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‘Best day of my life’ - Rogan emotionally recalls Eddie Bravo’s win over Royler Gracie

In 2003, Eddie Bravo pulled the biggest upset in submission grappling history at the time. Then a brown belt, Bravo tapped out the legendary Royce Gracie in the ADCC match in Brazil, the latter’s home country.

19 years later, the emotions from that match remain fresh, at least for Joe Rogan. The long-time UFC analyst looked back on that moment during a recent episode of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast with fellow comic Brian Simpson, and he wasn’t able to hold back emotions.

“We were talking about legs that could move like hands, that’s Eddie’s legs.