JRE MMA Show #144 with Jared Cannonier

Jared Cannonier (0:08)

All day.

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Hey, what a fucking crazy couple of weeks of fights there's been, man. There's so much to talk about. This last main event, oh my god.

I'm still in shot, the Justin Gaethje head kick knockout of Dustin Poirier, I'm like, oh my god.

Jared Cannonier (0:33)

I mean, we all knew that that fight was gonna be tremendous. Something big was gonna happen in that fight. So, when it did and how it happened, it was beautiful, beautiful execution of that technique by Justin Gaethje to get that head kick off. It was beautiful, it landed beautifully.

And he followed up nicely. Well, there was no follow up, he was on his way. I think the ref stopped him.

Joe Rogan (0:56)

I think he did land one hammer fist.

But yeah, it was perfect. It was a direct mirror image of Leon Edwards' kick. On the opposite side, in the same place.

Jared Cannonier (1:04)

In the same arena, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:05)

Crazy!

Jared Cannonier (1:06)

Yeah, that's crazy. Something's going on there, eh?

Joe Rogan (1:09)

Oh man, I tell you one thing, and you could tell me if you feel it as a fighter, but there's something about the energy in an arena when you go to a place that really appreciates that you're there. Because we're in Vegas a lot. You guys fight in Vegas all the time. People, they get a little used to the fact that the UFC's there.

But when you bring it somewhere like Salt Lake City, they get fucking hyped up. Those people were there for the first fight of the night the place was packed. And there's this wild feeling in the air, like everybody's excited.

Does it, as a fighter, does that affect you?

Jared Cannonier (1:47)

Well, absolutely. You know, when you hear the crowd reacting to the fight and saying...

Joe Rogan (1:51)

Pull the mic right in front of you.

Jared Cannonier (1:52)

Yeah, when you hear the crowd reacting to the fight in itself, you know, you get energy from it, you know.

I get invigorated by it, or I get checked by it, you know what I mean? If the guy's doing something good and the crowd's loving it, I'm gonna put a stop to that. So I like to take control of it in a sense. But yes, it is a...

Joe Rogan (2:13)

It's a factor.

Jared Cannonier (2:14)

Yeah, it is a huge factor. For some, you know, for some it isn't. Some people can just stay focused and stay on the rails and handle their business, you know, but I like it, you know? But I like fighting in the...

Joe Rogan (2:26)

Do you like the apex as well?

Jared Cannonier (2:27)

I like the apex as well, because I find that fighting in the apex is a bit more personal, you know what I mean? I can hear my opponent breathing, I can hear his exertions, I can hear his corner, I can hear my corner a little bit better. You know, you can hear...

You know, there's still a crowd there, and you can hear them, so you still get the feel of the crowd, of a crowd, you know, although it's not that big, it's not as big, but you know, but you can hear everything, you can hear the commentators too, you know?

Joe Rogan (2:55)

I feel like when I'm at the Apex, I feel like lucky, like, oh, I'm lucky to be one of the people to be here. Like when Francis fought Stipe at the Apex, during the height of COVID, I was like, we are so lucky, we get to be here live for this. There's only like 30 people in this place.

Jared Cannonier (3:12)

That's that thing, man. It makes it feel personal, you know what I'm saying? I guess it's personal for those in attendance as well.

Joe Rogan (3:20)

Well, yeah, those in attendance and even people watching at home, I think you get a sense of that from that. It's like you're watching a fight in a gym, you know? It really is. It's like a high tech gym. I mean, that's kind of what they did. It's kind of what the UFC did. They just made their own gym and they made their own arena, a little intimate arena.

And it's great for Tuesday night fights too.

The contender series.

Jared Cannonier (3:46)

You can just go there and handle business and then go back to whatever else you was doing.

Joe Rogan (3:50)

Yeah, and the PI, like putting something like that, such a high tech, like state of the art gym where guys can do their camps there.