No other opponent has troubled Gordon Ryan as much as his own stomach. Arguably the greatest No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion, Gordon Ryan has talked about his struggle with stomach issues in his recent interaction with YouTuber and bodybuilder, Flex Lewis. He was featured in the 33rd episode of Lewis’s podcast, ‘Straight Outta The Lair’. Gordon Ryan also remembered the first time he went for an interview with Joe Rogan. He described how he was holding himself from throwing up, as he felt nauseous throughout the interview. He has appeared twice on the JRE MMA show.
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Talking to Flex Lewis, Gordon Ryan described the issues he was struggling with from 2018 to 2022. He described how his appetite went to an all-time low and how he wouldn’t be able to eat despite putting in long hours of work-out. Interestingly, this was the period when he won a lot of competitions.
Gordon couldn’t say no to Joe Rogan
Gordon Ryan spoke about the time he had to be on Joe Rogan’s show but he was feeling nauseous. He, however, couldn’t tell this to Rogan and did the show feeling sick. Ryan said, “I remember like the worst experience like pretty much my life, I guess, it would probably be like uh, when uh I went on Rogan for the first time…”
Ryan was trying to buy a house in Austin and was eating out of restaurants all the time.
He added, “I just remember getting to Rogan and being like I am so nauseous, I’m gonna die. Like almost like an inch away from throwing up, but I’m like I can’t tell Joe Rogan that I can’t do his podcast right now. … I’m like I can’t like be a **** and just tell Rogan like ‘hey man, I really can’t do this podcast but the whole podcast’, I’m just struggling like sipping water.”
Gordon Ryan tells the reason behind his temporary retirement
Ryan told Flex Lewis about the short retirement he had to take from BJJ despite being only 25 years old. He said there was a time he was not being able to train or do anything at all. He said he was unable to even have proper conversations with people and so he had to take a ‘leave of absence’.
Gordon Ryan is probably the brightest star in the BJJ world. It is also understandable why he could not say no to Joe Rogan. Rogan’s podcast has a massive following, and he enjoys a massive influence over combat sports fans. So it could have been an odd situation. Have you ever been in an awkward meeting with someone?
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