Joe Rogan Experience #10070 — Aljamain Sterling Transcript

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0:00 Boom and we're live you're the first guy with a high top ever to wear these my I was wondering So I think it protects you. He's in the UFC also. Slippery dreadlocks i would You only carry that out when you fight? It works. Nah, I wish it was 10 pounds. Give them the illusion that I spent like $25,000 on a big-ass gold rope chain, but nah. Even though I wasn't slamming people, but I would have to somehow work that in there.

3:11 I remember his fight with Chuck Liddell, his fights with Vanderlei Silva, even the one I also think, man, it's speculation, but I also think that the Vanderlei that he fought in the UFC was the one who got drug tested. guy it gets weird but it is a thing that if you look at it historically, if you look at the sport in terms of like, Everyone knows those dudes were juice heads.

4:30 Does that take away from it though? By Billy Corbin Screwball? guy didn't get paid so he went public with everything so it was like a small amount and don't even look at screwball yet i haven't even seen narcos who gets oh jesus i'm like i'm trying I'm like, man, technology could be used in such fucked up ways. and then the lady winds up doing all these different things to cover up her crime.

6:55 Season away. There is one, though, with the memory with the guy and the girlfriend. Yes, that was the one with the girl's cheating. Yeah. Yeah, even ruin it. It's that good. There is one, though, with the memory. That's all coming. it's your recollection of actual things you don't have a video memory but if you had a video memory say that. wife yes and then it was like that's my that's my picture in the background and she was like oh it

8:33 I don't think we have a choice. I mean, when you're thinking about people that have CTE and brain damage and car accidents I'll be the leader. Imagine if like they just figure out a way. You could just swing for twice it's part of what it's terrible but it's part of what makes the sport so exciting is that i mean i woke up but i didn't come to, like, actually remember.

11:03 And Masvidal's running full clip. Like, there's not a lot of people who are that cerebral when it comes to the game. scenarios of how that situation could have went that's like masterful thinking and tactical like out to be a great fight but it was an interesting fight because you're like okay how is john jones megan anderson and i felt like she struggled with that fight the only way she i felt like she'd done

13:08 her leg up like she was like like pressing with that side kick and then boom yeah with that round away misha she just smashes people it's scary i think it's it's her shevenko cyborg and then I didn't know who to even really score for, but. nasty man she's one of the cleanest spinning back kicks in the sport you don't even see it coming that's right i don't want to fuck that up it's like some kind of traditional russian dancing

15:48 34 is your prime Yeah Door's wide open. That division's wide open. I was talking about it with Arnold Allen of PED also Yeah. He won round three even having his nose busted up and everything. I mean, it's a really exciting division right now real exciting that might be He's at the mirror. So I guess he says said something and then she translated and I was like

18:40 motherfucker I'm like, one, I don't want to go to Moscow to fight. Okay, that's right. Oh, upcoming. I'd fight him in the fucking bathroom. bouncing yeah that's unreal unreal unreal i mean he planned it out he knew it was coming it's like So you give him some feints, hop around, throw some sidekicks, hop around. Yeah, charging in and getting caught.

21:00 You get inside someone's head, they get angry. perform better when there's more in the line like when pedro was talking shit to me i didn't really Yeah. This dude is fucking stacked. Dude, his abs look like a turtle shell. Yeah, so that was Anderson's trainer. That guy's... He gave him a lot of strength. I think Eddie Bravo sent it to me. god not i hope when i walk away i just fucking walk away i hope so too but then again if they're

24:34 the fuck out some people can do it you know make my money my favorite example in all of combat He was a middleweight champion. I mean, a lot of this stuff they say sets in later on in life. You have a weird style, man. Yeah. And we have to do their fight styles. We didn't do any like wrestling, nothing traditional at all. You learn how to do stuff by watching, but you could also develop some terrible habits.

26:58 But they're right. You've got a style that's a unique style. I was gonna ask you that Imagine all the energy And Mungos is just I got that guy And I'm like Just to get a little this guy is out of his fucking bird but it's the reason why my cardio i'm like you want to get your workouts and stuff like static holes like holding on the pull-up bar and going out to punches so i

29:42 off my back you know you know i don't know whatever but i'll do that and i'll adjust the training camp and just the From what I've seen Pushups And I push up And I do it by myself in the morning The other stuff I'll switch it off And do full body Every single minute I'll simulate the rear neck choke, and I do it for two-minute intervals. i do not get pager to the ground and i i was happy i didn't force the takedowns because that would

32:43 and just staying on your bike and having people like like stalk you and like just not going crazy but it's It's like how much squeeze, how long can you keep it down? yeah long-term squeeze endurance like continue to compress the fight even matt told me in the back room he's like aljo save some for the fight i was like no Do you think it had anything to do with the extra rounds you put in?

34:56 So that my body can get like do you think that has anything to do with you training yourself do you think that you've couldn't believe he makes 135 it's insane i i was actually pretty upset i was like fuck this guy go I'll look, I'll check. a guy that's 6'1. And they say that that's one of the things that really determines twice i'm like this unreal i've never had to deal with anything like that before in my life that has

37:51 some of the other fighters okasasaki and the other guys at the gym and i always pick his brain like He's like, this is a big fight. He really is. Just them in the corner giving fighters instructions. Oh, I'm sure. Go When Matt comes in Like It's really interesting to see this sport evolve. He's really a beast. And it's like, that's excellent advice excellent advice yeah jamie shut your mic off i'm hearing your fucking

40:57 We're in the corner. You think I need to get up? Go out in there and be like Tyson. was able to capitalize created a scramble, Dude, the way you saw, i don't know i really do not know how the fuck you ever made 155. It's probably counterproductive for you to even go down there. So it's crazy how you've got to go up and wait, but you've also got to do it the right way.

43:11 And he flows. the game and uh it's also size size 169 like the day before the fight wasn't didn't have to cut any This is the voodoo coach that would be Diego Sanchez's corner. dude oh this guy's amazing what technique oh Well, Seagal was selling it. imagine these dudes standing there while he practices all this shit there's george george This is like a, you know what this is like?

46:13 like he had a real legit history with aikido he was the first american to ever teach at a dojo His Aikido is 100% legitimate. go to steven sagal when he was really young there's black and white footage of him teaching utilize this. Yeah. I felt embarrassed teaching him, though though because i'm just a comedian yeah and i'm a you know i'm a Like, Seagal, that's a front kick, man.

49:10 You gotta be so rock solid So Not exactly where I wanted to hit to land. In the picture, my foot slides down. Looks but it hit him right on the belt, not exactly where I wanted to land. so it's more practical. And do it that way. Kick to the face, yeah, which is ridiculous. He's coming forward, and I caught him as he's coming forward They're going bang, like that.

51:46 That's another problem I have. And it's cool. It's fancy. It's hard to hit. And I mean I had success in training Compared to 29 Just throwing kicks and punches and going crazy. Nah. I forgot the school he's a professor at. From those guys as well And got on those guys They really can't. I know. i got my uh he's got everything in here you know they both do they're so used to that community

54:49 And that performance institute From Matt My own background And then You know I teach to Henzo's in the city and then I had the wrestling my own background I mean they're not like a lot of the wrestling I sleep, I'm so fucked up. Have you heard of that chill pad? through the night. But with this, You got a chill pad? It's not just a pad. minute they give it to you for free i I do have a promotional offer, I believe.

57:35 What? You need to be able to sleep. I bet you do have it. sliding in the back of your throat and is just really tight in the morning buy and it's like a boil and bite mouthpiece night. Well, there's a company that I know that sells them that you could just buy. These are different, though. Yeah. Like you bite down on that. tongue is not like full like it's not covering my my airway it's a really common thing with guys who

1:00:13 Two P's. from sliding back Yeah. get the fuck out of here five grand for a mouthpiece that's so crazy and then he made me Shaq Shaq Shaq Shaq Shaq Shaq Ready go Yeah Accidentally. Yeah, a Giants dude like him, he must have a crazy snore. Almost like a resting VO2 max kind of thing And it opens up the area Yeah, I feel like that would fuck me up. Maybe I won't go that route.

1:03:45 It's not like Part of the body's Nice. And they have like So this one is supposed to have A little bit more Are they still around? Huh. Like it doesn't. Like what are you biting on I think it was another company I guess it clips the nerve, and that's what shuts the lights off in the brain. It has a bunch of holes in it, not just one big one big one oh you're not allowed to wrestle without if you have

1:07:05 dick out, like right on the dick. Yeah, we were going live. It like chafes. I'm like, dude, this just doesn't make any sense. Yeah. big it's too big down there you don't want something that's comfortable so you could kick But the compression shorts would help with that after that because my shit swole up like two times the size it should have been and it was all

1:09:52 I waited that night In my toilet bowl I was just like, the moment I feel any sort of infection or it feels like it's sore, it didn't hurt. right now and i ran to the hospital freaking the fuck out i'd be a bitch right right how many times It's dangerous, man. Oh, don't say that. No, he's still his dick. He does it for fun. He's playing basketball I guess

1:12:32 had a real problem. in the world. what is he going to live I don't see the problem Look there he is Yeah You know what I mean? on his lip looked like I think it's like that picture right there. Look at that. If you have to take who's look for the rest of your life, Kim Jong-un, I'm going to go That guy's like nuts, I heard. it. Something crazy like that.

1:15:46 Yeah And they made an agreement I'm like Pyotr Yan Yeah I don't know Rematch. Yeah, why do you have a pull-out couch? I did like one flip Like developing Going on right now They're doing crazy commercial stuff. I haven't sold a single house yet since March. Yeah On like an automatic email So I'm like shitting bricks. I'm like trying to close. The house was about to,

1:18:07 Like the salary that I make There's no way I could do that Really Don't get hit by a car So it's a little different Like little things like that Cause then October's gonna be five years like as a kid i mean he would just call us stupid and and all these names for whatever reason and if my friends didn't start the conversation, We never spoke. that fight I would have been fucked in terms of like really trying to help my mom because I wasn't

1:20:54 He had his street pharmacy ways. Knocking at the door Selling tampons She has ten kids Just with my mom Not with my dad Like just her alone And with my dad as her one of her oldest kids i know she's got two kids older than me on her side alone she has Who do I invite? Yes. gonna be paying like shouldn't we like if a lot of weddings I think you see everyone, they got the way they dressed it up and they programmed our

1:23:03 I want to be princess. Al Jermaine. Yeah, exactly. This exactly very important to me aljermaine it's very important yeah i can is so crazy. and Mitzi Shore You'd be like That's how my house is And get the fuck over Maybe make a deal with this company that gave Jamie that bed. Listen, if there's something that really does work like that, I mean, I need to try it.

1:24:38 The other thing that will help your apnea is if you can get to a position where you've got a pillow where your mouth is down. And it's fine. So And to That thing looks ridiculous Yeah, I think so. just a neck harness it's not expensive and it straps to a door the top of the door decompressing Yeah. Yeah. Each notch, it pulls at a certain amount. Because that's what people die from.

1:27:03 NXS? It is next level shit. Autoerotic expectation. Bondage. That's next level, man. Well I mean Time to strangle 51 year old pastor of mont what does it say montgomery's his death was not caused by foul All your sin pretending that you don't have Yeah. That is goddamn hilarious. There's wild laws down there. I still want to go there. And the food is outstanding.

1:30:30 Every Like But then she works and she's in school. I'm close. You know I think I have one time About that briefly in Chicago wbc champion right yes yes way back in the day i remember these things that's still sharp that's because I always end up going to the events from time to time. Yeah. and these people that run these little small organizations and i would go with him out to these events we would have to go to the middle of nowhere man

1:34:15 I had my UFC debut in Vegas but I've been able to fight everywhere except for New York, or some shit like that i'm like but why is this taking so long it's been years now i've been like That they even got it approved 2016 Yeah yeah Madison fucking Square Garden. fights that happen in that building and that is the most famous arena in all of combat sports madison fucking square garden i remember the first time i walked in there for the ufc i got chills i was like i can't believe we're here right here i get chills i'm getting goosebumps right now just

1:36:37 Yeah, so in the fight, I don't know at what point where one of the punches I threw, He was like, dude, does this hurt? Like, 15 degrees more movement than mine does. Go to Craig Jones' Instagram. It's just scary And Craig Jones That's probably it. It's a repost he put out. I sent it to him. all right i sent it to you Here it is. But he didn't He had the legs laced up

1:39:45 I get it Now I know Can get away with with those two legs around one leg i mean you're obviously one from the henzo team which is that scary ripping knees apart but you know what they say why would you ignore 50 of the human body He makes me feel like, ah, shit. He was making fun of me. John, this is a judge-free zone, damn it. Yeah, Eddie Cummins is a master.

1:42:19 That rule set is an interesting rule set, The back control position because you see a lot of the times the guys 100 sure on the this geo martinez geo who's a beast he's one of eddie's black belts actually So whether or not he extends or doesn't extend, whether he catches the arm there, I mean, you could still defend. Even here. here he still got Yeah.

1:45:19 he was going for like a biceps okay and then, it almost snaps your forearm. No, it sucks. But he eventually catches him here. Forearms It's awful Yeah. you know if a guy can goon out of stuff? I've gooned out of things before. Yeah. Sometimes you've got to be a goon. Yeah, yeah. He was in control. he's making his way into uh transitioning into uh commentary too he's excellent yeah really good

1:48:29 Real quick So Because my house It's really nice. But they were there. But to make ends meet, Ibnb my house so i sleep in I will find you. Dead. This is my land. Rattle snakes. Yeah. Poisonous? That's badass, because I would not fuck with that thing. I'm like, I'm going to... Rattlesnakes are fucked up too They have to get these horrible skin grafts and they get necrosis where all the tissue

1:52:50 so we have different rules and everything. It starts at 5.30. All right, we'll, it doesn't even start for another 25 minutes. Oh, okay. It starts at 5.30. I'm looking. the machine and see if you can... to get it on there. And then ESPN 2 would be at 5.30. I love it. I think that's more money than I've made in 13 UFC fights And I think that's a very obtainable and realistic thing for me

1:54:40 I don't think there was any real clear-cut loser, but I didn't think Sayuda won. Mighty Mouse Is that Jon One loss to Matt Hamill You confused the shit out of me. So it goes to show, maybe it speaks volume on just how good Mighty Mouse just really is as opposed to finishing who else has he even though Vitor almost That he didn't tap. his ability to get out of bad situations,

1:57:02 that he has done. And then he was just coming home and going back to Jackson's, coming home, going back anyway how funny was it what he said to daniel cormier i've beat you when i was on cocaine yeah tell everybody what your podcast is where they get it oh the weekly scraps you can get it on while he was off balance and try to rush him and blitz him with those big bungalows he was throwing, as Rampage Jackson calls them.

1:59:44 and was able to block it the one dana white posted like a picture on instagram um And fractured shin. Fractured tibia. That's the big shin bone Not the smaller one The fibula In that little bucket Oh, my God. I just felt like John was still controlling, dictating, like, the waltz. Yeah, he rolled with them. Yeah, pokeykey The pokey range Those long ass fucking

2:01:52 like they did those pitches? all he can lift like that's like Yeah. he goes, do you know how crazy that is? Well, I mean, if they really think that you need it. for the UFC either. is always at the cutting edge. And that's all in the States? Panama. But she's gonna go down again Regenerate soft tissue most likely we're going to have to fix this. there's nothing.

2:05:42 weeks later she's good to go i mean she's rehabbing and two and it was like it was two fights in a row we got into fights it was i Not kind of. He's more dedicated. i would just say that uh so he saw it but he said i remember i would tell him stuff like nah man sometimes this girl's crazy but i think covered up because i didn't want to fight anyone argue i'm like i just came up the biggest win i

2:08:20 and i just don't like baby slow down like can you drink a little water and that turned it just spiraled out of control you don't think i know how to drink it went it got crazy it got But then the next fight, Caraway, another big fight. brian carraway um potential title implications on the line and uh i'm you know i did a lot of But by accident. And,

2:09:49 I mean, it wasn't a devastating loss, but it was a split decision loss. And the next day, went to the pool because it was early and she likes to sleep in. I already got enough of that. I don't really give a shit anymore. adversity, just dealing with the stuff with my dad and my parents, them going through multiple, where you've had a lot of losses and a lot of bad things have happened,

2:12:14 that can happen yeah because you think fuck i thought everything had changed i thought i'd re on a picture and post it on my door whenever I would leave for fights or like the other side, dude, just be alone you know and uh just be a fucking bachelor with a bachelor's and like if like this You've probably had your fair share Being able to handle that

2:14:32 To a shot at the title With personal life along good everything's good we're all positive moving in the right direction you have less or 27th all the way to July and to be able to pull myself back together was it was tough man and uh i'm just happy i was able Dehydrated. And then from there it was another setback. until I fought a SunStyle in January.

2:17:21 because it's not like a real full-time job. To go out and sign pitches They just let you do that Oh that's badass man We got shit face. But I have a video of him and I grappling, drunk, in the lobby of the hotel in Liverpool after the fight. So I've done a lot of these trips, and even courting Uka Sasaki We decided to go to Thailand instead. No. What are you talking about?

2:19:41 I remember watching it on my phone. Someone on Twitter. Isn't that supposed to be? That is so big. What does he do? Greg, what are you talking about? Either way, it's fucking giant. Yeah. We can say, oh, this is a 15-foot boat. Look at it. It's 10 feet longer than the boat. Yeah. Come perspective, though. There's not a boat that you can look at where you can say, oh, this is a 15-foot boat.

2:21:37 But I think you would enjoy it. threatened to tell him like you can't leave like in a way where it's like threatening like you I asked the guy, Donnie, how much he paid. Mike Swick And came back a fucking assassin they call bali mma but it's been they got the food like right on site so you don't you don't What do I know? So, fuck that. But they're not dangerous.

2:24:25 I don't think that other one had that wide-ass mouth. Big gills would be unmistakable. That might really be a 25-foot shark. Imagine being in a kayak. Fucking knock this thing over And Matt Serra I could go surfing Smarter than this Dean Fuck everything about that. this fucking billion dollars and he still gets his kicks doing silly shit like this yeah i mean that show is a

2:27:12 Yeah, for sure. That wasn't my idea. So like it takes a while to figure out how to do it. when Tito Ortiz fought Vladimir You should check out this Russian dude. middle of the fight and they just the screen went black and everybody wanted their money back putting on these events in vegas and you know eddie bravo and i we had always said what this And then I quit.

2:30:31 I was like, I can't do this anymore and so i quit and then when i got fear factor i wound up uh going to one of their vegas events because the ufc just bought this and they were giving out free tickets to celebrities and I mean, no one else would say that. Hey, we got it on here. He beat whose cousin up? Are you doing this through your computer? Why is that thing in the middle of it, Jamie?

2:32:14 This should be wild as fuck because John Howard can crack. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There goes his contract, right? Yeah, a fireworks accident a couple years ago. He's done now? Look at that ref cam. Yeah, I heard that. He hits hard. I was a King Kong man. Yeah we'd jump each other though Like tough guys with brothers The other Millers, Cole Miller and Micah Miller.

2:34:51 Wow. Oh, he's out. John Howard can fucking crack. Shout out to John Howard Instagram That's where I got my podcast Well, thank you, brother. See ya.