0:00 OG 1:12 UFC history 10:50 Origin of term MMA 13:50 "No holds barred" 16:45 How Big John got his job / Gracie challenges 18:13 Rickson Gracie / Progression & levels in BJJ 31:10 Why wasn't Rickson Gracie in UFC 1? 34:00 Training BJJ in the early days & high level BJJ / NoGi v Gi 41:05 John's neck injuries / back strength / recovery / Miletich / Kerr / Coleman 53:00 Challenges of getting MMA accepted / gloves / 12-6 elbow strike 1:12:57 Different fighting areas 1:19:30 Linares v Lomachenko / Cross-promotion difficulties in MMA 1:25:50 Aaron Pico 1:30:11 Where is MMA heading? Evolution will happen 1:33:00 Amanda Nunes / Raquel Pennington 1:38:25 Power and toughness in MMA / Ngannou, Stipe 1:44:35 Weight classes in MMA 1:54:00 Boxing v MMA - serious injuries in fights 1:55:37 Conor and Floyd 2:01:25 John's different careers 2:08:20 Fitch v Daley 2:14:51 Vitor Belfort 1:17:27 Damage in fights and pulling fighters out 2:19:10 Officiating early fights (incl. Bustamante, Taktarov) 2:24:00 Cages: Circle is better than an Octagon Listen to the start and you'll ace our UFC origins quiz - check it out and pls sub!
The amount of history I'm learning from this conversation is incredible. I should be paying for this knowledge of the sport. Thank you Big John and Joe
Cade Speaman yelp you’re 100 percent right fucking idiots I’m guessing Jessica is from Mars we’re sports and fans don’t exist and what is the goofy America hand egg does anyone know what that is
Which says a lot for a man who's got so many bad ass things that can cause ones ego to get inflated. Hes a handsome dude who's a legend in the most bad ass sport known to man with a plethora of knowledge. Big John for potus 2020! Lol
Big John is one of the few pioneers of the sport that enjoys and encourages MMA to evolve and I feel he should have more recognition for his work. Great guy.
I'm not sure what you're on about. I'm being civil? I'm just saying that you're not disagreeing with him, you're literally saying the same point he made. I don't think you quite understand what he or I have said. lol.
He’s the reason the sport is still alive. He insisted on the rules changes early in and giving the ref the authority to stop fights. If the guy who was in charge of UFC 1 had continued someone would have died. He was also instrumental in the legal and political battles for years.
I agree.. Definitely the best jre mma show thus far. These two could obviously go on for several more hours. Imagine how much more if Joe could get him to take a little rip!
Andre J Breadman didn't Pride have something like that? Like I would love to be able during a live broadcast hit a button that switches a camera from the broadcast to the referee camera
There's a bunch of mma and martial arts, fights, not ufc, where they use head cams on the ref and it always looks completely trash, you can't see anything, just look it up and see what you think for yourself
Big John is legend. Never knew he was THAT involved and THAT deep into the organization since the beginning. God bless the honesty and morality from John. Love this Fu
16:40 The Sumo from UFC1 is Teila Tuli aka Taylor Wily, he was in a few movies and tv shows. I heard a funny story about him being the first fighter to sign to fight when all the other fighters were sketched out about it (thinking they wouldnt get paid, unsure of the rules etc) and Teila Tula was so chill about it, he walked out and said something like, "Were all here to party, and if you want to party, I'll see you in the arena tomorrow." which broke the tension in the room and all the other fighters started to sign.
it was because they all realized the tournament was set up for gracie to win, because gracie's cousin was in charge of all the rules at the rules meeting
Great interview! I always recognized that Big John was a fantastic referee, and I suspected he must be a pretty special and smart guy, but I am now even more impressed with the guy.
*John McCarthy... the man who literally wrote the book on MMA! Most people have no idea how important Big John McCarthy was and still is to the sport!*
This was a great podcast with Big John "I created, implemented, or influenced every aspect and decision that has ever happened in UFC history" McCarthy.
Loved this episode! Big John was an awesome guest to bring on and because of him, I now know more about the landscape and history of the UFC and MMA in general! Joe, bring him back on in the near future!
Belko Juve maybe ... But it would depend on the rules ... Make it so unforced out of bounds counts against them so much that it would cost a round then I doubt it could be exploited very easily, but big john is right, fighters will exploit anything available ... And they probably should
Spent 30 years in traditional martial arts. Always striking/standing. Ended up with a hip replacement in my mid 30s. My biggest regret is never having tried ground work martial arts. I'm Scottish, we were slow in importing BJJ. But I wish I'd tried judo at least. I remember being around 15. Mind 90s and standing around talking to guys at a martial arts competition. One of them said "there's a new thing started in America I hear. Bringing all styles of martial arts together and fighting in one competition" I remember thinking, that'll NEVER take over from traditional martial arts. Never heard much about mma in scotland again for years. How wrong was I? Maybe not as big as boxing yet. But certainly better in my eyes. Leaves traditional martial arts in its DUST.. If I'd been born 15 years later, I'd loved to have tried mma
"You don’t get to choose the value of what you do in others’ eyes, so you have to take stock in knowing that doing the right thing is enough, no matter who notices." John McCarthy,
What a great show! Thank you Joe Rogan for bringing Big John onto your podcast. It was great to hear the back story of all of the first UFCs that I loved so much! You are the man. Osss
Fishhooking saved my ass one day, the Fukien dude was biting my cheek, I got two fingers in and yanked as hard as I could before he got a third bite. That was the scariest thing iv been through, that guy was insane, I coulda lost fingers, first thought it’s harder to bite multiple fingers, so use as many as you can get in there
Big John is a legend, i remember watching UFC back when it started, "are you ready , are you ready!!" lets get it on!!! haha awesome, and John's right Joe huge part of where it is today with his commentating, great show/pod cast
Great to hear these stories. I was involved in this sport before UFC 1. Also, John is a very nice guy. Ran into him in our hometown airport where he lives now.
"Joe Rogan Invitational": No gloves, no rounds, no time limit, fight in a field in the woods, everyone blazes after [no USADA] and talks about elk hunting. Just like a Dog Brothers Gathering
Glad we all *FINALLY* know now -- Royce wasn't "chosen" for UFC 1 because he had the "perfect" size. He had a 10lbs diff with Rickson and it was all about honor and who's student got attached to the W.
I loved when you admit that the second it starts your defending until your submitted.. this plays out in all aspects of life in its own way .. understand stand your strengths and improve your weakness but there will always be a person better in one aspect of your life ...
SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID FUCKING MINDLESS SHEEP who keep saying John "Look it" McCarthy!!!!! Why don't you kids learn to be leaders and not followers?
Love Joe... but he is on drugs when he said NGannou knocking out Overeem is more inpressive than anything Mike Tyson has done lmao. That's "crazy talk" as he says.
He is trying to hype Ngannou again. Ngannou and Tyson should not be mentioned in the same sentence. Put Ngannou in front of Joshua and you'll see the difference between a boxer and a heavy dude that can hit a bit.
Agree 100%. Prime Mike Tyson hitting that punch sensor machine... you'll have a new record. It was hilarious how they were talking about how much Tyson weighed, compared to N'Gannou all this crap, blah blah. It's like look... a professional boxer, a straight up BEAST in his day. Punch specialist. To insinuate N'Gannou is a harder puncher, or scarier puncher is hilarious. Not taking away from N'Gannou but that was some funny stuff. Huh Joe?! Lol. Has he ever seen Mike knocking people into another dimension?
Why isint big john in thw hall of fame?? This guy has refereed and been part of mma from its upbringing and now is in another mma comp bellator , and a former lapd
Ivan C my guess is that because John is still an active ref, when he retires or maybe before his last match they'll announce his entry, he's got that spot don't worry.
I lost count of how many separate people Joe called the “greatest” of all time. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya
Kurwin Saunders “basic” is a basic word for fundamental. I see your point, though. Basic sort of gives an inferior connotation, but in Gracie’s defense, he’s doing the basics, only with perfect execution.
Big John McCarthy is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former television music competition judge, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith. 😂
DAMN! Two Titans of MMA sharing info and memories of their incredible careers!!! This is BY FAR the most interesting conversation I have ever heard! I feel so Blessed to have heard this! I'm a long time MMA fan (since early 90's) and have appreciated Joe & John's work throughout. Both set the standard in their work. I hope to hear them together often!!!!!! Thanks!
You mentioned you recommend 1.Iron Neck 2.Reverse Hyper machine, but I didn't hear the 3rd thing. The 1st two I never heard of researched it and are awesome. I'm assuming the 3rd one is too, so if you read this I would like to know what it is.
that guy is wacked out of his mind, imagine meeting your childhood hero and it turns out to be steven tyler. Now that I think about it, he does kind of seem like a child.
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0:00 OG
1:12 UFC history
10:50 Origin of term MMA
13:50 "No holds barred"
16:45 How Big John got his job / Gracie challenges
18:13 Rickson Gracie / Progression & levels in BJJ
31:10 Why wasn't Rickson Gracie in UFC 1?
34:00 Training BJJ in the early days & high level BJJ / NoGi v Gi
41:05 John's neck injuries / back strength / recovery / Miletich / Kerr / Coleman
53:00 Challenges of getting MMA accepted / gloves / 12-6 elbow strike
1:12:57 Different fighting areas
1:19:30 Linares v Lomachenko / Cross-promotion difficulties in MMA
1:25:50 Aaron Pico
1:30:11 Where is MMA heading? Evolution will happen
1:33:00 Amanda Nunes / Raquel Pennington
1:38:25 Power and toughness in MMA / Ngannou, Stipe
1:44:35 Weight classes in MMA
1:54:00 Boxing v MMA - serious injuries in fights
1:55:37 Conor and Floyd
2:01:25 John's different careers
2:08:20 Fitch v Daley
2:14:51 Vitor Belfort
1:17:27 Damage in fights and pulling fighters out
2:19:10 Officiating early fights (incl. Bustamante, Taktarov)
2:24:00 Cages: Circle is better than an Octagon
Listen to the start and you'll ace our UFC origins quiz - check it out and pls sub!
My man!
Combat Life what a guy
Thank you
Thanks good sir.
mvp
“Three ways to win, knockout, tapout or death”
-Mario Yamasaki
You win bro lol
Best comment
Let them be a warrior bra
L G
God Damn you Mario Yamasaki, you and that stupid heart thing you do at the start
Winner! Hahaha
Get Big John McCarthy on the next Fight Companion!
plus Jimmy and callen
this damn near was like one
and feed him some OG Kush
Best comment so far 👏👏👏👏 why hasnt it happend yet
He works for bellator lol
Big John McCarthy remembering the way the air smelled and what he at the night before ufc 1
and i cant even remember what i did last week
TheDogod or is he just a really confident lier
Kevin Cowan I’m sorry, the word you’re looking for is liar. Liar is the correct answer.
@@BlakeGibbons you're response cracked me up. Thank you dude
TheDogod right
@@joemamma6182 Your response, not you are response
The amount of history I'm learning from this conversation is incredible. I should be paying for this knowledge of the sport. Thank you Big John and Joe
@@SgtRoseUSMC thanks for the laugh!!!
@@gromadelphia9667 *you're
@@SgtRoseUSMC "how does their". There I fixed it for you. Stfu, so he's passionate about the sport. How does that affect you?
You are paying for it dumbass, TH-cam wouldn't exist if they didint make money
Does anyone know for a fact that MMA doesn't stand for McCarthy Martial Arts? All I'm saying is, look into it.
Justin Wade13 😂😂😂 lmfao @ "look into it"
Edgy brah in the house!💯 lmao😅
^^ stupid comment
Lookit
@@blakeb9964 fuck ya beat me to it 😂
MAJOR RESPECT! Never realized how much beg john contributed & shaped the UFC...what a life.
Fake fans becoming new fans congrats man
@@gromadelphia9667 Stop projecting, also, fandom is for that goofy American hand egg shit you watch, not MMA.
@@systematik you're both fucking idiots
Cade Speaman yelp you’re 100 percent right fucking idiots I’m guessing Jessica is from Mars we’re sports and fans don’t exist and what is the goofy America hand egg does anyone know what that is
@@MrBlackghost34 maybe they mean football
Have big john on a fight companion
Jose Leal with uncle joey
He's basically involed in all fights hahaha
Jose Leal you sob! Lol
Tylers He retired from reffing and does commentary for bellator but he could totally do a UFC fight night companion!
replace schuab with big john
John McCarthy is the epitome of a true humbled warrior. A man who never feels like he has to prove his greatness with an over inflated ego.
Which says a lot for a man who's got so many bad ass things that can cause ones ego to get inflated. Hes a handsome dude who's a legend in the most bad ass sport known to man with a plethora of knowledge. Big John for potus 2020! Lol
Rinne Field the correct term is plether as shaub would say.
Having the boxing guy hit the table with and then without a glove is unbelievably brilliant.
There needs to be a proper documentary made before the old guard dies.
I’d hope he’s nowhere near his deathbed. Jesus he’s not even 55
Within 20 years there will be a difinitive history of 90s mma documentary. I have no reasons as to why im just stoned
Big John is one of the few pioneers of the sport that enjoys and encourages MMA to evolve and I feel he should have more recognition for his work. Great guy.
That's exactly what he just said. Why are you disagreeing lol?
That's my point! He's saying that too, but you disagreed with him :P
Fuck Big John McCarthy
I'm not sure what you're on about. I'm being civil? I'm just saying that you're not disagreeing with him, you're literally saying the same point he made. I don't think you quite understand what he or I have said. lol.
Generic Username 😂😂😂👍
Big John: I used to work with a guy named Mike Quarry.
Joe: I remember Mike Porey.
Big John: Quarry.
Joe: Sure.
They got Yuuki Nakai's name wrong too.
Jesse Wilkinson cracked me tf up 😂
Disclaimer: the effects of marijuana include short-term memory loss
Jesse Wilkinson HAHAHA i went scrolling thru the comments to see if someone caugbt that shit lol
When is that? Sounds funny as fuck
Had no idea Big John was such an encyclopedia for MMA history. Awesome interview.
He’s the reason the sport is still alive. He insisted on the rules changes early in and giving the ref the authority to stop fights. If the guy who was in charge of UFC 1 had continued someone would have died. He was also instrumental in the legal and political battles for years.
He was there at the beginning. I don't think another guy has as much experience past and present with UFC
We are listening to 2 people who were both instrumental in the success of MMA as a sport 👌
He is the best in this regard. And he has a elephant brain too.
You'll catch on
This was like the whole history of mma in the podcast, probably the best episode of the jre mma show yet.
I agree.. Definitely the best jre mma show thus far. These two could obviously go on for several more hours. Imagine how much more if Joe could get him to take a little rip!
And Herb Dean best reffs period
John "LETS GET IT ON!" McCarthy
He got it from an old boxing referee Mills Lane
John "Look It" McCarthy
Was looking for someone to mention "look it"... FFS, like, 30 times!
1:06:50 lmao
Brilliant
Joe "what about mma in a basketball court? Or a football field rather" Rogan
D Loc a hot coal pits sounds good to me. Or maybe in the center of a barely frozen lake?
Did you come up with that all on your own?
The MMA knowledge Big John brings is crazy
He helped write the rule book
In depth knowledge.
He’s been around since the early days. He’s an OG
I wouldn't call it crazy... seems obvious he would have this wisdom imho
@@BLake-ul5pi most definitely! He was there in person for a massive part of it
The four most iconic words in sports: “LETS GET IT ON!”
Actually I'm pretty sure the words you're looking for are "curry from deep, BANG!!!!!!"
Hugh Mungus iguodala, block by James!!! Is better
@@lancedennis4744o
Coined by Mills Lane.
😂😂😂 I needed that laugh
Cant believe it's taken me this long to watch this. Loved every minute.
Peter Philipse Same 2020 and now just listening crazy lol
Same
The most knowledgeable MMA podcast of all time.
If TH-cam gave out grades for podcast uploaders Young Jamie would have the 2nd A of his life.
scroomnut little boy has a potty mouth
Wouldn't it be dank if UFC referees had to wear a forehead camera.
That1Dewd Fuck yes! Why isn't that a thing already??
Andre J Breadman didn't Pride have something like that? Like I would love to be able during a live broadcast hit a button that switches a camera from the broadcast to the referee camera
You keep using that word, I dont think it means what you think it means
Yuji Shimada cam!
There's a bunch of mma and martial arts, fights, not ufc, where they use head cams on the ref and it always looks completely trash, you can't see anything, just look it up and see what you think for yourself
Big John is legend. Never knew he was THAT involved and THAT deep into the organization since the beginning. God bless the honesty and morality from John. Love this Fu
I wonder how many lives Big John has saved in the cage and how many surgeries he prevented throughout the past 25 years?
That was a fast upload, Jamie must not be in physics class anymore...
Yeah, because he manages the JRE from physics class. Logic isn't your strong suit.
systematik keep licking Windows bubba, pay some attention sometimes
No he’s still there. Look into it.
systematik jamie, is this you? hahaha
Lmao these comments
Fascinating episode... Wish big John could be on regularly
This was one of the best podcasts in a very long time. I loved listening to these two geek out together.
John McCarthy is killin it as commentator for Bellator MMA. His knowledge of MMA rules and History is priceless. McCarthey is the Howard Cosell of MMA
Cosell was mostly incompetent and a distraction.
16:40 The Sumo from UFC1 is Teila Tuli aka Taylor Wily, he was in a few movies and tv shows. I heard a funny story about him being the first fighter to sign to fight when all the other fighters were sketched out about it (thinking they wouldnt get paid, unsure of the rules etc) and Teila Tula was so chill about it, he walked out and said something like, "Were all here to party, and if you want to party, I'll see you in the arena tomorrow." which broke the tension in the room and all the other fighters started to sign.
And then he got soccer kicked in the face with his head against the fence
it was because they all realized the tournament was set up for gracie to win, because gracie's cousin was in charge of all the rules at the rules meeting
It was Emmanuel yarbrough?
Best MMA episode in a while.
Nice job boys.
Maybe of all time so far. (other than classic Eddie bravo Fight Companion)
Whicj classic eddie bravo moment are you refering to?
There's been so many at this point
Big fan of the Billy Corgan epi.
Joe Morrel
I loved the danaher one
Great interview! I always recognized that Big John was a fantastic referee, and I suspected he must be a pretty special and smart guy, but I am now even more impressed with the guy.
John 'I have a floppy disk' McCarthy
I don't get the floppy disk hate. I don't understand why they didn't just get higher memory space floppy disks as time went on .
i invented the floppy disk
John 'Look It!' McCarthy.
Oh man, Joe needs to say that next PPV lol
Ryan Mcconnell you beat me to that comment.Well played sir.
*John McCarthy... the man who literally wrote the book on MMA! Most people have no idea how important Big John McCarthy was and still is to the sport!*
Do you know what “literally “ means?
Chris Jenkins do u
neither did you until you saw this podcast.
I've watched every single JRE Podcast and MMA Show and this was one of my favorites. Big John is an all-round good dude.
bloody hell mate EVERY podcast?! I think maybe you deserve to be on his podcast, like a competition winner or something lol.
This was a great podcast with Big John "I created, implemented, or influenced every aspect and decision that has ever happened in UFC history" McCarthy.
Its like that when you're around from the beginning lol..
Rick Swardson Exactly. No disrespect meant to Big John. I was exaggerating and joking.
look it
lol... he aint lying though
he did tho
Loved this episode! Big John was an awesome guest to bring on and because of him, I now know more about the landscape and history of the UFC and MMA in general! Joe, bring him back on in the near future!
Jair Silvera Yeah it was great. I was glued when I watched it. Big John is a brilliant storyteller. This might be my favorite Rogan Podcast episode.
Foolish Demon Agreed! Hope to see Big John for a potential Fight Companion if he ain't busy with Bellator or his schedule. He's phenomenal!
BJM is a legend in Mma, miss him in the cage these days especially for the big fights. We got mark goddard though, he is great.
30 % Usman you going to give us more than 30percent this Saturday?
30 % Usman Love BJM but I believe that Marc has been the best ref or same level as Big John for a couple years now.
Goddard the most underrated ref in mma. Him and herb the 2 best out there rn.
Yeah about marc. If you watch his feud with conor you might not think he is that great.
lisa grills it makes him even better bitch
Some of these guests that Joe has I would pay real money to see a part 2 of their interview this being one of them
"First time i saw Royce Gracie walk out to fight in the UFC, i thought he was wearing pajamas" - Forrest Griffin
Only Forrest.... only him haha
Finally someone legit to shut down joe's dumb theories about basketball court and stadium fighting
Belko Juve maybe ... But it would depend on the rules ... Make it so unforced out of bounds counts against them so much that it would cost a round then I doubt it could be exploited very easily, but big john is right, fighters will exploit anything available ... And they probably should
Belko Juve I do agree with Cage is in the way when you are there. On tv it doesn't matter
I was looking for this comment! Please let this be the argument that lays this vision to rest for Joe, and for us all!
How about as big as a Gladiator arena but no out of bounds.
Joe "Let's just gaze at this man's physique for a few moments" Rogan
Could you possibly be any more insecure?!?
RealTime Media I'm not insecure at all. just a standard joke. how many "gay" jokes do Joe and co. tell when they get together? way more than this one
LupeJustinian LMFAO
lmao
😅 always in the closet 😂
Hey Joe,
You need to have a podcast with Mike Tyson
I hope Mike doesn't fill Joe's mic with his saliva when he speaks. Haha. I would love to see Mike though.
......he already has.. Multiple times. 👌
No he hasn't? He's talked about Mike Tyson but he's never had him as a guest.
@@nocturnal6129 No
SPIIIIINAL
Spent 30 years in traditional martial arts. Always striking/standing. Ended up with a hip replacement in my mid 30s. My biggest regret is never having tried ground work martial arts. I'm Scottish, we were slow in importing BJJ. But I wish I'd tried judo at least.
I remember being around 15. Mind 90s and standing around talking to guys at a martial arts competition. One of them said "there's a new thing started in America I hear. Bringing all styles of martial arts together and fighting in one competition" I remember thinking, that'll NEVER take over from traditional martial arts. Never heard much about mma in scotland again for years. How wrong was I? Maybe not as big as boxing yet. But certainly better in my eyes. Leaves traditional martial arts in its DUST..
If I'd been born 15 years later, I'd loved to have tried mma
What happened to ur hips im a striker too and u got me worried lol..
"You don’t get to choose the value of what you do in others’ eyes, so you have to take stock in knowing that doing the right thing is enough, no matter who notices."
John McCarthy,
What a great show! Thank you Joe Rogan for bringing Big John onto your podcast. It was great to hear the back story of all of the first UFCs that I loved so much! You are the man. Osss
Big John looks amazing for being 55!
Miss Anonymous you should see me, I'm 25 and look terrible.
He looks 55
dominic burrola no he doesn’t he looks 40-45
A new record...it took Joe less than 2 minutes to talk about the 12 to 6 elbow.
Danny Hatzikonstantinou lol
And then he did it again
Big Johns hairline is flawless. And i'm 27 and freaking have thinning hair on the top and balding anyways!
Cody Parmarter 😂😂😂 he would have got hair transplants it’s an easy thing to get
I can't like this comment enough I've been going bald since 17 wtf!!!! Hahaha
FartingFatso69 LOL
True Patriot legend
Kevin Cowan it don’t work that well, ask joe, he got them, that’s why you only see joe from the front so you don’t see the scars
They forgot 1. There was no eye gouging, no biting and NO FISH HOOKING.
There still is no fish hooking lol
Friends reference?
My 29 year old lil brother was talking shit the other day and caught a fish hook, ultimate big bro weapons never fails
@@ciaranharper2796 no UFC 1 reference.
Fishhooking saved my ass one day, the Fukien dude was biting my cheek, I got two fingers in and yanked as hard as I could before he got a third bite. That was the scariest thing iv been through, that guy was insane, I coulda lost fingers, first thought it’s harder to bite multiple fingers, so use as many as you can get in there
Big John is single handedly bringing back the phrase "lookit". 😎
Michael Barnes 54:51 “You gotta lookit the pay per views”
We say that In the south
Thata huge in scotland, lookit aht
John "lookit" McCarthy
i would like for someone to count how many times he says "lookit" in this podcast
it would make a hella crazy drinking game... take a shot every time big john says "lookit"
54:51 “You gotta lookit the pay per views”
beat me to it xD
david lenig 244 times.
There's something amazing and beautiful that the referee from the biggest MMA promotions and fights is also a huge fan of everything mma
conspiracies are just great stories just kjn
Not just a fan....Trusted enough that his opinion helped make a multi billion dollar company
John McCarthy is an awesome storyteller love the history.
This was one of the writers of the rules of MMA, mad respect.
Joe "My lips are out of sync with my voice" Rogan
720p
Joe has always been arguing about the glove issue, however not with Big John 😂
vJamahh because he knows big john is a wise man who knows his shit, so joe had to swallow his opinion and learn
vJamahh because John agreed
53:43
Apparently you didn't pay attention he did bring up gloves and argue about it
54:15
John McCarthy is brilliant. I wish I could hear him more.
dont need to wish , you can just search it for , i saw buncha interviews and podcasts with him
I thought he was just meat head
Fine you have a right to your opinion as much as I do.
Big John is a legend, i remember watching UFC back when it started, "are you ready , are you ready!!" lets get it on!!! haha awesome, and John's right Joe huge part of where it is today with his commentating, great show/pod cast
These two just nerding the hell out of MMA. Continuous conversation.
John McCarthy is the best mma referee in my humble opinion!
no,mazzagati is goat
Lol who else would be most of them are terrible
He was*
No one can ever compare, he shaped the sport, but there's others that are very good at their job... Its just not a fair comparison .
@art Vandelay: lol, @jasmine wood: he is still working as a referee, I believe in Bellator, they talked about it in the podcast. :)
This was so much better than when Big John was on Joey Diaz podcast. All Diaz done was talk about himself in Colorado 25 years ago for 1 hour 45 mins
i love casts with big john he seems like a good dude, always awesome to hear the history and inside stories, salute to big john and his career
Jesus those Kerr and Coleman stories are the best
Great to hear these stories. I was involved in this sport before UFC 1. Also, John is a very nice guy. Ran into him in our hometown airport where he lives now.
Really? Cool. Loved it when it got started. Wrestlers got some respect. It kinda sucks to get old but it was fun to listen to.
Big John McCarthy is da man! Great episode! Thanks, Joe!
"Joe Rogan Invitational": No gloves, no rounds, no time limit, fight in a field in the woods, everyone blazes after [no USADA] and talks about elk hunting.
Just like a Dog Brothers Gathering
Audio out of sync for anyone else?
yep
Same
dam you ! Cant unsee it now !
Up the quality to 720p & it'll sync up better 🤫
thanks a lot bro... worked like magic
Big John is my favorite ref and is now one of my favorite interviews. Excellent interview.
I'm late coming to this video. All I can say is that I could listen to Big John and Joe all day long. Great show!!!
He's so OG people don't realize his real name is Steven Tyler.
GGG True, I didn't know till I read your post bruv
GGG And, What does 'OG' stand for!?
Original Gangster
GGG Okay.... and What's that Supposed to mean!?
Big john powerful hairline
*Steven Tyler on that TRT from planet hulk*
man I cant wait for someone to make a cringe compilation of that guy, can you imagine the ridiculousness of that
Glad we all *FINALLY* know now -- Royce wasn't "chosen" for UFC 1 because he had the "perfect" size. He had a 10lbs diff with Rickson and it was all about honor and who's student got attached to the W.
I loved when you admit that the second it starts your defending until your submitted.. this plays out in all aspects of life in its own way .. understand stand your strengths and improve your weakness but there will always be a person better in one aspect of your life ...
Big John "Lookit" McCarthy.
SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID FUCKING MINDLESS SHEEP who keep saying John "Look it" McCarthy!!!!! Why don't you kids learn to be leaders and not followers?
Dan Maler daaamn.... Chill homie. Its gonna be alright.
Dan Maler take your meds schizo.
GD "obvious" Ambidextrous
I thought it was funny
Jesus BJM's a smart af guy.
Sean Hayes Nice deadlift lol
Love Joe... but he is on drugs when he said NGannou knocking out Overeem is more inpressive than anything Mike Tyson has done lmao. That's "crazy talk" as he says.
Funny Blunt Truth Podcast there is no way Joe could justify that statement if questioned on it
He is trying to hype Ngannou again. Ngannou and Tyson should not be mentioned in the same sentence. Put Ngannou in front of Joshua and you'll see the difference between a boxer and a heavy dude that can hit a bit.
Agree 100%. Prime Mike Tyson hitting that punch sensor machine... you'll have a new record. It was hilarious how they were talking about how much Tyson weighed, compared to N'Gannou all this crap, blah blah. It's like look... a professional boxer, a straight up BEAST in his day. Punch specialist. To insinuate N'Gannou is a harder puncher, or scarier puncher is hilarious.
Not taking away from N'Gannou but that was some funny stuff. Huh Joe?! Lol. Has he ever seen Mike knocking people into another dimension?
Funny Blunt Truth Podcast on Bruce Lee videos I've had arguments with people claiming that Bruce Lee could beat up Mike Tyson
Funny Blunt Truth Podcast imagine prime Mike Tyson hitting a washed up Alistair Overeem you just imagined a murder
awesome podcast. great history!
Yes joe, the 12-6 elbow isnt as powerful as a spinning wheel kick, but who is capable of throwing 20-30 wheel kicks in a matter of seconds?
Me😏
Great point
Tje 12-6 is not even really the best elbow to use in that situation anyway.
Good fkn point, simple but good
Barbosa
READY....READY?!?... LETS GET IT ON!!! 😡
Why isint big john in thw hall of fame?? This guy has refereed and been part of mma from its upbringing and now is in another mma comp bellator , and a former lapd
Ivan C my guess is that because John is still an active ref, when he retires or maybe before his last match they'll announce his entry, he's got that spot don't worry.
i think he is kinda semi retired tho, he is been working in bellator as a commentator and he is pretty good at it!
I'm pretty sure he retired recently. I'm remember Rogan saying he was a few months back.
He did retire.
The fuck has him being police gotta do with it?🤦🏾♂️
I lost count of how many separate people Joe called the “greatest” of all time. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya
you forgetting "the nicest guy ever"
It's the same as people calling football /soccer players world class it gets thrown around to easy nowadays
Big John's insight is fascinating. This is one of my all time favorite Joe Rogan podcasts.
Love Big John and Joe. I've watched from the start and I'm still in love with MMA!! 💜🧡
Hmmm sound and vid is slightly out of sync.....
Poore Billy. Looks like you need to upgrade your core2duo brah......
I had the same issue
Same
same
At higher qualities it is fine but at lower quality it’s definitely desynced
I think fundamental is a better word than basic for Ricksons jiu-jitsu game.
Kurwin Saunders “basic” is a basic word for fundamental. I see your point, though. Basic sort of gives an inferior connotation, but in Gracie’s defense, he’s doing the basics, only with perfect execution.
Big John McCarthy is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former television music competition judge, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith. 😂
This is the first time I've even seen big John in an interview..seems like an awesome dude.
DAMN! Two Titans of MMA sharing info and memories of their incredible careers!!! This is BY FAR the most interesting conversation I have ever heard! I feel so Blessed to have heard this! I'm a long time MMA fan (since early 90's) and have appreciated Joe & John's work throughout. Both set the standard in their work. I hope to hear them together often!!!!!! Thanks!
You mentioned you recommend 1.Iron Neck 2.Reverse Hyper machine, but I didn't hear the 3rd thing. The 1st two I never heard of researched it and are awesome. I'm assuming the 3rd one is too, so if you read this I would like to know what it is.
Steven Tyler has had some serious work done
that guy is wacked out of his mind, imagine meeting your childhood hero and it turns out to be steven tyler. Now that I think about it, he does kind of seem like a child.
Awesome podcast.
Takes a certain person with a certain voice for me to watched a full MMA podcast. Nice work, easy listening.
“Don’t cite the deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was written” - Big John McCarthy
Big John Aerosmith.
Amazing podcast has to be one of my favorites.
lol young jamie stoned or something?
DiVineGinger he's studying to get his phd in physics
Deni Ytb whats that got to do with anything?
One of the best JRE Ive listened.
But the question is, did Joe Rogan ever look at it?