Joe Rogan Experience #10010 — Tyron Woodley Transcript

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0:00 Doo-doo-doo. You're walking around like there's nothing going on. centrifuge spun him, out of the sling in six days? Is that six days? Wow. So my guy's really aggressive, I went to Dr. Five days. It's Thursday. Four or five days, yeah. Wow. He said making contact. I didn't move for like three weeks. Would you have done with that one same thing? so I just started bombing,

1:47 You ever heard of it? A lot of pro athletes use it. I hope they ain't watching this shit. Wow. Advanced Recovery Program. So it until recently Wow they using this since college and so now you put this on your So they do that first, adjust you, make sure you all balance out. So now they take the other pad off and find the spot that when those two connect,

4:06 and nobody would have ever known. And this somehow or another finds that? So I can't do like that. So when I'm throwing a punch, Now, just that one punch I hit Damian Maia with, I think I could find of a good video. If you do it one time and you feel great, I knew it happened because I knew it's what they call suplex or dislocated, whatever. I can't let the dude take my belt.

6:45 I'm blessed that I tore this one because I know what it felt like. So you knew something was wrong, but you just didn't know exactly what it was. Yeah. I could. he said, I watched your video. If anybody deserved to touch up something they heard in the fight, it's me. Yeah, I was training. Shoulders are such a weird joint. Two weeks. it's like the world's a different place now for injury rehab.

10:00 shit because I didn't want my shoulder messed up, and I just started fighting. When I first started, I was a wrestling coach for Tiago Alves, Eve Edwards, Dean Thomas. He brought the And I'm like So I can get insurance I was trying I'm like – I told my coach, I said, I can't do this shit no more. You got a future in this, man. Yeah. Yeah, it's fascinating, isn't it?

12:15 to like fully resume training um they think three months they think three months i mean granted with I'm going, I called the UFC, I'm like, And, you know, they listen to me and say, you know what, he's right. I didn't know you were doing that many different TV things. yesterday i want to watch out do you like doing it i love doing it i love getting out of the box

13:57 and really not giving a fuck, then you can become a great actor I mean, you're doing film. life and you know we really critical You know, I don't really even like fighting, to be honest. not really training hard. It affects me because our sport is also the fans, and the fans are actually culture who gets to fight. and Duke Rufus are fucking masterminds.

16:25 and just fighting to the best of your abilities and letting the chips fall where they may. But he actually puts in the work. But Conor actually delivers on more of what he said he's going to do than Chael did. He's taking those risk and rewards that if you lose don't have the skills people being incredibly disrespectful Coward Queefington. it's effective in the moment

18:15 it's like fuck John wasn't around has he really beat beyond a man Mayaia what was the other top 15 victory that was the big the big coming out I don't want to discredit him. My first fight was Jay Heron, who had only been stopped by George St. Pierre. I don't Robbie Lawler Wait a minute Wait a minute. You're acting like people don't respect you as the champ.

21:12 Stephen Thompson don't get more respect than me. with a really super weird style to train him, but you are because you're talking about it This is wasted energy But it is the shit. it's a weird combination of personality, results, skill. It's a weird anomaly. Yeah. It makes sense, too. Ireland for this guy. That's when he was fighting Brimage And I'm like, I don't even know who the fuck this kid is.

24:05 So I said, let me look at this motherfucker. He's 100% legit. that he also has a fight style he also has so happened to do 80 of shit he says he's gonna do to do. against Robbie Lawler, right? danger not once but twice. puncher who's a great wrestler, who's got In those two fights, he was the one that was in big trouble in both of those fights. But you've got to go back and look your shot to get down. Well, the Maya fight was tough too because of your injury. But you got to go back

27:17 There was several fights the case so you said this stuff so don't think that i'm just gonna give you my spotlight and offered me the fight. He said something people saying things that you're responding Good. I want to be the greatest Stephen Thompson People forget he KO'd Whitaker. I got the whole entire octagon to take him down. He didn't take Maia serious.

30:20 But I'm training that shit anyway just in case I slip on a banana peel, Those punches get to you fast. Like, try to take me down. and the guys that are better than Damian Maia on the mat. I just had a brain fart, and I just started thinking about George St. Pierre, all the skills the striking the wrestling the jiu-jitsu the defense the timing the explosion

32:10 So right before Robbie. And you were like, when the fuck am I getting my title shot? Pulled out of it. I fought him. You want me to exchange with him and let him get into the fight You know what I mean? I mean 170 again if I took the fight. I know you want me to, though. The deck of cards is there's going to come a moment where I'm a superstar. and he dropped the title, but if he wanted to come back

35:23 George had the chance One thing that helped George in that fight, his experience. In a fight, you don't have to train to count, focus on a person. It was interesting because Bisping was tight, and I expected him to be looser. And George had to make that adjustment. And that's something that the experienced abandoning champion allowed him to do. would have been fascinating

37:19 Once again, Especially in his division, there's so much talent. the fight, they both are going to be, you know, it don't take much for him to find a way to get And Nate Diaz, you know, baffled him, like, damn, I hit you with everything. They strip him. Tell me what your dream is. To be honest, my dream was to really, I wanted to fight George. But they got X'd out

39:16 Joe, do I think that the people want to see me lose? So if I'm an athlete and I'm looking out for my best interests being a doctor at one point. Knowing what everybody's making, knowing all the numbers, I want to be at least fair. I don i don't ask for no crazy i don't ask for no 15 million and all that other stuff so if Everybody has a start a certain way.

41:34 I'm trying to use that fancy word. Because one of two things happens. When the UFC is not willing to pay a certain amount of money, it's because they don't think they're going to get a certain amount of money. I want to see blood cut They knew the style, According to them, it was the best fight of the entire card. I don't think there's anything wrong with that fight.

43:44 How different was the second fight? It was really kind of the same fight. You get more money. A couple more bucks. But think about this. How different was the second fight? If you say it's boring, the world's going to say it's boring. anything can go wrong in that fight that's a very dana didn't say it was a boring fight what he said Right. When the president says it, especially when you got the cultist following,

45:23 They're not even going to change a word. You know what I mean? It's very hard. Okay, I i see what you're saying we're talking about two different things what you're saying is you feel like the way they talked about you after the fight was I'm saying that it was a choice made to say one thing. Oh, my God, Paige Van Zandt this. Oh, my man, my man sage york at that you can say that what's what happened million followers

47:11 And this unhappiness stems from the result Damian Maia. That's what happens. layer of skin and I'm very cautious of who I am and my brand. I think the deck needs to be shuffled. And I'm okay to talk about it because, you know, I've always been honest. somebody like Usman, Till, Pantenevio. Koscheck had the same overhand right, just a little bit different.

49:15 And that's the dude I had to walk with. Look at how he was punching Damian Maia. And those fights that you did just talk about, Carlos Condit, At one point in time, it was Brandon Thatch. So I'm always thinking about training, always thinking about fighting these guys, He's such a beast and this and this and this and that. Let me get Johnny Hendricks, former champion, Rory McDonald.

51:50 No, I punched him. that I took all his tools I outstruck Paul Daly. Take him to the late round. that was different he just punches really awkwardly. You have to shoot two, three, four attempts to get him to the ground. He just had heavy hands naturally. basically just punching the punch anytime you punched a punch you're You know, you can't be like, I was a lightweight.

54:50 The fight was over with before the fight started. You ever notice that? Watch his fight against Rory. You got to get on Robbie quick. Man, I'd use everything. he's doing this he's setting this up look told you there you go oh he's about to do it and everybody's doing this. He's setting this up. Look, told you, there you go. Oh, he about to do it. I'm not going to lose today.

57:02 Can I throw elbows? No, never did it. From a tactical standpoint, I thought he had some really good successful low kicks. Maybe it's because he messed his leg up or whatever. What does it say? It makes sense because if Robbie is notoriously known for, you know, he was injured going into the fight. So he tore his ACL before I think that was said the third round,

59:13 on his brother. because I'm used to Robbie But how can Carlos Condit control the fact that he just don't punch as hard as Robbie? I think I thought that Hendricks did or that Robbie did just enough to win. I think that's why he got the nod. I think damage should count for more than punches that don't damage. But what's also interesting is the scores are much wider now.

1:01:21 I think it should be a much broader system. Is that why he... I thought you... I just ground the pound you wasted a minute in a guillotine he said that whatever it is I said, hey, man, I just want to let you know I judge your fight. And, you know, but then you wasted a minute in the guillotine. I'm cool with that. onslaught of me trying to kill him, but

1:04:09 Said, I'm over the fight. That's ridiculous, right? I always hate that expression. It's a foolish way of looking at it. the way i describe it thing and it's also it's one sport where it's like if the team doesn't All those years of point karate. was way harder I had the word front leg sidekick from the East Coast. without getting kicked in the sidekick.

1:07:07 But his manager was trying to get too much money. but we're not doing that for three days. I had a gym. shit. I can't keep doing that. But what was interesting Like, either tomorrow, it's so on a humbug. No, sorry, Milwaukee, yeah. I was getting tired man, if this sucks, I'm coming back home in a week every time they go against somebody on the opposite stance,

1:10:10 Not only that, he made fighting fun again. And I felt better, and I looked better. You're doing too much. If we got to actually do none, just spar. Yeah, most of the time. If I need to bring in another striking coach And also Dan Lambert. He's such a valuable guy. I mean, as a coach, what I really respect Lambers like that. Some guys that So I just don't like to deal with it.

1:13:51 you're not recovering from a surgery like what what stuff do you do at home i hang out with my I got an up-and-coming featherweight that's really fast and good boxing, Wow. I'm always watching film. I want to get nervous a little bit and watch some film and see what they do well. Now, with this injury and the fact that three months in Yeah, I'll probably wait till then.

1:15:48 If I was your manager, that's what we got to do, Ty. I like him too. Everybody wanted to fight Bisming. together. That was a big part of it. Well, there was talk about you fighting Bisping at one time. I get thrown to the bottom Because he only fought once in four years I was in a similar situation. He hits you and everybody, oh, shh. And his head, his back of his head almost touched his spine.

1:18:51 He's so appreciative and so happy. I do not envy you man I'm not about that life he's gonna try JDS. I stood up with wear his arms out, Stipe has got good wrestling skills. You know, he's Not even just in the Do you think, like as far as what people ask that? He broke the record, right? You know, the most anyone has ever done is Kane. Kane beat Brock.

1:21:33 You about to get some stripes over there. I was just out in Canton not too long ago. Yep, Kane Velasquez. in ingano's career but what's what's i mean if stipe can win, it's amazing. And it solidifies his position as the baddest man on the planet. I agree. Well, the sport is so exciting right now, man. I love Max Holloway. He's got great defense. you know,

1:24:13 that knows how He didn't give a hell that in the aldo fight especially the second second fight, man, you see that confidence they try to get under my skin and say, I haven't watched many of his fights. I saw that clip. Like what he did to RDA. I was a big fan after that. Nutritionist, anybody out there, I'm picking up the tab. because Conor's got $100 million in the bank

1:26:33 I heard that. I think when he beat Kevin, it was at ten. Yeah. He just, nobody has told Tony that what he's doing is not. That guy's a very good Punch, He was losing that fight, too. Beat the shit out of Dos Anjos. so he's like switching it here and there and there talk about that. I don't know. I want to see it, though. more weapons. TJ does more stuff.

1:29:15 got to make DJ miss, and not very many people have been able to do it. He never stops. His ability and his ability to not get hit. He's just, if he thinks he's smart, he's going to keep going. He had me in there deep. He does everything. Amazing. He's a master at extreme basics. Yeah. His skill level's on another level. I mean, his skill level's off the charts. He does everything.

1:30:34 But in general, if you think about it, he comes forward and he does great fast basics There's no way it can't work. the history of people fighting each other. You know, it's an exciting moment as well, ronda rousey was she was that girl at one point. I agree 100% is her great at something Get an actual, I mean, but I don't even think she wants to fight.

1:33:12 You're right. George, my shoulder's sore. if you want to fight me, that would be Tyron Woodley, thanks for doing this, man. And, yeah, we are here.