Taken from JRE #147 w/Sean O'Malley and Tim Welch:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UvfMANRx0lgFPeRt6ph1K?si=a2c959c7263340c5

I mean, I would want you to stop if I see performance slipping.

You know, when you watch fights as much as I watch fights, and you've seen certain guys for as long as I see, I kind of have like a...

It's almost like I know what they do, so I see them and I have like a mold that I can put them in.

So like when I see guys Moving different, and I see guys slowing down, and I see guys Throwing 1 2 and then not reacting on the counter shot and not throwing the counter kicks is his legs gone as his knees fucked Why is he moving I start to see it, and you just they look kind of the same like the same guy But in my mind in the mold these things don't they don't fit anymore.

What about Izzy's last fight because I don't think he's Necessarily he looked like that last night.

night We talked about that last night who that might have been an issue.

Maybe he just woke up and he just didn't feel good, which does happen Yeah, it would suck a fat dick if that happened on a world title fight against the guys been talking mad shit about you It's been calling you a slut for China.

but but it can happen to people where you're just flat Yeah,

also before we say any of that Sean Strickland looks so fucking good.

Yeah, it's I don't know if that was Izzy being flat I know it might be but he underestimated him

Yeah Chris Curtis Says like all the time people come in good-ass kickboxers come in and Sean Strickland just frustrates them pressures I'm so much doesn't laugh the gas pedal Defends all their hard shots and keeps pressure.

He says he makes a lot of guys look bad like

that Dude, I think he's also got that front kick To the body off the left leg that people aren't talking about like that was so important

was so important because he's standing like this straight up And you don't know when it's coming in every now and they stab you in the gut yeah And he doesn't throw a lot of kicks But he throws a very effective Left front kick and his fucking checks are on the money.

Oh, you could almost hear it even on the TV like you'd land those stabbing kicks I fuck

and that motherfucker spars like that so often that he's composed just

It's another day He doesn't get tired in the fifth fucking round he like I was watching his stomach in between rounds flat Just standing there drinking water flat like like 50 60 beats a minute I'm like this is crazy this guy's this guy's calm and relaxed in the fifth fucking round of his first world title fight against 1 of the greatest of all time a guy who just Dominated and had that incredible speech.

Yeah, no 1 time I want you to feel this 1 time in your life.

did you see DC posted how many UFC's he headlined?

And it was fucking insane within like 5 6 years.

Maybe that had a factor to maybe just an overload factor Maybe take 6 months off gets recharged.

I was talking to UFC recently and we just bullshitting they're like Izzy's Constantly same with Volkanovsky asking let me fight.

I asked him I said I said you think he's gonna want to chill for a little bit and they're like fuck no Fuck no, I could call him tomorrow and say hey you want to find out miss you need to say yes, please

Like how much is this 5 round training camps changing after the eighth 1.

Yeah, do you still fucking do what you did in the first 1?

They go hard over there at City Kickboxing.

He's got to be up there with the greatest.

And He's so calm and composed and rational.

The way he gives corner advice, the way he talks, even in the post-fight press conference when he talked about it, you know?


Speaker 0: The Joe Rogan experience.

Speaker 1: But why would you stop

Speaker 0: if you're healthy? That's a good point. I mean...

Speaker 1: I mean, I would want you to stop if I see performance slipping.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker 1: There's something about, there... You know, when you watch fights as much as I watch fights, and you've seen certain guys for as long as I see, I kind of have like a... It's almost like I know what they do, so I see them and I have like a mold that I can put them in. So like when I see guys Moving different, and I see guys slowing down, and I see guys Throwing 1 2 and then not reacting on the counter shot and not throwing the counter kicks is his legs gone as his knees fucked Why is he moving I start to see it, and you just they look kind of the same like the same guy But in my mind in the mold these things don't they don't fit anymore. It's like okay.

There's been a change

Speaker 0: What about Izzy's last fight because I don't think he's Necessarily he looked like that last night. He looked like he was stuck in the mud

Speaker 2: Yeah, but I don't know if

Speaker 0: he talked about that last

Speaker 1: night We talked about that last night who that might have been an issue. This could be multiple issues

Speaker 0: It could be

Speaker 1: just a weird physical thing. Maybe he just woke up and he just didn't feel good, which does happen Yeah, it would suck a fat dick if that happened on a world title fight against the guys been talking mad shit about you It's been calling you a slut for China.

Speaker 0: Oh my god,

Speaker 1: but but it can happen to people where you're just flat Yeah,

Speaker 0: I'd be curious to see him come back. I know

Speaker 1: also before we say any of that Sean Strickland looks so fucking good. Yeah, it's I don't know if that was Izzy being flat I know it might be but he underestimated him

Speaker 2: Yeah Chris Curtis Says like all the time people come in good-ass kickboxers come in and Sean Strickland just frustrates them pressures I'm so much doesn't laugh the gas pedal Defends all their hard shots and keeps pressure. He says he makes a lot of guys look bad like

Speaker 1: that Dude, I think he's also got that front kick To the body off the left leg that people aren't talking about like that was so important

Speaker 0: Mm-hmm

Speaker 1: was so important because he's standing like this straight up And you don't know when it's coming in every now and they stab you in the gut yeah And he doesn't throw a lot of kicks But he throws a very effective Left front kick and his fucking checks are on the money.

Speaker 2: Yeah, you could tell it is he like you

Speaker 0: Oh, you could almost hear it even on the TV like you'd land those stabbing kicks I fuck

Speaker 1: and that motherfucker spars like that so often that he's composed just

Speaker 0: another day.

Speaker 1: It's another day He doesn't get tired in the fifth fucking round he like I was watching his stomach in between rounds flat Just standing there drinking water flat like like 50 60 beats a minute I'm like this is crazy this guy's this guy's calm and relaxed in the fifth fucking round of his first world title fight against 1 of the greatest of all time a guy who just Dominated and had that incredible speech. Yeah, no 1 time I want you to feel this 1 time in your life.

Speaker 2: I was probably the coolest moment for me

Speaker 0: ever Yeah

Speaker 1: the arrows celebration fired

Speaker 0: up greatest celebration. Yeah, that was good That was maybe

Speaker 2: I want to cry for him like

Speaker 0: did you see DC posted how many UFC's he headlined? And it was fucking insane within like 5 6 years.

Speaker 1: Maybe that had a factor to maybe just an overload factor Maybe take 6 months off gets recharged.

Speaker 0: I was talking to UFC recently and we just bullshitting they're like Izzy's Constantly same with Volkanovsky asking let me fight. Let me fight. Let me fight. Let me fight. I asked him I said I said you think he's gonna want to chill for a little bit and they're like fuck no Fuck no, I could call him tomorrow and say hey you want to find out miss you need to say yes, please

Speaker 2: Like how much is this 5 round training camps changing after the eighth 1.

Speaker 0: Yeah, do you still fucking do what you did in the first 1?

Speaker 2: They go hard over there at City Kickboxing. Fuck. It's an amazing gym. Yeah, Eugene seems like a

Speaker 0: cool motherfucker.

Speaker 2: Eugene Barrowman is the fucking man. He's got to be up there with the greatest. He's the fucking man.

Speaker 1: Yeah. And He's so calm and composed and rational. The way he gives corner advice, the way he talks, even in the post-fight press conference when he talked about it, you know? It's like he's so composed.

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