JRE MMA Show #40 with Eddie Bravo

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

September 6, 2018

Duration

2h 1m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Joe is joined by Eddie Bravo to talk about the fight world.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Eddie Bravo

  guest

• Young Jamie

  guest

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo, JRE MMA Show #40 with Eddie Bravo explores bruce Lee, Gracies, and MMA Evolution: Eddie Bravo on JRE MMA Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo start with Eddie indoctrinating his six-year-old son into Bruce Lee fandom, using classic films and nunchuck scenes to cement Lee as the ultimate martial artist. They then dive deep into Bruce Lee’s real influence on modern MMA, his cross‑style approach, and how that foreshadowed today’s mixed martial arts. The conversation shifts to the evolution of grappling and MMA: Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, the early UFCs, Pancrase, catch wrestling, and how rule sets shaped ground fighting. They close by discussing current and upcoming MMA fights (Woodley vs. Till, Conor vs. Khabib, Tony Ferguson’s return), the rise of team grappling formats like Quintet, and training philosophies around jiu-jitsu, striking, conditioning, and gymnastics.

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