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The Joe Rogan Experience

JRE MMA Show #173 with Benny "The Jet" Urquidez & William "Blinky" Rodriguez

The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan

Comedy

4.5245.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Joe sits down with retired kickboxer, martial arts choreographer, and actor Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, and his brother-in-law, kickboxer, martial arts instructor, and community leader William “Blinky” Rodriguez.www.youtube.com/@BennyTheJetUrquidezwww.bennythejet.teachable.comwww.bennythejet.comwww.cisgla.org Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan. Stream UFC 324 Saturday at 9PM Eastern – only on Paramount+. Visit https://paramountplus.com/ufc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Joe Rogan podcast, checking out.

0:04.0

The Joe Rogan Experience.

0:06.1

Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day.

0:12.3

Gentlemen, what's happening?

0:15.0

Where do we begin?

0:16.9

Where do you begin?

0:17.7

Let me tell you, when I first came to Los Angeles in 1994, there was two places that I had to go. One of them was the comedy store and the other one was the Jet Center. And I started training the Jets Center in 94 before you guys shut down because you had the earthquake and you had the roof damage. So I was there before that happened. And I took your classes. I took your kickboxing classes because I remember it was very scary because he had a bunch of gang members in there. Because you were doing that sort of outreach program where you're helping young gang members. So I had a spar with gang members. So I was training at the Jet Center until it shut down. And then I went briefly when you guys reopened in North Hollywood.

0:54.5

I went to that place for a little bit too.

0:55.8

It was just gym.

0:56.5

Yeah.

0:56.9

Yeah.

0:57.4

But then I started training at Mijiro Gym, which is in the valley.

1:01.3

But legends.

1:03.0

You guys are legends, man.

1:04.6

Well, thank you, Joe.

1:05.6

True pioneers in martial arts.

1:07.4

For you to remember was really humbled me. You remembered, you mentioned my son

1:14.1

and why I was starting that. Yes. And you don't even know what it's grown into since that

1:20.9

day that you've seen what was going on. Tell the story about your son and how that whole thing

1:24.5

started. Well, you know, unfortunately in some communities,

1:29.3

drive-bys aren't uncommon.

1:32.3

And so when it becomes a generational curse, you know,

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