Joe Rogan weighs in on how hypnotism might have made Mike Tyson better YouTube: PowerfulJRE \/ Wikimedia CommonsReflecting on the iconic boxing record of Mike Tyson, Joe Rogan debated alongside Eddie Bravo and Brendan Schaub as to whether hypnosis played a pivotal role in his rise to glory. One of the all-time greats in combat sports history, Mike Tyson was a feared competitor throughout his dominant region in the heavyweight division during the late 1980s. While he might have been blessed with undeniable genetics and clearly worked harder than the rest to keep his spot on top of the boxing mountain for so many years, Joe Rogan recently weighed in on the impact of hypnosis throughout his legendary career. Throughout the latest Fight Companion podcast, Rogan, Bravo, and Schaub got sidetracked by all sorts of martial arts-related tangents while tuning into UFC Fight Night: Felder vs Hooker. After bringing up the remarkable career of Tyson, the group stopped to question whether or not hypnosis might have been the factor that gave him the edge throughout his run at the top. \u201cHe hypnotized him into being a machine,\u201d Rogan expressed, highlighting the impact of Tyson\u2019s former manager and trainer, Cus D\u2019amato. \u201cYou don\u2019t exist, it\u2019s just the task,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cYou relax, you totally focus on nothingness,\u201d Tyson explained during his 2019 sit down with Rogan. \u201cYou go under and you\u2019re just being this savage, intelligent animal.\u201d Questioning whether hypnosis \u201cactually worked,\u201d Schaub appeared to be the most resistant to the idea that it played a pivotal role in Tyson\u2019s preparation. \u201cFor sure it had an effect,\u201d Rogan quickly countered. \u201cHe would get hypnotized before the fights backstage,\u201d Bravo chimed in. All too familiar with coaching elite-level MMA talent around the world, he questioned why current UFC fighters haven\u2019t employed the same tactic if it worked so well. \u201cLook at his face in his early fights. He looked like a murderer,\u201d he joked. Going back and forth on just how big of a role the early hypnosis might have played, Rogan explained how \u201cthere were so many factors\u201d involved in Tyson\u2019s rise to the top that hypnotism shouldn\u2019t be elevated above his work ethic. \u201cThere\u2019s so much that led to him becoming, at least for a few years, the greatest heavyweight boxer ever,\u201d Rogan added. \u201cFirst of all, it was his terrible childhood. Then all of a sudden he finds out he\u2019s crazy physically gifted. He winds up with one of the all-time great boxing coaches. He\u2019s up in the [Catskill Mountains], in this secluded environment so he can concentrate only on boxing. He\u2019s watching this insane library of fights.\u201d From Rogan\u2019s perspective, while hypnotism might have been important in building Tyson\u2019s confidence, all of the aforementioned factors are what made him into such a dominant champion. \u201cI hate to be that guy, but they didn\u2019t test back then,\u201d Schaub commented before the conversation came to an end, hinting that Tyson\u2019s success at the time might have been aided by some performance-enhancing drugs. While it has only been a year since Tyson was last on Rogan\u2019s podcast, perhaps the two will link up again in the near future to shed more light on the impact of hypnosis, and whether it was a key in Kid Dynamite\u2019s rise to the top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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