When you’re the heavyweight champion of the world, you can pretty much do what you want Mike Tyson has told the story of how he acquired his famous pet tigers. The former undisputed heavyweight champion appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast on Thursday to discuss a range of topics, and it wasn’t long until his animals were the subject of discussion. 1 From 1995, Tyson with a cub When asked where the tigers came from, Tyson told Joe Rogan: “I’m in prison at the time. So I’m in prison, I’m talking to my car dealer at the time and he has some cars that belong to a [mutual friend]. “He’s discussing, ‘If he doesn’t pay for these cars, I’m going to sell these cars to somebody and get some horses.’ “I said, ‘What, you can get horses? And trade horses in for cars?’ Because I had a lot of cars, I’d probably get some horses too. “And he said, ‘Yeah man, you can get cougars, lions, tigers.’ “I said, ‘You do? Can you get me some tigers?’ “The guy said, ‘Imagine how cool that would be? Imagine that man, you’d be in an Aston Martin or a Ferrari. You’d have a tiger right next to you, man. That’d be so awesome’. “And I’m a young guy. I’m saying to myself, ‘Wow, that would be cool. Get me some cubs, man. '” Mike Tyson went on to reveal that he raised the animals from cubs to adulthood. They were eventually donated to a sanctuary after 14 years. Latest Boxing News Records compared Paul 'fighting better people than Fury' as war of words heats up MENACE Jake Paul continues trolling Mayweather by crashing online speech and insulting him SERIOUS? 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Loading… Advert 10 Tyson appeared on Joe Rogan's hugely popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, and was quizzed on just WTF was up with those big cats. Comedian Tom Segura, who also joined Rogan for the podcast, asked Tyson what had made him think about getting a tiger. Tyson replied: "I'm in prison at the time. So I'm in prison, I'm talking to my car dealer at the time and he has some cars that belong to a [mutual friend], and he's discussing 'If he doesn't pay for these cars, I'm going to sell these cars to somebody and get some horses'." Horses. Right. Go on... Advert 10 Tyson used to walk the big cats on leads around the property. Credit: CBS Tyson continued: "I said 'What, you can get horses? And trade horses in for cars?' Because I had a lot of cars, I'd probably get some horses too. "And he said 'Yeah man, you can get cougars, lions, tigers...' I said 'You do?! Can you get me some tigers? '. "The guy said 'Imagine how cool that would be?' - because I had a bunch of fancy cars - 'Imagine that man, you'd be in an Aston Martin or a Ferrari. You'd have a tiger right next to you, man. That'd be so awesome'. Advert 10 "And I'm a young guy. I'm saying to myself 'Wow, that would be cool. Get me some cubs, man'." So basically, he bought tigers purely because it would be 'cool'. Rogan clearly enjoyed his time with Tyson, gushing on Instagram that the two had smoked weed together while chatting. Advert 10 Tyson and Rogan smoked weed together during the podcast. Credit: Joe Rogan/Instagram "I can check 'smoke weed with Mike Tyson and do an epic podcast' off my bucket list," he said. In another post, he said: "Oh, shit! @miketyson was here! That was amazing and pretty fucking surreal. "I think if people listen they'll get a much better understanding of what this man went through and how he became who he was, and how he wants nothing to do with that life any more. Advert 10 "It was a truly fascinating conversation. Mike is a very friendly and easy going guy now."<doc-sep>Mike Tyson’s love of cars and tigers has been well documented. Little did we all know, one led to the other. The former heavyweight boxing champion described his experience in an appearance on “The “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast on Thursday, explaining how he was inspired to get himself some jungle cats. “I’m in prison at the time,” he said. “So I’m in prison, I’m talking to my car dealer at the time and he has some cars that belong to a [mutual friend], and he’s discussing, ‘If he doesn’t pay for these cars, I’m going to sell these cars to somebody and get some horses.’” “I said, ‘What, you can get horses? And trade horses in for cars?’ Because I had a lot of cars, I’d probably get some horses too. And he said, ‘Yeah man, you can get cougars, lions, tigers…’ I said, ‘You do?! Can you get me some tigers?’ “The guy said, ‘Imagine how cool that would be?’ Because I had a bunch of fancy cars, ‘Imagine that man, you’d be in an Aston Martin or a Ferrari. You’d have a tiger right next to you, man. That’s be so awesome.’ And I’m a young guy. I’m saying to myself, ‘Wow, that would be cool. Get me some cubs, man.’” The white Bengal tigers became synonymous with the pugilist, who eventually had to sell his pets, which reportedly cost $70,000 to purchase and $4,000 a month to care for. If cars are one of the worst investments a person can make, tigers have to be right up there as well. Warning: graphic language.<doc-sep>The future of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is currently quite murky. Although the undefeated champ has many exciting options — in several divisions — it’s not clear which one he’ll pursue. That being said, UFC commentator Joe Rogan has some interesting ideas. Rogan unpacked the options of Khabib Nurmagomedov on the latest episode of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which featured heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson as a guest. “What do you think Khabib’s gonna do now?” Tyson asked as Rogan on the show. “He does whatever the f**k he wants to do,” Rogan replied. “That’s what I think. I think that guy’s probably the best lightweight of all time. He’s a monster.” Joe Rogan then added that he’d like to see Khabib Nurmagomedov fight at welterweight, which seemed to excite Mike Tyson. “I think he’s probably going to have some fights at 170 pounds eventually, if I’d imagine,” he continued. “At 155, there’s good fights for him. Tony Ferguson is a great fight for him. I’m really interested in seeing that. I’m really interested in seeing him going up. I’m really interested in seeing him fight at 170 pounds. This comment from Joe Rogan generated a followup question from Mike Tyson. “Who’s up there for him to fight?” the heavyweight boxer asked. “First of all, Tyron Woodley, who’s the champ at 170,” Rogan replied. “That would be an insane fight. Georges St-Pierre, if he decided to come back, do a big a super fight, that’d be an insane fight. I think 170 has a lot of opportunities for him. But I think 155 does too, they just have to figure out who’s going to fight him.” “He’s an international super now, Khabib. Especially the way he smashed Conor [McGregor]. Conor is such a superstar already that way Khabib won and did it so dominant, I think he’s roof though now. I think when he comes back, and people see the pay-per-view numbers for his fights, people are going to realize how huge this guy is. He’s so interesting. He’s very humble, he’s very polite, very well spoken.” “He’s just a monster,” the UFC commentator concluded. “Best grappler I’ve ever seen in the 155 pound division.” What do you think of this conversation between Joe Rogan and Mike Tyson? Do you think Khabib Nurmagomedov should move up to welterweight? This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 1/18/2019. This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<doc-sep>
Joe Rogan has been killing the podcast game for a number of years now. The MMA-commentator and former Fear Factor host is so in demand for his podcast, that even Kanye West has come out and said that he wants to do an interview with Rogan. Today, Rogan did his 1,227th podcast with a legend in the boxing and pop culture world: Mike Tyson. It's hard to get Iron Mike to give you 90 minutes of his time, but that's exactly what Rogan was able to do as they came together for an amazing podcast. "Oh, shit! @miketyson was here! That was amazing and pretty fucking surreal. I think if people listen they’ll get a much better understanding of what this man went through and how he became who he was, and how he wants nothing to do with that life any more. It was a truly fascinating conversation. Mike is a very friendly and easy going guy now.," Rogan said via Instagram. Rogan and Tyson were also joined for a bit by comedian Tom Segura. During the course of the interview, Rogan and Tyson smoked weed together while talking about everything from parenthood to Tyson's career, and also an amazing story of how Tyson bought three tigers. Tom Segura: “What made you think you could get a tiger?” Mike Tyson: “This is really interesting. I’m in prison at the time. So I’m in prison, I’m talking to my car dealer at the time and he has some cars that belong to a [mutual friend], and he’s discussing ‘if he doesn’t pay for these cars, I’m going to sell these cars to somebody and get some horses.’ I said ‘what, you can get horses? And trade horses in for cars?’ Because I had a lot of cars, I’d probably get some horses too.” And he said ‘yeah man, you can get cougars, lions, tigers…’ I said ‘you do?! Can you get me some tigers?’ The guy said ‘imagine how cool that would be?’ Because I had a bunch of fancy cars, ‘imagine that man, you’d be in an Aston Martin or a Ferrari. You’d have a tiger right next to you, man. That’s be so awesome.’ And I’m a young guy. I’m saying to myself ‘wow, that would be cool. Get me some cubs, man. '” To watch the entire podcast, check out the video below.