Joe Rogan Experience #2498 - Brendan Schaub
In a Nutshell
Joe Rogan and Brendan Schaub analyze recent UFC fights, praising Joshua Van's flyweight dominance, Sean Strickland's resilience against Hamzat Chimaev (hindered by brutal weight cuts), Ilia Topuria's featherweight supremacy, and Jon Jones' GOAT case, while debating judging biases, betting suspicions, and fighter pay in UFC's $7B era. They critique social media addiction, TikTok's brain-rot algorithm, conspiracy theories around Trump assassination attempts, and MK Ultra persistence, advocating nationalized US oil to curb gas price manipulation. Car talk dominates the latter half, geeking out over modded Porsches (Gunther Works), Hellcat Durangos, manual swaps, Tesla tire woes, and Brendan's Gearheads Gone Wild show on Tubi, emphasizing driving joy over house luxury.
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Joe Rogan and Brendan Schaub discuss Joshua Van's recent fight. Van has been fighting for about 5 years, is 24 years old, and shows crazy athleticism. His boxing might be the best in the UFC, comparable to Ilia Topuria. Topuria is a one-punch knockout artist. It's tough to be a knockout artist at flyweight. Josh Figueroa was starching people. In the Tatsuro Taira fight, Van pieced him up despite Taira's grappling background. Van's counters were clean and sharp. The performance removed questions about how Van won the title against Pantoja, who is a straight-up assassin. Van's stock rose; Taira got him down but couldn't submit him.
At 24, Van has time to improve holes like ground game. Potential Pantoja rematch in Q4; even if Pantoja wins, Van is young and could be champ for a long time. Alexandre Pantoja is 36, old in flyweight years—tough division. Middleweight at 36 is the beginning of the slide; welterweight even more so. Heavyweight prime extends longer: Francis Ngannou is 38 and in his prime. No one sees him over the hill. Heavyweight has old fighters succeeding: Volkov is 45 (said 59 jokingly), former Bellator and M1 champion. Volkov updated his Moana tattoo to a dope Japanese mask.
Sean Brady looked phenomenal, entire body tattooed including feet. MMA is tough to pick for betting. Walker Buckley said pre-fight he wasn't working grappling, planned to keep it standing and knock Brady out. Brady dominated 10-7 over three rounds. Could have been mental games, but Brady's grappling overwhelmed. Buckley went back to locker room realizing he wasn't in the same ballpark.
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