Joe Rogan Experience Review podcast - JRE REVIEW of MMA 67 with Kevin Lee

Episode Date: June 17, 2019

Kevin Lee is a UFC fighter and has a great conversation with Joe. He talks everything from training to coaching and his recent losses. He's a great fighter and I can't wait to see him back in the octagon   Enjoy my review folks!   Follow me on Instagram at www.instagram.com/joeroganexperiencereview   Please email me here with any suggestions and questions for future shows..

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Los enbases del verano Siempre van a la amarillo Hello guys and welcome to another edition of the JRE review. This one is coming a little late and it's going to be a bit of a quick one today. The MMA show 67 with Kevin Lee. It was an interesting conversation, because Kevin's coming off some tough losses. He's a great fighter, if you're familiar with him, but his division is really stacked right now, and with Tony Ferguson just smashing his way through everyone, obviously, he could bebes up there and Connors kind of

stored that division a little bit in certain ways ways though he hasn't been fighting for some time It's just a lot going on over there and It was great to hear Kevin come in and kind of talk about his what he's been through and what's been going on What I found really striking about it is oftentimes you'll have guys in that have just won a belt or a championship Or or they're on a big win streak and Kevin's more on like a transitionary period. So the conversation was different, but just as good. But anyway, let's start this review. Alright, great.

I've made my intro music a little shorter and I don't speak over it which was super annoying. So I apologize for anyone that had to put up with that. Even I hated it but I just wanted to do something. So Joe's conversation with Kevin, like I said, Kevin, it would come on some tough losses, right? You could hear that in his voice, I felt. And it was very difficult for him in a lot of ways to kind of put those things together

because he said everything going into his camp was perfect. But there was some striking parts to his story and one was that his former coach had passed away and this was like his mentor, the guy that knew everything about the way he fought and after losing him and not having somebody in his corner to really redirect him and like he said multiple times calm him down he was in a tough spot I think and that led to these losses in a way. His coach was still around during his loss I think to Tony Ferguson. So he kind of, it was blaming himself I think think, for that, which is a real shame. But it must be so hard to deal with all the pressure of an event like that and then fans

and everything. And then you feel like you let your side down. It just must be incredibly difficult. And you know, my hackers off to anybody that steps in that ring and really makes that happen. Saying that everything was perfect going into the fight, like the warm up, the training, just the whole camp and then stepping in there and losing, in a way that's almost worse than if you had a problem or some issue that you could kind of blame it on. That must in a

self-be a really frustrating event because all your confidence is there, your health is there, everything. You really should be at your best and then to lose, it says, well hold on, next time I do a camp, if there's anything wrong with me, if I have any problems at all, I'm going to be worse than I was when I lost. That's super discouraging, it seems like. So, you know, Kevin's playing a bit of a mind game now is what it sounds like to me, to way has to build that confidence up and kind of get back on the horse and get rolling again. And he seems to have done it. I mean, I'd really like the way he thinks. I'm sure that's why Joe had him on.

He just has a very kind of clear crisp approach to things. He sees it for what it is or as close as you can, and then he adjusts without being too hard on himself, and there still is that moment, that time, that pause, where he says, okay, yep, this wasn't good or I fucked up or I could change this. He says, okay, yep, this wasn't good or I fucked up or I could change this But he doesn't dwell on it. I think is is the real The point to be made Joe was Pushing a lot for him to find a new coach and suggested some people Joe's talk recommendation was for us Ahabby think it's how he his name. He's GSPs Coach. He's been on Rogan before. He's excellent on the podcast and supposedly just breaks everything down really well. He speaks very logically. He's

kind of like, he has like a philosopher tone, which is interesting because like Danahar has that too that you get to leglocking guy and it's funny how this like philosophy and fighting goes hand in hand. Kind of think of philosophers as like, I don't know, just some nerds. And now you've got these killers that also do the same. And warriors of the past as well, like would philosophize a lot. I wonder why that is. I wonder why, how, where the connection is and why they feel they need to do that. I do find that very interesting. They do talk a little bit about the Gracie family and what the Gracie family has done for

martial arts in the world. You have to give it to them. The Gracie family has changed martial arts forever. And they showed everybody a more superior way of doing a martial art and that a lot of them have major holes that can be exploited. And Joe talks about the guy that brought this knowledge to them from Japan. I can't remember his name, I'm sure you could look it up. I should because I'm very interested in the history of it. But Joe said, I wonder if he had brought that information to another family.

If he had gone somewhere else, say, let's say he'd gone to Spain or he'd gone to Italy or he'd gone to Canada. Maybe if he found the right family, regardless, he could have taught that skill set to them and see what they developed. I would think no. I think there was something very special about the Gracies and they adapted to it. They were obviously very athletic and they took that knowledge and changed a lot of it and really perfected it. And yeah, I've had so many world champions and still making them.

The Gracie name is just synonymous with Jiu-Jitsu. It will be forever, I would imagine. Truly unbelievable stuff. And it just has spread into every area of the MMA world. Nobody's doing MMA without some Jiu-Jitsu, some base level. They just know how powerful it is. If you don't know it you're gonna get fucked up. Talking about great times for fights, the heavy weight division in boxing. Holy shit is that coming back.

We have some great boxes right now. Just unreal, Tyson Fury, Deonte Wilder. We've got Anthony John's, what is his name? John, I should know, he's the English guy. And then we've got that Luis guy, that just won, the fighting in Santhony, and unbelievable, oh Anthony Joshua, that's it, but unbelievable. And what's cool is it's almost like a video game.

They all have very different skills in a sense. You know, you've got like the tubby, hard hitter that just keeps coming at you. Then you've got Anthony who's like, you know, great shape, real tall, moves really well, technical, you've got Deonte Wilder, he's like kind of slimmer, taller, and then just has a fucking punch from a

hell that comes out and just can take anyone down, and then you've got Tyson Fury that is just a whole nother level of person. I mean, his fight recently against, was it Schwartz? Two rounds, demolished him. It's so exciting, and it was so cool. I absolutely love it. I'm so back into boxing and watching that now and heavyweight is where it's at. I mean, it's the same in MMA. When we have a really strong heavyweight division, it changes the game. It's really exciting. That's why Brock Lesnar was able to become such a superstar right away. I mean, obviously he was famous for WWE, but once he became the champion and the biggest

dude, I mean, it was just next level celebrity and explosion for the heavyweight division. It was like, who the fuck is ever going to be that guy? And then, of course, a bunch of people came out and did it. On this podcast, they did talk a little bit about GSPs return, Willie return, who's he going to return to fight, how will he do it, Willie come back and fight, Habib, interesting. I mean, he'd have to lose a bit of weight and it would be, but I have to gain some, but it would be fucking cool. If I think he should do it, if no one can decrown, take the belt away from a beep. If no one can, if Tony gets up there and nothing, and then, you know, everyone

else that goes up against, um, who is a beep fighting next? Portia, uh, what is his name? Portia, why am I forgetting everyone's names today? I apologize to any of these fighters, like you are awesome and I usually remember your name. But yeah, if a B is able to just win and win and win and win and win and win, I think GSP, I think it would be a great move for him to come back and to say, oh, maybe you have a warm up fight first, he might have some ring rust. I just don't know about that. I really don't because he didn't have any when he came back to fight bizzbang. I mean, did he? It didn't look like it. Came back, got right back in and just walloped him. I mean, that was one of his best performances and I can't even remember how long. Well, for one, he's been out of the ring forever, but most of his fights,

Well, for one, he's been out of the ring forever, but most of his fights, title defenses before that were all just to decision. So to get a submission was absolutely awesome. It's a great time, a great time for UFC, a great time for MMA. I absolutely love it. Watching it is a little tricky. That ESPN plus business is kind of confusing.

I don't really know how that's all going. I know they still show it at bars, so I don't know if it's all ESPN plus business is kind of confusing. I don't really know how that's all going. I know they still show it at bars, so I don't know if it's all ESPN plus or how they get the licensing, but otherwise though, it's awesome. Guys, as always, thanks for downloading. I really appreciate you. Peace.