Eddie Bravo
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They want to hear it the second time.
But the third time, they're done.
So you end up, that's when you befriend Joe, or you and Joe become friends.
Yeah, before the man show.
And then he dragged me to the man show.
And during that job, man, I was like, this show's going to get canceled, and I'm going to be out of a fucking job, and I'm 32 years old, and there's no record deal in sight.
Fuck.
You know, I never contemplated suicide, but I did understand it.
But this is why people kill themselves.
If I was weak, I might fucking just jump off a building.
Because I'm like, I'm going to have to go back to swinging a hammer.
I'm going to have to go back to waking up at 5.30 in the fucking morning.
Holy shit.
And thenβso during that season, I hadβin jiu-jitsu, I had won the North American qualifier for the world championships.
It's called ADCC, and it was in Brazil.
So I'd won the trials.
Andβ
The trip to Brazil was right in the middle of that season.
And Joe, in his contract, he was coming with me.
He said, during these days, during that week, I'm going to be gone.