Can't imagine UFC without roe jogan

That's the reason I like Joe as a commentator. He knows what he's talking about and he knows how to explain it to people who doesn't know. Thanks for being this person, my interest in martial arts is big thanks to you

2:33 haha so funny how he just switches his commentator voice on like that lol

Hydration testing is the way forward. It's only a matter of time before sanity prevails or if unfortunately someone high level dies from a weight cut complication, that hydration testing will be the standard.

Joe is responsible for the education of the casual fan....and we appreciate him

I honestly once considered mma as a profession but I was naive then. I would love to hear more about the dark side of the sport to get a fuller perspective, all I see is the glory of the UFC

Hopefully UFC will listen to Joe about weight-cutting and adding weight classes. They listened to him about Askren.

Joe "I got the Xrays" Rogan

Grappling is really boring to watch to most people but safer for head trauma for sure.

Weigh-ins should be immediately before the fight

You got no idea my friend. I am 32 years old and spent 3 years in a bed. Crumpled up discs in my neck and back. Arthritis in my shoulders and hands. Some torn knees. My ribs tore out of my sternum and I have chronic chest pain for 6 years now. Can't fight and ended up with nothing to show for 8 years of training and fighting. RIP. I wouldn't recommend MMA to anyone. I still love the sport, but it certainly can take your quality of life away. I assume I will have a shortened life span because of it. Chronic pain increases risk of all sorts of diseases including cancer.

Who is currently in agony rn from a hard sesh

Man I hope one day I get to have a convo with joe rogan not even on the podcast just a good chill convo about mma

Joe is so right on this. I’m an MD and a big UFC fan. I could be totally wrong but, in addition to adding some weight classes (but especially if not), why not weigh fighters in the arena within tight time to the fight? It would require a combo of weight violation penalties and - if too far off weight - always having a back up fighter ready right up until fight time (think of it like an NFL back up QB). Just a thought.

It always takes someone gettin seriously hurt before things change.

Move the weigh ins to directly before each fight with a +2.5lbs and -2.5lbs of the weight class

Hydration testing at weigh ins! Problem solved

Why not just fight according to your healthy weight?

I'm 25 and I'm already pretty certain I have some brain damage due to hard sparring for years. Probably less than I got from binge drinking and the stupid activities it lead to though. For the past year it's become quite clear I need to change my ways. I'll never spar hard again despite the significant loss in skill it will result in. It's just not worth it.

I agree wait cutting is definitely unfair and needs to got ridden of

Fantastic piece on the weightcutting. Love it. Joe Rogan for MMA president.

It most be very hard being in physical pain all the time, I’m sure it affects your sleep and mood

wow... never knew things like this was such a serious issue before

It's high-level problem solving with dire physical consequences

There is only one winner in jiu-jitsu.....Staph

what if someone took MMA fights and made a music track to go with it? Where the music would reflect what's happening in the fight. Like how music is played to a dance.

All they have to do is make them weigh in the day of the fight.

My first time sparring in boxing my coaches put me up against a guy who trained much longer and was so much bigger than me. I got hit with one very clean shot (didn’t get knocked down or anything) but I headaches for a week after that

The physical toll of skateboarding can have the same effect. I took so many slams, never broke a fucking bone. But every time I just picked myself back up and kept it moving on that board. Had my fair share of fights too, but from like 11-22 all I did was skate, and it fucked my body up. I have fibromyalgia now. Some days can hardly even fucking move without cannabis, so I don't go a day without.

Nerd here: I'd be really interested in work looking into the trade-off between competence and physical damage incurred through fighting. Obviously, like in weightlifting or long-distance running, if you're seeking to preserve your long-term health (i.e. same life-expectancy as the average, or greater) you can't maximise fitness to compete with champions, but I'd bet there's an analogous 80-20 effect at play (20% of the damage, 80% of the benefit) if you're just a regular person that wants to become competent in fighting. In fact, I'm sure it must already have been discovered in some form by cultures around the world, but I don't know which...

Been doing BJJ since 2011, judo and wrestling since the 90s and I'd rather watch EBI over UFC any day of the week

What if fighters weigh in before they could sign the contract, weigh in middle of the camp, night before the fight. Same weight, no cut necessary.

This is why joe is unbelievable. UFC should listen to this intelligent advice.

On my bucket list, I want to win 3 amateur fights. Not too much where my body won't get fucked up.

Basically any sport in the x games carries the same risks as well, Dave mirra committed suicide from CTE

post fight weigh in. setup a scale outside the ring and the winner steps on. puts both fighters in the cage at the same weight eliminating the advantage of cutting. fighters can then fight at there optimal weight.

Joe Rogan, the Jim McMahon of MMA in another place and time.

I personally struggle to tie my shoe laces in the morning, it usually takes about an hour before my lower back loosens up enough to reach my feet, (never mind the difficulty in wiping my ass) im only 43

Well said joe

Weightcutting is probably related to brain damage, since your brain relies on hydration so much.

Danny Jacobs’ weight cut vs GGG was a damn shame

Life of contact sports...football, boxing, baseball..L4 L5 disc herniation with pinch sciatic nerve. 31 yrs old and past 2 yrs can hardly function. Chronic pain is debilitating.

Preach Joe! Cutting weight is the worst part of all combat sports.

Joe is such a good guy

Joe "There's no getting away from that... The nerves are pinched and it's just several... The nerves are all pinched down and shit" Rogan

Ive seen this same conversation so many times now, only difference is the guest 🙄😴😴

I've always said the same thing. But they start you in high school. 15 year old kids told by coaches to put on your plastics and do jumping jacks in the sauna until you pass out like it's a normal thing. Besides the health aspect, there should be a pride aspect too. Just fight what you weigh. How can you be a 190lb man who shrinks down to 155, wins then struts around like the head rooster? Kudos to the small heavyweights who get to fight and live life.

they should do the body fat and hydration test that they do for wrestling so they can still cut but only down to certain amount

Just make there be more weigh-ins... Like a month out you have to weigh 170 then you have to weigh once a week and be within so many lbs above or under 170 then you have to be 170 on fight day..

my question is.... why do they check weight the day before the fight? Actually the morning of the day before the fight. If a guy fights at 170 he gets on the scale he is 170 or 171. Then leaves starts drinking and eating gets to fight time he may weight 180 plus. That may be a reach, however a whole lot more than the weight class permits. So, why dont they check weight right before they go into the octagon and be 170 at fight time. Wouldn't that stop a lot of this?

no weight class no rules UFC 1 type tournament with 8 people. do this every 2 months for a year with all the best fighters. man this would be amazing, it will never happen for justifiable reasons but still that would be awesome

Joe "there's two worlds" Rogan

I do agree in more weight classes but I think people would just manipulate body weight to hold more then one title at once.

MMA should have more weight classes and ALL fight sports should band rehydration. Basically fight at the weight youre at.

As a person who has some experience with chess and who follows it from time to time, and who has a brother who trained JJ, i can say that chess is way more demanding. Its not even close. You can advance pretty quickly in JJ, just be fit, do what your told and memorize the locks. I dont think Joe has any serious experience with chess players who are actually good. He should try it if he wants a challenge. I could beat joe in a game of chess, but there are levels to this. There are people who are so good at it its just not fair when you play them. Haha. There are no shortcuts in chess, either you learn by playing those who are better then you and study, or your not going anywhere. Chess games at high levels can last for hours.

8:00 it’s going to that’s what so sad about it

I cant agree more Khabib had a seizures bc of cutting weight for his and conners fight

joe " 175 pounds" Rogan

Joe "he's in serious trouble" Rogan

Watching this after calvillio weigh in LOL

This is why judo players look softer than mma fighters. National e level tournaments and above have “day of”weigh ins. That’s not to say that if you are in the city where the nationals are being held you won’t see competitors swimming, or in the hotel sauna, or running. But their is a huge difference between cutting 5-8 pounds the night before and cutting 20+ pounds with a week to recover before the fight.

@0:44 😦 yeeeah fuck that I’m done this shit is crazy. @4:54 OH MY GOD YO ITS THE FREAKIN WEIGHT CUTS! Just wrestle fellas.

02:38 Joe "he's in trouble" Rogan

This is such sage advice and is so obvious - I just don't get it. Why doesn't Dana White listen to Joe and others seriously on this?

I’m my earnest Royce Gracie is the G.O.A.T @ jiujutsu

People have already died from the weight cutting. Just noone important enough apparently

they had kids in freshman class taken ex lax to make weight in wrestling . That was 1990 I haver seen kids pass out in the hall ,shit on the mat .Anything to be the biggest in your weight class

Nice tupee dude

Look most people cut the same amount of weight like it’s not a huge difference so if 2 guys fight at 170 and get both weigh around 190 naturally why not just have the athletic commission weigh every at their natural weight and then reclassify the what weight classes they fight in for fucks sake they are both gonna weigh about the same thing when they step into the cage and it’s so much healthier plus the fights would probably be even better that weight cut fucks you up. I’ve only been doing jiu jitsu for 6 years and I wrestled in highschool I have never been unwilling to engage someone bigger than me. If you’re not willing to fight someone that’s 10-15lbs heavier then why the fuck fight at all

There just agreeing at some point that there the same weight

Make it mandatory to fight at the weight you weighed in at. Problem solved

Floyd Mayweather always walks around at 150lbs.

havent read too many comments from this but anyone clock this guys wig?

What episode was Joe telling hippie that he had nothing Rogan wanted

Khabib dropping out of the Tony fight anyone?

Joe basically said its jiujitsu and the rest of them

They addressed dehydration in high school and college wrestling years ago. When I was in HS/College 20 yrs ago it was anything goes. Wrestlers today have to be hydro tested and then certified for their weight class. They can only drop two max. You can still cheat, but it’s way harder. One boy where I live now, under his coaches direction, would cut from 140 to 106. He was dominant wrestler, but growing while cutting. He ended up missing Regionals because he was so dehydrated he almost died. The coach was of course fired. In the UFC more weight classes and weight certification procedures would do what Joe day the sport needs the most.

He looks and talks like my doctor... that is crazy.

“Jiu Jitsu is more complex than chess”

No one said these guys had to subject themselves to what they are doing. They aren’t victims or heroes.

You could tell Joe is really out of the loop with the sport of wrestling. There are kids cutting weight like this starting at a very young age and they do it all throughout their career. Not exclusive to mma

I was like: wake me up when Rogan stops taking about cte...

They are dangerous

Joe, Ju Jitsu is more complicated than chess, Rohan.

How come Joe never wastes a little time commenting on here?

Joe Rogan on ______________

JOE ROGAN VS KEN SHAMROCK 🤔

YT recommends me this right after getting kicked in the face in BJJ by accident. It knows

Joe gets pounding in the head by Lord Schaub.

The commissions are about gambling money not fighter safety, as you said joe guys have already died.

CTE is coming for them all

I thought martial arts we're good for "health and fitness"? Or is it just if you avoid hard sparring...

No the REAL danger of MMA is not a long term head injury or even a general long term injury. The REAL danger is not what YOU know but what you don't know and your opponent does know, I.E take Antonia Nogueira V's Bob Sapp, Sapp went to drop A.N on his head luckly he knew to grab Bobb Sapps leg instantly had he not done so he'd be in a wheel chair now,....so the real risk in MMA is basically knowing and studying the rule book and interpreting any gray areas to your advantage....in other words actually understanding that you can die in a cage and you'll only have yourself to blame if you do. BTW its easy for Rogan to sit there 25 years after the event and say he would have competed, but lets be honest he has had ample opportunity to do so,....the way he talks about fighting sober makes me wonder how the HELL he talks about it when he's drunk, he probable thinks he's Thor. I reckon he should actually put his fist where his mouth is and do an over 40's event, then we''ll see.

Joe Rogan is a great guy. He doesn’t know much about chess though.

"You can lose weight the right way" to a fat man lol.

Where is my free lightsaber?!!

How rogan at 450... Looks like he might be on real steroids not just test.. If you know what I mean you get it

Head guards? More weight classes? I 100% agree!

More complex than chess lol. Joe needs to get back to the classroom

You were young when the ufc started, you did not competed joe for the same reason you dont do it in bjj today(relativately safe) because you are not a fighter... no hate just the facts