Joe Discusses the Masvidal vs. Usman Rematch with Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson

Well I called Kamaro Usman a vet. Yeah I know. I mean for sure in the Gilbert Burns fight that was veteran shit. When he just weathered that storm in that first round and by the end of the first round I was winning. Yeah. You know and then fucked him up in the second. And his striking is getting better man. Oh my god much better. His striking is getting better. That fight this weekend is very interesting. You know I watched the first fight again the other day. Yeah. And I'm gonna tell you something man Mazvidal was all over him in that first round. And that was last minute correct. Six days notice. He stuffed what eleven of his takedowns which is unheard of with Usman. Yeah but more importantly was not in condition. No. Was not prepared for a fight like that. They offered it to him. He took it. He went there six days notice and I'm I mean that first round he looked very good. If he only won that one round. That's one that's important in the fight because Usman made adjustments. Another thing that's important to note is that Usman apparently had shattered his nose two weeks before that fight. Wow. Yeah so his nose is fucked. Because after the fight you know they you know had him checked out. He had a broken nose and he was like my nose is already broken. Like his nose is fucked up two weeks before the fight. Yeah. The thing about Usman man is that he he some people say he's boring. You know boring fighter. I think he's great. I think he's great. Wasn't boring that Gilbert Burns. Oh no he wasn't. I think he's great man. He's he presses the fight. He's got cardio for days and a guy that looks has that kind of physique. I know. He shouldn't have that kind of cardio and he's got he's just I think he's great. I think he's got charisma man. His striking is getting better. He freaking knocked out Colby Covington TKO and broke his jaw and that he beat Burns with a jab. Anybody who says he's boring is an idiot. You get poked in the eye. Just poke yourself in the eye. I mean you gotta be an idiot to think that guy's boring. That's crazy. Look he did what he had to do to win the Mazzvidal fight. If you take any consideration the fact that he had a broken nose going into the fight and you take any consideration the fact that Mazzvidal is you know you fought him. He's game good. He's game and he's clever and he's experienced and he's a real vet. Yeah Mazzvidal is a real vet. That's somebody that who you cannot break this guy's will in a fight. No. I've seen it. I've broken guys wills and they're in a fight when a guy like that who comes out just as hard in the last round as he does in the first and still has got power and still is just just a savage just want to rip your head off. That's a scary dude. You hit him and he just smiles at you. Yeah. And normally when guys do that they're hurt. But this guy you know that's just he's just a G man. He's slick. And I like him because he is who he is. He is who he is. He's not faking nobody. He's not trying to be somebody he's not. I love when he dresses like Tony Montana. He's got the whole suit get up. When I talked to him here one of my favorite moments of the podcast with him here was when I asked him I said well I go the question is can Ben ask her and get a hold of you. He goes he can get a hold of these nuts. That guy boy. I saw I love I love that guy and it was funny. I was in Singapore. Me and him both were there for as guest fighters and that's that's where we made that fight happen. We had planned it out there. He was wanting to work his way up and I just lost the tire. So the second time. So let's make it happen man. And he's I think what's changed from him. I wouldn't say so much his style but his mindset. Yeah he talked about that the resurrection. Yeah. Well you know what had happened. He went on a reality show. Do you know the story. I think so. Yeah. And did it was it the preparation or was it. He talked about that in this podcast too. He went on this reality show and it was a fucking nightmare. And he was it was like in the jungle in this reality show like he had to go into villages try to get food. It was fucked. It's crazy. It was a South American reality show and apparently he was there for a long ass time and he had no contact with the outside world. It was a disaster. Hated the show but it gave him a lot of chance to think about his life about where he was and then what his future is going to be and realize that maybe some things have been holding him back. One thing that had been holding him back was he was trying not to lose versus trying to win and that he was a little bit worried about his condition because maybe he didn't train enough maybe didn't prepare correctly and then he just decided look I'm going to fucking go for it. So here he is. I mean Mazvidal's got to be your age right. Yeah. Probably 38. He's in the range. I think he's a little bit. He might be a little bit younger. 36 something like that. One of the most popular guys in the UFC said he was going to do it. He's there. Yeah. Find for the title twice. And what he did after that. Think about his fight like the fight with Nate Diaz. Holy shit. How the knockout of Taron Till. The Darren Till knockout was fucking crazy. And him getting knocked down early in that fight. He got knocked down. Comes back for that. Oh my goodness. Yeah. And KO'd him in the most vicious fashion. And the way he did it too where he set it up that switch where he stepped in and throws the left hook. Well he grabbed his front hand. I don't know if you saw that. He hit his front hand. Pulls it down. Hits him with a left. Yep. That's what. Oh so so smooth. So well he's so clever. He's clever. Like the knockout of Ben Askren. People think oh he just ran at him and threw a flying knee. No no no. No. He went to the side. And then he came out. Angle change man. And he went at him. Also so Askren has to follow him. Which even more activates Askren's natural desire to grab you. Yeah. Right. And he went for it. He went to the side where Askren, Askren shoots. He went to the side. And then boom. The whole lead up to that was awesome. Oh my gosh. Him just incredible. Yeah. You know just look at like a freaking G and then he steps off. And that photo of him in midair landing that knee to Ben's face. Jack. You see his six pack. And every of these angry looking at his face. That's one of the classic all time MMA photos. See if you can find that photo. And then him saying was that necessary to hit him? Super necessary. Super necessary. Yeah. Super necessary. Well not only that he like as Ben is out cold after he punches him to the face. He's talking to him and slapping the table. Like I told you bitch. Yeah. Crazy. And what's good about him is that he can he can throw something. Like obviously. There it is. Wow. That's that one in the middle is the one I'm talking about. The one up. Yeah. That is a fucking classic. The middle. The middle of the fucking impact. Look at his face. He's so angry. Bam. I was there. I was there too. I was there in case anyone after that fight I went up and congratulated him. He was like man. He said thank you bro. I was like we need to make this fight happen. We need to do it again. That was crazy shit. He became a superstar that night. That's right. Ben at the two two knockouts crazy knockouts back to back. Yep. And now he has another chance at Usman with a full camp. And I think. Super interested. On paper it's like all right how do you choose against somebody who's been so dominant in the World's Wide Division. Usman. But then you get this guy out there who can just out of nowhere just do out of you know a thought in his head. He would spend something or a flying knee or he's so creative. Mm hmm. And I'm intelligent. I would never count Usman out. I think Usman is one of the most mentally. He's one of the strongest guys that have ever seen compete. His mind you just you never see a weakness from him. You know he's just he's so strong and when he dominated Tyron like that to win the belt this is first shot at the title. No nerves at all. Just full dominance. Just went at him. Just controlled him. Smashed him. Just beat him up. Almost tried to take him out at one point in time and emptied the gas tank and realized like Jesus Tyron's still here. We talked about it on the podcast. I'm like how tired are you where he's like bro. I was so tired. He didn't show it. He didn't show it. I could see it a little bit but I was right next to him. You know I was right there watching it. Catch new episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience for free only on Spotify. Watch back catalog JRE videos on Spotify including clips easily seamlessly switch between video and audio experience. 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