Joe & Bas Rutten Remember the Early Days of the UFC

Yeah, 93. This is when I started fighting. Imagine that that's how I'm a freakin' fossil. I remember in 90, I think it was 94 or 95, I watched Pedro Hizal work out at Beverly Hills Jujitsu. And that was when I realized how hard someone can kick you in the legs. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I watched him kick the heavy bag. And I don't think there's ever been. I've never seen a human ever in all my day. I've seen a lot of people kick. I've never seen a human kick harder than Pedro Hizal. Oh, he's an animal because he's got technique and he's got the weight. And he's got these giant fucking legs. Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, kick by him. It's not fun. He was kicking the bag. And I remember thinking, yeah, one of those. I remember when he fought Rico Rodriguez. He kicked Rico once. And Rico was looking at his face. Yeah, yeah. What the fuck is that? Freakin' thank heaven. Yeah, look at that. He spins some money around. Dude caught air. Pedro Hizal, Dan Severn fought him too. He stopped Dan Severn with leg kicks. I mean, his fucking leg kicks were insane. I mean, Randy Couture, when he fought him, they had to really convince Randy to fight him a second time. And he had battered his fucking legs. Camard of Randleman, too. Tell him that. Although he knocked out Josh Barnett, too. And it was a lot of that. His fucking Muay Thai. And he was Marco Huas' prize pupil. Oh, yeah. He was his number one pupil. Pedro Hizal was the fucking man. Oh, dude. He's another one that people forget. Pedro Hizal, his fucking leg kicks, man. And I'm telling you, I've seen so many people kick the bag. No one has ever impressed me with a leg kick, a low kick on the bag like Pedro Hizal. Look at the size of his fucking legs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, they're tree trunks. And he just had this power that was you couldn't take them. And this is before the calf kick. This is early days. He was fucking people up with just kicking the thighs. As soon as he hit you a couple of times, it was just like, oh, Jesus Christ. Everybody was just like, that's it. That's it. I'm done. I'm done. Please, please stop this fight. Please. Referees were a little bit more lenient back then. And these are fighters. You mentioned this happening to a person on the street. If you don't know what a low kick is and you're not flexing. Well, Forrest Griffin kicked a reporter. Has some deal with a reporter. He said, I'll do an interview with you. Let me kick your leg. And he's not holding him back. And he full power low kicked and put a hairline fracture in this dude's tibia. Was it tibia or was it a spascial? Beamer, one of the major bones. We just had to sign some money. Oh, this is it, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, god. Oh, you know, this is. He didn't even kick him full blast. No, I don't think you can. I literally, you're going to break. It would be evil. It would be evil. Yeah, she's. Check on something treated for a hairline fracture, the femur. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Jesus Christ. Don't. Reporters, if someone says that to you, say, no, thank you. I would rather not interview you, sir. I'm at a soccer show with my wife. And this whole bus, people are yelling out of the buses, these kids. And they stop the whole bus. And they come out, and they want me pictures, and they want me to hit them. Oh, god. So I go, you know? And he goes, thank you. But they look at me like asshole. And I go, what is the look? And my wife says, I think you have to hit him harder. I go, you serious? Yeah. I go, come back. Bonk. And he's going, ah, I go, oh, thank you. Oh, and his shoulder? Oh, god. They loved it. And then I start kicking the crap out of people, legs. It's fun. But they were much happier. They want you to hurt them, because somehow that makes it, I don't know. I don't get it. I don't get it. Didn't Jason Ellis let Chuck Liddell in his prime punch him in the arm full blast? I think there's a video of that. That's not a smart thing to do. Jason Ellis is a psychopath, though. He's crazy. Yeah. He's funny. He's very funny. I think he enjoys a little bit of pain. There's something about that gentleman that's a little bit off. Yeah, here it is. This is Chuck in his fucking prime, too. Oh, no. OK. Oh, god. Oh. Yeah. I don't. Yeah. You just heard the sound of Jason getting knocked up. Yeah. In the arm. And did you see Chuck's, he wanted to go. You saw his face. Yeah, it's crazy. He gets crazy and he hits it. Fucking Stitch gets turned. Oh, yeah. That's another one. Chuck Liddell in his prime was a fucking monster. Because he could take it. He could take a shot in the chin so good that he would just fucking wade forward, almost daring you to hit him and just fucking laugh. And then when he would win, he would rah! It was a big and exciting good man. He made the UFC. In 2005, when the UFC became popular, it was popular because of the Forrest Griffin, the big final between Stefan Bonner and Forrest Griffin and the ultimate fighter made the UFC. Everybody watched on TV. They're like, what is this? This is wild. But then you got to see the champion. Yeah. You got to see Chuck Liddell when he was a fucking beast. Chuck Liddell versus Babalu. See if you can find that. He was hunting people. Yeah. He was hunting people and he was a wrestler that never wrestled. He never uses wrestling in the Octagon other than to get up. He just wanted to fuck you up. You know, and he was really good at it. And trained by John Hackelman, who's old school, just old school. That that place that he had in San Luis Obispo, the pit. Yeah. Where he would make these guys do it. He was like the originator of all these crazy workouts with wheel barrels and shit. There he is. Oh, fucking kick it. Chuck Liddell, man. People forget he was a fucking monster because he was a big, tall, light heavyweight. He was a huge guy, crazy power. And you couldn't take him down. Yeah. His wrestling was incredible. And Babalu was tough as fuck. Babalu was another guy, elite, elite fighter. Babalu was a fucking animal, man. There's a crazy Babalu soccer kick knockout of this really thick muscled guy. Forget who the dude was, but Babalu cracked him and then soccer kicked him. It's oh, oh, see if you can find that. See if you can find that. You've got to give Babalu his props because Babalu is another guy, a guy that people forgot. Oh, fuck. There it is. Is that it? Yes. I forget who the guy was. So he gets it. Yeah, it's right before that. Boom. I mean, with wrestling shoes on back then, right? Because they would let guys fight with wrestling shoes. Brad Kohler, was that who it was? I forget who the guy was. I think that's Brad Kohler, who was another tank. God damn those early days. Those early days. How fun were they? They're crazy. When guys would fight with wrestling shoes on, which is very interesting because, you know, you could do so much more with movement and with that grip from the wrestling shoes. I just had an event was asked me to for a student of his to for karate combat. So I'm at the show and he's already there. I go, this is two months ago. They already allowed you to go. Yeah, man, I'm looking forward to this. But he's you can see that he's trained by Eve's, you know, but he's also one of those guys that you should keep an eye on. He did the one knockout that he did one time. Josh Thompson. The jumping knee when you had to sing a leg. Did you ever see that? Yes. I always told my students, I go, if somebody has a single leg on you, imagine you jump up with the same leg that you jump with him in the face and then land on that same foot again. Yeah. Freaking Eve pulled it off. Yeah, he was elite. Yeah, Eve was elite. Man. So here. Oh, this is this is the Josh Thompson Kale. And this, by the way, this is when Josh Thompson was one of the best in the world. So it's in a scramble. They break loose here. Josh Thompson gets up and Eve catches him right here. Oh, and I remember that with a jumping round kick. And then Josh Thompson was the first guy to ever stop Nate Diaz. Yeah, I was there. Same kick. Yeah, yeah. Head kick. Head kick of Nate Diaz.The Jerogan experience. Yeah, 93. This is when I started fighting. Imagine that that's how I'm a freakin' fossil. I remember in 90, I think it was 94 or 95, I watched Pedro Hizal work out at Beverly Hills Jujitsu. And that was when I realized how hard someone can kick you in the legs. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I watched him kick the heavy bag. And I don't think there's ever been. I've never seen a human ever in all my day. I've seen a lot of people kick. I've never seen a human kick harder than Pedro Hizal. Oh, he's an animal because he's got technique and he's got the weight. And he's got these giant fucking legs. Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, kick by him. It's not fun. He was kicking the bag. And I remember thinking, yeah, one of those. I remember when he fought Rico Rodriguez. He kicked Rico once. And Rico was looking at his face. Yeah, yeah. What the fuck is that? Freakin' thank heaven. Yeah, look at that. He spins some money around. Dude caught air. Pedro Hizal, Dan Severn fought him too. He stopped Dan Severn with leg kicks. I mean, his fucking leg kicks were insane. I mean, Randy Couture, when he fought him, they had to really convince Randy to fight him a second time. And he had battered his fucking legs. Camard of Randleman, too. Tell him that. Although he knocked out Josh Barnett, too. And it was a lot of that. His fucking Muay Thai. And he was Marco Huas' prize pupil. Oh, yeah. He was his number one pupil. Pedro Hizal was the fucking man. Oh, dude. He's another one that people forget. Pedro Hizal, his fucking leg kicks, man. And I'm telling you, I've seen so many people kick the bag. No one has ever impressed me with a leg kick, a low kick on the bag like Pedro Hizal. Look at the size of his fucking legs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, they're tree trunks. And he just had this power that was you couldn't take them. And this is before the calf kick. This is early days. He was fucking people up with just kicking the thighs. As soon as he hit you a couple of times, it was just like, oh, Jesus Christ. Everybody was just like, that's it. That's it. I'm done. I'm done. Please, please stop this fight. Please. Referees were a little bit more lenient back then. And these are fighters. You mentioned this happening to a person on the street. If you don't know what a low kick is and you're not flexing. Well, Forrest Griffin kicked a reporter. Has some deal with a reporter. He said, I'll do an interview with you. Let me kick your leg. And he's not holding him back. And he full power low kicked and put a hairline fracture in this dude's tibia. Was it tibia or was it a spascial? Beamer, one of the major bones. We just had to sign some money. Oh, this is it, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, god. Oh, you know, this is. He didn't even kick him full blast. No, I don't think you can. I literally, you're going to break. It would be evil. It would be evil. Yeah, she's. Check on something treated for a hairline fracture, the femur. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Jesus Christ. Don't. Reporters, if someone says that to you, say, no, thank you. I would rather not interview you, sir. I'm at a soccer show with my wife. And this whole bus, people are yelling out of the buses, these kids. And they stop the whole bus. And they come out, and they want me pictures, and they want me to hit them. Oh, god. So I go, you know? And he goes, thank you. But they look at me like asshole. And I go, what is the look? And my wife says, I think you have to hit him harder. I go, you serious? Yeah. I go, come back. Bonk. And he's going, ah, I go, oh, thank you. Oh, and his shoulder? Oh, god. They loved it. And then I start kicking the crap out of people, legs. It's fun. But they were much happier. They want you to hurt them, because somehow that makes it, I don't know. I don't get it. I don't get it. Didn't Jason Ellis let Chuck Liddell in his prime punch him in the arm full blast? I think there's a video of that. That's not a smart thing to do. Jason Ellis is a psychopath, though. He's crazy. Yeah. He's funny. He's very funny. I think he enjoys a little bit of pain. There's something about that gentleman that's a little bit off. Yeah, here it is. This is Chuck in his fucking prime, too. Oh, no. OK. Oh, god. Oh. Yeah. I don't. Yeah. You just heard the sound of Jason getting knocked up. Yeah. In the arm. And did you see Chuck's, he wanted to go. You saw his face. Yeah, it's crazy. He gets crazy and he hits it. Fucking Stitch gets turned. Oh, yeah. That's another one. Chuck Liddell in his prime was a fucking monster. Because he could take it. He could take a shot in the chin so good that he would just fucking wade forward, almost daring you to hit him and just fucking laugh. And then when he would win, he would rah! It was a big and exciting good man. He made the UFC. In 2005, when the UFC became popular, it was popular because of the Forrest Griffin, the big final between Stefan Bonner and Forrest Griffin and the ultimate fighter made the UFC. Everybody watched on TV. They're like, what is this? This is wild. But then you got to see the champion. Yeah. You got to see Chuck Liddell when he was a fucking beast. Chuck Liddell versus Babalu. See if you can find that. He was hunting people. Yeah. He was hunting people and he was a wrestler that never wrestled. He never uses wrestling in the Octagon other than to get up. He just wanted to fuck you up. You know, and he was really good at it. And trained by John Hackelman, who's old school, just old school. That that place that he had in San Luis Obispo, the pit. Yeah. Where he would make these guys do it. He was like the originator of all these crazy workouts with wheel barrels and shit. There he is. Oh, fucking kick it. Chuck Liddell, man. People forget he was a fucking monster because he was a big, tall, light heavyweight. He was a huge guy, crazy power. And you couldn't take him down. Yeah. His wrestling was incredible. And Babalu was tough as fuck. Babalu was another guy, elite, elite fighter. Babalu was a fucking animal, man. There's a crazy Babalu soccer kick knockout of this really thick muscled guy. Forget who the dude was, but Babalu cracked him and then soccer kicked him. It's oh, oh, see if you can find that. See if you can find that. You've got to give Babalu his props because Babalu is another guy, a guy that people forgot. Oh, fuck. There it is. Is that it? Yes. I forget who the guy was. So he gets it. Yeah, it's right before that. Boom. I mean, with wrestling shoes on back then, right? Because they would let guys fight with wrestling shoes. Brad Kohler, was that who it was? I forget who the guy was. I think that's Brad Kohler, who was another tank. God damn those early days. Those early days. How fun were they? They're crazy. When guys would fight with wrestling shoes on, which is very interesting because, you know, you could do so much more with movement and with that grip from the wrestling shoes. I just had an event was asked me to for a student of his to for karate combat. So I'm at the show and he's already there. I go, this is two months ago. They already allowed you to go. Yeah, man, I'm looking forward to this. But he's you can see that he's trained by Eve's, you know, but he's also one of those guys that you should keep an eye on. He did the one knockout that he did one time. Josh Thompson. The jumping knee when you had to sing a leg. Did you ever see that? Yes. I always told my students, I go, if somebody has a single leg on you, imagine you jump up with the same leg that you jump with him in the face and then land on that same foot again. Yeah. Freaking Eve pulled it off. Yeah, he was elite. Yeah, Eve was elite. Man. So here. Oh, this is this is the Josh Thompson Kale. And this, by the way, this is when Josh Thompson was one of the best in the world. So it's in a scramble. They break loose here. Josh Thompson gets up and Eve catches him right here. Oh, and I remember that with a jumping round kick. And then Josh Thompson was the first guy to ever stop Nate Diaz. Yeah, I was there. Same kick. Yeah, yeah. Head kick. Head kick of Nate Diaz.