Fight Companion - October 21, 2016

Joe Rogan (0:01)

Three, two, one, boom. Yves Edwards, welcome to the show.

Joe Rogan (0:07)

Thanks for having me, man.

Joe Rogan (0:08)

Finally got you in here, man. We've talked about this a bunch of times, but this is the perfect time, because we're doing a Fight Companion. This is the very first one we've ever done for glory kickboxing.

Joe Schilling, World Championship kickboxer himself, is on his way. He's over here. He fucking hates glory. They talk shit about him after he left.

But I'm sure it'll be good. We're gonna have a good time, man. So there's some good fights tonight. Nikki Holtskin's fighting. Israel Adesanya is fighting. He's a bad motherfucker. That should be interesting.

And all this is live from Denver, Colorado, right now on UFC Fight Pass. If you don't have UFC Fight Pass, shame on you, because it's a great way to waste days, days of time.

Yves Edwards (0:54)

Man, you can just sit down and watch whatever you want from anywhere in the world.

Joe Rogan (0:58)

It's Netflix for fights. Yeah. Is what it is. It's just like they have everything. From way back in the Pride days, all the old Fador fights, the Vanderlei fights back in the early 2000s, all that shit.

Yves Edwards (1:10)

Yeah, it's fun to go back and watch some of those old ones too, especially the Pride tournaments.

Joe Rogan (1:14)

Yeah, man, the golden days. So the first fight of the night here is Justin Houghton versus Jonathan Widerko.

And they're reading the glory rules. Did you do much kickboxing at all?

Yves Edwards (1:28)

I had four amateur kickboxing fights, three amateur boxing matches and two pro.

Joe Rogan (1:35)

Was it American rules or Muay Thai?

Yves Edwards (1:37)

Two Muay Thai, two American rules.

So it was fun. I mean, it was amateur. So we were in headgear, we didn't throw elbows, but it was good. I was undefeated.

Joe Rogan (1:49)

That's good then. It's interesting because I'm a huge fan of kickboxing and I'm just kind of surprised that kickboxing hasn't taken off in America the way MMA has, but I just don't think it's been promoted the right way.

Dana White had a real good point and he said that the reason why is because people, when you think of kickboxing, they think of PKA karate from ESPN at 2 o'clock in the morning from the 1980s.

Yves Edwards (2:20)

Yeah, you have to throw those five kicks above the waist.

Joe Rogan (2:22)

And it was like shitty sloppy boxing and they would throw those, they would barely throw those kicks.

Yves Edwards (2:28)

And then the pants they were wearing. All of that was just crap.

They were fighting in pajamas.

Joe Rogan (2:35)

With the boots, those big boots that they would wear on their feet.

It is kind of interesting, the boots, because I brought this up many times when it comes to MMA. Why do your elbows have nothing on them? Why do your shins and knees have nothing on them? But your knuckles do, which is like the easiest thing to break. The hardest thing to hit somebody hard with is a fist.

Yves Edwards (2:57)

Yeah, but you use those more, right?

And then because of the cuts, I think, mostly for cuts. Bone on bone, and that skin getting pinched in between there. For sure. Everybody's getting cut up.

Joe Rogan (3:07)

That's true, but isn't that the case with elbows?

Yves Edwards (3:09)

Yeah, but, I mean, it's harder to land an elbow, unless your name is Tim Means. It's harder to land an elbow than it is to land punches.

Joe Rogan (3:17)

There's a few guys that are real elbow specialists.

Jordan Means, another one. Yeah. Remember when he fought Cyborg, the other Cyborg, not the female, the male Cyborg in Strikeforce? Holy shit, that elbow combination, man. That's one thing I don't like about Glory. I really wish they would go full Muay Thai.

And when Joe Schilling gets here, Joe's obviously, he's done both. And he started out in Muay Thai. He's a big Muay Thai fan. And they're having, Lion Fight is on tonight at the same time. So that's on Access TV right now, while this is going on right now on UFC Fight Pass.

Yves Edwards (3:59)

I have never been, I mean, outside of an MMA fight, I've never been hit with an elbow in a Muay Thai fight. I feel like that would throw me off. For some reason, I feel it's different than MMA. Like in MMA, I've never been hit, I don't remember being hit with an elbow on my feet, but on the mat, you know?