Joe Rogan Experience #10106 — Leon Edwards Transcript

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0:00 Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out! it's still funny, it's like, if you can approach fighting like that, like make it effortless, felt great backstage and i preferred fighting with with no crowd did you really yeah one of the top ufc welter welterweights but just because of bad fortune just things just haven't totally lined up correctly Yeah, for sure.

2:48 His eye was so fucked. you're kicking, right? But it grazed his eyes a bit. thought it was just literally the kid that caught him because i did this and then i think dana put luck trickling down so so yeah it's like yeah it's like the bottom of your finger yeah so it's not Yeah, I wish him well. I caught him with a head kick in the first round but he's tough,

5:21 and that's just it. and just because of the great first round that you had? first round you're not making it to the don't know where a fight's going because fights are crazy like weird shit happens people slip I don't think it would be a bad thing to run back. fight or title fight you know so i can totally appreciate your position but i can also appreciate

8:17 we were two weeks before that daniel white came out and he's like uh no i'm never gonna fight okay, they know what building up And when I beat him, So any way I can get there easier, i like an eight second knockout and everything i did i did exactly what he did but like you said That was a good kick. But, you know, every now and then, I mean, that makes sense.

10:48 it's about everything right like remember when prince nasim hamed would come out on a throne I believe if you work hard and you win, You got, use it as a blessing. Because I know one day I'm going to fight, right? what do you mean by that? That's the third most in the division history. I know I can beat them. The more I win, the more confidence I get and the more I compete against

14:10 to be able to to to do this why why you i don't know what it was it's kind of just fine just to it because i got i got teammates that do it you know and work with um coaches but my life I look forward to adversities. Everyone said that was my jam. I fell in love with the striking first, even though I was doing all of it. what they're gonna be like, right?

16:41 and what's the next thing that's gonna come. I went to AKA and Luke Rockhold did I'm like scared to like break my legs. I kick the thighs and the body and the head. Shut him down, right? just boxing, right? he kind of like slipped to the inside and landed a kick. stop people it wasn't as effective for some reason but he was using it i mean it was definitely doing

19:38 he goes he fucking throws dan henderson around who throws dan henderson around like this the goat Crazy. out but it's a good technique to use I think to land it as well in the chest then you go bang he looked at me then he kicked up. to freeze him, Totally look down and kick up. don't even know yet let's see here here it is see he's looking down whack boom fuck perfect front

22:06 You can see Dana White's playing with his phone. He did a jumping front kick. them at least unless it's bad meniscus tears ligaments seem to be you could recover from them but it depends for i think for most fighters it's in the 30s We're just telling the truth. weren't and vitor was on trt i mean it was and then you got a guy whose body you might be like,

25:06 Masado 36 in the top five like you said what Masvidal can do with the camp, Like, Were you thinking Beardson? But it's just an interesting fight. He doesn't go to high guard um yeah for sure 4k next that's that's the next fight right straight away and to have it like now It's coming. I can feel it. It's changing, you know slowly, but I think number number one should fight number two, right?

28:46 After that He just got beat You should get a title shot Yeah, yeah. all similar right in skill set what they're going to do when they fight me right they're going to to show show my skill set and show what i'm about i haven't done what i could yet in the game but i You know what I mean? He can't train me the same way you train him, you know? and we run game plans together, you know what I mean?

31:48 but I don't want to that's what I do pass to the left then he has to throw something else, that you work with. I'm not just like mastering it all myself. it's not natural. the coach was like, weren't, the guy was catching me over the top with a hook. Like Canelo, for example, he's good at it. elusive and striking it's like a war, you're like, just coming out bloody

34:49 nah it's not like one of his best performances it does he do drills where he just like simulations of yeah like yeah like situations like play play spar you know which is the bumper gloves. because they fight so often that when they spar, Yeah, it's all different, right? than what you're doing for me anyway but they're coming a blue belt he's like um it's like a it's like a tour my gym did like a tournament it was like a

38:28 um um have you also um nah no coaching until 17 didn't start learning um what it was and they're not very good fighters, you know. oh Christ and then he they're wearing like gum shields and but i've seen these guys in the gym right and i can't I don't need to go out there it's more just about here though it's actually well thought out like he's like the the hang is important

41:22 week. We treasure these moments. This is what we work for and just enjoy it. You know, like fighters and your coaches and your training partners and the and do um other shit but but they train martial arts, Because in the UK, it's like 3 in the morning, but they stay up and watch it. know um i enjoy switching stances as well and so i'll probably box one day. I'd love to try it out, you know, because I've got good hands.

43:39 So you were saying that you don't have a head coach. His brother does Anthony Joshua. Then I have a light Tuesday night. Our coaches sometimes countdown over days i have like mcdonald's and yeah it's a lot of McDonald's you know it's like the PR game and plus if you're doing like you know that's why Wedding rings, what happens is they dig into the meat of your finger,

46:57 i know guys who roll with wedding rings on and i've seen them do it and i'm like hey man take just bust it out there Like literally, it pulled the guy's fucking finger off. What is his company? Yeah. we had to grab you know i don't know like the island in the kitchen oh really and it sheathed his finger Okay, thanks. Yeah. so that's was that a situation where you were training hard and so your immune system was kind

50:41 not pneumonia but something that a lot of people get. he said he was gonna retire i said it but then he's like no son i know dana said no I don't know. And I think he can make 55. How long do you think they should leave it for to strip him? I think that was I think we should give him Leave me alone now. title but i think dustin poirier should be fighting for the title too and they're gonna have dustin

53:43 Yeah, he's good. I mean, he had that super impressive knockout of Hooker, Yeah. And then after that, because that's where the money's at. it'd be an entertaining fight earlier in his career if they fight again talking i couldn't do it i think there's too much to do as well right you got to focus on your job oh, we're thinking the fight, what's going to happen?

57:04 Obviously, you've got to cut weight. Yeah, yeah. Right. just chill, treat it like another day, like I'm back at home in my gym Nothing? i can get over it and i think the more you struggle you get more armor you're more solid right and i think that's what that's what it is just build me up to be why yeah All of it was crazy. Worst? in jamaica it's like um streets right we call it lanes with like streets it was like um we're one

1:00:42 And I came from that. So, like, she woke me up and said, I know that's the life, right? As a kid, it's like. fucking crazy like just knowing as a kid he's like did it feel normal because yeah he's just normal right everyone i'm in the uk's in the uk if you're broke you can go to the council and give you money you know It's hard to explain to my friends.

1:03:51 you like a weekly wage right in jamaica there's no sign none you know so you have to you're gonna Now I'm able to provide for my family and give back to my family. relieves you of some of the stress and keeps you from being aggressive and keeps you from If you work hard, you can do it. Yeah, 100%. and he achieved it living in the States He didn't do it from where I'm doing it from, you know?

1:06:47 And that's my main motivation to give back to the kids. I've been to the UK twice, like, Because I still got out-wrestled. like young in the UK, to improve, you know? to my you know looking elsewhere and I need to move I need to move if not broke don't fix it right my early career and just by being being being my team and believing my team once i start like

1:08:28 is phenomenal to face someone I didn't look at the game the same way I look at the game now, right? think things through and yeah things um yeah think it through um tied up in some areas that i need to then I'm back in camp again, you know, so. no because i'm i ain't preparing for nobody i'm preparing myself and and and grow myself you know Are you still in the country for next week?

1:10:51 Have you seen any of them live? it live they're so different so different to watch it live i'm imagining it must be pretty insane to It's interesting next weekend because Stipe versus Francis is in that small cage. He did a commotion strike. just has to touch you his power and also he's knocked out junior del santos i mean he's a he's a monster now he's coming to his own yeah i think

1:13:11 I think he, it's it was tough though man it's so hard to bet against the guy the guy and then he beat him again in the rematch. Kane Oh yeah His face was all transformed. that has that kind of cardio because most heavyweights they just they have big power fuck it work for it but that's the problem right it's like you're almost too tough in the morning i wake up

1:17:01 the cold chamber once a week as well. So I do both of them. Yeah, I hate it. 90 kilograms is what? We're one of the few countries And the United States tried it for a couple of years. I'm pretty sure. isn't that what it is that's part of the lyrics of that i remember like being a kid going what Let's guess. Squat. They yell it out in stone Because it's 13 something, right?

1:20:01 I don't understand why we never adopt it. but a water load in camp right so I like to get it down to a point where i'm comfortable cutting it you know so yeah you're who was a huge underdog, The dude is a gorilla. Yeah, real bad. Real bad. By the end of the first round. You know what he cut? I want you six pack. Jesus. But just gassed out hard. Did he? Yeah, real bad.

1:21:52 When he's in the octagon, he looked like he was like 215, something like that. it like loads of weight classes right then probably but no i still i can't see it now i wish they did one more more weight classes yeah i wish they and different organizations. 85 and 205 you're like yeah it's a big jump yeah he's he tried it right and yeah i think i think if if you build his body up a little bit more you

1:24:17 And he was doing good. He hits guys with short shots, Yeah, he made his debut in the UFC when he was 31. he was he did good man on the feet you know he did he was out jabbing him in everything I think it's been through, like, going for the go I think I think Jones should be to go there's it's hard to say i want to see francis and derrick lewis again i want to see a rematch of that fight because

1:27:11 with either one right find and what what stance they got but for me it's a hard shot to land well he just said the way he He's got to be 270, 275, somewhere around then. But do you remember when Sean Jordan knocked him out? It's crazy if i remember it correctly it was quite a quite while ago. I want to say it was like... Yeah. The lead... Like, out of nowhere.

1:29:27 Like he switched it. I'd love to learn the the the spinning sidekick So you would turn and then make sure the kick is on the same line as the heel. want to land it with the blade the blade of the foot like have you ever stopped in the water with Yeah, it sucks. I'm trying to remember people who've stopped people. Nah, it's a good technique for sure.

1:32:34 To see what the techniques are used. Bellingons. Boom. from that taekwondo background they learn how to do it and then they learn everything else that's If you know all those other things Yeah and my hands sucked I tried to do it before. And if you find the video of me teaching GSP, the thing about that video is that you could see how I break it down. You could see what's important about extending the foot and the difference between the way.

1:35:25 It wasn't in the beginning? Watch. I started when I was 15. when someone's coming at you it's the best because you can catch them coming in like if someone's coming at you, it's the best because you can catch them coming in. Like if someone's coming at you and you know, especially if someone's fights flat, for that. yeah you would pick it up roundhouses

1:37:32 learn but the thing is like you got to learn it on the air that learning it in the air is the best So I'll work on it. to open for elbows and for knees. but I never get to go. It's really wild, right? And it's effective. It is weird because everybody likes stand-up. Unfortunately. There's like 30,000 people in the arena. But when I went to Holland, I thought it didn't sound much you know but when I went

1:40:09 I mean kickboxing you know motherfucker Everyone loves to see knockouts. When I was a kid, I remember, you know, Yeah. I've been looking for it, too. I can't find it nowhere. And he was just so disciplined. It's like there's certain guys that just have punching power I haven't watched him. to go to the Apex I was like i'm done try to get a rematch with sugary leonard sugary leonard said no and he's like i thought i

1:44:37 What do you think that is? think about the punishment that ali took from frazier from foreman i mean the big god larry He's like, I want to keep my head fresh. his way work for himself he's such an interesting guy too because he's so unassuming yeah like if Yeah. He's good. He's good. Yeah, what do you think? Yeah. That's not his weight class, But then it's going to be

1:47:42 Unless I'm the one that's a big fight. That guy is fucking good. Yeah. I think they were meant to fight and something happened. Both in Tough clothes. emergency surgery oh that's right his sidekicks He started using it? You can't. He uses it though, right? Leave it. they thought that that was too powerful, that that technique was too dangerous. The fuck?

1:50:33 It's so dumb. This elbow's harder than this. Yeah. But why is that illegal? have it like a basketball arena like if you're playing basketball right there's no cage around But if you just have just open space, first of all, it's easier for everybody to see. Like, knees to a downed opponent. Why can you punch him in the face? why they chose to do that,

1:53:37 so. To the head. It's wild shit. open nah you have to have gloves i think it's just change i think you should look looking like Nothing stops it from doing this, you know? It almost like forces your hand into to open. Yeah, yeah. It's just pads there, right? Nothing stops it from doing this. Yeah. But the Onyx gloves that Trevor Whitman designed, your hand is always curved.

1:55:34 Does it affect the grappling paw of it? Equipment? Onyx Sports. Yeah, he came That's so weird. doing something to the gloves. It's been the same gloves now for how long? Forever. Yeah, I think I should at least look into doing something to do with gloves. And I think that was part of it It's just a way better design. But you can see in that one how it's curved

1:57:42 Couldn't it be something like that? What actually might be better in a way because like you'd have, like when your hands get slippery. Feel the grips. I feel like the gloves to like feel yeah feel the grips from the gloves older you don't care at all I was thinking stupid you got no top on, it's kind of weird for MMA fighters, So you have to follow all the correct steps.

2:00:03 I used to when I was a kid, when I was younger. I used to do jiu-jitsu yeah no never you never want um i used to when i was a kid when i was and what you're going to do in MMA. i'm like a weird one right i can like adjust my style to do what i want to do so if i want to do 38, probably. That's the thing, right? With, like, modern science and learning how to recover better.

2:02:08 Not even the police carry guns, you know. I can't remember. he got stabbed on um father's day oh shit fucked up his cousin his cousin called him out to for like help basically so that's it well leon um i'm glad you got some attention from your your last fight and i'm sure I want everybody to know., but it's getting there, you know? I want everybody to know.

2:04:52 will be good as well, right? because that files out one round, right? so we'll see well thank you very much