Taken from JRE MMA Show #133 w/"Sugar" Sean O'Malley:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/52DFy29uKI8tC0Wc9eQ64N?si=9ef608a57ccb45bf

I remember the John Jones fight, the first 1, when John didn't train.

You know, that's how you see the difference, because look at the second fight.

But you have to also say, the second fight, was that before or after Gustafson fought rumble?

Yeah, apparently he Had some form of I think was like non Hodgkin's lymphoma or something along those lines

don't know if that's public we should find out that's public knowledge

I think it was I think I read that I couldn't pronounce the words and that sounds like it was

I shouldn't say it if It wasn't public knowledge.

I just read that in an article the other day, but yeah, that was that was great I was on

Who's me clay Guido him Gilbert Burns Anthony Smith, But yeah, he was does I think my only really interaction with him do fucking good, dude

Yeah, non-conscience lymphoma a rare immune disorder called HHLH.

Such a nice guy and the biggest middle of the biggest welterweight that's ever walked the face When he was a welterweight,

I saw him in between fights once and I go Anthony how big are you and he goes 230 pounds?

What He walked in looking like a Greek god.

He always had issues making 170 though, right?

Oh yeah, well He missed it a bunch of times, and then he fought Vitor at 85 and rumble was like this guy that you never knew what you were gonna get if if he was like ready to go and in shape and and and prepared Jesus He could be 1 of the most dangerous guys of all time.

But he was kind of, you know, at least early on in his career, inconsistent, until he moved up in weight.

Then when he moved up in weight, look what he did in the light heavyweight division.

I maintain that most of what was holding him back was just the dread of making that weight It's just dread.

guy goes up 2 weight classes and is knocking out everybody with 1 punch at light heavyweight

He's fighting 35 pounds up and destroying people knocking out Glover with 1 punch Knocks out Gustafson, bro.

I bet DC was like, God damn it, I don't want to fight this motherfucker again, dude.

He had power that was I remember when he hit Glover, I was like

Yeah, possessing that fucking power to him Cuz he doesn't need to be like

Yeah, cuz he doesn't need to really be accurate either He can hit you like anywhere in the head, and that's night-night,

bro He could hit your shoulders and you'd be doing make it knocked out.

He just had that preposterous power Yeah, that oof watch this uppercut

That's rumble man That's why everybody's home to rumble

up to boy didn't know what the fuck happened.

No 1 counted my takedown on Peter at 2 points.

A little takedown at the end of the first.

DC gets mad when they don't give up takedowns.


Speaker 0: The Joe Rogan experience.

Speaker 1: That was Gustafson in his best. That and the John Jones fight. I remember the John Jones fight, the first 1, when John didn't train. You know, that's how you see the difference, because look at the second fight. They have a second fight.

Speaker 0: Well, did he take him down?

Speaker 1: But you have to also say, the second fight, was that before or after Gustafson fought rumble?

Speaker 0: Oh, that's a good question

Speaker 1: Rest in peace rumble Rumble out

Speaker 0: of nowhere

Speaker 1: this week. Yeah, apparently he Had some form of I think was like non Hodgkin's lymphoma or something along those lines

Speaker 0: Yeah, I

Speaker 1: don't know if that's public we should find out that's public knowledge

Speaker 0: I think it was I think I read that I couldn't pronounce the words and that sounds like it was

Speaker 1: I shouldn't say it if It wasn't public knowledge. It's not public knowledge. We should edit it out What you know

Speaker 0: I'm almost positive. I just read that in an article the other day, but yeah, that was that was great I was on

Speaker 1: the years old man.

Speaker 0: Yeah, I did the UFC quintet with him. Who's me clay Guido him Gilbert Burns Anthony Smith, But yeah, he was does I think my only really interaction with him do fucking good, dude

Speaker 1: Yeah, non-conscience lymphoma a rare immune disorder called HHLH. Yeah

Speaker 0: Horrible 38

Speaker 1: Such a nice guy and the biggest middle of the biggest welterweight that's ever walked the face When he was a welterweight,

Speaker 0: I know it's dude.

Speaker 1: I saw him in between fights once and I go Anthony how big are you and he goes 230 pounds? What He walked in looking like a Greek god. He was so gigantic. I'm like, he wasn't fat at all. Like, how do you get that little?

How do you make 170? He was gigantic.

Speaker 0: He always had issues making 170 though, right?

Speaker 1: Oh yeah, well He missed it a bunch of times, and then he fought Vitor at 85 and rumble was like this guy that you never knew what you were gonna get if if he was like ready to go and in shape and and and prepared Jesus He could be 1 of the most dangerous guys of all time.

Speaker 0: Yeah.

Speaker 1: But he was kind of, you know, at least early on in his career, inconsistent, until he moved up in weight. Then when he moved up in weight, look what he did in the light heavyweight division. I maintain that most of what was holding him back was just the dread of making that weight It's just dread.

Speaker 0: Yeah, the

Speaker 1: guy goes up 2 weight classes and is knocking out everybody with 1 punch at light heavyweight

Speaker 0: 170 should have never

Speaker 1: imagined that inside of his career. He's fighting 35 pounds up and destroying people knocking out Glover with 1 punch Knocks out Gustafson, bro. He not he fucked everybody up except DC. Yeah DC. Just use his wrestling

Speaker 0: He fought DC twice right? Yeah, right. Yeah, God. I bet DC was like, God damn it, I don't want to fight this motherfucker again, dude.

Speaker 1: He's so dangerous. God. Rumble's so dangerous.

Speaker 0: That's a scary yeah.

Speaker 1: He was so dangerous. He had power that was I remember when he hit Glover, I was like

Speaker 0: Did his tooth go flying? Was that Glover's tooth?

Speaker 1: He made somebody's tooth go flying. Yeah, I don't know if it was Glover's

Speaker 0: Is that uppercut

Speaker 1: god damn? He was a powerhouse?

Speaker 0: Yeah, possessing that fucking power to him Cuz he doesn't need to be like

Speaker 1: oh it is it is global.

Speaker 0: Yeah, cuz he doesn't need to really be accurate either He can hit you like anywhere in the head, and that's night-night,

Speaker 1: bro He could hit your shoulders and you'd be doing make it knocked out. It's crazy. He just had that preposterous power Yeah, that oof watch this uppercut

Speaker 0: dink. Oh that was like crazy just like a thud.

Speaker 1: That's rumble man That's why everybody's home to rumble

Speaker 0: his toe. Yeah Yeah, oh He woke

Speaker 1: up to boy didn't know what the fuck happened.

Speaker 0: No 1 counted my takedown on Peter at 2 points. I think that was 2. A little takedown at the end of the first.

Speaker 1: I think it was a takedown. Does knees go to the ground?

Speaker 0: Oh yeah.

Speaker 1: DC gets mad when they don't give up takedowns.

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