Kamaru Usman Got Really High with Rashad Evans

So you don't get high at all? No. No? Never? I have. You have? Yeah, I... For my 26th birthday was the first time I tried it. What happened? Nothing. Nothing? Nothing. I mean, I guess I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to inhale it. I didn't know how to smoke it. And you know, I'm like, this does nothing. I hit it like maybe two, three times. Does nothing. I mean, I feel the thing. And then that same year I had to, I think it was 26. Yeah, I was thinking it was the last year I was at the training center, the Olympic training center. And I had to do, I did the Ultimate Fighter Season 14. I was the wrestling coach for team Mayhem Miller. And me and Mayhem would sit, because we were in the same house, and we'd sit on the balcony at night after filming all day. And he would smoke, and we'd just relax. And he decompressed. And I was like, I'm the crazy thing about Mayhem too. Smart guy. I mean, yeah, he had a crazy path. But smart guy, he would just come back and sit there and relax and just stink. And he would say certain things. And then he was like, yo, you should try this. You should try this. I'm like, nah, that doesn't do nothing for me, man. I already tried it. He does nothing for me. He's like, you're doing it wrong. And I'm like, nah, it doesn't do anything for me, man. And then he's like, try this edible. And it's an edible. It's a peanut brittle. Oh, Jesus. It's like a fat piece. I'm like, bro, this wheat doesn't do. It doesn't affect me, bro. It doesn't do anything for me. And I had the edible at a big piece too. I'm eating it. Because it was good. It was chocolate. It was canned. I'm just eating them. Eating them. I'm like, ah, this is nothing. And maybe like six, seven minutes later, I'm like, I need to go get water. So I open the door. I'm like, let me go get some water inside. And you walk in the balcony to slide the door. You walk inside. My room is our rooms are this way down the hall. His room is further than my room is just to the right. And the kitchen is right in front. So I walk in. I'm like, OK, get some water. I'm like three steps before I get to the counter. But I'm just like there. What's going on? I never touched the water. I eventually just somehow turn up to my right. Just stumble into my room. I fell on my bed like this. I woke up 10 hours later. I woke up just like that. Didn't move. Best rest I ever got. Wow. I was like, uh, no. Did you have crazy dreams? No, I just went out. But it was a fun. Yeah, it was a fun time. It was it was because I was like the first time I experienced Vegas. So we were shooting a show in Vegas. And so that was my first time being in Vegas. And but it was fun time. And I was just like, wow. OK. But then after that, I smoked again with my friends out in Florida, like years ago, maybe four years ago. And that was when I actually got high from smoking. You know, I hit it hard at first. I'm like, because I'm the same. I'm like, this doesn't affect me, guys. You know, because I was like the reason it hit me is because it was edible. I'm never doing edibles again. I can never again. So I already wrote that out. Like, we doesn't affect me, guys. So I hit it hard. Then I hold it. You got to hold it in. I'm holding it. I start coughing. I call for like maybe six minutes. Oh, no. Hard coughing. Almost. So I'm like, bro, this is nothing. I hit it again. Like right away, pass me that. I hit it again. Hard coughing. This is not going to do nothing for it. I hit it again. Hard coughing. Bro, I told you guys this does nothing for me, man. And we're sitting on the couch and my little brother calls me and he was I think this was when he was making the transition. He was leaving football. He calls me. And we're talking. I'm like, man, everything is good, man. You'll be fine. We'll do something else. And boom. I forget everything I was just talking about. I was a I'll call you back. So I hang up and I immediately I'm one of those guys. If I don't have control and I feel like I don't have control of my body, my thoughts was going on, I kind of have anxiety. So I kind of start going to the panic mode. And so I'm sitting there on the couch and these guys are looking at me and I look left to these guys. I'm like, guys, something's something's wrong. Something's wrong. Something is wrong. Something's wrong. I don't know what's going on. I was just trying to talk to my brother and I forgot everything I was talking about. Something's wrong. And they're laughing hysterically. They're laughing at me bad. And I'm and then now I'm like, OK, no, I got to be cool. I got to try to be cool. I got to control this. I'd be cool. I'd be cool. But the biggest thing is I couldn't control what was going on. The fact that I was feeling what I was feeling, I couldn't shut it off. That was it for me. I was like, yeah, I can't. That's too much, though. That's not what you're supposed to do. Oh, I did it wrong. There's also a thing that happens when you cough. I don't know why. It gets it deeper in your lungs. I don't know if there's science behind that. Is there any science behind that? Is that real? Like coughing gets you more high because it is for me when I when if I'm smoking pot and I cough, I go, oh, no. Yeah. What have I done? I open up the door. It gets inside. Yeah, they say they say, well, from what I've heard, they say, oh, it makes it worse when you cough and it gets deeper into your lungs. I've heard that a bunch of times. I've heard that a bunch of times. I don't know if it's I don't know if it's real, though, or maybe just really high. And that's why you're coughing. You know, I'm not sure. Maybe it's a smoke because I'm not used to having smoke in my lungs at all. Because even now, if I walk through casinos, I'm sick for a while with pot. You just want to if you're not if you're a rookie, you're not a veteran, you don't do it a lot. You want this. Ready? That's it. Stop. Stop right there. Wait. Give yourself some time, which reminds me. Um, I smoked again after that. Oh, I think a couple of years ago. But I it was like almost like pure pressure. He didn't pressure me, but it was like, oh, he was doing pressure and Rashad. He didn't pressure me, but it was like, I'm with Rashad. My brother, if he's doing it, I got to try it. You know, so he's like, he knows how to do it. Like for him, it's like medicinal. Like now, you know, he so I we were at a we're going to a comedy show. Country Wayne is that was a comedian comedian. And we were going to see him and funny guy. So country way country Wayne. Yeah, he's a big following now and on the south and he does his whole show. I don't think he curses at all. Really? That funny guy. If you look him up, very funny guy. And so we're at the show and for the show starts and he's like, let's take a walk. So we're walking in and no, Rashad is like me and him, like the wisdom that he passes on to me. It's crazy. I love being around him. I love spending time with him. And so we're walking in and you know, and then he's whips it out and he's smoking. I'm like, I've always heard like you keep people things get funnier when you smoke weed. Like, oh, man, it's going to be the best comedy show ever because this guy's already funny. I think it's funny. And this is going to make it funnier. Oh, my God, it's a good idea. So I take it on. But I'm like, I learned from last time. I'm not going to hit it like that. Just like hit, you know, once, maybe twice, but that's it. So I hit it. I cough a little bit, but not as bad. You know, cough just a little bit and I'm OK. And so we're still walking and then I hit it again. Like, you know, this time I didn't cough. I'm like, hi, that should be good. I should be perfect. This show is going to be phenomenal. So we get in. Now we're sitting in and we're sitting in because you know, those improv comedy clubs are very, very tight. You know, especially the big nice ones, but the VIP tickets, you're right there on the floor next to them. So we're like maybe three seats away from the stage. So we're there and it's a packed house. It's everything sold out and we're watching them, we're watching them, we're watching them. And I remember like now I start feeling something. I'm getting I'm like paranoid now. I'm like shit. So I'm I'm talking to Rashad. Well, in my head, I think I'm talking to him. So I'm thinking I'm trying to whisper because I don't want to interrupt the show because I want the comedian because I've heard comedians go after you. So I'm like trying not to interrupt the show. I'm like I'm thinking I'm like Rashad Rashad. But I'm really like. And and I'm and I'm one of my why is he not paying attention to me? Why Rashad Rashad something's wrong. I'm trying to signal him. I'm using my eyes. I'm trying to signal him like, bro, I got to get out because I almost I was this close to running out of that. The improv comedy club. But then would you would you have gone? I just run out of there. I just in those cases, you're better off just sitting still and waiting for it to pass. I know. But I was I was I was like in my mind, I was like, I got to get out of here. Exactly what I thought. I'm like, I got to get out of here. I got to get out of here. I got to get out of here now. But then in my mind, then I was like, no, man, what? Stop being a punk. Stop being punk. You can handle this. So I'm like trying to reel myself back in my mind. I'm like, just breathe, relax, breathe, relax, watch the show. Breathe. And I'm getting to the show. I'm getting to it. But every now and again, it'll creep back in. You're high, bro. You're high. Get out of here. Get out of here. But that's it. That was it for me. After that one, I'm like, you know what? We just not for me. It's just not not for me. I've had those experiences 100 times at least maybe more probably. Yeah. Like what I'm I'm never doing this again. You know, it just gets so high. It just gets ridiculous. But you still you still do it. I like it. I always learn something when I get that high. When I get real high and something's bothering me, I'm probably like, well, I probably have an issue I need to take care of. Like something's bothering me in the first place. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like if if I get paranoid about something or I feel bad about something, maybe I said or something I did, like marijuana, like if you have something that you're you're like maybe pushing in the back of your head. Yeah. Marijuana is like, hey, hey, what the fuck is that? What's that? Let's turn a light on. Like put a flashlight on it. It's like it makes you think.