Joe Rogan wants MMA to make significant changes while the sport continues to lead to popularity.
For a long time UFC commentator Joe Rogan has changed mixed martial arts dramatically since he first became involved with Combat Sports Broadcasting in the late 1990s. He started his career at a time when the UFC had bad attention to get attention and momentum worldwide , until Dana White, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta came on board and stopped drowning the promotion.
Since then, the UFC has become the face of MMA and a worldwide Juggernaut in combat sports. Many top stars such as Conor McGregor, Jon Jones and Ronda Rousey would not have had the success that they had without White and the Fertittas who brought a considerable jump into the deep end.
Now that the UFC has proven itself as a multi-billion dollar entity, Rogan wants them to see a step forward and eliminate one of the most dangerous aspects of sport.
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Joe Rogan makes a strong reason for eliminating weight movement
During a recent episode of the Joe Rogan experience, Rogan proposed to make a dramatic change for the event.
“I think that weight movement should be eliminated. I told Ari Emanuel this [CEO of Endeavor] When they first bought the UFC. I said: 'Listen man, do you know what to do? Get rid of weight movement, just stop, “said Rogan. “Look, if you can randomly test people on drugs, you can randomly test their weight. Come show up with a bowl, say. “Hey, friend. Step on the scale, you are 190 pounds, how the f ** K do you make 145? “Do something like that.
“And come with more weight classes. There should be a weight class every 10 pounds. This idea of these gigantic gaps such as 185 to 205, that is a gap of 20 pounds, that is huge! That does not exist in boxing. You have gigantic guys who cannot fight in the UFC because the weight limit is 265. ”
Rogan continued to propose another solution for the brutality of weight movement.
“It's just like taking steroids out of fighting. It is sanctioned cheating, “said Rogan. “Instead of having weight, just discover what the champion weighs. Don't get away from the championship belts. Discover what Islam Makhachev weighs. Islam Makhachev is a UFC champion, the best pound-for-pound hunter on earth. Discover what he weighs. What do you weigh if you were healthy? “
TJ Dillashaw, Conor McGregor are examples of horrible weight loss
Various top UFC legends have discussed the horrors of weight movement in recent years. TJ Dillashaw, who went to Henry Cejudo to Henry Cejudo in 2019, is one of the strongest cases against extreme weight saving after the appearance of skeleton at the official weightings.
McGregor, before he rose to a global superstar, made a name for himself in the UFC Featherweight Division. Now walking around around 200 pounds, his earlier cuts on 145 pound fans and experts had very concerned about his health.
If Rogan the keys to the UFC and MMA were to be fully handed over, the sport would see dramatic changes, including the likely elimination of weight movement. But despite its close -knit relationships with White and the rest of the copper, it does not seem to disappear on weight cuts quickly.
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