JRE MMA Show #69 with Yves Edwards

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (paper rustling) Doot, doot. (hand slamming)…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      (paper rustling) Doot, doot. (hand slamming) Yves Edwards, ladies and gentlemen. Hello, sir.

   2. YEYves Edwards0:06

      Hey.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:07

      Good to see you, brother. What's going on?

   4. YEYves Edwards0:08

      Um, everything and nothing, man.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:10

      Everything and nothing?

   6. YEYves Edwards0:11

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:11

      You were telling me you're, uh, this is a crazy w- time for you. You're, you're a vagabond. You're traveling around, man.

   8. YEYves Edwards0:16

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:16

      Like a gypsy.

   10. YEYves Edwards0:16

       I, I, I like the term nomad.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:18

       Nomad's good.

   12. YEYves Edwards0:19

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:19

       It's a good term.

   14. YEYves Edwards0:19

       Yeah, vagabond makes it sound like I'm poor-

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:21

       Right, right, right.

   16. YEYves Edwards0:21

       ... and I got, like, a stick with my-

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       Yeah.

   18. YEYves Edwards0:22

       ... clothes tied in a back and...

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:23

       Yeah, nomad's like a gypsy with money.

   20. YEYves Edwards0:25

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:26

       No, but gypsies are... Is that a derogatory term?

   22. NANarrator0:28

       Right.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:28

       I- it didn't used to be. I think it might be now.

   24. YEYves Edwards0:30

       (laughs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:30

       They can say it. Like, King of the Gypsies is, uh, Tyson Fury. He's allowed to say it.

   26. YEYves Edwards0:35

       He's allowed to say it.

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:36

       Might be one of them things.

   28. YEYves Edwards0:37

       Yeah, we got a word like that.

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:38

       (laughs)

   30. YEYves Edwards0:39

       (laughs)
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   (laughs) …

   1. YEYves Edwards15:00

      b- rectangular buckets and they'll have, like, two or three stacks of them next to them, and they just reach down-

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:05

      (laughs)

   3. YEYves Edwards15:05

      ... and drop them in the machine and that's how they play. I, I don't know what they're doing, though.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:08

      (laughs)

   5. YEYves Edwards15:09

      I don't understand it at all. I want to play it, but then I'm like, "It looks stupid. I don't want to win ball bearings. What am I going to do, put them in my car?"

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:15

      Yeah, what the fuck? Look at that, it's so strange. A bucket... This guy's just taking fists of ball bearings and throwing them into this machine, and then they're bouncing around like a, like a pinball machine turned up on its side.

   7. YEYves Edwards15:29

      Yeah. I, I, I don't, I don't understand it at all. I don't know... Like, what's the value on those ball bearings?

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:35

      (laughs)

   9. YEYves Edwards15:35

      (laughs)

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:36

       Dude, I, I don't... Look, every time I go to Vegas, every time I go through a casino, I freak out. I just, I just see those people, I feel like they're wasting their life playing those goddamn slot machines.

   11. YEYves Edwards15:47

       Slot machines, yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:47

       Yeah.

   13. YEYves Edwards15:48

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:48

       That's-

   15. YEYves Edwards15:49

       But the first time I went to... The first time I fought in Vegas, I, um, I played a slot machine. Um, that was the only time I've ever... I... This is the first time I gambled. Like, in the Bahamas when I was growing up also, Bahamians couldn't even gamble in the Bahamas. But then I came here and I was in Vegas and I was like, "I want to play slots," but I, I was, like, against gambling so I played the nickel slots for a while.

   16. JRJoe Rogan16:08

       (laughs)

   17. YEYves Edwards16:08

       I won 20 bucks on the nickel slots, I remember I was shaking my, my, my winnings in people's faces like, "I won."

   18. JRJoe Rogan16:13

       That's hilarious. You gotta go to, like, Circus Circus or some place to play the nickel slots.

   19. YEYves Edwards16:17

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan16:17

       You ever go to that place?

   21. YEYves Edwards16:19

       I've been... Yeah, I've stayed at Circus Circus before.

   22. JRJoe Rogan16:20

       That's a window into history.

   23. YEYves Edwards16:23

       (laughs) Yes.

   24. JRJoe Rogan16:24

       I go to Circus Circus every time I go to Vegas with my kids because, uh, my youngest daughter likes going there. She likes playing all those stupid carnival games. She thinks it's hilarious. She's nine, you know?

   25. YEYves Edwards16:34

       Yup.

   26. JRJoe Rogan16:35

       So she likes shooting water at the thing and the balloon-

   27. YEYves Edwards16:37

       Yup.

   28. JRJoe Rogan16:38

       ... pops and all that stuff, so we always go there. But it's always... And then they do, like, a circus show where they'll have, like, a clown and trapeze artists, but it's like... No disrespect, but it's kind of second rate. You know? Like, the, the trapeze guy's got a gut.

   29. YEYves Edwards16:52

       Yeah. Well, I mean, when... Especially when you co- (laughs)

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:54

       (laughs)
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   I take the gorilla…

   1. YEYves Edwards30:00

      talking to your buddy Jeff earlier about that, um, like, you got a choice, right? You get, you're gonna... Of course, hypothetically. You got a choice. You're gonna, you're gonna get mauled by a bear, a gorilla, um, or die by a wolf or a tiger. What do you choose?

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:16

      I take the gorilla all day 'cause I think-

   3. YEYves Edwards30:18

      What?

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:18

      ... he's just gonna beat your ass. I don't think he's gonna kill you because I don't think, I don't think he wants to eat you.

   5. YEYves Edwards30:23

      But, like, the premise of the question is you're gonna die.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:25

      Hm. Yeah, then the tiger 'cause the tiger's gonna get your neck and kill you quick.

   7. YEYves Edwards30:30

      That's, that's my choice also.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:32

      Yeah, I think so. Did you see-

   9. YEYves Edwards30:32

      I mean-

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:32

       ... the video of the tiger chasing the dudes on the motorbike?

   11. YEYves Edwards30:36

       No.

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:36

       Oh. In India? It's horrific. (laughs)

   13. YEYves Edwards30:40

       (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:40

       These fucking dudes are driving on this road-

   15. YEYves Edwards30:42

       Yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:42

       ... in this, uh, wildlife preserve and this tiger comes full clip, chasing them out of the jungle and just bails off at the last second.

   17. YEYves Edwards30:49

       That scares-

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:49

       Just can't catch him.

   19. YEYves Edwards30:50

       ... the shit out of me.

   20. JRJoe Rogan30:51

       It should.

   21. NANarrator30:52

       Mm-hmm.

   22. JRJoe Rogan30:52

       It's fucking horrific.They're so fast.

   23. YEYves Edwards30:55

       Like, what do you do? Right?

   24. JRJoe Rogan30:57

       What can you do?

   25. YEYves Edwards30:58

       Like, there's nothing-

   26. JRJoe Rogan30:59

       So weak.

   27. YEYves Edwards30:59

       ... you can do.

   28. JRJoe Rogan31:00

       Unless you have a gun. You're so weak. There's not much you can do.

   29. YEYves Edwards31:02

       But then, when you think about that, there h- like, you think about Africa, you think about India, you think about these places where lions and tigers exist, and people have existed since the beginning of time.

   30. JRJoe Rogan31:12

       Mm-hmm.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   That's a moron. …

   1. YEYves Edwards45:00

      that like, well, if a guy doesn't make weight and the other guy gets so much of his purse, like, and he's- he's going to get his win and show money, right? If he's guaranteed his win and show money anyway, then why wouldn't he just throw the fight and get a bonus percentage of the- the winner's win money? And it's like-

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:21

      That's a moron.

   3. YEYves Edwards45:22

      (laughs)

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:23

      (laughs) That's a moron. Well, not only that, that's-

   5. YEYves Edwards45:25

      Thank you.

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:26

      That's not just a moron, it's someone who doesn't understand the psychology of a winner.

   7. YEYves Edwards45:29

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:29

      Like, the- the thing about a winner is the last thing a winner wants to do is lose on purpose.

   9. YEYves Edwards45:35

      Right?

   10. JRJoe Rogan45:35

       If th- and when you have the opportunity ... The- the big thing is winning. You have the opportunity to win, it's right in front of you, and you only get a chance to do this three times a year, four times a year, five if you're Cowboy, right? Like ... Right?

   11. YEYves Edwards45:49

       (laughs)

   12. JRJoe Rogan45:49

       Like how many times does he-

   13. YEYves Edwards45:50

       Cowboy's crazy.

   14. JRJoe Rogan45:51

       He's crazy, but he fights like five times a year, right? If he could, he'd probably fight every week.

   15. YEYves Edwards45:55

       Yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan45:55

       But the- the idea that you're gonna throw that? The- the- the best feeling that you could ever achieve? They're crazy. They just don't understand it. They ... But that's just the problem with the internet, is reading comments. It's just too many morons with ideas.

   17. YEYves Edwards46:13

       I used to love the underground, man.

   18. JRJoe Rogan46:15

       It was great back in the day.

   19. YEYves Edwards46:16

       I was like, having my, like, I had the O ... What? I th- think I have double Os, you know what I mean?

   20. JRJoe Rogan46:21

       Yeah.

   21. YEYves Edwards46:22

       Like, being-

   22. JRJoe Rogan46:22

       (laughs)

   23. YEYves Edwards46:23

       ... being from back then, you know?

   24. JRJoe Rogan46:24

       Yeah.

   25. YEYves Edwards46:24

       Um, or maybe even a 90, like, they, at some point they just gave you the number, they-

   26. JRJoe Rogan46:28

       I was on in the 90s.

   27. YEYves Edwards46:29

       Same here.

   28. JRJoe Rogan46:30

       Yeah.

   29. YEYves Edwards46:30

       So like, I don't know if my thing says 99 or double O. I still sign in every once in a while.

   30. JRJoe Rogan46:35

       Just to check in?
5. 1:00:00 – 1:05:18

   Yeah, there's some bridge…

   1. YEYves Edwards1:00:00

      you know, if you, you went out on a bad note, it kind of doesn't really matter.

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:03

      Yeah, there's some bridge burners out there.

   3. YEYves Edwards1:00:05

      Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:05

      Some young guys that get crazy and then they do an interview. Uh, interviews are so toxic, right? You get-

   5. YEYves Edwards1:00:10

      Yeah. (laughs)

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:10

      You start getting crazy and you say something that really could fuck up your entire career and you might not even really mean it. Or if you do mean it, you might mean it only for an hour.

   7. YEYves Edwards1:00:20

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:20

      You know? And then after you say like, "Why did I say that? I, I, d- Really I should look at it from their perspective." They're trying to run a business.

   9. YEYves Edwards1:00:26

      Don't be in your feelings.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:27

       Yeah, don't be in your feelings. (laughs)

   11. YEYves Edwards1:00:30

       (laughs)

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

       Well like, you know, one of the more interesting things about the PFL this season was, uh, Vinny Magalhaes. Like, Vinny Magalhaes has become who I thought he would be earlier in his career because he's such a phenom with grappling. I mean, he's, he's the legitimate world champion. I mean, I remember watching him throw a flying armbar on Pe de Pano, who's, uh, a multiple time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion himself and Vinny just locks him up and jumps into a flying armbar, I'm like, "That is crazy," and finished him off. I was like, "That is insane." Like, that's how good Vinny is. And he was catching people and d- g- and I thought he was on his way. And Sean... What is his last name? Again?

   13. YEYves Edwards1:01:10

       Sean O'Connell.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:01:11

       O- O'Connell. Yeah, I wanna say O'Malley, but I know that's not his name.

   15. YEYves Edwards1:01:13

       (laughs)

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:01:13

       Sean O'Connell. Um, I was very impressed, man. Amazed that he was able to beat him.

   17. YEYves Edwards1:01:17

       Man, he put, he put a real good game plan together. He had Jeremy Hunt in his corner too.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:01:20

       Oh.

   19. YEYves Edwards1:01:21

       Like, having, having that knowledge-

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:01:22

       Yeah.

   21. YEYves Edwards1:01:23

       ... bank behind you, you know what I mean?

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:01:24

       Mm-hmm.

   23. YEYves Edwards1:01:25

       But, um, like, Vinny...I think his fights lasted, like, not even a round to get to, to get to the finals.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:32

       Yeah.

   25. YEYves Edwards1:01:32

       So that's four fights and he hasn't even spent five minutes in the cage yet, you know. And then Sean takes him to the end. But then this season, Vinny just fought a couple of weeks ago and, um, man, the... I guess it's kinda like the strategy to beat Vinny, of course, is to keep the fight standing. Um, not get taken down, not be on bottom, don't even let him pull guard. But he took, he took, he took a pounding in that first round. He, he needs, he needs a win. He needs like... He needs to show that, that Vinny level jujitsu-

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:02:01

       Mm-hmm.

   27. YEYves Edwards1:02:01

       ... in his next fight to get into the playoffs this year.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:02:03

       Did he win his fight?

   29. YEYves Edwards1:02:04

       He lost.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:02:05

       He lost?

Episode duration: 2:38:22