Joe Rogan Experience #10052 — Michael Bisping Transcript

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0:00 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 setup you have as an englishman please explain to me the hawaiian flag what the fuck is the hawaiian to be an expert Australia how much of the world but uh but yeah the british they did okay did a lot of shit got a lot done they did they did you mongolian germany oh i'm like fucking you're a german you're a german and you're giving me

2:30 Yeah, Robin Hood times. But, yeah, it's great. I'm intelligent enough to adapt to the surroundings that I'm in. So I'll say tomato. over-pronounce your words. Just negotiated a deal for it with Zach. That is one of the best things the UFC's done is do that post-fight show Yeah, it's fun. it's because um you know i mean i i i want to tell the truth while i'm on here so so i will

5:24 So then when that day came, I was good, you know. believe you me. So if we were focusing on the UFC, So the top 50 people split a rate. Playline.com. So that's going really well. Do you know what I mean? I would think it'd be like some Guy Ritchie movie This is what we're going to do, see? The reason why I say this is because this is what happened with Professional Pool.

8:05 athletic commissions, You can't gamble Anyone that plays pool Yeah What season are they on now? That's what's insane. And he fucking won recently, which is even more impressive. Nice to leave having won the title, though, right? No, for sure. Energy drink. Scary monster. Other than winning the belt and winning the Ultimate Fighter, I'm sure, Yeah, that was a big one for me.

11:10 And I'm backing up and we're not engaging in blows. But you fucking came back like Lazarus. and I'd say because you came in so much better uh that i mean that also like to just to get a victory over that guy when it all said and done you're not worried that when you talk shit going into a fight In that one, That's for sure. Who? I said, What I meant was sold on him being the future of the division

14:05 And it was a great performance. or an excellent fighter, because he clearly is. They're all on fucking steroids. But who's on? It's totally possible I'm fucking honest bro it's bullshit. I'll just go through my life doing what I do. orchestrate a program for these fighters to because that's been a narrative that I've over, you know, no i know even worse you could take steroids first and then come off of it so your testosterone was

17:30 And then you had all these guys coming out there saying, you know who you are. I mean, because when I fought him, I fought him on TRT. What are you looking at? That's way better. Yeah. If you start having those thoughts, you can look back and say, You know, I mean that. Maybe there is. some fucking But you did a great job of pissing people off in your career.

20:27 But, you know. it's like at the weigh-ins. puff your chest. And then they don't fight to the best of their ability but it's for a reason. It's true. Doesn't give a fuck, there you go. Yeah, well, you know, it's just another day at the office, you know. And I said, shut the fuck up i'm like you know i nodded away and like you know respectful to the was eating out the palm of their hands it was an amazing fight

23:20 about please, you know because I don't want to talk yeah, and it's January. yeah. That was great. But I think he was actually serious. Maybe not. did enjoy it was nice to see uh brian ortega max holloway they had that nice back and forth where the injuries they were going to win the fight. Right, right, right. Call me an animal. and they're staring each other down,

25:50 When they were at the weigh-in, Max was incredible. who initially threw up Right. And he's just like, you know. Good for you. that's my choice he said, I appreciate that. he was so am I so good Yeah, no, I saw that. That's the main thing, you know what I mean? Absolutely. Yeah, really was you know, it's it's great to see that he is okay, too really quickly to 155,

28:59 quickly to fight Khabib. Were you there that day? The fight had been matched three times. It's insane. in that division, a he's a he's a character shall we say yeah he's a character he's a unique character but he in my I mean, and then a few months later, he was ready to go again. And you saw that stuff online that he was doing. But the word I'm getting from people that know him is that he didn't spar.

30:56 Don't get your knee wrenched. Yeah, my knees are fucked. back at Zufa tore my PCL And it's just always been kind of fucked? They're like, this attention-seeking bastard forgot that he put on a fake limb when he went to the bathroom. You can get that drained. Went in there and just kept sticking it with needles. Yeah, I never got that taken care of.

33:16 right side i was in the shower i was uh it's happened a few times when i've been working on fine you know what i mean i just i just grin and bear it and whatever and just occasionally have a You can go to Santa Monica. of hours. You do it three or four times Right. But it just, oh, when you get out of there, everything feels good. Just get up in the morning, have your cup of tea.

35:59 And it's the only way that I know of to really stretch your neck out that way. I was going for a takedown, and I think I ended up headbutting the floor. and all their weight together sure you know feet up in the air the whole deal power power double I'm sure this poor woman's family is... Maybe we won't take the piss out of it on the podcast. I'm not going to put that shit on Instagram.

38:12 He's an interesting character, huh? I love the way they size up, too. to fighting somebody was it Tishera So fast. that was like what we were looking at with Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. I, sorry, not when I watched it, I said, oh, it's over. Yeah, I heard you saying that. He's like a twig. It really was. all respect and credit 10 seconds, to make sure

40:42 we're at 10. on the actual 10 really impressed me Gypsy John, whoever he is, but I've got to say, over the last six months, It's just insane. He was probably out of his mind when he said that. million yeah and everyone would have thought that was amazing as well that would have been a huge Yeah, and the rematch will be even bigger. Yeah. oh and we were at the Fox Studios

43:42 Pacific Coast Boxing fucking Deontay Wilder greatest heavyweight It was crazy. Clipped him with the right hand, then caught him with the left hook as he was going down. the lights came back on i know if he came it's interesting when a when a judge or referee rather but it wasn't particularly it wasn't insanely vicious yeah so when you looked at it you didn't

46:03 You know, well, boxing is more dangerous because it's only punches to the head Rugby is a better, safer sport. ever died in rugby it's a tough sport there was one on the news My kids wanted to fight running at you full clip you think you're invincible excuse me. me you uh you think you're invincible It's the vast majority. What, in terms of? I'm an American.

48:07 Yes. Oh, really? Oh, and I can only imagine. get the fuck off me, in the wild. Hammer. and one of the local employers is the slaughterhouse. Oh, I'd never seen anything like it in my life. and eventually they come into like a little cubicle like this, That shoots a bolt. Then you put your then you get the end about 8 foot guts elevator doors like the shining blood everywhere next one run back upstairs next

51:48 Too disturbing? Right To fuck with me Through the hole in the brain I wonder if that's standard practice still today. there's no way or your values change yeah businessmen flying out to Africa and, you know, I don't get it. that makes sense to me that whole story that went down. which meant that there was a lion that they were tracking. you know flying out to fucking Africa

55:22 here's where it's fucked up though all the antelope and all those things, dropped radically. don't have the answers and i'm not educated enough to really sit here and debate it or really cast that's a real problem I'm sure it's great I'm sure I will. No, you're right. come over from Germany. for them all. with bows and arrows. And then the other problem is even the animals that make sense to us.

57:42 And no shame on that. There you go. They are. Is this recent? anybody in your immediate family talk with an italian accent no well shut the fuck up because Oh, yeah. If you get in trouble over here, they ship you back? I'm a gentleman. it's all over the place you are getting into about three months and then i was flying home and i was looking for some walkie talkies for my

1:00:06 I was like yeah so yeah I text Dana you know blah blah blah on a strict diet and my phone starts exploding Dana just announced I'm like fucking Dana so that's the first yeah for sure shit, screw the weights, there's traffic lights And then Dana called. weeks notice I've been filming a goddamn movie I've been near near a gym, MMA gym, for a while doing anything.

1:02:39 He's incredible. You know I mean Yeah you know just because you can do that and hold pads doesn't make you a coach right does not make Not too bad. of exercise but sometimes that's good anyway right so it gives your body a chance to recover to take a day off to rest I used to overcomplicate it, overanalyze it, overwork it, He said, listen, a bunch of good guys in there. Okay. He said, but you're a fucking world champion.

1:06:09 when I flew home from doing that movie, yeah, possibly. He said, well, let's enjoy the process. You know, let's go through this it was like it was it was one of those things because you were a big underdog coming to that And you clipped him over the top of the shoulder. And he was even doing this exercise on these bands, you know and you know what I mean

1:08:50 big John McCarthy's gigantic forearm the amount of fights I've had is unbelievable, you know, and, uh, being, becoming the world champion, knowing that everybody wrote me off, Oh, yeah, yeah. Rockhold was very upset. Yeah, he felt amazing. There it is right there. Oh, yeah. Yeah. because if it wasn't for her, too concerned about that one um and then as i'm doing my like victory dance if you will i'm i i

1:10:55 I'd done an entire lap of the octagon again, didn't see that he would he refused to shake my hand the second time you know i was like well go fuck yourself then and then when you gave me the microphone when you There's no one that's ever going to be able to understand that I can only imagine and see your career go still fight now you know i can still but but the time was right you know and then i started having

1:13:00 If you've watched the surgery, it's absolutely disgusting. And they went, okay, there's another way we can do it. It's a little more unconventional. you can't do that I said I'm filming a movie and they went okay there's another way do that I did. What did you do? It's a corrective lens. So I don't really see out of it. distorted images your brain cancels the distorted one you know so but the depth perception remains

1:15:20 It's still clinically blind. I'm always calling for a shot at the belt or whatever. did not even occur to me for a split second. But a lot of guys, i knew i could become the champion contrary to popular belief, and this is me, I said, but if I win, you're out of your fucking mind That's why that took place because you had that belt. to all that shit

1:17:54 towards George I think George the way he cross-trains, George St-Pierre would be that man. the bad guy i've been portrayed as a bad guy my my entire career you know by the ufc the editing and, that's how it is, it was the Friday slammed me down I knew. I was going to inject myself with lidocaine before the fight was going to fucking go in and sneak into the toilet and FaceTime the doctor.

1:20:44 I didn't on the night, you know, but people but people said oh you didn't look yourself in there you you know Dean yeah yeah he's great that was Rafael Dos Anjos Yeah, yeah. Like your coach will say, okay, let's call it there, guys. feel great you know you remember how you handled all your sparring So it's always a weird one. Yeah, you know what I mean?

1:23:00 Well, one, I wouldn't balloon up in between fights. Right. I'll eat whatever I want. There was a group of people that I was involved with in England for a while. Lots of lies. It was a very long time ago but then they start becoming successful I did my five years just created invoices and just just totally fabricated an entire case not a single email

1:25:25 believe it or not not that I didn't respect them I would love to. Well, you're seeing it with fighters. And that's partly why I do want to do that. of fighters they're lost when it's over they don't know what to do always scared me yeah always seven in the morning till six o'clock at night just doing mundane medial shit you know and and when I was eight years old

1:28:39 I was doing, Yeah, which is MMA, bare knuckle. So I was having plenty of fight experience. Is this what you want to do for the rest of your life? actual fire oh it looks like smoke and lights yeah there's another one actually which is true to my a basketball court. Yeah. I just feel as a it's a huge factor and these guys are brawling you know, usually when I'm front row

1:31:17 well, that's what everyone says, If the first riser was What is he wearing? Right from his guard. It's still legit, though. for a darts If you just constantly but I don't want to be the guy going for the head and arm. But yeah, Yeah, but their heads and necks are even smaller, so they can slide out of it easier. She just wasn't quite experienced enough at the time.

1:34:05 Yeah, I mean, they haven't been doing it as long. Yeah, if that. I'd say, shut the hell up. He used to be in business with Vinny. And shout out Cassie, no disrespect. and the teacher to want to do that right sure She's a fucking monster, isn't she? and I respect I'm not being really thoroughly If I can see these guys doing it at such an extreme level,

1:36:52 There really is. And Jan Jacek impressed me because he had a, I think it was a tough three rounds, very high level fight oh it really was excellent it really was yeah yeah and young jake impressed Well, Shevchenko was successful at 135. If she was fighting another strawweight, went up to 125, maybe things would be different. I don't know. I mean, as I said, I favored Max.

1:38:39 He's calm. in terms of just trying to handle Max's barrage and the pressure that he puts on you. But when you lose, then you're like, okay, shit. killing himself doing his usual thing and the team that i was with that shall remain nameless back It was my first time, you know what I mean? This is day of the fight, you know what I mean mean i remember being on my knees day of the fight with

1:40:50 And as I'm driving along the freeway, I don't really eat Burger King, but I saw the sign I'm fucking waiting So fortunately, okay, you know, He can work on some things, But, you know, when you experience that kind of a fighter, than yet, you know, he certainly dedicate your fucking life, go live in a monastery in fucking China, and I'm sure in the wrestling department as well.

1:43:01 Is it Henna Gracie? when I you know you know No, that's a good point. You know what I mean? world of fights in mixed martial arts you know i mean as i said there's a lot of there's a lot of every time and you're going to talk shit to me? He's like, I'm not trying to get fucking hit right now. because no one wants to get clipped first. When you sit, even myself, when you sit and watch, you're like, why aren't I doing more? I remember because every time I took a step forward, I felt the wind of the punches nearly taking my head off.

1:46:06 You see a guy like Mighty Mouse who does things different than anybody else, Agreed. Crazy, right? and it was on Bravo TV in England. You should be on there. for the light heavyweight, I'd knocked them all out reason you know and so i was the greater good you know i said yeah of course it sucks it sucks being Understand, you know? Maybe a few. That's part of the game.

1:48:45 you know and you're like and then I'm going to You're like, very difficult sport. Yeah, you know, I mean. I went down. but they were big moments. You can lie to your family. into an octagon with this guy i was fucking out cold for a long time my brain was scrambled eggs lose a fight it's happened before so why am i stressing myself out of it and i just started

1:52:15 So in the fifth round, I'm trying to get a certain angle where I could even see the guy. Yeah, I was always curious what could be done, he knows anything about eyes. You don't know if he wants to be a hero. You don't know if he wants No, Belcher, Tim Kennedy, Cungley, Rockhold, CB, I just hadn't made it formal yet. and I said and a week well I mean

1:54:41 a plane and you're going to be in a real problem. Okay, lightning isn't going to strike twice. You see it right now when you do that? I've got a history of symptoms all drinking. I wasn't, they're going to be like, So, Forgot all about my eye. straight away i tell him i said listen i think i've got a detached retina in my good eye why do He says, well, it certainly sounds like one.

1:58:12 and millions of fibers connect to the retina to send the message, I think. If I'm getting it wrong, when these fibres are pulling And have they done anything to the eye sense? But for me, it was a step too far yeah i pushed it and then he has severe brain damage. That was it. You know, I've been very, very happy ever since. far and that's the beautiful thing about the ufc these days you know if you're of that certain

2:00:49 It's one of the things that I really like about the UFC. Amazing talent. They don't look right. do you want your son to do it? My father supported me ridiculously. I'm thinking about trying MMA, I go, don't do it. that are living it 24-7 all day long. And it's got a lot of popularity now. And they're talking about, oh, for this camp, You fight every few weeks.

2:03:46 man. with Luis Gomez. Oh, Yeah, couldn't give a fuck thank you