JRE MMA Show #155 with Max Holloway

Joe Rogan (0:12)

Have you ever had to deal with jet lag for a fight?

Max Holloway (0:15)

No, not really. I mean, we try to go up early, that's why. So the first two days is whatever, but then after that, we're all good.

Joe Rogan (0:22)

Where's the furthest that you had to fly to to fight?

Max Holloway (0:25)

I think so, Abu Dhabi, Fight Island.

Joe Rogan (0:27)

And so how long does that take to adjust?

Max Holloway (0:30)

Brother, that one was weird, because then you remember they had us fighting at weird times.

You know, like, so we had to sleep during the day and then train during the night. Like, I remember going to sleep around like 8 or 9 o'clock a.m.

Joe Rogan (0:44)

Whoa.

Max Holloway (0:45)

Yeah, because we was fighting like around that time, like early in the morning. So it was just, that was insane.

Joe Rogan (0:50)

So you had to get your body acclimated to that.

Max Holloway (0:52)

Acclimated, yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:54)

That's got to play a factor, right? Like, if you live in Abu Dhabi, that would be a big advantage.

Max Holloway (0:58)

Oh, for sure, for sure. I mean, did you not just see the July card that got announced in UK? 3 a.m.

Joe Rogan (1:06)

brother. Yeah, that's crazy.

Max Holloway (1:07)

Is the main card start. So they're saying whoever's main headline is fighting at 6 a.m.

Joe Rogan (1:13)

That's crazy.

Max Holloway (1:14)

That's insane.

Joe Rogan (1:15)

You know how drunk that audience is going to be?

Max Holloway (1:16)

Brother, you see?

Great. I saw, you know what is funny? I saw a clip, I saw a clip, a meme of a video of like, a UK fan, he's like living in the UK. He was like, he watched our fight, our fight just got done. Mine's in Justin, he played our clip, and then he was like, great, now I can start my morning. He opened the door, it's light out and stuff. I'm like, holy shit.

Joe Rogan (1:38)

Yeah, they have to deal with different, I mean, it's funny, the American pay-per-view time schedule just trumps everything.

Max Holloway (1:45)

Oh yeah, I mean, crazy.

Joe Rogan (1:47)

I guess we're the ones who buy it the most. I wonder what the numbers are in the rest of the world.

Max Holloway (1:53)

I think UK is another hotspot, right? And UK is big.

I mean, they some, there are some fight fans to be doing that every, and you know, once a month, they're planning, there's a pay-per-view card and they're like, look, honey, 3 a.m. I'm probably gonna be screaming, so please don't, you know, don't divorce me. So it's pretty awesome.

Joe Rogan (2:14)

Yeah, you just gotta get one tolerant wife and have everybody go over to that house.

Max Holloway (2:18)

Yeah, and be like, hey guys, or you get the single friend, you know? You know that one of the guys, he's just single. You don't have nothing going on. He's like, yeah, you come to my house.

Joe Rogan (2:27)

Yeah, that's perfect. So what has it been like for you after 300? I mean, it seems like, I think for whatever reason, people go through phases of their career. And with some fighters, if a fighter gets a loss or two, they start to think that that fighter has started to decline.

And with you, I think some people had written you off for some strange reason.

Max Holloway (2:57)

Brother.

Joe Rogan (2:58)

I don't get it.

I heard it. I heard the noise. I'm like, listen, he's only 32, right? 32, right?

He's only 32 That's athletic prime. I'm like, there's no beatings. There's no knockouts. There's no decline in the expression of skills inside the octagon. Everything looks the same and better every fight.

Max Holloway (3:20)

You know what the problem is? The problem is that these guys got to see me grow up. I got in the UFC when I was 20

Joe Rogan (3:26)

20 years old.

Max Holloway (3:27)

And a lot of people think I'm DC's old ass, like 42 years old or something. You know what I mean? And then I'm like, brother, I'm not DC. I've been calling out DC, but I'm a young guy. Just because I've been harassing his potato-looking butt, like, come on, his bag of potato-looking ass.

Joe Rogan (3:43)

You two together are hilarious.

Max Holloway (3:45)

Brother, I love that guy, I love that guy.

Joe Rogan (3:47)

He's the best.

Max Holloway (3:48)

A lot of guys just think I'm old because I've been fighting since I was 20