JRE MMA Show #153 with Joe Pyfer

Jamie (0:04)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

Joe Pyfer (0:14)

What's up, Joe?

Joe Rogan (0:15)

So we should say right away, off the bat, because people don't know, you really did break Francis Ngano's punch record.

Joe Pyfer (0:23)

Yeah, so I don't know what the confusion is, you know, I didn't want to...

Joe Rogan (0:27)

A lot of people, they doubt it, just because he's so big.

Joe Pyfer (0:30)

So I'm going to post it.

Joe Rogan (0:32)

Well, we just sent it to Jamie. You sent one where you broke, you went to 170

Joe Pyfer (0:38)

Yeah, 170 So you got Eddie Hall.

SPEAKER_4 (0:42)

Yeah, Eddie Hall.

Joe Rogan (0:44)

So he got 113, and Francis had gotten 129

Joe Pyfer (0:50)

We're trying to break Ngano's record right now. I had already hit four times.

Joe Rogan (0:59)

Whoo!

Joe Pyfer (1:01)

Now, the only thing that... So this is the thing that people don't understand, though, is it's the same machine. I think everybody thought it was like one of those punching bags that are down at the road walk.

And, you know, it's aggravating because I pride myself in my power. I want to hurt you. You know what I mean? Like, that's my intention. I'm trying to... I mean, we all throw with power, right? But I feel like I have a little different intention sometimes. So, you know, I've always prided myself in hitting hard. I've always felt like I hit harder than everybody.

Now, sure, I'm sure Francis' punch feels different than mine, but I got speed, I got power, and I walk at like 220 when I'm at a camp.

So I'm not a small guy. You know what I mean? I'm 6'2, 220 when I'm hitting that. And even then, probably there, I was probably light because I was injured. So I was probably about 2'12, 2'14, when I hit that. And just to put it up, I'm going to post it whenever I get back home, and I'm going to post the video, and I'm going to post the picture also of me hitting higher than that, at 181 I only have the picture, but Tuco's, Brendan Allen's coach was there.

Joe Rogan (2:05)

I think someone has kicked it up to like 187 I think that's the newest high kick, which is crazy.

Joe Pyfer (2:13)

Kick, yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:13)

Yeah, your punch is that close to a kick. Yeah, that's pretty nuts.

Joe Pyfer (2:18)

Now get it.

It's a standstill object, right? Yeah. I can smash that thing.

Jamie (2:23)

I got my man.

I was trying to see who did it. Here's Al Jove and Wonder Boy kicking it. There's someone just did 189

Joe Rogan (2:33)

Lorenz Larkin. That's Lorenz Larkin. Yeah, I think he's got the record now.

Lorenz, who used to fight in the UFC now, I guess he's with the PFL now, right? Because...

Joe Pyfer (2:42)

I thought he was Bellator. Oh yeah, they merged.

Joe Rogan (2:43)

Well, Bellator is the PFL now.

Yeah, but Lorenz got 189 Oh, Jesus, he got 235? Lorenz can fucking kick hard. That's a super underrated dude. I always go to his fight with Neil Magni.

Go watch that fight. Jesus.

Joe Pyfer (3:00)

I would love to see Diego Lima. That dude can strike.

Joe Rogan (3:02)

Oh yeah, he's another one.

Joe Pyfer (3:03)

Yeah, Jose.

Joe Rogan (3:04)

There's probably quite a few guys that can kick like that, but Lorenz, if you watch him, that technique is just perfect.

He's perfect. The way he switches his hips, the way he turns his body into it, it's just maximizing it.

Joe Pyfer (3:18)

Yeah.

It's really, I mean, some people, it's weird, you know, for me because a lot of people think I have natural power, and I get annoyed with it because I've never had anything natural in my life. You know, everything was difficult. Learning it, learning Jiu-Jitsu, learning how to box, you know, everything was hard for me to learn. So I have a bitter chip on my shoulder when people are like trying to discredit it with natural power.

Joe Rogan (3:41)

There is a thing, though, where there's like, you could unlock horsepower in a human being, but you only have so much when it comes to power. There's certain people, and I think we've all seen them, they just don't hit hard for whatever reason. And they look big. They can look strong. And then there's certain guys that, for whatever reason, they fucking hit crazy hard, and they're not that big.

And a lot of it is efficiency and fluidity and the technique and the leverage, and that's all learned, right? But there's a certain thing to bone structure and just natural power.