But he has it set up. Like, everywhere is, like, calm, and relaxing, and spiritual. And, uh, so I meet Tommy, and Tommy wants to fight Kid Rock in the UFC.
- JRJoe Rogan
[laughs]
- DTDin Thomas
[laughs] This-
- JRJoe Rogan
[laughs] Wow.
- SPSpeaker
This was true. This was-
- JRJoe Rogan
What makes people think they can do this?
- DTDin Thomas
It's what Pam Anderson's heart.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah, well.
- DTDin Thomas
No, wait. This is how it started.
- JRJoe Rogan
Is that when everyone-
- SPSpeaker
Pam Anderson
- DTDin Thomas
This is kinda how it started.
- SPSpeaker
That was that way with Pam.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- 6:46 – 12:26
The Ultimate Fighter era and remembering prime legends (Diego Sanchez, BJ Penn)
- JRJoe Rogan
Do you think, uh, if it wasn't for The Ultimate Fighter it would've died out?
- JRJoe Rogan
Who knows, man? But it was like lightning in a bottle.
- DTDin Thomas
Psh.
- JRJoe Rogan
Because there was another good fight before that. Diego Sanchez fucked Kenny Florian up, man. It was-
- DTDin Thomas
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
That was, that was a one-way beating. [laughs]
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah. That was, yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
But that was Diego Sanchez coming up.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Like, people got to see Diego fight too many fights. They got to see the later fights. They forgot what a monster Diego was-
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah, he was tough
- JRJoe Rogan
... in his prime. He w-
- JRJoe Rogan
And if you wanna-
- JRJoe Rogan
Cardio animal
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah
- JRJoe Rogan
... question his grappling, I mean, Marcelo got him, but, you know, he, he hung-
- JRJoe Rogan
It was a scramble
- JRJoe Rogan
... with one of the best of all time.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, he's-
- DTDin Thomas
You know?
- JRJoe Rogan
Just at ADCC.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah. Is he doing okay?
- JRJoe Rogan
Diego was a fucking... I don't know.
- DTDin Thomas
He's been a r-
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, yeah.
- DTDin Thomas
Listen, man. You can only get hit so many times.
- JRJoe Rogan
Agreed. And he was at halfway gone before taking all those shots.
- JRJoe Rogan
Well, he was always, like, this open-minded, weird thinker
- JRJoe Rogan
Very eccentric guy. Yeah
- 12:26 – 19:47
Rule debates: knees to downed opponents, oblique kicks, and the steel cup loophole
- JRJoe Rogan
That is nuts. But if... Is that legal? No.
- DTDin Thomas
Nah, nah.
- JRJoe Rogan
There's a lot of goofy rules, right? Like, that's, there's a... I don't think it would be cool to stomp people in the head and soccer kick them.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
But at least knees to the head-
- DTDin Thomas
Knees to the head should be okay
- JRJoe Rogan
... I agree with that.
- DTDin Thomas
I agree with that.
- DTDin Thomas
For sure
- JRJoe Rogan
Because if you're shooting on a single, and you're holding onto it, and your head's right there, that's a stupid place to be in real life.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Right?
- DTDin Thomas
Right.
- JRJoe Rogan
Let's just, real life, a real fight, why wouldn't the guy knee you in the head? You're grabbing his knee. If he's, you're, you're all him right here, all he has to do is knee you in the face, and he can't do it-
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah
- JRJoe Rogan
... because you're on your knees.
- DTDin Thomas
And let's be fair, like, a knee when somebody's on their feet is worse than that.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yes.
- DTDin Thomas
You know what I'm saying? Like, that's not as bad.
- DTDin Thomas
Oh, yeah, there's way more behind it.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah, that's not as like-
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah
- DTDin Thomas
... if, if, if you're on the floor and I knee you in the head, that's still not as bad as if me just kneeing you right in the face.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yes.
- DTDin Thomas
With, on, yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Well, especially if you're like the Mi- Michael Venom Page fight, the one with the cyborg knees.
- DTDin Thomas
Oh.
- DTDin Thomas
Oh, yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Cyborg knees.
- DTDin Thomas
Jesus Christ.
- 19:47 – 21:57
Coaching and celebrity training: Mark DellaGrotte, Kevin James, and gym culture
- MSMatt Serra
Well, he's my man. I, I go to Boston to stay with him.
- JRJoe Rogan
Oh, I love that dude.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah, yeah. And his, his wife always cooks for me.
- JRJoe Rogan
I love that dude.
- MSMatt Serra
What a great bunch of people.
- JRJoe Rogan
He's a trooper on the, on the Ultimate Fighter.
- JRJoe Rogan
He's a maniac.
- JRJoe Rogan
I love that dude.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
On the Ultimate Fighter IV, we didn't have assigned coaches, and he would just work with us, like, any time we needed him.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
You know what I mean? He was great.
- MSMatt Serra
He's crazy.
- JRJoe Rogan
And he would let us tackle him and fucking mount him and fu- You know what I mean?
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah, he was awesome.
- JRJoe Rogan
'Cause he would jiu-jitsu as well. Yeah, he's great, Mark. He's a good dude.
- MSMatt Serra
He's a really good coach, too.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah.
- MSMatt Serra
You know who, who was really impressive working with him was Kevin James. You know, Kevin James, you know, you think of him as the King of Queens.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah.
- MSMatt Serra
He worked with Mark a lot.
- JRJoe Rogan
Mm-hmm.
- MSMatt Serra
And Kevin's been my friend for years. I, but I really hadn't seen him hit pads. I saw him hit, hit pads with Delagrotte. I was like, "What the fuck, dude?"
- JRJoe Rogan
Mm.
- MSMatt Serra
I'm like, "That's good." Like, "This looks good."
- JRJoe Rogan
Nice.
- MSMatt Serra
And he, he's like-
- JRJoe Rogan
Mark will make you look good. Mark will make you look good.
- MSMatt Serra
Mark's a good fucking coach, man.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, for sure.
- 21:57 – 29:47
Game of Thrones breakdown: why the world works (and where the ending didn’t)
- MSMatt Serra
Hey, did you ever see The, The, The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?
- JRJoe Rogan
No, I haven't seen that yet.
- MSMatt Serra
Oh, I'm telling you.
- JRJoe Rogan
I'm gonna watch it, though, because I'm in the middle of finishing the first season of Game... Uh, the first year, the first, all Game of Thrones.
- MSMatt Serra
Oh, yeah, yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
The first-
- MSMatt Serra
What, you're doing it over?
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- MSMatt Serra
Oh, you've seen it already.
- JRJoe Rogan
I, but I haven't seen it since, like, 2015 or '11.
- MSMatt Serra
But it's awesome.
- JRJoe Rogan
I don't remember.
- JRJoe Rogan
Oh, the show is amazing.
- JRJoe Rogan
It's fucking ama- I forgot so much.
- MSMatt Serra
It's... No, it's great.
- JRJoe Rogan
I forgot so much.
- JRJoe Rogan
It's fucking awesome.
- MSMatt Serra
This, you don't even have to watch any of the Game of Thrones, 'cause this takes place 90 years-
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, it's before
- MSMatt Serra
... before the first events of the Game of Thrones.
- JRJoe Rogan
So before... Oh.
- MSMatt Serra
Ser Duncan the Tall.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yep.
- MSMatt Serra
And it is so good.
- JRJoe Rogan
It is good.
- MSMatt Serra
So well done, and it's based on the novel. I'm a fucking nerd.
- JRJoe Rogan
[laughs]
- MSMatt Serra
I, I read the graphic novel of it by, uh, J- George R.R. Martin.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, yeah.
- MSMatt Serra
And I read it back in the day, and it was, it's so great, and you know how they have, like, trial o- um, by combat?
- 29:47 – 34:13
GSP’s greatness and fixing MMA judging (10-8s, 10-7s, and better scoring models)
- DTDin Thomas
Speaking of Star Wars, I got a, a text out of nowhere from, uh, from George St-Pierre. He loves it as much as me.
- JRJoe Rogan
Oh, yeah.
- DTDin Thomas
It was just about the new Darth Maul animated series.
- JRJoe Rogan
My brother-
- MSMatt Serra
Oh, no, he ... Oh, I swear to God.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yo.
- MSMatt Serra
And then he gave me back a report. He told me. He's like, "Oh, it's so far so good. This and that."
- JRJoe Rogan
Dude.
- DTDin Thomas
I told you, my brother, my brother's like, "I know Matt's into Star Wars. Tell him watch the new Darth Maul."
- MSMatt Serra
It's good.
- DTDin Thomas
You know, Jamie said.
- MSMatt Serra
It's fun. I, I, I love George. He's, he loves this stuff.
- DTDin Thomas
He's the best.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- DTDin Thomas
I have the hardest time convincing people who he is. It's hilarious.
- MSMatt Serra
What do you mean?
- DTDin Thomas
Like, when people, when he comes to the mothership and people that don't know anything about MMA, they're like, "What does your friend do?" I go, "That is one of the greatest fighters that ever walked the face of the earth."
- JRJoe Rogan
[laughs]
- MSMatt Serra
100%.
- DTDin Thomas
And they're like, "No, for real?" I go, "Yeah, 100% in everybody's list of one of the greatest of all time."
- MSMatt Serra
That's-
- DTDin Thomas
And he's like, "Hello, nice to meet you."
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, right? [laughs]
- DTDin Thomas
He just seems so sweet and friendly.
- MSMatt Serra
I mean, that's the problem with MMA, is that, like, you have to convince people about how bad somebody was, and it wasn't that long ago.
- JRJoe Rogan
Man.
- MSMatt Serra
I mean, it wasn't that long ago that George St-Pierre was the fucking greatest of all time.
- JRJoe Rogan
No, wasn't that long ago.
- MSMatt Serra
And now, but the fans are so new that you c- they don't get it.
- JRJoe Rogan
They don't go back and watch it.
- 34:13 – 38:59
Aljamain Sterling discourse, fan narratives, and why PPV buying is harder than ‘being popular’
- MSMatt Serra
I think it's, my ADD's kicking in, but we're talking about the close calls, uh, close scoring. I thought Aljo, I thought he should've got that nod against fucking Volkanovski.
- SPSpeaker
Volkanovski?
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- SPSpeaker
I thought so too.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yes. I, I, I-
- SPSpeaker
I didn't think there was a-
- MSMatt Serra
The guy got on the, uh, he got a-
- SPSpeaker
... one question to me
- MSMatt Serra
... one reversal at the end, like, a minute 30 left.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah.
- MSMatt Serra
And Aljo was winning that whole first round.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Aljo is a nightmare for a grappling expert.
- MSMatt Serra
He could be undefeated at 145.
- SPSpeaker
He's a nightmare, because if your whole thing is grappling with people, and you gotta grapple with Aljo, you got problems.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- SPSpeaker
That dude gets your back, he's got, he's got a death grip.
- JRJoe Rogan
I mean, him and Yan, 10, 10-8 round. Like, he was just on his back for the entire fucking round.
- SPSpeaker
Dominated him in that second fight.
- JRJoe Rogan
And they don't, and no, uh, how is that not a 10-8 round?
- MSMatt Serra
He's fighting Youssef, uh, Zalal soon. I said it wrong.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, yeah, Youssef Zalal.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
And that's on, on the 25th of April.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
But I mean, I, but I think, you know, if it hits the ground, I think there's levels to this.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Does, did Aljo over Yan in the second fight, was that, like, the best anybody's ever done with Yan?
- MSMatt Serra
Oh, he, he destroyed him.
- 38:59 – 46:51
Netflix fight era speculation: Gina vs. Ronda, Diaz vs. Perry, and ‘is this sustainable?’
- DTDin Thomas
What do you think, guys?
- DTDin Thomas
Gina verse Ronda.
- DTDin Thomas
I, I think f- round one submission, Ronda.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- DTDin Thomas
Unless she wants to try to just stand up with her, which I doubt. I hope not.
- DTDin Thomas
I don't know what Gina's been doing. You know, I don't know how long she went without MMA training at all.
- DTDin Thomas
She-
- DTDin Thomas
You know, I don't-
- DTDin Thomas
She was recently a little heavy.
- DTDin Thomas
Man.
- DTDin Thomas
I would say that.
- DTDin Thomas
She looks great now.
- DTDin Thomas
I was chubby at once, too. Does she look great now?
- JRJoe Rogan
She looks great.
- DTDin Thomas
She looks... Obv- look, she got in great shape.
- JRJoe Rogan
She got in great shape.
- DTDin Thomas
But she's still, like, 43 years old.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yes.
- DTDin Thomas
Come on.
- JRJoe Rogan
No, but the, the question is, like, what was she doing in those... Was she still training some? That would be my real question. Because if you just put it all down and you walk away for 17 years, I gotta go. [inhales]
- DTDin Thomas
I mean, but with the-
- JRJoe Rogan
You know?
- DTDin Thomas
... with the weight loss, uh, with the weight gain that she had, there was no way she was training or doing anything.
- DTDin Thomas
That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.
- DTDin Thomas
You know? Uh, like, she's back in shape, and she obviously w- is busting her ass to do that. But-
- DTDin Thomas
And-
- DTDin Thomas
... how long, like you're saying, was she down?
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
And she has to develop a, a, a, a grappling defense to one of the best female grapplers ever.
- DTDin Thomas
No, Ronda's, like, Ronda-
- 46:51 – 51:25
Knockouts, medical protocols, and long-term health: when ‘tough’ becomes dangerous
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah. That Macy Barber one the other day was, whoa.
- DTDin Thomas
Ooh. Dude, that was just-
- JRJoe Rogan
One of the greatest finishes in women's MMA history.
- DTDin Thomas
Oh, no doubt. I wanted to reach out to Macy 'cause I felt so bad.
- JRJoe Rogan
I wanted to reach out to the doctor and say, "What the fuck are you thinking?"
- DTDin Thomas
[laughing]
- JRJoe Rogan
He's just over like... [laughing]
- DTDin Thomas
Like, put-
- SPSpeaker
Poking him with a fucking finger. [laughing]
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
So crazy.
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah. [laughing] He's like, I'm like, "Get some smell." I'm like, "Somebody, the cameraman, please get off this, or somebody talk to the doctor. 'Cause I don't know what the fuck..." He was just over like, "Man, this is fucked up." [laughing]
- JRJoe Rogan
[laughing] I don't think he knew exactly what was going on. He probably has no experience in combat sports, right?
- DTDin Thomas
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
He didn't realize that she got knocked out, and while she was out cold, she got strangled.
- DTDin Thomas
Oh, dude.
- SPSpeaker
She transitioned so fast.
- JRJoe Rogan
Like, took a, she's out there.
- DTDin Thomas
Oof. Jesus.
- JRJoe Rogan
She's out cold already.
- DTDin Thomas
Damn.
- JRJoe Rogan
And then she gets strangled. Like, that's never happened before.
- SPSpeaker
What's crazy is she was-
- DTDin Thomas
Look at the way he catches her here
- SPSpeaker
... like, kinda still reacting, and then when they put her on her back, she just, it was, I don't know what was going on.
- JRJoe Rogan
Well, no, she went limp as she was trying to sit up. She went limp, you see right there. Like, she was trying to get up, and then as the guy has his arm around her, she goes limp.
- DTDin Thomas
Dude. See, there's like, there's, uh, C-Level Kane, and then there's Southpaw Alexa. When she fights Southpaw, man, she is dangerous.
- JRJoe Rogan
Then this confused doctor.
- DTDin Thomas
She's sh-
- JRJoe Rogan
Look at him.
- 51:25 – 56:49
ONE Championship striking and ‘stand-ups’: why rules shape what fans see
- JRJoe Rogan
One has some wild striking fights, man.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Some of the absolute best stand-up fights in the world are happening on One. I watch it all the time.
- MSMatt Serra
I never know when that shit's on, bro.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, when is that on?
- MSMatt Serra
Where do you watch that at?
- JRJoe Rogan
There's this fucking cat out of Dagestan. Do you guys know who I'm talking about? Asadulla Imangazaliev.
- MSMatt Serra
No.
- SPSpeaker
No.
- JRJoe Rogan
Bro, this dude is, uh, I think he's 135 pounds. I think that's what he fights at, and he's, like, six foot one.
- MSMatt Serra
[laughs]
- JRJoe Rogan
And just a laser beam striker. Uh, just fucks people up. Like, literally might be the best striker in the world.
- MSMatt Serra
Is it just kickboxing?
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, and he's getting in there with Muay Thai. He's getting in there with world Muay Thai champions and KO'ing them. Like, three-time world Lumpini Muay Thai champions.
- MSMatt Serra
Damn.
- JRJoe Rogan
Lumpini Stadium guys. This guy is a fucking-
- MSMatt Serra
Ooh, look at that body shot
- JRJoe Rogan
... straight killer, dude, and he's from Dagestan, and he can wrestle.
- MSMatt Serra
Damn.
- SPSpeaker
Oh, man.
- JRJoe Rogan
You gotta, see if you can find, like, a highlight reel of his KOs, 'cause this is just, like, get on YouTube.
- MSMatt Serra
The body shot was nasty.
- JRJoe Rogan
This, I watch this cat every time he fights. I just can't, he's so fucking accurate, and he's so slick.
- MSMatt Serra
How old is he?
- JRJoe Rogan
He's 22.
- MSMatt Serra
Oh, damn.
- SPSpeaker
Damn.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, man, I'm telling you, this 22-year-old cat from Dagestan might be the best striker on Earth right now. This dude is-
- MSMatt Serra
Wow
- JRJoe Rogan
... so impressive, and I'm telling you-
- 56:49 – 1:42:02
Old-school MMA legends and the jiu-jitsu family tree: Kerr, Bustamante, Renzo, Danaher
- MSMatt Serra
Didn't you see The Smashing Machine?
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, bro.
- MSMatt Serra
Did you like The Smashing Machine?
- JRJoe Rogan
I did. I did.
- MSMatt Serra
It was good.
- JRJoe Rogan
I did.
- MSMatt Serra
I enjoyed it, too.
- JRJoe Rogan
I thought The Rock was amazing. I thought, like, his acting, like, like, you didn't think it was The Rock, you know?
- MSMatt Serra
I haven't seen it yet.
- SPSpeaker
Me neither.
- JRJoe Rogan
You thought it was Mark Kerr.
- MSMatt Serra
Really?
- JRJoe Rogan
Like, he even got a forehead thing.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Like, he got, like, rubber put on his forehead or whatever the fuck it is.
- MSMatt Serra
Give you a little like...
- SPSpeaker
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah, make him more Neanderthal.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah. [laughs]
- SPSpeaker
A little Cro-Magnon.
- MSMatt Serra
Give him a little Frankenstein forehead. It's almost scene by scene, it was almost like the same, pretty much the same exact thing as the documentary.
- JRJoe Rogan
It was really good.
- MSMatt Serra
The documentary, it's, it, think, it's like the same shots, the same story.
- JRJoe Rogan
Mm-hmm.
- MSMatt Serra
So if you've seen the documentary, which was great.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah, same here.
- JRJoe Rogan
Mark was a great guest. I had him in the podcast. He was fun.
- MSMatt Serra
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
It was a real- he was a really cool guest, you know?
- MSMatt Serra
No kidding.
- 1:42:02 – 2:01:53
Pop culture chaos, UFOs, VR addiction, and the White House fight-card reality check
- JRJoe Rogan
premise. Where are these Artemis people at now? Are they, are they passing the moon yet?
- SPSpeaker
They already did. That was all last-
- JRJoe Rogan
They, they passed it?
- SPSpeaker
Yeah, that was all streamed on Monday.
- JRJoe Rogan
What happened? So they- Yeah ... when did they, did they land yet? Are they back yet? Where are they?
- SPSpeaker
Uh, they should be probably back in the next day or two.
- JRJoe Rogan
Well, who's going where? They went around the moon. They went all the way around the moon? All the way around the moon. And didn't land? No. Their probe. No, they just went around it.
- SPSpeaker
They just went around and s- saw the dark side of the moon.
- JRJoe Rogan
Yeah. Yeah, they took photos of the dark side of the moon. Oh, really? Yeah. But the-
- SPSpeaker
They did crash on, on Friday. Uh, splash Friday.
- JRJoe Rogan
Splash on Friday.
- SPSpeaker
[laughs]
- JRJoe Rogan
I was getting ready to say, what? They crashed?
- SPSpeaker
Yeah, no, no, yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
So they land tomorrow. Wow. So they, um, so the, the dark side of the moon is only dark when the moon's not. It's not dark... Like, the sun still hits it the same amount the sun hits the light side of the moon.
- SPSpeaker
Is that true?
- JRJoe Rogan
It's just... Yeah, it's the way the... I used to think... I'm, I'm a retard. I used to think that the m- the reason why we only see one side of the moon is because the moon doesn't spin.
- SPSpeaker
That's what I thought.
- JRJoe Rogan
No, no, no. The moon not only spins around us, but it rotates. But when we see it, it, the only time we see the moon during a full moon or a quarter moon or whatever it is, is when the sun is hitting the side that's always facing us. Right.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah.
- JRJoe Rogan
So when, when it goes the other way-
- SPSpeaker
Gotcha
- JRJoe Rogan
... that, there's a different side that's facing us, but we don't ever get to see it because it's dark. Right. That's what it is. So we-
- SPSpeaker
Split it
- JRJoe Rogan
... but they, so they took pictures of the other side. Exactly. Yeah. Mm. And there's aliens everywhere. I was about to say, yeah, I was gonna say, what's on the, what's on the other side? There's pyramids and fucking things. Yeah, yeah. Civilization on the other side? What's on the other side? [laughs] And in that, in that movie, he finds an alien, by the way. Oh, he does? This is not really a spoiler. It's in the- Oh ... in the trailers. I had that guy Bob Lazar on again recently. Shh. Who's that? You wanna see a great documentary? The, it's fun. Uh, the first, I would say Jeremy Corbell's documentary, which is, uh, Area 51: Bob Lazar and Flying Saucers. Is that what it's called?Bob Lazar, Area 51, and flying saucers. So this guy was a back engi- he was an engineer, and he was hired to, uh, work on these space crafts that he didn't know what the fuck they were. And they told him, like, "Try to figure out this propulsion system." They brought him into this hangar, and this is in, like, 1988, and it's a flying saucer that looks exactly like that thing on the desk.
- DTDin Thomas
Jesus.
- JRJoe Rogan
And it has an American flag sticker on it. And so he's like, "Oh, it must be ours." Like, and then he gets in it and he's like, "What the fuck is this?"
- DTDin Thomas
[laughs]
- JRJoe Rogan
It's made for people that are three feet tall. There's no controls, no buttons, nothing that-
- DTDin Thomas
Why you looking at me, motherfucker?
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