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After years of butting heads, it seems like Nate Diaz and the UFC might be ready to work together. No one is more happy about this than Joe Rogan.
Another week, another UFC event. But there was something special about the fights we experienced at the top of UFC 241. The two best heavyweights duked it out for the title of divisional GOAT. It feels like we witnessed a turning point in Nate Diaz’s career that could turn him into a superstar. And there’s just something special going on at middleweight with Paulo Costa beating Yoel Romero at his own game.
As usual with the big pay-per-views in North America, Joe Rogan was on hand to provide color commentary for the fights. Now he’s sharing his thoughts on the event through his Facebook account.
”What a crazy night!” he wrote. “Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa lived up to the hype! Just an absolutely insane fight! The shots Yoel is able to endure seriously defy logic. The man is made out of some other worldly material. It was a crazy close fight that could have gone either way. Many people I spoke to thought Yoel won. I will have to watch it again and try to score it myself. Amazing fight either way.”
”I’m glad Nate Diaz is getting the love and respect he deserves,” Rogan continued. “I’ve been saying for years he’s the most under appreciated super star in the UFC roster. The roar when that man walked into the arena was second to none, and the fight was excellent.”
What a crazy night!
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Rogan also congratulated ‘GOAT heavyweight’ Stipe Miocic for ‘regaining his crown and cementing his legacy as a legend!’
He also took the time to explain why he ended up interviewing Daniel Cormier after his KO loss to Miocic. He made the decision to stop interviewing fighters who had been knocked out after a particularly woozy talk with Alistair Overeem (who’d just lost to … Stipe Miocic, coincidentally).
I asked the UFC brass if we could please refrain from interviewing fighters after they’ve been KO’ed. I don’t think it’s wise nor fair.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) September 11, 2016
”Although Stipe dropped him with head shots he was never out cold, and seemed clear headed after he stood up and the results were announced to the crowd and Stipe got the belt given to him,” Rogan wrote. “The UFC asked for an interview, and I asked DC if he was ok with it, and he said, Yes. I think interviewing fighters after a brutal loss is kinda sketchy, but I was also thinking that it’s possible that this may be the last time we see DC in the octagon.”
”I love DC, and I would never want to put him in a bad position, but I made a judgment call and felt this would be alright. Whatever he decides to do from here on out the man is a future hall of famer and one of the best to ever do it. It will be very interesting to see what he decides to do from here out.”