JRE MMA Show #182 - Protect Ya Neck
Joe Rogan, Dean Thomas, and Matt Brown discuss MMA fighting techniques, Tommy Lee's bonsai tree hobby, aging and training at advanced ages, recent UFC fights and fighter conditioning, the evolution of martial arts rules, and various entertainment topics including movies and comedy.
Summary
The podcast opens with discussion of Tommy Lee's passion for bonsai trees, which he uses as a zen meditation practice despite his high-energy lifestyle. The hosts then shift to discussing aging athletes and the importance of continued training, noting that fighters must be selective about sparring partners as they age due to longer recovery times. They analyze several recent UFC fights, particularly praising Damian Maia's high-level jiu-jitsu and criticizing referee decisions that separated advantageous grappling positions. The conversation explores how weight-cutting practices are becoming obsolete and ONE Championship's approach of letting fighters compete at walk-around weight. They extensively discuss striking techniques and point-fighting karate's underutilized value in MMA, comparing fighters like MVP and Wonderboy who utilize this style. The hosts debate outdated MMA rules, particularly 12-to-6 elbows and restrictions on striking the back of the head, arguing these rules are inconsistent with other legal techniques like wheel kicks and headbutts. They praise Carlos Protes as a dangerous striker with world-class Muay Thai experience and discuss upcoming fights, particularly Conor McGregor versus Max Holloway. The conversation also covers movie and television recommendations, including Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and various comedies, with commentary on how comedians are now self-producing content to avoid censorship constraints. The episode concludes with discussion of historical fighting practices, including old UFC rules allowing fence-grabbing and shorts-grabbing, and jiu-jitsu techniques like the executioner choke and Japanese necktie.
Key Insights
- Damian Maia was in a 6 out of 10 position against Kamaru Usman with back control and hooks, but the referee separated them, which was a major mistake because Maia was close to finishing with submissions like leg lock ashi reversals
- The 12-to-6 elbow rule doesn't make sense because you can elbow a fighter in multiple directions except straight down, but all these directions are essentially the same elbow with different arm angles
- Point-fighting karate provides an underutilized advantage in MMA because it teaches explosive entry and exit movements that allow fighters to strike and retreat before opponents can respond, as demonstrated by fighters like MVP
- Max Holloway has exceptional fifth-round conditioning where he's as fresh in round five as round one, while Conor McGregor historically has struggled with endurance, making this a critical factor in their upcoming fight
- Modern comedians are increasingly self-producing their content because studios impose restrictions on what can be said, whereas when comedians fund their own projects, they maintain creative freedom without censorship constraints
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Transcript
[0:01] Joe Rogan podcast. Check it out. >> The Joe Rogan Experience. >> TRAIN BY DAY. JOE ROGAN PODCAST BY NIGHT. All day. >> Hey. >> What's up, brother? So, your boy Tommy was awesome. Good. >> He was really cool. >> Yeah. I actually listened on the way out to that one. >> He's really fun. Tommy Lee is fun. >> He's like a big kid, man. A big kid. >> Yeah. like a 15-year-old that just never, you know, had all the way up. Well, he got famous when he was 18, so [0:33] he really never had to grow up. He just stayed Tommy Lee. >> Yeah. I'm glad you finally got to uh have him on.…
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