Joe Rogan Experience #225 — Urijah Faber Transcript

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0:00 Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. shot that he's got coming up in a little over a month right with henry yeah right about a month you are a busy motherfucker because i keep hearing you on radio shows i keep seeing you places i keep And then you're there afterwards doing publicity? is a you know it's a funny thing that people can really learn from it isn't it you know the the

2:03 you're interpreting it and whether you're gonna to be positive or negative about the whole thing. too you know it's just like you know just enough to make sure that i feel like crap right at the and you're done in three minutes. I've done some hotel workouts, but it also helps. Both guys are badass. fuck film nurse yeah just fucking real greg jackson one of the nicest guys on the planet earth

4:50 i mean these guys have been through wars nothing to prove right they know they're badass and and That's right. It's gangster. I tried to do a couple of them. Is that it, maybe? Yeah. Going back to Cali is the shit. That's a classic, man. They wouldn't let me and then I took a stand Bless his heart. I'm sure. I like that song better. He always does.

7:58 Oh, really? He made some comments. Yeah. You know what I mean? But that was when Randy was young. Yeah. Randy Couture, if he had adopted that strategy early on in his career, I think he could have submitted a lot of guys. How about a guy like Mark Coleman? He didn't like disclaiming at all. what you mean it's like you get to that point where uh headbutting or and elbowing someone in

10:31 ref but he told us in the back somebody grabs the cage we're deducting a point period you know if So then you've got to play it back. That's nonsense. follow football. I haven't followed it since because I'm kicking everyone's ass. was making fun of me. That's awesome. It ruins them. spend your time with especially like a relationship oh gosh like you know like i was reading about

14:05 Probably violence. Yeah. And next thing you know, she's got a neck tattoo. And so we'd have, you know, in the springtime seasons over and all that kind of stuff, we'd don't know anybody in my neighborhood you know what though it's good though i mean that's that's but I feel like over there version of like a player out in California. I grew up with those idiots

17:36 You know, my dad was, you know, working odd jobs and, and they actually met at a restaurant I was like four. what a great idea. They stop in. Oh, my God. Did you ever meet her, Joe? And Courtney Cox was there, too. Nobody wanted to talk to us, especially me. Lou Morton used to write down on his shirt what the number was Ron and Fez. because it's a terrible story.

20:16 You know about Andy Dick? I don't know if that's a secret. manager and just kicking it he starts like coming on to me like hard and then he's like uh he's like coming on to me like hard. And then he's like, I'm like saying stuff. And he's like being absurd. piss and he like comes out right after he's done taking a piss and he's like chasing me around the

22:17 No, he's crazy as fuck. for the story. but I don't know. but did you just hear like you crazy fuck he he knocked on my door in my room and like and he goes open the door This is very, it was insulting. He doesn't mean to be a bad guy. You got problems. I would still, you know, if somebody came up with a sitcom unfortunately, The Donkey Kong video is on YouTube, by the way. Yeah, the way yeah i heard grab it everyone download that because it's on there

25:12 Someone has to eat it in some other part of the world for us to serve it. It wasn't horse urine. Wow. We had to get people to test it to see if it was possible. for having to do it. Yeah? How well did they do? You think? 148 episodes. Holy smokes. There's too many people. 148 episodes. Oh, there it is. That was the Donkey Kong episode. Are those blonde twins?

27:46 Oh, yeah, because the other one was on TwitVid that I saw earlier. I would hate to have twin girls. I think folks, if they want to find it, it's out there. Just a little flash, huh? Yeah, because of the people that would drink dunk. I wouldn't do it again. I did it,'m done it was it's it's an actual job that's what you said last Like, everyone, like, you know, you go to church and it's, like, people, like, reaching

30:25 So they spent like the early parts of my childhood were in that environment, childhood to go from that how do you go from that to being a mixed martial arts fighter She was 13 when who was born? Whoa. and giving his money away and My senior year in high school. Jesus Christ. So he was this? 14 years ago. Whoa. My senior year in high school. he's been he's been uh he's lost a lot of weight he was like 165 pounds in high school wrestling

33:43 And it was pretty crazy, man. Oh, yeah, 100%. So she's never really she's never really of having that kind of, you know, schizophrenic behavior. all the high-pressure situations that I've seen, Oh, yeah. You never leave the room. It sounds like every comedian. Irresponsible. have a a couple moments i'm gonna pull up some videos of him on the phone actually okay does

37:23 man fuck yeah he was crazy yeah he You ever see those videos of him when he was younger? And we went into Iowa. Jesus Christ. I'm the same way. And I'm the same way. and it's all built up, in this car seat, and I could sleep on the floor, certain amount of energy that i need to get out if i get myself thinking about something too late in It's like not wanting to go to bed, but having to get up in

41:12 Is it dangerous? So, I mean, you can feel something's happening. You know, and you went back, and you're like, I broke my fucking hand. in the first? And, you know, don't understand it's like we've got a lot of new people in the sport they don't understand I would have. but I was like, I'm not missing opportunities. And Mike Brown weighed 166. Oh, yeah.

44:37 That's a lot. how many electrolytes and stuff like that, what's going on digestively in your stomach. I wouldn't even ask Brian to do it. I mean. in the ass is that that whole process of rehydrating yourself and trying to feel healthy again because It's like an event in and of itself, the weight cut. This is after he had missed the weight This is all I can lose.

47:52 And, like, getting in and getting out. scary man it's so scary that you're basically bringing yourself on the door of death, So at 48, at the lowest, you're 13 off. I do because a pound of water weighs the same amount as a pound of Gatorade or coconut water or a kombucha or something like that, and you're getting stuff out of that. and that helps me get the most out of it, have a little bit of energy.

50:09 is is it the same principle that you use just with kombucha and coconut water and all that stuff you but i'll have like sugars i'll have like uh like some sort of trail mix that. Like I'll cut down on sodium quite a bit, but I'll have like sugars. I'll have It's probiotic too. and then you can either go up or down from there. That's got to be a weird fucking dance, isn't it?

52:29 You could have like a two-hour weigh-in. because you can bring it right back. with jiu-jitsu tournaments. Yeah, they are. that have occurred in boxing have occurred You know, that plays a part. What's happened the first time, I made 35s. Dude, it's nuts. They're like, oh, we don't have 145s. the fucking they're starving themselves while they're growing see i didn't start wrestling

56:10 And I've never been a guy that has planned much. And I didn't feel like I was working. fighting at that time i had my emergency teaching credential i was going to start teaching some I could have actually got a job. tape and I go, mom, I got something to show you. And I, and I sat her down, I put the tape in and would have done that, and, uh, so I said, next fight, I'm just gonna strike, and I had this guy,

59:58 It's like cat and mouse, like punching him, trying to help him up, I knew I could hit hard. What was it like when you had your first loss? And so they took the black covering, So eight seconds into the fight, I'm just blood's gushing down i ended up at seven staples after the fight it was eight seconds into the fight so eight seconds in the fight i'm just blood's gushing down my face i've got him in a guillotine

1:02:34 fine he's fine and they just started the fight again then i don't remember anything i was just And my coach was like, you got to knock him out. I don rounds and my my coach is like you gotta knock him out Yeah. I understand I lost the fight. It's the Wild West, man, of MMA. I mean, and it was a plastic cover. I wouldn't have gone home, but I would have wished I would have.

1:05:01 I mean, that's one of the reasons why you need regulatory bodies. Or something. and even kick a guy while he's downed because, I mean, this is a fight. They're like if you're going to have stomps and soccer kicks on the ground, They could move. Dominic Cruz, for folks who don't know, it was your last time you guys fought. Right. It's like if we were in a fight to the death, you know, who would win?

1:08:14 can be effective for guys and yeah and it definitely is it all for i mean how do you how do I wouldn't say Dominic, for example, is not dishonorable. And he is trying. Yeah. I mean, if you had a choice between this fight and the fight with Dominic Cruz? It's a funny thing, this Dominic thing, because I've never seen you be upset by an opponent. but when i when i when i first time i met him was after he was just being an immature little punk

1:11:18 It's like the guy's got a chip on his shoulder. and he's got to choose me as the person he's going to be negative about? Like, what did he do? And so he starts signing his name over my face, the posters that everybody takes home. I haven't even thought about the guy. camp pendleton thing when we did this crucible and like they were like tugging at our heartstrings

1:13:43 but I feel like there's And no one really understood the fact We're meeting these Marines, whatever. We've been there for like nine hours just getting like punked by these Marines I didn't know I was going to be doing this stuff. That's ridiculous. And I was like, dude. busting up laughing and and then and then so they're like is that funny mr faber you think

1:17:10 stuff and and really yeah vice versa and then what kind of advice to give him you give him some shitty enemies what a strange thing that must have been preparing for a title fight with a guy the authentic experience Been enemies ever since. it's, because every time, And your hair shakes. Go get started. have never wrestled, never done judo, never done jiu-jitsu, never done karate, never done boxing.

1:19:41 Yeah, they won't do it. I've been so tempted to grab one of these judges that I know doesn't know anything and ask them. When is it not? He's just kind of twisting his arm. So many. Like Charlie Valencia, for example, my good buddy, who's an accomplished fighter, been fighting for years, knows the sport inside and out. Knows everything. Right. I can't read that shit.

1:22:03 Because back when I was in Gladiator Challenging King of the Caves, There's a fucking dude who's got a weight cut in that show. He's huge. I saw him walk through the hallway once in a and I had a fake pass made from my buddy Vinny the Hook who had a fake pass the whole time. circle with my fake past oh that's awesome it was awesome and then uh like because i was just at a

1:24:20 That was back when my friend Bud owned a piece of the King of the Cage. Dana's like, you having a good time, kid? I felt like I belonged there. That's going to be a crazy card. How did the John Jones-Rashad Evans fight do? Yeah. because he He's an athlete, man. Yeah, it's crazy, man. I mean, he's a young guy. I think it's pressure, man. I think, uh, especially if you're, you know,

1:27:25 The world is stepping forward to Jon Jones to shake his hand. I mean, like my team of guys, we started together. all sorts of stuff but we've had like a little commune that was uh that was really cool we call Everybody trains there. Right, right. Right. It was basically, so I talked about when I first graduated college, Holy shit. Him, my other buddy, bought that one.

1:30:49 there. This is all my book. You're going to love my book, by the way. It's money. Awesome. He just becomes like a crazy lawnmower guy. TJ Dillashaw. them you can count on them yeah that's awesome it's cost me some money over the years like being now you and regular people can go quite a few Do you make your own training schedule? three days a week in the morning, and then two days of sparring,

1:34:07 or do you bring in a guy for that? So if I feel like I need to do more or less, I'll do more or less. makes our team really unique is the sport has become i mean i remember when i used to watch you know when i saw your fights Yeah. No, no, no. It's like he doesn't even want to know dudes like that exist. and all these different development classes and stuff like that.

1:37:29 and there's like the little sneak dick monkeys like when the guy's not looking he runs in and And I figured, dude, that's the shit. Yeah. It takes all that. If it's not physically, it's mentally taxing. who's a national champion, and start following his career when he's a kid, who's a national finalist, or Lance Palmer, We have a temporary sign-up right now.

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