Joe Rogan Previews Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje

The Countdown Show begins with this. It's so good. It makes me so proud to be part of the UFC. The Countdown Show is so good, man. The Countdown Show is so good. And you see Justin. First of all, Justin, how hilarious is Justin Gage? He goes, I hope he breaks my nose so I can get it fixed. Crazy. Because you hear him talking. He's talking like this. He knows his nose is useless. That's delicious. His nose is useless. It's smashed. I mean, his style is so face forward. He's such a brawler in a good way. I think, yeah, don't call him a brawler. I mean, look, I'm a giant fan of that guy. Me too. I'm a fan of his personality, his mindset, the way he approaches fights. His attitude. He's here. He's killer, be killed. I think this is actually a tougher fight for Tony Ferguson than the Khabib fight. It's a scary fight for anybody. If you're locked in the cage with Justin Gage, it is war. It's a different fight. I was telling Kana, it's like Tony Ferguson was getting ready to go deep scuba diving, deep sea scuba diving. We know you can go in the deep waters, but we know what to expect. It's going to be a bitch, dude. You know what to expect. With Gage, it's like you're not scuba diving anymore. You're snorkeling and you're in hurricane waters and you got to get past the initial part and it's a motherfucker. If you get past that, you can be all right. But good luck, man, because these waves are fucking common, dude. He's a different kind of guy because he's so reckless. He takes big chances. He doesn't play it safe at all. The other thing is Tony gets hit. Yeah. Yeah. He'll stand in front of you to take one to get one. The Vanada fight, you look at the Pettis fight, the La Janssen fight. The Vanada fight is a really good example of that, but I think the Lando-Vanada fight, first of all, he took it on short notice and second of all, Lando's, nobody knew. Lando's good, man. He's good and he's very awkward. Yeah, he's very awkward. But Tony gets hit basically early on in every fight. He'll get hit. He wants to play that game. The Antipettis one, he got wobbled. With Gage, he can't really play that game. He cracks, dude. At 55, he cracks. He doesn't just crack. There's no space. He doesn't give you any space. He jumps all over you. If he gets you hurt, he'll throw himself right into the fire. He's not worried about losing and that's real. People say that sometimes, but I don't think they really mean it. That's a gift. He really means it. That's a gift. That's a real gift for him. Yeah, he's got a very unusual mind. I don't think Tony is either though. That's what makes this fight so fascinating. That's why I think I love could be Tony, but this fight to me is more entertaining. I think so too. I think so too. Which is weird to say. No, I think Gage is more entertaining than anybody. He's so fucking wild. And then Tony is more entertaining than anybody too. Everybody who fights Tony looks like they fell off a train. Everybody. Look at the cowboy's face was a fucking mess. Everyone's a mess. Pettis is covered in blood. Everybody gets fucked up. There's a photograph that shows the list of the last like nine or ten people that Tony's fought. Everyone looks like they got shot in the face. They look like Ted Bundy victims. It's crazy. It's nuts. Yeah, look at that. Look at those people. Everyone's face is just a fucking holy wreck. Everybody looks dead. And the cardio, the Tony Ferguson cardio. That's why you got to get past that first initial wave of just being like, I'm not trusting Gaethje. But after then, Tony doesn't get tired. Never. Never gets tired. His cardio's off the charts. I wonder if anybody's going to shoot. Because they're both such phenomenal wrestlers. People forget how good Tony is at wrestling. Gaethje never shoots. He's got zero takedowns in the UFC. Zero. Zero takedown attempts. Zero. I go back and forth on picking who's going to win the fight. You know, as far as if you want to make money, Gaethje is a good dog. But it'd be impossible to pick against Tony Ferguson. That lasted eight years. The other thing is Gaethje comes in and he comes in with his head lower. Well, that's Snap City for Tony Ferguson. With his darces and anacondas. And the other thing is we don't really know what kind of jujitsu or jujitsu defense Gaethje has. He hasn't been in a scramble with a real high level guy. It's a big unknown. And I think that Tony is one of the trickiest submission artists in the sport. He's very sneaky. He catches darces and scrambles. He's got leg locks. He's got triangles. He tapped Kevin Lee off his back with a triangle. He basically can do everything. See, I wouldn't be surprised if Tony at one point starts diving for those ankles because if you're not subverts and jujitsu, that's that's where it gets dicey for guys. He's going to how it is when a guy comes in and he doesn't know leg locks. You get in this rabbit hole and you can't keep up, especially if you haven't been training it can't keep up. Right. And Tony has a leg lock game. He has. Eddie Bravo's his coach. Yeah, he's got everything. He's got everything. And his fucking hands are off the charts. He's so weird to like the way he moves. Tony is so creative with his striking and it's almost like he moves almost like he's breakdancing in there. You know, like he's he's fucking stepping side to side left, right and pop and then it's out of nowhere. Like the fuck is he doing? I can't tell you who'd win the fight. I don't know. I can't tell you. I love it though. I love it. I can't wait. I cannot wait. To me, this is one of the biggest UFC fights of all time. It's a giant card. The card is stacked. Is one of the most stacked cards in the history of the sport. Since UFC 100. If you're from top to bottom, UFC 100. There's so many great fights that people are forgetting.