JRE Fight Companion - March 21, 2026
In a Nutshell
Joe Rogan, Joey Diaz, and guests host a JRE Fight Companion for an MVP event card on March 21, 2026, critiquing UFC's White House card hype (e.g., no Pereira-Jones, mismatched bouts like Chandler-Huffy), tech glitches, and matchmaking flaws like training partner fights (MVP vs. Patterson decision). They analyze fights including Christian Lee Duncan KO, Wonderboy vs. Holland, atomweight Muay Thai spectacles, and main event Evloev decision win over Leone via grappling dominance despite nutshots and cuts. Tangents cover conspiracies (Epstein suicide doubts, Cobain forgery, Pizzagate), geopolitics (Iran-Israel tensions, Trump), fighter legacies (Hershel Walker, Ronda Rousey), peptides/stem cells, push-up records, and promos for Gearhead's Gone Wild on Tubi.
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Struggling to confirm live stream on YouTube app and feed. Stream is live on back end for 2 minutes but not visible publicly. Direct links: iroen.com/live, YouTube.com/joive (different channel from main JRE). Now listed but was unlisted/public issue. Shadowban conspiracy mentioned. Recording backup regardless.
Joey Diaz joins. Discussing fights, specifically Leremy Murphy overlooked for title shot despite undefeated record and starching Aaron Pico with spinning back elbow. Alexander Volkanovski wanted him but Dana White picked DJ Lopes instead.
Great card but hyped as the best ever by Dana White and Trump ("best fights, nine world titles"). Main issues: not Pereira vs. Jon Jones (disappointment), Chandler vs. Huffy bad matchup for Chandler after waiting for Conor McGregor. Serial Gone vs. Alex Pereira for co-interim heavyweight title (first time, great fight). Event outside White House, building tent/joint now, warmups in Oval Office per Dana. Outside mats after Bill Clinton incident there.
Jon Jones couldn't agree on money with UFC (offered 15 mil, he wants more; previously turned down 30 mil vs. Aspinall). For interim title like this card. Jones ready now, said yesterday/today. Aspinall had two serious eye surgeries, won't make White House. Jones could fight winner of Serial/Pereira later or Aspinall directly. Jones has UFC contract left (signed short-term). Pereira signed new 8-fight deal with UFC. Netflix offered Nate Diaz 10 mil+ (some heard more).
Chandler sat out too long waiting for Conor; should take fights and keep moving. Conor fighting International Fight Week supposedly. Bo Nickal vs. Kobe Cumington mismatch at 185lbs (Nickal elite wrestler); Cumington declined per Nickal. Nickal learning striking on job (improved after Reiner Ditter loss, head kicked Vieira to shadow realm). Sugar Sean on White House card. Cory Sandhagen vs. Sugend most interesting fight.
Most expensive UFC card ever (more than Sphere): building structure, security. Capacity 3,000 oligarchs. Weird vibe like Django movie; no rowdy energy, music, visuals, crowd pump (Whoop at 11/3 post-fight). No tits out, beer chugging, chants like "who shot Bobby Loop." Attendees not true UFC fans. Risk of Iranian missile mid-event.
Jets/Giants fans persist despite no championships since 1969 (Jets had Aaron Rodgers injured, Jamal Adams traded). Browns worst luck, 45 QBs in 25 years; hope in Sanders (shitty O-line last 7 games, fearless throws, sees talent). Rebuilt line, draft tackle (Ohio State guy) and WR (Kareem Pate or Mai Lemon; prefer Mai Lemon). Defense solid with Miles Garrett. Football > UFC for some; games great first 10 mins then leave early (Dodgers 6th inning, Yankees puking/diabetes lady eating sweets).
Tech issues fixed; fight in first round. Apex lit but no energy for fighters. White House same: no live energy, shirts off, rowdy fans.
Buffer sole survivor in leadership. Iran situation: one side says Trump decimated them (missiles reduced per Al Jazeera); other says bombing Tel Aviv (arrests for filming). CNN scares with airport chaos (Austin crawling, TSA). Radicalization on both sides (US via CNN/Facebook at 8am; celebrate shootings). Trump assassination attempt cheers bizarre. Multiple truths: Iranian regime horrible (executed elite teenage wrestler falsely at protest). Golden beeper gift Netanyahu to Trump gangster. Iran rockets now 4,000km (reach Europe), blowing oil hubs in Qatar, UAE, Saudi.
They're blowing things up anywhere they think Americans are. Any American assets in these places. They hit Dubai too. Bring it back to their shit. There's a lot of fights in the Middle East, so probably some rescheduling unless it's all resolved. If they're bombing Dubai, that's insane. I was just there 6 months ago. A bunch of different countries. It's not cut and dry. I'm the last person that thinks we should go to war. That regime is spooky. Is it possible the bombings they're putting on Iran were done by someone else as a false flag? They can pretty much determine where rockets come from, which is how they blame that one rocket on America that landed on that school. Watched Ian Carroll's 2-hour podcast breaking it down with satellite footage of bases blown up—picture of it, then next one has a black dot. But even that could be AI. There's definitely a bunch of AI stuff out there. In this new world, you're going to see news that's not news, fake shit. Israelis are pretty slick. Idea of using fake footage to pretend Netanyahu was dead is not past what they would think of. Clever move. If they had to use fake video of things getting blown up, how do you know? Who knows what's real anymore?
How do we know here in Texas? We don't know. Who's going to surf this whole thing? In 3 weeks, we're going to Cuba. The mother ship's opening up. Something's happening. Revolution in Cuba. Open up the mother fucker next to Starbucks. Real cigars. Those cigars taste like ass now, that communist dirt. Hearing it from the Cuban people. Diaz is starting to negotiate with Trump. Lift the embargos. Forget the embargo. Lift the island. Get those people out. They have roaring blackouts. As of three or four days ago, no power. Communism doesn't work. Tried it in New York. He's learning on the fly. Not going great. Kathy Hochul begging rich people to come back to New York. Go to Palm Beach and grab your friends. How is that lady the governor of New York? She's the white lady that said black people don't know what computers are. Most racist thing. She's the one that said God brought the vaccine. No, Pfizer made it. They have a patent. Moderna made it. Idiot. How are you the governor?
Eddie was spot on on the Epstein stuff 6 or 7 years ago. Just repeating YouTube. Eddie Bravo was right. Nirvana one's crazy. New handwriting analysis of Kurt Cobain's suicide letter says it's counterfeit. Clearly fake. Watched the doc, but it had actors saying things you don't know if they said because no one was there. Detectives said no way you could do that size. Even without the letter, most people can tell the writing on the bottom is not the same as the top. When the heroin kicked in, writing goes out the window. Killed Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington. Picture of Chester with family the day before. Chris Cornell hung in a closet with broken ribs. They said it was from CPR, but you break ribs doing CPR. Look into Chris Cornell stuff. They murdered that dude. Bardane maybe did, but Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell were really good friends, involved in a documentary about child sex trafficking. Bourdain involved too, and a DJ that mysteriously committed suicide. All involved in some project. Four journalists that debunked Pizzagate were arrested for child pornography. Went to Comet Ping Pong. When looked up, saw a Vice reporter arrested, but not one of the debunkers.
So many deaths in celebrity world that are suspicious. Plasma physicist whacked at MIT, then another guy assassinated, another just killed. Working on important plasma physics stuff. This is all 2023, old arrests, old meme. Elon Musk boosted Pizzagate. Michael Jackson death weird. Taking propofol every night. Can't anesthetize yourself every night. Got all his masters back and Beatles catalog. Made wild money since he died, him and Elvis always one and two. Tupac put out fifth album after dead. Thought he was alive. Andrew Dice Clay movie Ford Fairlane, detective investigating celebrity deaths. Record company executive says soon as we kill him, we immortalize him, he's worth new that. Suspicion about Jimi Hendrix. Kill them while hot, not when they sell out. Whoever owns the masters wins. Doctor that killed Michael Jackson got nothing, slip in amount. Thinks Michael Jackson was chemically castrated. Looked into child sexual cases, facts are fucked. Candace Owens did deep dives.
Candace on a list to get assassinated, Tucker too. Theo Von lives next door to Tucker. At Tucker's Christmas party, Theo wanted pictures, called Candace over. Kids call him Uncle Theo, over 4 days a week for dinner. Candace done Theo's podcast.
Christian Lee Duncan vs. Roman Dolidze
Great fight. Christian Lee Duncan wicked striker. They're fucking him over fighting super close teammate on last fight of contract. Michael Venom Page unique, can't mimic style. Training partner knows it now. Choked MVP out left and right, anacondas and darces good. Could have done at middleweight, crazy fight.
Smelling salts for allergies. Christian Lee Duncan down, 3:34 of first round. Main event Evil Evan Loam, both 37-0. Better than Netflix or White House card. MVP card filled out, Luke Rockhold returning with Ronda Rousey. Ronda vs. Jacare? Both old. Ronda minus 4000 favorite, will starch her. Gina had decent striking, good jiu-jitsu 20 years ago, looks young, great shape.
What did they pay Francis? 2 million. Nate Diaz more than 10, Francis 20. Lineal heavyweight champion, never lost title, just left. Netflix spectacles fun but don't move rankings. Need Netflix championships, name the show MVP, put out belts. Build champions. PFL sinking, Lorenz Larkin and Jason Jackson exciting. Love Loren Lin. Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry depends on version of Nate. Bare knuckle Mike's game. Nate tough in clinch with grappling. Most watched MMA fight ever for casuals. Loren Larkin only guy threw oblique kicks to body against Neil Magny. Oblique kick angle and line of strike, slanted or diagonal. 10 Cush episode 20.
Used to do YouTube show 10 Planet Kush UFC picks. Film Joey betting 500 in alley next to dumpster at Houston.
Filming Planet Kush episode 6 with Joey Diaz giving UFC picks. He bats around 500, always one take. In episode 20, filmed at his apartment with 10 cats. Made a documentary on the cats: stories about which cats fight, which get along. Cats named Fidel, Felito. Fidel most beautiful cat. After cat stories, Joey gives picks holding Fidel, on fire, gets all picks right 1000%. Just back from yoga, obliques making comeback. Filmer laughing entire time. Cats knew the picks.
Pet ownership: Speaker has one cat. Joe has two dogs. Another has four dogs. No cats for Joe, has 15 chickens. Speaker all in on cats, became cat person last 6 years, cats everything to him.
Moar claims 1500 push-ups in an hour, previously 1000. From tough cold place, probably Russia. Question full extension, want video. Prison guys in shape. Russian push-up method: time under tension, slow reps harder than high numbers, tense whole body including calves and legs. Isometric better as you get older. Bullworker toy from childhood.
Book The Power of 10: one heavy set to near failure instead of multiple sets (e.g., one set of 4 heaviest squats, one set of 9 bench press feeling like puking), 3-4 movements, out in half hour, no warm-up. Similar to Mike Mentzer's high-intensity training. Overtraining concern, more rest for growth. Mentzer did 20 sets per body part on splits.
George Sotiropoulos fighting Dennis Siver (trunk legs, turning sidekicks) in Australia. Saw Siver doing heavy squats right before fight to ramp up/wake body. One set wouldn't tire much if accustomed. Grip strength peaks first try, then drops.
Others: Morab spars 5 hard rounds day of fight. Randy Couture too. Thiago Alves first seen working out hard pre-fight after extreme weight cut. Scientist explained: exercise post-cut replenishes glycogen, gets carbs into muscles, elevates heart rate so body forgets weight loss, gets first gas out before cage.
Thiago Alves vs. Matt Hughes: Alves massive like heavyweight, stopped Hughes with flying knee, coming out party, big victory. Terrifying in prime, devastating leg kicks. New fans from Conor era don't know old school.
Early UFC 1-8 on 4-hour VHS tape of fights only, played at strip club, guys watched fights over strippers, manager told girls to give lap dances.
Stephen Thompson (Wonderboy) vs. Kevin Holland: Thompson threw 38 wheel kicks. Holland warrior, took shots. Agreement not to go to ground, stupid vs. scariest kickboxer. Thompson prime kickboxer 61-0 or over 100 wins. GSP brought unknown Thompson to camp, unreal jabs like Rush Hour "Which one of y'all hit me?"
Slap fighting, combat jiu-jitsu big but no named athletes. ONE Championship atomweight (105 lbs) Muay Thai fights move double speed. Old boxing like Carbajal vs. Barrera at 115 lbs big PPVs, unlike today below 125.
Old school boxing: Duran, McGuigan, Hearns, Sugar Ray, Hagler tougher, didn't care about brain damage.
Yoshinari (Japanese) vs. Rocky (Thai) 105 lb Muay Thai with MMA gloves: Yoshinari double speed, nasty straight left to body, flawless technique, knees like jabs, counters faster than hands. Stops opponent spectacularly.
Demetrious Johnson more famous now streaming on YouTube (Mighty Cast?).
Cats too quick for cobra strikes. Honey badger/wolverine recover from snake bites, immune to venom, steal food from lions. Cats have reptile eyes, hiss like snakes.
Austin Zoo: close to tigers, minimal separation.
Austin Lane vs. Bernini (crazy toe-to-toe fight, multiple knockdowns, haymakers). Joe memorizes names from UFC email pronunciation, writes phonetically, stressful at weigh-ins. Struggles with Russian/Mongolian names, e.g., Mongolian with Genghis Khan hat.
Japanese toe kicks to liver by Kyokushin karate guys. Smaller weights more technical/talented due to competition, speed, no gravity/power needed, perfect shots only. Casual fans think "I could beat tiny guys."
Ref size for small weights: mid-size like Dan Miragliotta, not Big John. Remove top ropes to make look bigger. Need hefty strong refs like Mark Goddard for separation.
Yoshinari technical: slick movement, flying knee, tuning up body shots. First men's atomweight in ONE? Japanese dominating ONE kickboxing/Muay Thai.
Austin Lane, former Dallas Cowboys defensive end (possibly Carolina), weighs around 230-260 lbs, cut down for fighting. Heavyweight division has the shallowest talent pool; Francis Ngannou lacks appealing opponents like Myles Garrett (290 lbs all muscle, nickname Jurassic). Phil Lindz fought at 205, but limited options. MVP has few free agents to choose from due to UFC's long contracts and monopoly on top heavyweights.
Guy won fights but got cut for being boring. Contrast with Tai Tuivasa, who lost six in a row yet moved up rankings. Lane loses quickly to a tank-like opponent, possibly Polish (Baruski/Baroni/Ewo).
Heavyweight division is the worst it's ever been. Gabe Stevenson, most interesting prospect, not in UFC yet. Rumors of Gabe Stevenson vs. JDS on MVP card. Mighty Mouse retired.
Worst case in fight: knocked out, stretcher out, or broken leg. KO might recover in months, broken leg visually bad, ego hit from KO.
K1 in Los Angeles 2005: Hoist Gracie beat Sakuraba second time from his back, throwing sidekicks to knee. Card had Johnny Morton (Detroit Lions/USC wide receiver) vs. Black Japanese comedian/kickboxer; Morton stretcher out, only fight, deterred other football players from MMA.
Brock Lesnar's first MMA fight outdoor in California, opponent neck broken/jerked.
Other football players: Michael Westbrook (Washington Redskins, University of Colorado, caught Michigan Hail Mary), black belt, MMA fights in King of the Cage, highly athletic.
Hershel Walker in Strikeforce/King of the Cage in his 40s (48 in highlights), stiff but fucked people up, fought real guys, skillful, super strong. Athletic freak: 1000 push-ups, 1000 sit-ups, 1000 squats daily; ate bowl of soup and salad (questionable for his physique). Possible trauma-based personality disorder/multiple personality disorder. Jumped over score in Georgia nationals championship. Played USFL like Jim Kelly.
Hershel more shredded than Yoel Romero, similar bodies but Yoel bigger with more body fat, fighting heavyweight now. Yoel impressive at 48, football traps.
Darren Till vs. Yoel Romero dream fight; Till looked good vs. Luke Rockhold, knee problems led to peptides/stem cells.
Stem cells regrow cartilage (new studies), treat degenerative disc disease by spreading discs. Jason Tatum (Boston Celtics) back in 248-298 days after Achilles/knee rip in playoffs, dunking. Aaron Rodgers quick Achilles recovery with stem cells/peptides via Brigham/Watt.
NBA players train differently, lightning fast in paint; e.g., 7-foot French Black guy for San Antonio shooting jumpers.
Stem cells cured friend's rectal/colon cancer in three ass treatments; back smoking crack, driving cab. CPI in Tijuana using stem cells for cancer, illegal in US.
Peptides at all-time high. 63-year-old used AI to select peptide for bigger/stronger dick: PT-141 (since 1970, originally for women, off-label ED in men). Acts on central nervous system for desire, unlike Viagra (blood flow, originally heart/low blood pressure med).
Inject in arm/stomach at 7pm, wait 3 hours, lasts 72 hours. First night mild hard-on. Next morning couldn't pee, dick ready; gave wife morning sex (prefers mornings, avoids night post-50 heart attack risk 6am-12pm). All day half/3/4 hard, 48 hours dick-focused. Nasal spray version rapid, penile reaction in minutes.
MVP not closer to 170 title; unranked opponent, only loss to Ian Garry (decision), lit up Jared Cannonier but messed around, taken down. UFC brass cooled due to decisions, boring Kevin Holland fight. Has dreads, looks like Milliyard (great podcast guest, documentary).
Point karate emerging in MMA: specific skill set for first strike advantage from distance, blitz like fencing. Ultimate MMA fighter starts with taekwondo/wrestling young for spinny tricks. Point karate best for distance coverage (Raymond Daniels). Billy Blanks world champion point fighter, jacked, athletic, covered distance with backfists/punches/wild kicks.
Fighter 38, looks 28, great shape. Bobby Green 38 with knee surgeries, retired early (maybe 30-40), couldn't walk at 19yo observer's age.
Mike Van Pay (likely Page) has London restaurant, podcast, movies, entertaining/nice guy. Billy Blanks early karate fights allowed face punches, depended on tournament (pull punches in some). Early days before...
Early karate tournaments from the 70s featured fighters wearing foam boots and pads. Bigger karate tournaments had flamboyant outfits, including little capes.
MVP fight starts. Rooting for MVP. His opponent is his training partner, better on the ground with darces and anacondas in training. MVP was at 155 for a while despite being tall. Weight cutting in MMA is extreme; someone crazy would try atomweight like Yoel Romero might. Training partners sparring gives huge advantage, though MVP showboats and entertains.
Possible Michael Venom Page vs. Israel Adesanya matchup at same weight category. MVP fights at 170 and 185, fought Canon at 185. They are buddies but UFC books training partners anyway.
Izzy vs. Joe Pyfer would be crazy. Pyfer hits like trying to kill, every shot head hunting, needs to mix it up more especially against Izzy who smells big overhands. Pyfer hurt Kelvin Gastelum badly in first round with big shots.
MVP's Venom fight gear from French company. Training partner knows his style, not engaging much, fight not super entertaining. MVP looks for takedown. His style requires hands down for speed—throws overhands, uppercuts from hip. Arms swinging helps movement like running. Must be expert at it or jaw wide open, but he's evasive, few shots land.
Douglas Lima vs. Luke Rockhold proposed on MVP. Lima was arguably second best welterweight ever pre-UFC. Tough judging Bellator guys until UFC. Patricio Pitbull came to UFC at 36+. AJ McKee only guy in MMA history with 100% choke finish rate, go-to move, taps from full guard, fight over. His son good too. Elite talent like McKee (age 30-33) locked in Bellator then PFL. PFL tournament winner gets $1 million, e.g., Olivier Aubin-Mercier won after UFC release.
No one wins round because they know each other. Dana White hates this. Patterson threw backfist uniquely. Darryl Gholar (high-level wrestler from Detroit) moved to Brazil teaching wrestling, style was jab then backfist.
Dan Henderson back elbow on Hector Lombard. Tony Ferguson threw two spinning elbows in row, dropped opponent. Ferguson in prime flip coin with Khabib pre-knee injury around 2006. MVP landing right hands now, on the gas.
MVP in London, last contract fight, can't lose or bore. If he stops opponent, first round forgotten. Round 2 to MVP. Patterson not in real trouble unlike others (e.g., lit up Jared Cannonier, Kevin Holland). Trained 100 rounds with Sherdog, Holland.
MVP spinning 360 house kick KO, stood with back turned. Flying knee caved Cyborg's skull, worst KO ever, brain surgery, Brendon never same, didn't fight again.
Rogan watches big main events or listens to podcasts, into combat like others into Cleveland Browns.
Didn't consider training partners, might stink. Hard to find takers for MVP in London; fights at 170/185 but no offers. Hasn't fought Dagestani wrestler like Hamzat. Hamzat vs. Strickland Super Bowl in New Jersey, press conference risky—they'd kill each other. Hamzat called Strickland terrorist, goat. Strickland looked tremendous vs. Dricus du Plessis.
Strickland hard to hit, sneaky feet striking, keeps coming. Hamzat takes down but Strickland versed in getting up, defends subs in later rounds. Hamzat strikes too (video with Khalil). Best strategy grapple, not stand—Strickland volume puncher like Nate Diaz, not KO artist. Don't know Hamzat's chin; traded with Gilbert Burns (who dropped him).
Two stinker rounds. Three significant strikes for MVP, two for Patterson. Patterson expert distance management, neutralizes MVP's surprise. Threw flying wing chun kick.
MVP tapped people with ankle lock. No holes, but standup worlds better. Tough to take down. Controlled fights vs. Wonderboy Thompson (after) and Kevin Holland. Thompson beaten decisively by Matt Brown (ground and pressure), Tyron Woodley (twice, boring, stay outside, hurt him; draw then Woodley win retaining title). Woodley beat Jonny Hendricks too.
Johnny Hendricks now cop/USAD, epic vs. GSP. Matt Brown put Josh Koscheck, Martin Kampmann to sleep. Anderson Silva cop in Beverly Hills, Florida.
Fight crazy bad, on matchmakers booking training partners. Patterson first to not look outclassed (besides Ian Garry who grappled). Ian Garry vs. Islam Makhachev announced/poster leaked. Patterson landed most ever on MVP (four punches), cage control. Likely decision to MVP but bad for him—damaged goods, contract neg, now people know to not engage. They hug post-fight. Sam Patterson 4-0 vs. prospects like Luke Riley.
Charles Johnson KO'd Joshua Van, Loner Kavanaugh (flyweight). Kavanaugh has distinctive hair (top shaved, back puff). Cage Warriors produced Paddy, Conor McGregor, next big thing. Rogan did seminar there 2000, watched event after.
Speaker recounts 2004 incident at Cage Warriors event in UK. Asked about flight to UK, responds there was an Asian guy (meaning Chinese) next to him who stunk or farted. UK crowd interprets "Asian" as Pakistanis/Muslims, leading to near-riot with bottles thrown. Protected by 20 jiu-jitsu guys from seminar. Was drunk, flipped off crowd.
Cage Warriors, KSW, Rizin had elite talent 20 years ago. Gregor Gillespie came from there. Paddy Pimblett ('Patty') made more money at Cage Warriors than early UFC, took pay cut to join UFC. Sold out Liverpool state arenas as main draw. Manager pushed for UFC for legitimacy despite pay cut, 2 years prior.
Question if Paddy rushed vs Justin Gaethje ('Gachi/Gai/Ging/Gi'). Should have had more fights. Gaethje is monster striker, all-American wrestler, excellent takedown defense, crazy athlete, wild hips. Beat Phys standing. Fought recklessly, no fear.
Suggest Paddy vs Conor at 170 for Numbies at International Fight Week/Paramount. Paddy huge for 170. Bigger fight was Paddy vs Ilia Topuria, disaster for Paddy. Jared Gordon fight controversial, both thought Gordon won, even Paddy admitted. Impressed vs Bobby Green, Michael Chandler (older opponents), then Gaethje.
Ilia Topuria flatlines Gaethje at White House. Gaethje's resume greatest ever. Save card: Gaethje KOs Topuria main event, grabs American flag, rips promo. Drone hits during Bruce Buffer announcement. Event at noon on White House lawn, 1,000° humid.
Main event: top Iranian vs top Israeli at 170 (no UFC Israeli at 170). Belal Muhammad vs Israeli. Ukrainian vs Russian. Kamaru Usman thought fighting Islam, yanked. Ian Garry deserves prelim spot, looked sensational vs Buckley.
Gaethje go out on top vs Ilia (could win), red panty night vs Conor at 170. Conor 100% takes it, down to fight Carlos Prates at 170. Conor gangster. Last fight leg break 4 years ago, hasn't won in forever, 2 years inactive. 100% returns. UFC pressure from White House card criticism, no Jon Jones.
Not fighting Oliveira/Charles. Gaethje KOs Ilia, then Conor vs Gaethje July insane. Or vs Max Holloway (both 145 legends, Max coming off loss, fought first UFC bout decision win for Conor, now different fighters). Wrong not to give Michael Chandler the Conor fight.
Tough to sleep on silk sheets. Jon Jones, Floyd Mayweather examples. Mayweather made over billion career, financial problems now? Bought diamond watches, Rolls-Royces, Ferraris, 15 Bugattis, houses, apartments (good investments but big mortgage nut). Athletes/rockstars blow money post-career, no financial education while competing.
Rolling Stones, Zappa, Black Sabbath broke by fifth album. Kiss biggest band 1977, bankrupt 1980. Ozzy Osbourne broke, wife set up reality show.
Michael Venom Page (MVP) on Bellator to UFC transition: fought titles, karate worlds, but UFC nerves unreal, big leagues pressure. Don't blow chance in front of family/friends.
Bet against fighters at home events (7/10 success). Comics know: distractions from ticket requests, self-pressure. Call on Tuesday, not Friday.
Joey touring Jersey, everywhere. Doing Brooklyn Improv 15th, 200 seats, over Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO (formerly Second City). Comedy booming NYC, new clubs in suburbs like Staten Island St. George Theater (amazing).
Real Italians, good pizza, knuckleheads. Mobsters lived everywhere (Brooklyn, Staten Island family homes like Castellano). Was dump/landfill, summer trash smell to Jersey.
Place makes chicken cordon bleu. ASMR mountain cooking videos. Love watching cooking/YouTube car mods (unlocking ZR1 ECU).
Obsessed with Cadillac CT5 Blackwing: 668hp, manual. Hennessy tunes to 1,000hp tire burner. ZR1X 1,200hp. Texas 2K Houston winner: Lamborghini Huracan 3,000hp, 0-60 in 1.3s. Escalade V, CT5-V (tune to 1,000hp, luxury drive). RAM 2500 Power Wagon.
Calvo Viper 2,200-2,400hp terrifying, easy to crash (video shown). Gordon Ryan obsessed.
Riley lands big shots, chasing MVP's KO record/bonus. Sammy at half pay. Blame matchmaking, not fighters. Rule: don't leave to judges. Dana White advice fails vs top opponents. Best friends fighting worst idea.
Would hate fighting friends like Matt Metrion. Joey says Joe Rogan would win: great jabs, can't takedown (worst wrestling), reality-based. Not kung fu theater, like Jake Paul vs Mike.
Dana is making us do this. It would be like Roy Jones vs. Mike Tyson, all body punches. Throw one turning side kick at 113 pounds, it would look like a movie. Choreograph it to sell. Let me take you down, almost choke you, then you escape. Deep choke, then you leg kick me, drop me, ref stops it.
Imagine knocking out a good friend, putting them in the hospital. Terrible. That fight could be a cartoon. Hate the win pay thing more than weigh-ins and weight cutting. Win pay means you get paid more if you win, often a bullshit decision. Only get bonus if no finish. Eliminate it: show pay and finish pay only.
Ronda Rousey went to MVP to fight Gina Carano because UFC wanted win pay, no guaranteed money after no PPV. Dana said no, not our business model. MVP gave guaranteed money. UFC wanted that fight. If Gina wins, rematch. Or Ronda vs. Holly Holm, huge, good time now.
Ronda on meteoric rise, Holly Holm loss, took a year break. Then Amanda Nunes was champion, not nobody. Ronda fought easy Brazilian as up-and-comer? No, she was champion, fucked up Misha Tate. Monster, terrifying, hits harder than any woman ever.
Idiot Hollywood agents thought it easy fight. Nobody liked Ronda vs. Amanda. Worst fight before Holly. Surprised they made Holly fight, thought Amanda Nunes first. Nunes black belt BJJ, hands messed up Cat Zingano's hormone levels, cortisol messed up, vertigo for a year. Shoulders like Michelle Obama, throws hammers, hits like a dude. Compliment.
Funny: transgender amazing, but insult to woman is she has a dick, looks like dude, Michelle Obama secretly has dick. Crazy people say about Erica Kariye. She doesn't. Wild girl before, licked Charlie Kirk's ass. Dirty white boys, shove tongue up ass, fireworks, life changed.
24-year-old white Boy Scout dude with Puerto Rican chick from Bronx, hasn't eaten three days. Erica was beauty pageant lady, but winners suck dick part-time. Odd lady. Conventions with fireworks, coming out, real weird. Got high-level government position from Trump, head of something, CIA?
Want to be Pete Hegseth's sidekick. Department of War, gangster, originally Department of War, now Defense. Trump likes war sounds better. Trump never drank alcohol, brother was bad alcoholic. Imagine drunk Trump. Shane Gillis does best Trump. "I'll stop this war in 24 hours. No one's best at stopping wars. Give me two hours."
Hope Trump right war almost over. Unrealistic peace with Iran, regime change never worked. About oil? They supply all oil. Or central banks. Want Islamic caliphate, largest state-sponsored terrorism. Biden freed $6 billion right before October 7th.
Paddy 250 pounds now, knows how to live between fights, it factor, smart guy. Justin Gaethje fight wakeup call, he'll come back strong. Justin decision, beat his ass, poked eyes, hit nuts.
Using Alps nicotine pouches, shout out Tucker. Murphy got shot in face and neck coming out barber shop, gang activity, metal in tongue, won't talk about it. Gangster. Lots of stabbings in England, rough customers, London Shoot boxing team, Lee Murray days. Movie on Lee Murray, probably Guy Ritchie, "Robin Banks."
Pico knockout bananas, fighting soon in Miami, Bellator vs. Pitbull, loser goes home. Too aggressive, now with Greg Jackson pulling reins. Like Ferasa Hobi, Nick too.
Favorite fight: Ferasa vs. Anderson Silva at Cage Rage, Anderson in prime. Good in Pride, caught groove in Cage Rage. UFC debut Chris Leben, Aubrey betting on fights, bet house on Brazilian. On fire. Was going to retire, Big Nog talked him into continuing.
Fabricio Werdum came in no striking, mixed success vs. Hoist Gracie early, could have taught jiu-jitsu. Stuck it out, striking dangerous, headkicks. Flying sidekick to face first move. Werdum was Cro Cop's BJJ coach. GOAT guard in heavyweight MMA, tapped three legends: Kane, Fedor in triangle (prime Fedor, first loss, scariest ground game), Mir. Couldn't triangle Fedor twice. Also triangled Mirko Cro Cop. Best guard ever, honorable mention Frank Mir. If Mason Fowler did MMA.
Orlovski tuning up Fedor, Fedor threw himself in air, caught perfect overhand.
TSA fucking up. Elon Musk offered to pay government workers on X, pressure. Nuts, play with lives. Airports should be open, spring break. TSA workers not balling, low pay, supplemental money from US aid on transgender monkey studies? Blue collar 9-5 people.
Main event: Elv walking out second, weird for England guy, undefeated, ranked #1 vs. #3. UFC pushes Diego Lopes hard, bad man, but too soon for Volkanowski rematch. Volkanowski knows what to do. Smart: wait on title shot. Not same team as Khabib. Grappling problem, physical, boxing better than Khabib's. Leon too sharp, tactical, catches coming in. 145 with arms like that, 160 now, problem.
Whoever wins interesting for Volkanowski. Believe 1500 push-ups? Build insane. Mayweather claimed 1300 in day, sets of 100. Possible: 60 sets of 25, one every 2.5 seconds for hour. 25 in minute, rest 35 seconds, bang another 25. Not easy, but possible to start.
Most push-ups in row: did 100, son asked. Did 75, gassed. Burke Chrysler 35, said double. World record 1575 in 5 minutes? No, 1575 in hour. Film it. Not full extension, pumping 6-7 inches still tough.
Cam Hanes world chin-up champ, beaten by thousand, now 11-12k in 24 hours. Hands bloody meat, tear skin. Murphy 12k? Drew 10k, Australia 11.7k, new cat 12.3k. Goggins 4900, Truitt beat, back and forth. Truitt 180lbs, 5'11, jacked, runs marathons bigger than others. Cam got to 185, pounding joints. Cam hat: Keep Hammering, American flag.
Murphy before UFC shot in face/neck.
A guy in that shape could bang out 25-30 seconds for the first sets, but the problem hits around 30, 35, 40, 45 minutes. He started with a thousand push-ups. It was a different boxer, Co Costa, also called Kasu or Kazoo, the Russian boxer who did a thousand a day, then jump roped after. He claimed 1,500 push-ups. Those quotes are from his fight earlier in the year or a year ago, reposted now, with no video. Someone tried and got to 730 push-ups. Thousand in an hour sounds doable, but 1,500 is crazy—want to see video. Jump rope is oddly hard. That guy looks jacked with extra tendons and striations between his pecs. He's a vicious grappler.
Even 1,500 push-ups in 90 minutes. Think about Perreiro Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili—amazing decision fight, but not this exciting. The decision isn't the problem; it's winning via striking without finishes. Everybody wants striking, so why not a Muay Thai League with MMA gloves? Zuffa boxing exists. Trying to sell Dana on combat sports like kickboxing. Sent him good fights from Masvidal, Nori, ONE Championship—exciting standup, no boring fights. American promoter should do striking league besides ONE or Glory kickboxing. Kickboxing never big here because not sold right; tiny dudes were awesome. Bare knuckle boxing with Jorge Masvidal's promotion—he's commentator in Dominican Republic April.
Round one: contrast in styles, both undefeated—Elv grappler, Leone striker. London crowd 6 hours ahead, almost midnight, probably hammered. Black dude English. Eddie got shot in neck and face on streets, unknown caliber. Elv trying to strike, commit Leone then shoot. Elv good at striking, had decision wins. Fun to see Volk figure this out. They don't want decision champ. Fighting with rankings, skill sets, rules, judges—UFC owned by TKO which owns WWE, but let top guy fight for title pure. Nice body kick by Elv. Fear of takedown lets strikes sneak in. Elv might shoot soon. Leone not hurting him. Five rounds. Guy with 15,000 push-ups in 30 minutes not worried about gassing. Leone worries about clinch/takedown tightens striking. Elv tagged. Starting to find timing. Good checks. Impressed with Elv on feet. Different from Pico—calculated aggression, not reckless. Pre-fight: use aggression against him, he'll run into shot. Elv too smart. Spinning back fist end of round. Tough to score—pressure vs. couple shots including body shot.
Pressure to finish via striking. Russians might not care. Thiago Alves' coach there. Should have had title shot long ago, but all decisions. They wanted title shot four fights ago. Just wins however—lay and pray like Hamzlat vs. DDP, people hated. Charles got shit for it, even Dana. For BMF, expectations high—don't call it BMF then. Charles better, loved watching dominance and Max defending chokes first round—insane respect. Max bad dude, never quit, got black belt after. Elv one-two and body kick. Leone defensive, waiting for shot. Worse than wrestling decision: striking decision. Rounds with nothing significant should be automatic draw—less than 10 strikes per fighter, not 40. Gane vs. Derrick Lewis had fights under 10. Pressure huge—touch of title shot. Elv showing he can stand, round two, no shots yet. Luring in? Leone spamming ineffective stuff, avoiding takedown distance.
Volk on different level. Even high stakes. Elv landing body kicks, wheel kick, uppercut—takedown there. Winning round via striking. Nobody thought Elv outstriking Leone. No KOs on Elv resume, decisions his thing, not great submissions but has them (rear-naked, arm triangles). UFC fights all decisions except early ones: KO punches, RNC, choke, but vs. big boys decisions. Beat Raphael Diaz punches. Getting better exchanges. Camp focused takedown defense fucked Max Holloway vs. Charles—hoisted and slammed. Took down Chandler. Next: Arman vs. Charles five rounds rematch—Charles near subs, should've won last round. Connor fight: no weight cut, any weight, get it back, BMF on line at 170 no takedowns. BMF fake, Rock invented, Nate Diaz coined phrase, Rock handed belt. Good they get title pay. More weight classes for money.
Elv gets takedown round 3, ragdolls, shows real wrestling. Khabib never let go, finisher. Nutshot on Murphy. Twitter says nutshot. Have it 1-1. Clean nutshot—automatic point deduction. Proposed UFC nutshot highlight, shot down. Eye pokes/groin automatic deduction. Cody Garbrandt puked from nuts, brought bucket. Gilbert vs. Wanderlei Silva Pride 11—nut outside cup, crushed, fight over. Happened in taekwondo—nut swelled. Jiu-jitsu no cup, Einstein knee-sliced guard, center-punched dick, pissed blood. Jerked off to test—worked, shot blood into toilet (20% blood in semen), internal bruising, went away. Last time no cup. Diamond MMA compression shorts with contoured cup perfect, no restriction. Tie steel cup hurts attacker, wear as thong. Steel in Diamond shape best—irritates kicker. Amir Sadollah mounted with steel cup in chest, almost tapped. Armbars evil with steel. Elv cuts Leone over left eye—bad cut, whole eyebrow, nightmare spot. Twitter says Elv winning but no takedowns silly—he landed combos. Elv pressing, teeing off, cutting. Scores 2-1 or 3-0 Elv. Getting touched, another nutshot—take point.
You got to take another warning. Him going to his knees like that. He got cut and now he's on his knees. Big dick right in his big right on there. We need highlights of that. He's still down holding his nuts. If that doesn't deserve to lose a point, I don't know what does. It changes the dynamic of the fight. You can't just issue a warning for that. I think it's over.
Nut shot, eye poke, grab the fence: one point each. If you do that, it will all stop. John's not poking guys in the face. Sarah's not poking guys because if it's changing you winning the fight, they're like, fuck this. They're going to be way more cautious.
Odds of winning after getting hit in the nuts are not good. It weakens you so much. Most people lose after nut shots. What percentage of guys that got kicked in the balls won the fight? It's low, like 40%. That's almost 50%.
Eye pokes too, so many guys fighting with one eye where they literally can't see. They're compromised.
Leon caught him with a nice right hand. Evil gets back up to his feet quickly. That's bully beatdown post. He's not even trying to take him down. If you're going to fuck around, find out. The more Leon is confident he can get back up, avoid the takedown, the more he starts letting loose.
This guy's not even trying to take me down, he wants to strike. That's even scarier. Both connected there. He looked for that spinning elbow. Spinning elbow to the body. Never seen that. Technically possible if someone's that tight and no access to the head, but you would always try for the head.
His face is pretty red. Glove is solid. He's leaking out of his nose, maybe from his eyebrow or eye.
Cody got hit in the nuts and won technically, by points in a fight he was losing. Cody Garbrandt, that was recently, a week or two ago, two points.
Look at that shot, seals the round. Even round so far. He lost a point, but the round chooses now. In the fourth, try to hold him down. Either way, he wins the round. Murphy getting his feet pretty good. Great takedown. He's got to put the seatbelt on and secure that. Hitting that cut, punching him in that left eye.
You can't win like this. Murphy can't. If he separates now, he's got to make something big happen. He needs to take some chances. He could lose this fight. This is usually how Evil fights: 25 minutes of this.
Nice hook to the body and a right hand up top. Dude is dangerous everywhere. Striking trainer? Mike Brown, in that camp. Thiago Alves? Super camp, that place is crazy.
Nice right hand over the top. Big shot. Round's getting close. He's got to be a little tired defending those takedowns. All that grappling needs to open up, fourth round. He's been backing up the entire fight, risk getting taken down. Leaned into kick and go straight down, not good. Didn't get up quick.
He's exhausted. This can make you more tired. Seatbelt. Back up though. Impressive how he's been able to get back up. He didn't scramble back up quickly, almost accepting the position to get a break, usually a bad sign. Ate a right hand.
Impressive blow up stand up, going toe-to-toe with Murphy. Makes the takedown much more of a threat because standing up is not a picnic. For judges, getting less takedowns shows more dominance, bigger moment.
Leon's in a bad spot, looks tired, cut up, that eye's bad. Grappler wears you out. Remember Khabib vs. Edson Barboza first round, Edson had thousand yard stare like I don't know if I can do this. Khabib beat him up for decision, a mauling. By the bell, guys were like thank God, looked like they were about to die.
Khabib would break you even on decision. With him, you're probably getting taken down, clinched on, trying to stand up. Train Tony like that: accept it and go to work. Nate Diaz strategy: you want to take me down? Let's go, play jiu-jitsu on the ground. Why try to stand up the whole time against Khabib? You can't.
Fifth round, Lorell's got to do something spectacular, needs a knockdown. Nice low kick. Online says Murphy has lead 39-36. Don't see it that way. Murphy first, not second, not third, fourth a draw because of nut shot. Even fight, Leon could walk away with it because of that point.
Down again, if he survives he's exhausted. Maybe Mosvar can finally finish somebody if he's tired enough. Leon doing good job defending. Hammer fist to the head. Bleeding bad now.
Superior grappling of Evil on display, top pressure no joke. Murphy told corner his hip is hurt between rounds. If hips hurt from getting fucked up, you're in a fight. Might have something torn, can't throw kicks. If he gets up, knocks him out, insane comeback. Not even half the round left.
Classic Evil fight, beating you up on the cage, constantly dragging you. Leon so tired. Murphy needs to let loose on the feet, but if hips hurt can't throw kicks.
Mosvar in board shorts, people can grab them. Shouldn't be anything to grab, clothing grab illegal but guys do it. Kick just as good in tights. Khabib rocked board shorts too, longest ones, good luck grabbing them.
Evil is pushing it. Lone realizes do or die. Dragged him down again. Evil winning 2,3,5; four draw, Murphy won first if that. Dragging him down, throws triangle, steps over. Slice, going to mount, seatbelt take the back.
Impressive he got up. One second, boom, it's over. Evil tried to make it exciting. Leon on his back touching his hip after fight. No way he won, laying down holding hip.
Hip issue, won't fight Volkanovski anytime soon. Stand up and raise your hand. Could be minor tear. Hips a problem, all power from there. Dustin had hip resurfaced, couldn't use it for 8 weeks, no weight on it. His hip was fucked up, reshaped with microabrasions. Stem cells helped but kept getting bad in camps.
Dustin wanted boxing match with Diaz in Zuffa Boxing, UFC said no crossovers. Zuffa Boxing is Fertittas, not Dana or TKO. They sold name with business, no stake in UFC.
Evil decision. Three and a half hours in, bunch of decisions: MVP, Riley. MVP matchmaking issue, guy who knows the puzzle.
Evil impressive standing with him. Excited for Volkanovski fight, tough puzzle, can wrestle. Whoever wins gets Volkanovski. Number one vs number three, has to be. 20 in a row? Title shot, Volkanovski wants winner. White House lawn, June, couple months off. Spice that card up.
Small window turn with jets flying overhead, White House doesn't want 15 fights, 6-hour deals. Wild doing it at White House, shows Trump into UFC, wouldn't happen without Trump and Dana friends.
Hip hurt on spinning elbow to body, slipped, torque on hip flexor. Bad one, tough comeback, crutches two months. Dustin doing UFC commentating, analyst desk, businesses, hot sauce great. Still loves fighting, dog in him, identity as one of best fighters forever.
Podcast with Aaron Siri on vaccines: whatever you think, watch it, then ask if same formula with pet vaccines. Vets get kickbacks like doctors. Used to inject pets in neck scruff, stopped because vaccine-induced sarcomas, tumors. Now in limbs so they chop off leg if tumor.
Guy on podcast driving nuts, Michael Shellenberger, smart, liked him, talking Epstein but defending it. Jumping to conclusions? Cameras down, he says happens all the time. Guards fell asleep, happens all the time. Cellmate cop killer tried to kill him, he says tried to kill himself.
Cameras down, guards asleep, left alone, previous cellmate tried to kill him, contract killer who killed four, drugging cop. His rebuttal: max security, bad guys. Paired with Epstein. Lawyer Tartaglione connected to case. Guard got immunity.
Three possibilities: suicide, murdered, faked death. Fake death interesting: prostatectomy in files, he told doctor no prostate, needs ED drugs. Autopsy unremarkable prostate. Ghislaine Maxwell doesn't think he killed himself.
Joe Kent interview with Tucker: high-level intelligence guy resigned, told to stop investigating CIA on Epstein death, they'll take care of it. JFK shit. Weird with files.
No one knows exactly. Don't like dismissing as crazy. Big things: no extra guards 24/7, regular guard after suicidal attempt. His guard said tried to kill him, not suicide. How do you know? Maybe said to get alone. Anything possible.
Email: met lady, she says guy sending kids to island, he jokes it's me. Not a joke.
She almost fainted when I told her that person. He goes, "He was a jokester. He's a prankster." How do you know? How the fuck do you know?
All right. My bad. Had to say that. Love you guys.
Gearhead's Gone Wild is coming out on Tubi on March 24th. Stay tuned for that. If you guys watch it, they're going to buy a lot more. So, watch it.
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