The Ascension of Jorge Masvidal

I would have really loved to have seen Jorge Mazvadon, Kamaru Usman of Jorge out of camp. Because he did not have a camp for that fight and still presented some real big problems for Kamaru. Don't you find the ascension of Jorge kind of funny? I love it. I went to a... Do you remember when he fought Ally Quintet at 155? I do. So I was at that fight. It was in Fairfax, Virginia and I'll never forget. Fight Week was at one of these UFC gyms in somewhere in the suburbs of DC. I don't remember where. I live in city property. I had to go out to the suburbs. It was decently attended. It was not a super well attended open workout. There was enough people there. And Al got a huge whatever. I think it was Frankie. No, it was Chad Mendez and Ricardo Llamas in the main event. Chad was a big alpha male guy at the time and he got a big applause. Jorge came out and maybe 10 people knew who he was. The Latin media that was there wanted to talk to him. But like most of the media, you know, was kind of like give or take on it. I remember thinking to myself like, do you all not know how fucking good this guy is? By the way, I thought he won that fight too. And then years later, Crow did as well. Remember? Yeah. And then I was like, you're going to fucking boo me. You're going to fucking boo me. Gotta love Al. Al's hilarious. But you know, to see later, it's like it's amazing. It's like you're nothing, you're nothing, you're nothing. All of a sudden something. Well, you know, the resurrection, you know, he talks about how he went on that stupid reality show where they made him live in the jungle for a couple of weeks. Exult on. Yeah, whatever it was. And he was like, what the fuck am I doing with my life? And then he had a chance to think about all those fights where he just fell short. And why did he fall short? You know, what did he do? Was he playing it safe? And decided he's going to start baptizing people as he puts it. And man, you talk about a guy who would turn the corner and change. I mean, the Ben Askren fight, though, that was it. That was the cherry on top. And then, of course, the the murking of Nate Diaz. I mean, he beat the fuck out of Nate Diaz. I mean, that was a crazy fight. And they were talking about running that back. I was like, for what? Yeah, I was confused. I was like, don't forget Darren Till put his lights out, too. Yes, with a beautiful step forward left hook combination. I mean, he's a monster. He's a monster. He's hard for anybody to deal with. And the fact that he stopped Darren Till when Darren Till was this terrifying striker that just beat down Donald Cerrone. You know, Darren Till was a scary guy. And to see him put him away that way and, you know, obviously was after Tyron had beaten him. But it was still like a stunning, stunning KO. And he's just a fun guy. Like everything's fun about him. Like I had him on the podcast and I said, the real question is whether or not Ben Askren get ahold of you. He's like, he can get ahold of these nuts. That's that's him. You know, I mean, that's him. He's just a real fun dude. He's a fun dude to watch fight. He's a fun dude to listen to him talk. He's been he can do he sort of cut you off. But like Dan Levittard is a big national sports radio guy based out of Miami. So a couple of Miami guys, a couple Cuban Americans and they're on opposite sides politically very much. So he's all Trump, right? Yeah, super Dan Levittard is very left. But like I they have this camaraderie through heritage and identity and sort of shared experiences. You just can't fake, you know. Yeah, he's awesome. I'm a big fan, but I'm a big fan of him skillfully. I think he's a really exceptional fighter. He's very clever. He also has a very unusual stance like he stands straight up like he stands like a Muay Thai fighter. And one of the reasons why is his takedown defense is so good. He's confident that he could stand straight up like that. And his striking is very crisp, very clean and he's clever. Like he sets traps. He you know, it catches you like that fucking Ben Askren thing was goddamn genius. And when you see him prep for it when you watch the training footage that he did that over and not only that he prepped for the angle right. Leaned against the cage. So he like presented this and then turned the corner went to the right and then charged at him so that Ben Askren would like I'm just going to grab this guy like literally. He set two different traps the running at him and then the turning the corner and then running at him and Ben Askren like instincts just dove in and he couldn't help himself. I call it the Jorge Masvidal test go through any of his fights pre till win or lose doesn't matter and watch how many times when you know, they're getting the mouthpiece put in and the Vaseline put on at the beginning watch how many times the commentator says folks don't understand how good he is folks don't know how smart he is. This is one of the most well-rounded fighters in all the UFC and they do it in this kind of way to like almost plead with the audience to understand the fighter as they do. Yeah, that would be me. Yeah, Brian Stan's done it a million times. I mean with the thing is if you and Brian Stan are doing it, you're not coordinating it. Something is happening here. Well, I remember when he knocked out Eve Edwards with a head kick when Eve Edwards is one of the best 155 pounders of the world after eat it. Eve Edwards had beaten Josh Thompson who's another guy who doesn't get nearly the respect that he deserves the first guy to ever knock out Nate Diaz, right? I mean Josh Thompson at one point in time was the fucking man, right? And so he knocks out Eve Edwards in Bowdog. Remember Bowdog. I have all the DVDs at home. I have them all at home. Episodes of the Joe Rogan experience are now free on Spotify. That's right. They're free from September 1st to December 1st. They're going to be available everywhere. But after December 1st, they will only be available on Spotify, but they will be free. That includes the video. The video will also be there. It'll also be free. That's all we're asking. Just go download Spotify. Much love. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.