UFC Recap w/ Brendan Schaub

SPEAKER_1 (0:02)

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

Joe Rogan (0:08)

And we're live.

SPEAKER_3 (0:09)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (0:09)

Dude, what a fucking crazy weekend, huh?

Brendan Schaub (0:12)

What the hell?

Joe Rogan (0:13)

Watch those three title fights. That was like, it was really funny, because we were talking about this, and you were like, this is probably one of the best cards ever, but we have a high likelihood of all decisions.

Brendan Schaub (0:22)

Yeah, yeah, boy, was I wrong.

Goddamn, was I wrong. I make some good picks, but every now and then, I just, I looked at the matchups, I'm like, everyone's so close in competition and skill-wise, I was like, we're gonna get a lot of decisions, which I don't mind. And then as we're watching, I'm glad I was wrong. As we're watching, like, holy shit, best UFC card ever.

Joe Rogan (0:43)

I don't know what was the most surprising outcome, too. It's like, did you just crack yourself? Did you just hit the antlers? You all right?

Brendan Schaub (0:50)

Jamie SCG.

Joe Rogan (0:51)

Jamie just ran, I told you that was a bad idea to put that thing there.

All right, we're gonna put out like a red light. We got an elk antler right over near what Jamie has to walk past.

SPEAKER_1 (1:02)

He's whacked his head.

Joe Rogan (1:03)

It's the hat with the brim, like the brim blocks the air.

SPEAKER_5 (1:06)

This hasn't been there forever, and I'm not there.

Joe Rogan (1:08)

Right, spatial awareness, getting used to the space.

Brendan Schaub (1:12)

Fuck, man.

Joe Rogan (1:13)

So I think maybe one of the most impressive things or confusing or unexpected was how fucking good GSP looked. The dude's gone for four years, comes back, and immediately I see him moving around and popping the jab, and I'm like, Jesus Christ, he looks like GSP.

Brendan Schaub (1:36)

See, I wasn't that, everyone's like, oh, here's Schaub, the hater. I wasn't that in love with GSP's performance.

Joe Rogan (1:43)

You weren't?

Brendan Schaub (1:44)

I thought he looked good. I thought he looked heavy. I didn't think he looked as, obviously he put on some pounds.

Joe Rogan (1:50)

He was thick.

Brendan Schaub (1:51)

He was thick, thick, like three musketeer thick. I thought he put on some pounds and his cardio wasn't that great. He had cardio for days before.

Joe Rogan (1:59)

Yeah, he definitely was suffering a little bit because of that. And also, it has to be a big factor four years off, just the nerves and all the jazz.

Brendan Schaub (2:07)

Huge factor.

Joe Rogan (2:08)

And the struggle to hold Bisping down. Bisping's fucking hard. And you know, honestly, taking him down was one of the worst things that could have happened. He got cut the fuck up.

Brendan Schaub (2:15)

Bisping didn't work down there. And when I was worried if it went to decision, I thought Bisping's actually winning. Even though GSP got him down for that portion, if hopefully the judges see that Bisping's doing the damage down there, that should count in their eyes.

Joe Rogan (2:29)

I agree, I agree 100%. The only time it's ever really counted though in a fight is Kevin Randleman versus Boss Rootin. Remember, Kevin Randleman took Boss Rootin down, but Boss Rootin was beating the shit out of him from the bottom, and Randleman didn't do anything, but a lot of people were super outraged after that decision. You know, that was a weird one, because most of the fight was spent with Boss on the bottom and Randleman on top.

Brendan Schaub (2:51)

That's old school.

I think GSP obviously looked great past the test. See, I always look at what's next. I didn't think, I thought BizBing was super hesitant, because for this reason, they trained earlier, right? They trained in 2008, and I guess 2006, so a while ago. I guess GSP just kind of mopped the floor with them, like kind of did what they want. So then I think GSP's camp and they're thinking was, all right, middleweight's really not where we should be at, but BizBing's kind of easy picking for us. We might as well go get the belt from him if we're gonna do this big comeback. So I think he thought it was a good matchup, and I think because they trained prior, that wasn't normal BizBing. BizBing pushes the pace. I think he was so worried about the takedown, rightfully so.

I don't think that, BizBing didn't look great to me either.

Joe Rogan (3:35)

No, he looked very stiff.

Brendan Schaub (3:36)

Super hesitant and stiff, and he looked like Father Time was like, yo man, tonight's your night.