Joe Rogan Experience #1532 - Mike Tyson

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The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) So a friend of mine who's a giant boxing fan, he sends me this text message. He goes, "Dude, check this shit out." And it's you training with Rafael Cordeiro. And I remember looking at it going, "Oh, shit. What happened?" What happened? Because the last time you were in here, you were talking about how you didn't want to work out-

Yeah.

... because it would ignite the ego.

Hey, let's talk about that too.

(laughs)

So, um, I was discussing with my wife something about me being overweight. You know, when you have to, you have... Sometimes want to complain to your wife but you want to take it out on her in some-

Right.

... kind of perspective. And she said, "Well, why don't you just get on the, um, treadmill for 15 minutes a day?" I said, "Ah." She said, "Just 15 minutes." So it went from 15 minutes a day to two hours a day.

(laughs)

And, um-

That's what you were worried about.

Yeah, exactly. Um, but I was complaining about my weight and so, um, I don't know. I guess I tried on some clothing and it was disastrous. And so I was worried about my weight, and she told me the 15 minute route and it went two hours a day. And, um, I just started losing weight. And then, um, somebody... 'Cause my brother-in-law said, "Hey, Mike, man, I know you're not gonna win, but somebody said would you fight this guy for like 40 million or 30 million bucks?" I said, "Man, get the f-" I went, "Whoa." I said, "Ho." Then something went ding.

(laughs)

I was just getting ready to get the fuck... I said, "Whoa." And I said, like, "Well, who would they like me to fight?" And he said, "One minute." And he called. Then it's Bob Sapp. I said okay. And so I'm saying to myself, "Well, I know Bob." And I said, "Ho." 'Cause I know Bob is big and strong. I said, "Ho, one minute. How would they like me to fight him? Can I fight him under the markers of Queensberry Rules?" And he said, "One minute, Mike." He asked the guy. The guy said yes. I said, "I'll fight him." Right? And so-

So it was Bob Sapp was the first one that was brought up?

Yeah, and so on from... (gasps)

For people who don't know Bob Sapp, Bob Sapp was a giant fighter in PRIDE.

Yeah.

At one time he was like 375 pounds.

And solid muscle.

He was fighting all the kickboxers. Solid muscle.

And, um-

With abs.

It's incredible, right? And, um, it went from him to somebody else, then another guy, then the MMA, then this guy, and then somehow, no, some other fighters, Evander, then it went from... Who else? There was another heavyweight champ. It was just a bunch of guys up here they fight, and next thing you know, it came down to Roy. I said how did this... And I'm like I don't know what the hell's going on. And then he signed the contract, I signed the contract. Next thing you know I'm in the gym again and it's disastrous. (laughs)