56-year-old Joe Rogan released his latest JRE Fight Companion podcast episode on June 22, 2024. He invited Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen, and Brian Simpson for a candid chat. While the group sat together to witness the UFC Fight Night Event, the podcast covered various topics, and one point of discussion was the newly launched sport Power Slap.

The controversial sport has gathered a lot of attention from fans but also has its share of haters. 56-year-old Joe Rogan has always been critical of the sport and feels it’s dangerous. While speaking to his guest, he gave the exact reason for his disliking it.

Joe Rogan feels power slap causes free brain damage because of the impact

Former UFC fighter Paige Vanzant featured in her debut Power Slap fight on June 28 after previously competing in the UFC. Rogan, who rates the 30-year-old very high, seemed confused with her moving to power slap. Former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub also quite felt the same and said, “There’s no talent in getting slapped in the face.” However, Rogan was quick to point out that featuring in a power slap might just give her more fans. The sport is currently on the rise but it does have a lot of risk as well. Yet, he also added, “What are we doing here? It’s free brain damage like why?”

The UFC color commentator then pointed out that how even a slap can cause serious damage. Although it’s just a slap, Rogan pointed out the technicality behind it. He said, “You could hit someone so hard with a slap. Because you’re not everybody thinks of a slap as like the palm in the face. That is not what’s happening. You’re getting palmed striked in the face. Full blast from a full swing like this.” Launched in 2022, the sport has been constantly growing in social media. While it does have a lot of risks, it seems that the fans are enjoying witnessing it.

The popularity was always predicted by the UFC CEO, Dana White and he is even more confident regarding its popularity. In a recent press conference for the ‘Power Slap’ event, the UFC head honcho shared some staggering numbers that have surprised the fans.

Dana White feels Power Slap will beat the UFC in the coming years

In the recently concluded press conference for ‘Power Slap’, Dana White had to answer quite a few questions from the reporters. The 54-year-old shared his thoughts on the reality show, garnering 40 million views and over 7 billion social media followers across numerous platforms. White said, “Well, first of all, the minute that I saw this I knew that it was built for social and I told you the one that I saw with Dumpling this thing on YouTube at the time in ’17 had 350 million views.”

The UFC CEO took inspiration for the sport from Russian athlete Vasily Kamotsky, who is a popular personality in the sport. During the recent UFC Fight Night event, he made it clear that watching his videos inspired him to start the sport. And amidst all the criticism the sport is facing the UFC head honcho is confident that the sport will eventually get bigger than the UFC.

While speaking to the reporters he said, “I said it before, and I’ll say it again: This will be the biggest sport in the world, this will be bigger than the UFC.” His latest claims have not gone well with many as most of them don’t even consider it as a sport. However, as far as White is concerned, he has always lived up to the claims made by him.

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