Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier Hail Leon Edwards’ Slick Striking and Tear Up at His “Look at Me Now”, Days Before UFC 296 Clash

Joe Rogan is a manly man. The UFC commentator grew up in a different time and holds contrasting views from the current generation on issues of masculinity. However, the Texas resident has a soft spot for fighters and couldn’t help but break into tears when reminiscing about Leon Edwards‘ iconic post-fight speech.

Rogan was joined by former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier on episode 150 of the JRE MMA Show, where the two re-watched Edwards’ post-fight speech after defeating welterweight champion Kamaru Usman last year. And ahead of the welterweight champion’s second title defense at UFC 296 on December 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

Joe Rogan cries re-watching Leon Edwards’ UFC 278 speech

Leon Edwards shook up the MMA world and defeated Kamaru Usman by a shocking fifth round head-kick knockout at UFC 278. ‘Rocky’ proceeded to give one of the most iconic post-fight interviews in UFC history, calling out his doubters and crowning the greatest achievement in his MMA career thus far.

“You all doubted me that I couldn’t do it. Look at me now. Look at it: pound-for-pound, headshot, dead. That’s it… Look at me now, look at me know. I told you it’s possible… I told you I can do it,” an emotional Edwards would tell Rogan.

During the course of Rogan’s podcast with ‘DC’, both men got on the topic of Edwards-Covington at UFC 296. They were excited for the fight and the podcast host started talking about how smooth ‘Rocky’s striking abilities were. Cormier reminded Rogan of Edwards’ incredible UFC 278 post-fight speech which prompted the host to ask Jamie to pull up the clip. And the stand-up comic got emotional while re-watching the speech.

“One of the smoothest fighter ever. He’s so smooth. you ever watch him hit the pads? Its a thing of art… That post-fight interview was wild. ‘Look at me now!’ Oh my god. Incredible. I’m tearing up,” Rogan told Cormier.

Edwards targeting double champ status

Leon Edwards is confident of victory against Colby Covington in their UFC 296 match-up. However, although this will be Edwards’ first title defense against someone not named Kamaru Usman, the Englishman is unenthusiastic about the 170-pound division, of which he is the champion.

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In the run-up to the Covington fight, ‘Rocky’ has spoken about wanting to move up and face the middleweight champion to become a two-division UFC champion. He is eyeing the winner of the upcoming UFC 297 middleweight title bout between champ Sean Strickland and #1 ranked Dricus Du Plessis in January next year. But first, Edwards needs to face an Colby Covington, who is likely to be a formidable opponent because this Saturday might be the last title shot of his career.

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