JRE MMA Show #182 - Protect Ya Neck
7/9/20262 hr 45 min
Joe is joined by mixed martial artists John Rallo, Matt Serra, and Din Thomas.
John Rallo owns Shogun Fights and is the owner and head coach of Ground Control Mixed Martial Arts Academy.
www.groundcontrolbaltimore.com
www.shogunfights.com
Matt Serra is a mixed martial artist and host of "UFC Unfiltered" with Jim Norton and "Geeking Out with Matt Serra." He is the owner and an instructor at Serra BJJ.
www.youtube.com/@MattSerraBJJ
www.serrabjjacademy.com
Din Thomas is a mixed martial arts analyst, actor, and host of "Din Thomas' Fight Court."
www.youtube.com/@FightCourt
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First 90 secondsDin Thomas· Guest0:01
Joe Rogan podcast, check it out The Joe Rogan Experience Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. [upbeat music] Hey.
Joe Rogan· Host0:12
Oh.
Din Thomas· Guest0:13
Hey.
Joe Rogan· Host0:14
Hey.
Din Thomas· Guest0:15
Hey.
Matt Serra· Guest0:15
We're back.
Joe Rogan· Host0:16
What's up, bros?
Din Thomas· Guest0:16
We're back.
Joe Rogan· Host0:17
So your boy Tommy was awesome.
Matt Serra· Guest0:18
He was great.
Din Thomas· Guest0:18
Good.
Joe Rogan· Host0:18
He was really cool.
Matt Serra· Guest0:19
Yeah, I actually listened on the way out to that one.
Joe Rogan· Host0:21
He's really fun. Tommy Lee's fun.
Matt Serra· Guest0:23
He's like a big kid, man.
Joe Rogan· Host0:24
He is.
Matt Serra· Guest0:25
A big kid.
Joe Rogan· Host0:25
Yeah, like a 15-year-old- Yeah, 1,000% ... that just never, you know, had to grow up.
Matt Serra· Guest0:29
Yeah, never went all the way up- There's no- ... 'cause he, 'cause he didn't have to ...
Joe Rogan· Host0:31
well, he got famous when he was 18.
Matt Serra· Guest0:32
Exactly.
Joe Rogan· Host0:32
So he really never had to grow up.
Matt Serra· Guest0:34
Exactly.
Joe Rogan· Host0:34
He just stayed Tommy Lee.
Matt Serra· Guest0:35
[laughs] Yeah, I'm glad you finally got to, uh, have him on.
Joe Rogan· Host0:38
It was very cool.
Matt Serra· Guest0:39
So it was good.
Joe Rogan· Host0:39
It's weird that he's, he's really into bonsai trees.
Matt Serra· Guest0:41
Oh, big time.
Joe Rogan· Host0:42
Crazy.
Matt Serra· Guest0:43
Trims them up, the whole- He's got like hundred-year-old trees ... the whole nine yards.
Din Thomas· Guest0:45
Where do you even find them at?
Matt Serra· Guest0:46
His, uh, his- You make them yourself.
Joe Rogan· Host0:48
You just need to make them ...
Matt Serra· Guest0:48
his yard, he'll s- he sets up like a whole, like zen garden type of thing.
Joe Rogan· Host0:52
Yeah.
Din Thomas· Guest0:52
Oh.
Matt Serra· Guest0:52
It's pretty wild. But he's, he's been into those, and he likes to trim them up and, uh, you know, it's pretty, pretty wild. He, he just, he's a positive energy, nice guy. Like, he's never, never been a, a... When my, in my r- you know, re- uh, what do you want to say?
Joe Rogan· Host1:05
Experience?
Matt Serra· Guest1:06
Interactions with him, never, he's never been a dick. Never.
Joe Rogan· Host1:08
Nah, he- Never ... he seemed cool ...
Matt Serra· Guest1:09
like, I just... He was cool to work for.
Joe Rogan· Host1:11
Well, I only worked, I, I met him, rather, when you were working with him, when you were his bodyguard, and then, uh, this is the other time I met him, so he's super cool.
Matt Serra· Guest1:18
Nice. Good.
Joe Rogan· Host1:19
Yeah.
Din Thomas· Guest1:19
I remember him- In the cars ... honking the horn on his boat.
Matt Serra· Guest1:21
In the car.
Din Thomas· Guest1:22
[laughs] With his dick.
Matt Serra· Guest1:23
[laughs] [laughs] Those guys- I don't know if I still remember that ... his pecker's as tall as you are.
Din Thomas· Guest1:27
[laughs] I remember him with his fucking