Trevor Wittman
American boxing and MMA coach and founder of the Onyx combat-sports equipment brand
Trevor Wittman (American boxing and MMA coach and founder of the Onyx combat-sports equipment brand) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Onyx Sports, Weight cutting in mixed martial arts, Refereeing in mixed martial arts.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Onyx Sports
Wittman says Hunter Campbell of the UFC recently contacted him to reopen talks about his gloves.
“So Hunter reached out to me three weeks ago, four weeks ago, and said he wanted to ignite a conversation again”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:58:51
Wittman claims his gloves would produce more knockouts through better hand position and grip.
“Our gloves were going to cause more knockouts because of better hand position, better grip strength”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 2:03:55
Weight cutting in mixed martial arts
Wittman says his research suggests most recent boxing deaths occur late in fights and suspects dehydration from weight cutting plays a role.
“What stood out to me was almost every death in boxing in the last 10 to 15 years comes after”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:46
Refereeing in mixed martial arts
Wittman argues strike counts are misleading and judges should weigh damaging blows rather than touches.
“And that's why judges can't look at a screen and go, oh, this guy landed more”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 38:23
Other remarks
Wittman says that after losses to Alvarez and Poirier he pushed Gaethje to become a spot fighter rather than trying to drown opponents.
“all right, we got to become a spot fighter because you just drown people”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 36:19
Appearances
JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor WittmanThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 20, 2026 · 2 h 24 min
Joe Rogan talks with new UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje and coach Trevor Wittman about Gaethje's title win over Ilia Topuria at the White House.
Discussed in
JRE MMA Show #186 with Sean SharafThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 1, 2026 · 2 h 21 min
Joe Rogan talks with UFC heavyweight Sean Sharaf about his 12-second upset knockout of Gable Steveson, possible retirement, MMA rules, Gaza, surveillance, and AI.
Often appears with
- Joe Rogan · 1 shared episode
- Justin Gaethje · 1 shared episode