Joe Rogan Reacts To Conor McGregor’s Insane Loss
UFC commentator Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo discussed Conor McGregor’s loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 on the latest episode of the Joe Rogan Experience.
‘This guy has balls, this is why I respect the f*ck out of Conor McGregor, Rogan said. Who else has tried this?’
‘Watching it live was crazy, everybody jumped up and screamed, it was insane. He definitely tagged Nate a few times, but Diaz was on some real black belt sh*t. We had never seen Conor face adversity, and we’d never seen him against a real Jiu Jitsu black belt, and Diaz’s ground game is tight as f*ck.’
Rogan explained that McGregor’s fight went downhill once he got hurt in the second round after dominating the first round.
‘When you’re hurt your game goes out the window. Brendan Schaub told me when Travis Browne hit him, and he knew how to get out of the mount, he didn’t know what he was doing. Conor’s jiu-jitsu is good, but Nate’s is just way better.’
‘His stand up looked great in round one, but Nate Diaz is a big 155er, he’s not a natural 170 guy. I think it’s insane we let Conor McGregor and guys like that dehydrate so bad. What if he fights dos Anjos next time? It’s going to be interesting to see how he handles dos Anjos. I wonder if he’ll do to Conor what he did to Nate and Anthony Pettis.’
Bravo chimed in and compared McGregor to UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn. Penn, just like McGregor, moved up from a lighter weight class to a heavier weight class.
‘You know what, BJ Penn was the last guy to do it, and you know what? It didn’t work out that well for BJ either. He had success once at 170 pounds; he beat Matt Hughes, but there’s a really good reason for all kinds of fighters torture themselves to get as light as possible. At the elite level 5 or 10 pounds makes a huge difference.’
Bravo pointed out that McGregor was doing great in the first round, and it looked like he was going to win the fight before being hurt and finished.
‘Conor had so much power in his hands, and he really was doing great against Nate, to me, it looked like Conor was going to win this thing. He was lighting Nate up, cutting him up and stuff, but then he got choked in the second round. The fight was so crazy.’
McGregor has received a lot of criticism for allowing Diaz to get mount and locking in the rear-naked choke that won the fight.
‘Hey, Conor’s ground game is not bad, he got hurt, he’s been to my school before, and he is a good grappler, but Nate is a black belt. He was hurt, and it happens. He is good, trust me.’
‘I think he could continue to dominate the 145-pound division, and I think he could do some serious damage at 155 too. I felt that Nate was in Conor’s head towards the end of the hype before the fight, I think he was making him angry.’
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InnRJIGfLFU
