JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman
6/20/20262 hr 24 min
Joe is joined by UFC Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje & boxing and MMA trainer Trevor Wittman.
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First 90 secondsJoe Rogan· Host0:01
Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out The Joe Rogan Experience Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night. All day. [upbeat music] Gentlemen, first of all, thank you for being here. I couldn't wait to talk to you. Congratulations on one of the most epic accomplishments in the history of combat sports, and that's not an understatement. I mean, it might be an understatement. I may- it's not an overstatement. It's perfect. That was one of the greatest nights I've ever experienced of watching anything in my life.
Justin Gaethje· Guest0:30
Mm.
Joe Rogan· Host0:30
It was amazing. And to have you cap it off and win the title when you're facing a guy that everybody thought was at least number two pound for pound. It was, like, him and Islam are number one and number two.
Justin Gaethje· Guest0:43
Mm-hmm.
Joe Rogan· Host0:43
And some odds had you at six to one, which I thought was very disrespectful. I thought, I thought like, "Ah, like, this is crazy. Like, six to one's crazy. Like, Ilia's really good, but so is Justin. This is kind of nuts." Like, the... To have you win the way you won in front of the fucking White House.
Justin Gaethje· Guest1:03
Yeah.
Joe Rogan· Host1:05
How's it feel?
Justin Gaethje· Guest1:07
Oh, you know, it's really not real yet. Um, I was expecting to have, like, um, an internal sense of relief that, like, I don't have something to chase 'cause I was always chasing this belt. And I was expecting to wake up with, like, some kind of natural release of pressure, but I don't know. I, I don't feel that. I, a- as