Joe Rogan | What is the Difference Between Male & Female MMA Fighters w:Gabby Reese

Do you notice a big difference between female athletes and male athletes? Okay, because fighting is a pretty, I don't want to say exaggerated, but it's an interesting thing where you have men and women kind of differently, but doing the same thing, if you will. Yeah. Do you notice a difference in their mentality? Well, they vary so much individually. That's what's interesting. You'll find even male fighters who are super laid back, and then you'll find other ones that are really intense and super emotional. And it's really hard to tell. There's Gunnar Nelson, who's a guy from Iceland. Do you know who he is? I know who he is. Yeah, fantastic jujitsu guy. You cannot get that guy to change his expression. It doesn't change. You could punch him, kick him in the balls. He stays stoic. He's a weird guy. He's very on one side of it. And then there's guys like Conor McGregor, who's also his training partner, who's on a completely different side of it. He's screaming and yelling, talking shit to everybody, and that's part of his flair. They vary so widely. That's true with girls, too. Some girls are brash and outrageous, and they get in other girls' faces and put their knuckles on their nose, and they're at the stare down, and other girls bow and they hug, and they take selfies together. Everyone has their own sort of approach to it. It's very interesting. It is interesting. Fighting intrigues me in that I think it's interesting that you're trying to be offensive and defensive at the same time, dealing with fear, all these things happening simultaneously. And I then take it, I look at it one step further with a female, because I don't know. I'm interested to know if a female can fight from a not a non-emotional place, but without her emotion. Just like, okay, I'm in my male, I'm in my athlete, and I'm not going to be like, oh, she didn't just kick me in the ear. I'm like, freak out. You know what I mean? Because I think about myself, and I'm like, ugh. I've only been in one fight my whole life, and the girl hit me in the face, and when I saw my blood, I was like, oh, no, she did not just hit me in the face, and then went crazy. But if these girls could be like, because they're so well trained as an athlete, how that can supersede or override actually this feminine impulse of a reaction. That's a masculine impulse too though. I think it's a human impulse. If a guy punches you in the face, you get furious. It's so hard for people to not get emotional when they get hit, because you want to get it back. That's a good point. It's a bad way to react in a fight, to fight with emotions, because you expose yourself. You leave yourself open for counters. You miss your rhythm. You're not as deceptive in your emotions. You're too obvious in your pattern, and so many times you get hit a lot more. It's a big problem with fighters. That emotion is a very big problem, and the wanting to break people, like letting them hit you so that you could show them that they can hurt you. That's a masculine thing too. Stupid. It's very stupid. Take it on the face on purpose, and then just like, come on, come on, come on, hit me. That's what you have? Yeah. That's a terrible emotion though, because you can get completely knocked unconscious doing that. Happens all the time. It's just the smart thing to do is to fight with correct technique and with a correct strategy. Meaning, you have an understanding of how to execute best. It's not to just wade in and let bombs fly. You have to be very precise in your tactics. You got to be very smart. I think it's interesting though, those sports where there is that ... I mean, listen, versions of it is football, living with Laird obviously. He always says he appreciates mother nature because it's like you make good decisions. You're rewarded. You make bad decisions. You pay a price. But I think it is very interesting when you have two humans strategically trying to deconstruct one another. The physical chess that goes on, like looking at it from another athlete's point of view, I think it's a unique person that wants to put themselves in that situation. I understand almost like a surfer and a wave and a rock climber and a mountain. I get that. I'm going to be a part of that. But I find it really interesting. I'm even more curious about women who say, yeah, this is going to be my sport. They vary so widely. Like there's Holly Holm who's ... She just seems awfully sweet. She's so sweet. She seemed like she'd bring you cupcakes or something. Meanwhile, she'll murder you. She'll kick your fucking head clean off. I saw that. I mean, listen, I saw that kick. But then it's like, I'm so sorry I made you these after. Like chocolate chip cookies. It's like, okay, I'll get it when I come back from the hospital. I don't know. It is interesting when you see girls like that. Yeah. Well, they're all different. I always want to know do they have brothers? Like where they rabble rousing their whole time and they learned to play and it wasn't personal. And like a little contact was okay.