JRE MMA Show #136 with Jamahal Hill

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Pleasure to do this. Pleasure to have you in here, man.

Jamahal Hill (0:17)

Thank you for having me, man, I appreciate it.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

That was a phenomenal performance in Brazil against Glover Teixeira in his hometown. Last minute, like, I mean, how much time did you have to prep for that?

Jamahal Hill (0:30)

I had about six weeks.

Joe Rogan (0:31)

Oh, you did have six weeks. Yeah, I had six weeks. But it was, but you knew that it was supposed to be three rounds, and then they changed it to the title for five rounds, right? No, it was a title right away. Oh, that was right after Ankolyev and Yambahovitch, so right from there.

Jamahal Hill (0:46)

They legitimately called me while they were still...

Joe Rogan (0:49)

Wow.

SPEAKER_3 (0:50)

Yeah, while they were still in the gauge.

Joe Rogan (0:52)

If you wanted a full camp for a five-round fight, though, what would you prefer? Like, how much time do you really need?

Jamahal Hill (0:58)

I prefer about eight weeks, eight to about eight to ten weeks.

Joe Rogan (1:02)

So, slightly abbreviated, but your performance was phenomenal, man. I mean, it was amazing to see you pick apart Glover like that and to do so well on the ground, too.

I mean, that was a big victory.

Jamahal Hill (1:17)

Yeah, I mean, a lot of people thought that I couldn't do it. I don't know. That was just a general assumption, was that I couldn't grapple on the ground and things like that one.

That's definitely...

Joe Rogan (1:28)

But you're getting that general assumption from who, though? People online?

Jamahal Hill (1:32)

Just picks, like, you know what I mean? Just like people like that, like an analyst. Then like any, like, the fighters or whatever that I talk to, like, they were like, oh, like, they always say, it's always something that they say. Even guys in the division, you know, they were like, oh, he's just a boxer.

You know, I don't know if he can really wrestle or if he can really ask, like, kicks or anything like that. They were questioning the kicks, too, you know, so it's just...

Joe Rogan (1:53)

That's some of the biggest moments in the fight, that left high kick years.

Yeah. Well, people are going to question you until they can't anymore. That's how it goes. You know, there's always, oh, I don't know about this guy, and then all of a sudden, he's the best ever. You never know.

Jamahal Hill (2:07)

Right, and that's why I'm just hungry for, you know what I mean, for names, man.

SPEAKER_3 (2:10)

I'm hungry for the next challenge.

Joe Rogan (2:12)

What did it feel like when they strapped that thing around your waist?

Jamahal Hill (2:16)

Man, it's a hard thing to describe. It was just like, almost like unreal, almost like living, almost like in a dream, like one of the dreams that I've had.

SPEAKER_3 (2:28)

And it was just like, I don't know, it was just crazy.

Jamahal Hill (2:32)

Just the weight of everything that I did and been through and everything.

SPEAKER_3 (2:35)

It was a lot.

Joe Rogan (2:37)

Yeah, it seemed like a lot. It's a lot for everybody. I mean, that's a moment that very few human beings will ever achieve. There's it right now.

Jamahal Hill (2:45)

Yeah, that was when he told me that he was about to retire.

Joe Rogan (2:49)

I mean, it's amazing how long that dude has hung in there.

He was the boogie man for six years. You know, for six years, Glover lived in Brazil, and he couldn't get a visa. And this was like in the early days, like when Chuck Liddell was the UFC light heavyweight champion. That's how far back Glover goes.

Jamahal Hill (3:06)

Right, I heard something about like he went, he went pro in 2001

Joe Rogan (3:11)

Yeah, crazy, right? Crazy.

Jamahal Hill (3:15)

Yeah, that's wild.

Joe Rogan (3:16)

22 years later, and then...

Jamahal Hill (3:19)

Still fighting for a world championship.

Joe Rogan (3:21)

And, you know, having that fight with Yura Prochaska where he lost the title, I mean, that was a crazy close fight until he got caught in that choke. He was ahead.

SPEAKER_3 (3:29)

I think he was.

Joe Rogan (3:30)

Yeah, he was ahead in that fight.

SPEAKER_3 (3:32)

I believe he was.

Joe Rogan (3:33)

That video that you made to Yuri was hilarious. We played it on the podcast.

SPEAKER_3 (3:38)

Yeah, man, you can't let it slide.

Joe Rogan (3:40)

That's what she said!

Jamahal Hill (3:49)

Whenever he was saying, I'm coming.