Name: JRE MMA Show #126 with Eryk Anders
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'JRE MMA Show #126 with Eryk Anders' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-06-29. Transcript available.

JRE MMA Show #126 with Eryk Anders

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First of all, how the fuck do you make 185 pounds?
How is that even possible?
Diet and exercise.
But you're so big, what do you walk around at?
I'm about 230 right now.
What is the process of you getting down to 185?
I definitely can't do it on short notice.
It takes like a whole eight weeks unless I have to kill myself.
And I used to do that.
I'd just not eat for a week and sit in a sauna forever
and then wonder why after three minutes, like, dude, I'm fucking tired, dude.
Yeah.
Well, how much of a performance impact does it have on you,
even if you take off, even if you have two solid months to prepare and lose the
weight?
Yeah, I feel good.
I don't think it has a performance issue.
I know that some dudes, they cut weight, they don't do it the right way,
and I think it kind of like makes them more fragile.
But I haven't had that experience.
So for you, as long as they give you two months, you can do it.
But how good does food taste after those two months?
Everything in my life is extreme.
Like, if I don't have a fight coming up, I'm a burger, cheeseburger, pizza,
beer kind of guy.
Hardly drink water.
But then when I am, don't eat anything green.
But then when I am training for a fight, you know, it's just the exact opposite.
Nothing but water.
You know, I count my calories.
Do you have, like, a meal prep company?
Yeah, those, I think it's Icon Meals that the UFC has.
Yeah.
And it's awesome because, like, each meal, you can, like, tell how this has,
like, the macronutrients on there
and how many calories.
So I just wear, like, a heart rate monitor, and it tells me how many calories I
burn per workout.
So I just go home, I burn 500, I can only eat 300, and, you know.
Have you ever thought about, like, fucking, I'm going to go heavyweight?
Dude, when I fought Darren Stewart the second time, he was like, let's do heavyweight.
And for a second, I was like, man, fuck that.
Let's just do heavyweight instead of, you know, light heavyweight and not cut
any weight.
But I was like, if I show up at heavyweight, dude, I'm going to have a big old
belly.
I ain't going to be able to fight at heavyweight, I don't think.
It ain't going to work.
My cardio is going to be shit.
So when you get to 185 and you do it correctly, you have better cardio?
I think so.
Like, I really don't get tired in fights.
So, yeah, I feel good.
And the middleweights, for my career, I think middleweight is the way to go
because they're not as durable as the light heavyweights.
And the light heavyweights, those motherfuckers are big.
They're big.
They're like 6'3", 6'4".
So it's like a statue thing for me.
I'm only 6'1", so I'd be, you know, punching up at everybody.
What would you think if they eliminated weight cutting?
Because, you know, there's been talk about that mostly for me.
I think it's, I mean, everyone's doing it, but what it is essentially is like
sanctioned cheating.
You're pretending you're 185 pounds.
You're about 185 for what, an hour?
Yeah, the shortest amount of time possible.
Yeah.
And then what do you, when you fight, what do you think you weigh?
Well, I've been as heavy as 225 on fighting that 185 fight.
That's crazy.
But it's, I think it works backwards.
Yeah, I'm bigger, but when I'm that heavy, like when I fought Andre Muniz, I
was like 225.
I just felt like heavy, you know, I was like, dude, I don't know.
You put too much on.
Yeah, I'm not moving like I was getting ready for the fight.
So when that happens, it's like, damn, I just kind of fucked myself.
Charles Oliveira just, they just did this thing where they weighed him on fight
night versus weigh-in,
and he's 183 on fight night.
He fights at 155.
Yeah, you look at him, you wouldn't think he weighs that.
No, he's pretty stout.
He's a stout dude.
I mean, he's long and lean and everything.
He's like broad, but front to back, he's a thin guy.
Well, I think he's maximized for the weight class.
There's guys that, like, they're maximized for that weight class.
Like John Jones at 205 was a perfect example.
Maximized for that weight class.
The perfect physique for that weight class.
Hamza Chimaev at 170.
Maximized.
It's like the perfect amount of length, but strong as shit.
You know, there's like a lot, there's a lot of advantages for that.
Yeah, you know, those guys, especially at the top, you know,
they're much bigger for the most part than everybody else in the weight class.
Like Ushman's a big motherfucker for the weight class.
John Jones, C64.
You know, they call him like, his legs look skinny, but he's not a skinny guy.
No.
Just from like the knee down.
He doesn't have any calves.
Which is crazy.
We talked about that yesterday.
Like, all the weight lifting he does, those things don't grow.
It's just weird.
You know, when I first started fighting, they were like, oh, I was like 240,
like football big.
They were like, oh, you're going to end up fighting at 85.
I was like, oh, I was like, I'm not cutting weight like that.
And then my buddy, Marcus Brimage, fought McGregor on the same card that Cormier
and John Jones fought the first time.
So we went and I saw those two fight and I was like, 85 might be the move.
85 might be the move.
That was big, dude.
What was it like the first time you did it?
Dude, it was awful.
Because, like, no one told me how to do it.
They were like, oh, dude.
I would run.
I'd be like 210.
And they're like, oh, you can just cut the rest in water.
So I'm like, all right.
So the first time, dude, I sat in a sauna for like six hours.
And my coach at the time, I was like, dude, I'm done with this.
I don't care how much I weigh right now.
I'm out of here.
And he was like, no, no.
And I'm like, dude, listen, I'm getting out of here whether it's through you or
around you.
You have about three seconds to make this decision.
And he just stepped to the side.
And, you know, of course, I missed the way.
I was like 189.
But I was like, dude, I'm not doing that shit.
And then so I did that a few times.
And then I met my wife.
And, you know, she's into the fitness thing.
And she's like, you're not a smart person.
This is not how you should be doing this.
So she started measuring my meals.
And I was actually eating more, you know, because it makes your metabolism
faster or whatever, but smaller meals.
And then, dude, I just became easier.
So what was your transition from football into MMA?
Like what motivated that?
Well, so we won a national championship my senior year.
And so I think everybody knows that even if you do make it to the NFL, probably
not going to be there for long.
So I was like, okay, so if the NFL thing doesn't work out, at least I can come
back to Alabama.
Somebody, an alumni will have a job for me, you know.
That's not what happened.
So, you know, I ended up being a janitor.
I was cleaning apartments, cleaning factories, working with meth heads and, you
know, drug addicts, like, with a water lance.
Like this thing has like 2,000 pounds of pressure.
Like it cuts sheet metal.
And, you know, some dude like nodding off, you know, fucking around.
So it was dangerous.
So I just found myself being like mad and frustrated that, you know, here I am
living in the same town that just a year ago we won a national championship.
And I'm doing this kind of work.
So, you know, I was, you know, fighting all the time, drinking, abusing drugs.
Just kind of mad and walking around with my fist balled up all the time.
I was like, so, I'm like, man, eventually something's going to happen to me.
I'm going to get shot, you know, just, you know, doing stupid stuff.
And so I just walked into a gym, started training.
So you were about 21?
Yeah.
21 when you first started training.
No training prior at all?
No, like 24.
Oh, really?
Yeah, because I like chase the dream, the football dream.
I went to Colorado, played arena ball, and, you know, played in Canada for a
little bit.
And, you know, finally I was just like, dude, if it's not the NFL, then it's
not worth it.
So what was holding you back from achieving your goals in the NFL?
I just don't think I was big enough, fast enough, good enough.
You know, you always kind of like lie to yourself when you're young.
You're just like, oh, fuck yeah, dude, I'm going to make it, I'm going to play.
And then, you know, you kind of get shit on and, you know, so you just walk
around bitter until you find something else.
At least that was my experience anyways.
And so was MMA a thought in your mind as a career, or was it something you were
just doing to blow off steam?
Initially, I just wanted, I started doing jujitsu, and I was like, oh, this is
cool.
You know, I can go, like, wrestle and, like, get it out, you know.
And I want to see what it's like to, you know, throw punches and stuff.
And so I walked into another gym, and first day in there, the coach walks up to
me.
He's like, can you fight?
Any 24-year-old male, and you ask him if they fight, he's like, fuck you, I can
fight.
Hell yeah.
He's like, all right, cool.
Here are some gloves.
Go fight that guy.
Go spot that guy.
It was fucking Walt Harris, who was already a professional fighter, been
training, been boxing.
Heavyweight.
Big motherfucker, yeah.
Yeah, Walt's big.
Like 260, 6'4".
And he beat me up in the nicest way possible.
Like, I knew, like, if he was being for real, I knew what would happen to him.
Well, that's nice of Walt.
Yeah, and, like, you know, I had, like, those big football muscles, so I couldn't,
you know, block anything down the middle.
So I was just goosh, goosh, goosh, goosh.
But, dude, I fell in love with that.
I was like, dude, it's going to be fun to, like, suck at something and then
learn how to do it and then not suck.
And, you know, I think that's, like, the biggest apprehension from other
athletes coming into this because who the fuck wants to be a white belt again?
You know, you're already an elite athlete or, you know, played at the pinnacle
of the sport.
Now you've got to go in there and take your licks again like.
Like a beginner.
Yeah.
And so I think the ego kind of gets in the way of, you know, guys coming from
other sports and girls coming from other sports and learning this stuff.
Well, that even works in guys in combat sports that are learning MMA, like guys
who are kickboxers.
They don't like to wrestle or do jiu-jitsu.
They just want to learn how to get up.
They just want to learn that that's a big common problem.
So when they get in scrambles, they don't really know how to do anything
offensively, so everything is defensive, which once your opponent realizes that
everything is defensive, it's much more relaxing for them.
Yeah.
And they know they don't have a risk, so they can take more chances.
Exactly.
Worst case scenario, he gets up.
I'm not going to get choked up or whatever.
Yeah.
It's like guys that surprise people.
Like, you're a Pro Hoska when you already just tapped out Glover.
Like, who the fuck saw that coming?
I think exhaustion kind of plays into the 25th minute or the 24th and a half
minute.
It's like, fuck, dude, I'm tired.
And, you know, Glover is 42 years old.
Yeah, sure.
And almost won that fight.
All he had to do is play it safe in the fifth round, he would have won that
fight.
Yeah, but, of course, yeah, like, it didn't work out for him, but as a fan, I
don't want to see nobody play it safe, dude.
Go for it.
Fuck it.
Of course.
And that's just me as a fan being selfish, but if he did that, I'd be like, you
know.
Yeah, it's funny when people do play it safe.
Like, Devin Haney's last fight.
Like, last round, he played it safe.
And he even talked about it.
Like, I knew I had it in the bag, so I just took off the last round.
I was like, ooh.
Don't say that out loud.
Don't say that out loud.
Not on the microphone, dude.
Tell your coach that.
Tell your mom that.
Yeah, I mean, he's in the money for these big, big fights like Lomachenko, and,
you know, so after he beat Kambosis, you know