UFC Commentator Joe Rogan Defends Israel Adesanya With Floyd Mayweather Comparison

Joe Rogan, the UFC’s color commentator, has a lot of knowledge about MMA. He is also one of the most noted podcasters of this time. Rogan’s podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience‘, has attracted some of the most famous faces of modern times, ranging from fighters to CEOs of global organizations.

On one of its recent episodes, the noted podcaster was joined by the coveted UFC middleweight fighter, Joaquin Buckley. The duo talked about a volley of stuff, including a discussion about the UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, and his technique of fighting.

A lot of the fans had bashed Adesanya and called his last few fights boring. But, Buckley and Rogan, both having a lot of expertise in MMA, agreed on the fact that it is absolutely alright to do whatever needs to be done in order to win.

Joe Rogan preferred winning over being exciting

Buckley kicked things off about this discussion, stating, “I wanna always be exciting. But now we wanna just switch the gear until becoming a winner.” Rogan was a bit moved by this. 

The former martial artist went on, “And sometimes guys get criticized for that and I’m opposed to that criticism. People are saying that, oh they’re fighting boring. I don’t know what you think is boring.”

He also stated, “I don’t think fighting is ever boring. Because there’s always a potential for something crazy to happen. But, the intelligent fighters, they know how to win.” The martial artist in Rogan was visibly annoyed by the term boring fight.

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Buckley also mentioned the boxing legend, Floyd Mayweather, and said, “the best defensive fighter is him, but when we watch him fight, you can call it boring if you want to. But, if you really pay attention to the things that he’s doing, moving around fighters and evading punches… and able to counter fighters, it’s very intriguing.”

Joe Rogan implied that Israel Adesanya is an intelligent fighter

Buckley brought Israel Adesanya into the topic saying, “And now we talk about Izzy”. Rogan also hinted at Adesanya being an intelligent fighter. He went on to talk about how the audience wanted to see more engagements in Adesanya’s fight against Jared Cannonier. However, he was of the opinion that Izzy couldn’t have risked it all as Cannonier packs a lot of power.

He identified this as an intelligent move from ‘The Last Stylebender’ since Adesanya couldn’t have matched the intensity of Cannonier if he had chosen to engage too much.

Buckley agreed with Rogan and stated that he hoped Adesanya would do the same in his upcoming fight against Alex Pereira.

Clearly, there are a lot of differences between how an average fan views a fight and an expert views a fight. A fighter would want to win bouts, whereas fans would want their money’s worth by seeing more engagements.

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