JRE MMA Show #3 with Brendan Schaub

Joe Rogan (0:01)

Five, four, three, two, one. Yee-haw, Brendan Schaub!

Brendan Schaub (0:09)

What's up, dog?

Joe Rogan (0:09)

What are you doing over there, texting people?

Brendan Schaub (0:11)

No, I'm reposting your post, man.

Joe Rogan (0:13)

It's all about that, bro. Gotta be on top of that social media account, bro.

Brendan Schaub (0:16)

I'm trying, man. What's up, dog?

Joe Rogan (0:19)

How are you, brother?

Brendan Schaub (0:20)

I'm good, man.

Joe Rogan (0:21)

This is a big weekend, big UFC weekend.

Brendan Schaub (0:23)

Huge weekend.

Joe Rogan (0:24)

That Justin Gagey and Eddie Alvarez fight.

Brendan Schaub (0:27)

First Demol violence.

Joe Rogan (0:29)

That's the one I'm thinking about maybe more than even the title fight.

Brendan Schaub (0:36)

Yes, there's a few more than the title fight. That fight?

Joe Rogan (0:38)

The title fight's exciting to me, though.

Brendan Schaub (0:40)

Is it?

Joe Rogan (0:40)

Yes. I know it's not that much to you. I like it.

Brendan Schaub (0:43)

It's not that I don't like it. I like it, but I love Francis and Overeem, and I love Gagey, Alvarez.

Joe Rogan (0:51)

Yeah, yeah, I agree.

Brendan Schaub (0:53)

You know Alvarez is an underdog. I like his shot as an underdog.

Joe Rogan (0:58)

Wow. That's incredible.

Brendan Schaub (1:00)

As much as I love Gagey, and I should root for him more. I do root for him because we're from the, you know, from Denmri's, we're my old team, stuff like that. I've trained a ton with them back in the day.

I just feel like at a certain level that stand-in-bang Leonard Garcia type of style at the upper echelons can get you in trouble. And if Eddie Alvarez wants to play that game, he's going to lose. But he has the skill set to, you know, to win by decision, outsmart them, not play that meathead game.

Joe Rogan (1:28)

See, this is where I disagree. I don't think that Justin Gage really plays a meathead game. I think he plays a will game. I think he's skillful, but when there's an opportunity to get someone to do a battle of wills, he's more confident in his will.

Brendan Schaub (1:44)

And I think at the upper echelon, you can't play that game because think about the other guys at 55 Play that game with Tony Ferguson and Khabib. Play that game with Ed Barboza.

Joe Rogan (1:55)

Yeah, but I want to see that.

Brendan Schaub (1:57)

I do too. No, don't get me wrong. No, no, no. He's a fan favorite for sure. I love Gage. Absolutely love him. I just think at a certain level, you can't play that chin down, you know, throwing those bows.

Joe Rogan (2:09)

Or you can.

Brendan Schaub (2:10)

Name a guy who's done it successfully.

Joe Rogan (2:12)

Well, it's only him.

Brendan Schaub (2:13)

You can't say him.

Joe Rogan (2:15)

So it's only him and he hasn't faced the top guys yet.

Brendan Schaub (2:17)

Correct.

Joe Rogan (2:18)

We're going to see what he's capable of doing or whether or not he's capable of switching it up if he has to. But he's been able to survive 18 professional fistfights.

Brendan Schaub (2:27)

In world, first of all, 17 of those are in World Series of Fighting.

Joe Rogan (2:30)

That's true. Well, those don't count. They count a little.

Brendan Schaub (2:34)

You get to see what he can do.

Joe Rogan (2:36)

No, the Michael Johnson fight was the first big test.

Brendan Schaub (2:38)

That one counted.

Joe Rogan (2:39)

And he got tagged in that fight.

Brendan Schaub (2:40)

He got tagged. He got lit up a little bit.

Joe Rogan (2:42)

He got tagged and Michael Johnson eventually succumbed to the violence.

Brendan Schaub (2:46)

Because he played his game.

Joe Rogan (2:47)

Yeah, yeah. Well, at some point, they were talking so much shit to each other before that fight.

It was so like, Gaethje just dragged him into a war.

Brendan Schaub (2:55)

Well, Gaethje, I don't think a lot of people realize this. He's an all-American wrestler from Northern Colorado. Like that dude can wrestle. He's athletic too. Yeah. But he's just like, I'm good, man.

Joe Rogan (3:05)

He's a fucking animal.

Brendan Schaub (3:06)

He refuses to go backwards. That's his whole thing. It's an ego thing. He doesn't want to take a step back.

Which can get you in trouble, I think.

Only at a certain level can he get you in trouble. It's made him this far, and he's a fan favorite. But I think at the upper echelon, it's going to be tough.

Joe Rogan (3:20)